HeyJaredSignals from the Core - A Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition Podcast
Signals from the Core is a podcast for referees and fans of Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition who want to explore the political, cultural, and conspiratorial heart of the Third Imperium: the Core Sector.
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- Aug 24, 2026
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- Jul 13, 2026
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Episode 15: Culture in the Core - Syleans, Successors, and Sacrifice (opens the original)
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The Core Sector in Traveller roleplaying game is often described through its great institutions, but what about the people, races and cultures who actually live there? In this episode of Signals from the Core , we introduce Core Cultures, a new recurring segment exploring the people and societies who give the sector its complexity, tensions, and character. Our first deep dive examines the Syleans, the once-oppressed human minor race whose cooperative spirit and political ambition helped lift Cha
Episode 14: Trade in the Core - Mains, Megacorps, and Misbehavior (opens the original)
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It’s often said that trade is the lifeblood of the Third Imperium. And in the Core Sector, it operates on an extraordinary scale. In this episode of Signals from the Core, we examine how to run the traditional merchant and trade-based campaigns players of the Traveller roleplaying game are so familiar with when set in the Imperial Core. We explore the Sylean Main, the corporations competing to control it, the political forces and situations shaping commerce, and whether an independent crew can s
Episode 13: Decline in the Core – Cantinas and Corruption (opens the original)
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In this episode of Signals from the Core, we open with a review of Core Adventure 2: Last Call at Eneri's Cantina by Christopher Griffen for Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition , where saving a starport bar on the Sylean Main means getting dragged into an authoritarian power grab dressed up as public safety. From there we chart the Chant subsector and a rejuvenation project as compromised as the region it's supposed to be fixing. Then, a System Spotlight on Tell, a waterworld of barely ninety thousan
Episode 12: Entertainment in the Core - The Business of Distraction (opens the original)
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What does the Core do for fun? We explore how people across the sector consume entertainment, from bootleg holo-vids and immersive VR to luxury tourism, gladitorial bloodsports, and noble safaris. Get tips on turning ordinary hobbies into extraordinary circumstances. Plus, System Spotlights on Dudin and Alekvadin, and a review of Core Adventure 1: Invasive Species by Christopher Griffen. As always, send your signals to coresignalsmail@gmail.com or find us wherever you are on social media: https:
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