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What is happening with the Traveller Projects lately?

The audacious Traveller missions send our bravest troops back one thousand years. There, as Researchers, they discover knowledge that has changed the way we look at our past, delivered precious, lost mysteries and has even changed the face of modern natural remedies, fashion, and in a manner that has been most controversial, religion. Because of their courage and ingenuity, our culture has been forever altered.

Recall the first project, Saxon Traveller, and how the village of Giolgrave and Saxon fashion became everyone’s favourite.

Then there was New Zealand Traveller, the mission that went oh-so-wrong as it accidentally released a traditional Maori warrior loose in a 21st Century hospital.

And now, as the brave Travellers of the Byzantium Traveller project have returned, the real news is that four Travellers have remained one thousand years in the past.

And this is where the story becomes even more interesting.

Two of the Travellers: Professor Adrian Taylor, the British academic who initially developed the audacious Traveller concept, and Captain Cameron McFee, the squad leader for the team allocated to protect him and well known from the original Saxon Traveller project, have been prevented from returning home by none other than the Byzantine Emperor himself.

The Emperor, whom historians dubbed as Basil the Bulgar Slayer, has insisted that Professor Taylor and Lieutenant, now Captain McFee are to be his guests until a trade delegation returns with a shipment of, get this, 21st Century ribbon!

It seems that modern ribbon, a simple material the Saxon Travellers used as gifts, attracted far too much attention in ancient Constantinople. As a centre for world trade, Constantinople-based merchants were always on the lookout for something new and they found it in the impossibly bright colours of modern ribbon.

Not only that, we now have the shocking news that two other Travellers were murdered while on patrol with the City’s notorious Varangian Guard.

While details are forthcoming, we are compelled to ask, why are Traveller projects so inherently dangerous?

With the Battle of Giolgrave as a turning point in Saxon Traveller, and the tragic deaths in New Zealand Traveller, the questions remain. Indeed, can any Traveller project be conducted without the death or injury of our courageous Researchers?

This is especially important to Americans as we anticipate the soon-to-be-released date for the launch of our very own Mississippi Traveller project.

Stay tuned with us at CNN, your Traveller News station, as we bring you more developments on the latest stunning chapter of the audacious Traveller missions.