CHAOS PRINCIPLE ERRATA Page 11 A copy and paste mistake was made during the layout of the Chaos Principle, and the text planned for page 11 was replaced with the text of another page. While future printings will be corrected, here's the original text for those of you with the first printing version. The table remains the same. ------------begin text--------------- <>1.4 A Larger Tapestry The solar system in 2213 is a place rife with petty squabbling between nations; unwilling to commit the manpower and equipment necessary for proper assaults or retaliations, the governments of the twenty-third century have become accustomed to using less open means to strike at their enemies. Thus have the three years since the Odyssey seen several well-publicized defections, a few international incidents and countless skirmishes, accidents and disasters both natural and otherwise. Of these, only two are of real relevance to the story of The Chaos Principle. In early 2212, Avram Thorsen, the infamous Traitor of ElysZe, resurfaced in the inner Solar System after escaping custody and vanishing for eighteen months. Gathering around him a small corps of loyal old friends, the former General led a commando raid on a Venusian space station. The raid sparked a shadow-war between the Venusian Bank and several rival corporations, and resulted in the Venusian Bank being subjected to an extensive Solar Police investigation that continues to the present. To the best of anyone's knowledge, General Thorsen died on Venus, his goals unclear, but his loyalty to the Jovian Confederation partially reaffirmed. During this time, a series of terrorist attacks by a group known as the Seraphim brought fear and anger to much of Olympus. The situation escalated to the Confederation-inhabited moons of Saturn, where a pitched battle involving the Confederation, CEGA and the Seraphim ended the threat. Following the incident, THC, the owners and administrators of the Titan mining stations, requested and received approval from the Agora to become a semi-independent protectorate of the Confederation. The assembly and dispatching of the Mars peacekeeping fleet in early 2213 has been the first mobilization of such size in the history of the Confederation. Over fifty large warships headed to the inner solar system in a show of Jovian strength and determination. Concern over the size of the corresponding CEGA fleet prompted the Agora to approve the assembly of a reinforcement force from Newhome which, at the time, was much closer to Mars than Olympus. The additional forces have almost doubled the size of the Jovian force, and fueled further concern in the inner solar system regarding the Jovians' true motives. Assuming the plot of The Chaos Principle goes off without interference or alteration by Player Characters, there are a number of milestones in which the main struggles of the storyline are fought through and resolved, regardless of the actions of individuals. They can be used as reference points by the Gamemaster. ------------end text---------------