Come, I will conceal nothing from you: I was introduced to the Traveller RPG universe by GURPS Traveller. Which means, of course, that I am familiar with a setting where Traveller: The New Era simply never happened. I dunno how old-school grognards feel about us coming in and idly shifting the timeline like that, but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t at least a little head-shaking, or something.
At any rate: Bundle of Holding is doing the PDFs for TNE. Now’s your chance to revisit the original timeline!