As someone mentioned the old Trans-Newtonian campaign in another post, I thought it might be fun to drop some old campaigns in a thread. They are massively out of date and shouldn’t be read as anything connected to modern Aurora, but they were fun at the time 
They are in Word and don’t have any images. As with all campaigns, they eventually end without a solid conclusion.
Here is the Trans-Newtonian campaign that ran from 2008 - 2010
Here is the NATO vs Soviet campaign from 2010 to 2011
Here is the complete Rigellian Diary.
This was created in the late 90s and early 00’s for Starfire, not Aurora. However, Aurora had its genesis in Starfire, so while the mechanics are completely different, and much simpler, the genre is very similar. Apologies that the quality of writing is not great
As with the other older campaigns, I don’t have images, except for the one below.
To give an idea of scale, here is the master system map that was assembled by someone who read the diary. Unfortunately, I am not sure who that was - so if you are reading this let me know so I can give credit here.
While the map looks like Aurora, it was created in Starfire Assistant - an Aurora forerunner. I adapted the SA code for the Aurora VB6 Galactic Map
Here is a link if you want to download the map.
Those campaigns are so good, I still read them every now and then. They’ve inspired multiple of my own campaigns!
I have been re-reading the Rigellian campaign, myself. I’ve drawn maps to keep track of all the systems which now I use as references.
I think the copy I have is a PDF, though, which I could share here if that might be a better format for internet readers.
Yes, please. I’ve searched but can’t find any maps on my own PC. I suspect I missed them at some point when changing PCs and transferring files.
I’ll see what I can do about the map I made next time I use that device, assuming the software I used will even let me export it to a distributable format.
I tried to attach the PDF here but it looks like that is not an allowed format for files?
The file attachment restrictions are the default. I think I have just added PDF to the list. it works for me, but please try so I make sure it isn’t just because I am admin.
If this works now, my PDF copy of the Rigellian Campaign is attached … here:
Rigellian Diaries.pdf (6.4 MB)
Let saturation bombardment of Arachnids commence posthaste! 
Yes, I can view that.
Thanks, nuclearslurpee.
But, at least for me the ships descriptions are shown in this way, that I suspect are not correct…
!!!… 850 pages!!!
The Rigellian Diary is a 3rd edition Starfire campaign, rather than Aurora, so that is how the ships are displayed. Damage is applied left to right and each letter represents a different system, such as S = Shields, A = Armour, R = Missile Launcher, (I) = Engine, etc.
OK. Now clear.
Thanks!
I grabbed the PDFs of Steve’s Colonial Wars campaign from the Wayback Machine, since it was another long and interesting one. IIRC it was the last VB6 AAR before development on the new version started. Missing the starting ship design post, since the archive didn’t have that one in printable form (you can still see the full page here). No images, unfortunately.
Colonial Wars #3 National Updates.pdf (1.0 MB)
Colonial Wars #1 Setup and Background.pdf (171.8 KB)
I think there is a section missing from wayback machine (page 5/6), but I do have it in Word. It needs some formatting but I will post it when I get time.
This came from the forum’s “Print” functionality, which captured the whole topic at once - it should have every post up to the end. A properly formatted version with images would be much better, though.
Steve TN Campaign is unironically one of the best pieces of AAR ive ever read for gaming.
Absolute peak.
