Traveller_5th_Edition_-_Supplement_02_-_Traders_and_Gunboats.pdf

T RAVELLER

Traders & Gunboats

C REDITS

C ONTENTS

Classic Traveller

Marc Miller

I NTRODUCTION

Loren Wiseman, John Harshman, Frank Chadwick, Darryl Hany,

Winston Hamilton, Tony Svajlenka, Scott Renner, Doug Poe,

David MacDonald, Wayne Roth, Paul R. Banner.

S MALL C RAFT - C IVILIAN

S MALL C RAFT - M ILITARY

Mongoose Traveller

A UTHOR

Bryan Steele

C IVILIAN S HIPS

C RIMINAL V ESSELS

A UXILIARIES

A DDITIONAL T EXT

Stuart Machin

S YSTEM D EFENCE S HIPS

W ARSHIPS

E DITOR

Nick Robinson

I NDEX

124

L AYOUT

Will Chapman

I NTERIOR A RT

German Ponce, Travis Leichssenring, Marco Morte, Leonel Domingos

de Costa, Carlos Nuñez de Castro Torres, Pulpapocalipsis Studio

(Vicente Sivera, Jorge Momparler)

S PECIAL T HANKS

Marc Miller, Donald McKinney, Mike West, Bob Seitz

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Printed in the USA.

D RONES

I NTRODUCTION

Space travel is a large part of the Traveller universe, with weeks,

months or even years being spent living in one spaceship or the

next. Vessels that travel through the void of space are the reason

some careers exist, entire industries are based around the creation

and manufacture of spacecraft, and some people make it their

lives’ work to ﬂ y them. Simply put – spacecraft are as important in

Traveller as the people who crew them.

C IVILIAN S HIPS

This section is devoted to mercantile ships and merchant vessels

that travel throughout the galaxy hauling cargo and money from

one system to another in search of proﬁ t. Often armed, but with

rarely enough weaponry to give raiders pause, these ships rely upon

escorts or naval patrols to remain safe in dangerous space.

They are also just as diverse. There are spacecraft designed for all

walks of life in Traveller, many of which are specially suited for their

tasks and should be crewed by those who understand what the task

entails. For every task or service in the universe, someone has likely

put together a space vessel of some kind to help make it easier to

perform.

C RIMINAL V ESSELS

Just as there are criminals that operate planetside there are those

who operate in the spacelanes. Pirates and smugglers are dangerous,

and both have access to some powerful designs. Although many

pirate and smuggler ships are little more than converted merchant

vessels, there are some speciﬁ cally designed for those roles. Less

overtly criminal, but often crossing the line between legal and illegal,

salvage ships can be used by those who rescue ships damaged or

destroyed by the everyday hazards of space travel. There are many

of these ships operating in areas strewn with the debris of old space

battles, and scavenging from these drifting graveyards is both

proﬁ table and frequently forbidden.

This book is a collection of ships that can be found throughout the

Traveller universe. Some will be familiar to older fans of the setting,

many are new renditions of old ideas, and others will be completely

new. They were all designed using the ship design rules found in the

Traveller core rulebook and Traveller Book 2: High Guard.

The ships are divided into the following sections:

A UXILIARIES

Navies have to rely on more than just warships. There are many tasks

that need to be fulﬁ lled besides front line duties, and the auxiliaries

in this section cover those in use. Without these and other similar

vessels, the navy would ﬁ nd itself unable to perform its duties.

D RONES

Small unmanned craft often carried by larger vessels. These small

craft perform a wide variety of tasks, but are often viewed as

expendable.

S MALL C RAFT - C IVILIAN

This section contains smaller vessels that range in size up to

100 d-tons. Essential for operations in space, these craft are the

workhorses of the Traveller universe, unglamorous but essential.

S YSTEM D EFENCE S HIPS

System Defence Boats (SDBs) pack a powerful punch for their

tonnage and are a good, cheap way to bolster a planet’s defences.

Some larger ships are also listed, these being designed to support

SDBs but, being jump capable, are able to fulﬁ l other roles.

S MALL C RAFT - M ILITARY

Small, non-jump capable craft designed for purely military use. Agile

ﬁ ghters, small landing craft, ship to ship assault boats and bombers

– all are well represented in this section.

W ARSHIPS

These vessels serve a variety of military roles. Although none are

large enough for front line duty, they are capable war machines

regardless. Dealing with pirates and raiders, as well as manning

border patrols and guarding civilian trafﬁ c, these ships are far

more likely to be encountered than the far larger capital ships of

the navy.

D RONES

C OUNTERMEASURE D RONE

Countermeasure drones are advanced computerised automatons deployed in small numbers to foil the sensors of scanning vessels.

They are not large, but contain powerful jamming sensors that act much like the countermeasure suite of larger ships, though at shorter

ranges.

The countermeasure drone may actively jam the sensors of any ship within Short range. The drone must pass a Comms test as normal

to jam the ship (as per the rules on page 53 of the Traveller core rulebook), but does so with a +2 DM to the check instead of the normal

penalties. The countermeasure drone is a Technology Level 13 design.

Countermeasure Drone

Tons

Price (MCr.)

Hull

10 tons

Hull 0

Structure 1

Armour

None

Manoeuvre Drive

Thrust 8

3.5

Power Plant

Rating 8

2.1

4.5

Fuel

One day

0.1

Drone Command Unit

TL 12

1.5

Computer

Model/4

Rating 20

Electronics

Countermeasure Suite (reduced size) DM+4

Software

Manoeuvre/0

Evade/1

Intellect

Rating 10

Armament

None

Total Tonnage and Cost

9.7

S UICIDE D RONE

Suicide drones are powerful engines in a streamlined, spike-like chassis, ﬁ tted with a single bomb-pumped torpedo warhead. The drone is

launched and its automated systems direct it to the target, driving deep into its hull before detonating. Like a guided, intelligent missile,

the drone seeks the best route to its target, effectively evading incoming attacks like a ﬁ ghter until it can impact – destroying itself in the

process. Suicide drones are sometimes thought of as too expensive to use in high numbers, but some navies make use of them. The suicide

drone is a Technology Level 12 design.

Suicide Drone

Tons

Cost (MCr.)

Hull

10 tons, Streamlined

Hull 0

Structure 1

1.1

Armour

Crystaliron

4 points

0.5

0.2

Manoeuvre Drive

Thrust 12

Power Plant

Rating 12

2.7

5.5

Fuel

One Day

0.15

Drone Command Unit

TL 12

1.5

Computer

Model 3

Rating 15

Software

Manoeuvre/0

Evade/2

Rating 15

Electronics

Basic Civilian

DM -2

0.05

Armament

1 Bomb-Pumped Laser Torpedo

Warhead

0.1

Total Tonnage and Cost

9.85

21.95

D RONES

M INE D RONE

A mine drone is a simple, lightly armoured shell powered by a fast engine that propels a single powerful explosive charge. When deployed it

manoeuvres to position and waits for a target that gives off electromagnetic impulses. When the target gets close enough the mine drone

rockets towards it and detonates.

Any target with a non-chemical power plant that comes within Adjacent Range of a dormant mine drone will automatically activate the

drone’s attack sequence. The mine moves toward the target at full speed, before detonating against it with a damage rating equal to that of

a High-Yield Multi-Warhead Missile. The mine drone is a Technology Level 12 design.

Mine Drone

Tons

Cost (MCr.)

Hull

10 tons

Hull 0

Structure 1

Armour

Crystaliron

2 points

0.25

0.1

Manoeuvre Drive

Thrust 8

3.5

Power Plant

Rating 8

2.1

4.5

Fuel

2 tons

Four weeks

Drone Command Unit

TL 12

1.5

Computer

Model/1

Rating 5

0.03

Software

Manoeuvre/0

Electronics

Basic Military

DM +0

Armament

1 High-Yield Multi-Warhead Missile

0.1

Cargo

Total Tonnage and Cost

9.95

15.23

R ECONNOISSANCE D RONE

Recon drones are often used by scout ships ﬁ rst entering an unknown or potentially hostile system. They are little more than small

compact mapping computers and sensor software suites attached to a long-ranged fuel supply. The recon drone is launched and sent on

an automated sweep of the system, returning with invaluable planetary and stellar data for the scout ship to analyse. The recon drone is a

Technology Level 12 design.

Reconnaissance Drone

Tons

Price (MCr.)

Hull

10 tons

Hull 0

Structure 1

Armour

None

Manoeuvre Drive

Thrust 2

0.5

Power Plant

Rating 2

1.2

Fuel

Seven weeks

3.5

Drone Command Unit

TL 12

1.5

Computer

Model 3

Rating 15

Software

Manoeuvre/0

Evade/2

Intellect

Rating 15

Rating 10

Electronics

Advanced

DM +1

Armament

None

Total Tonnage and Cost

9.7

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