"Traveller Ship?" Topic
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robert piepenbrink | 12 Feb 2020 5:38 p.m. PST |
Back in the mists of time, I remember there were actual 15mm scaled floor plans for a ship to go with Traveller--possibly in conjunction with the "Snapshot" supplement. It was, what I think of as a Schmitz Class vessel, after The Profitable Venture in The Witches of Karres--minimal armament, room for a few passengers with shady backgrounds trying to avoid Imperial entanglements, a little cargo capacity and maybe some spaces in the hold the customs people might miss. The video SF age will be thinking of the Milleneum Falcon and the Serenity Pass. Can anyone remember the name of that Traveller ship, and point me toward where I might find those deck plans. I'd have to blow them up to 28mm, but still… Thanks, Robert |
emckinney | 12 Feb 2020 5:53 p.m. PST |
Doesn't ring a bell among the many I have. If no one answers here, pop over to Citizens of the Imperium. |
Skrapwelder | 12 Feb 2020 6:24 p.m. PST |
Free Trader Beowulf and Darthanon Queen come to mind |
Skeptic | 12 Feb 2020 6:57 p.m. PST |
One was included with Snapshot. The ship was wedge-shaped, with a fairly large square cargo hold at the stern. It also had a small upper deck. I forget the name, if there ever was one. Voila!: link |
dragon6 | 12 Feb 2020 7:31 p.m. PST |
If you are talking about the wedge shaped scout ship the usual version is the Suleiman. Most of the various types are very similar. Personally I find the Freetrader merchants the more usual ship. Bigger withmore crew (player characters), more space to stash some slightly dodgy merchandise, space for passengers. If so the Beowulf is the usual version. The fartrader version is the Empress Marava class. Longer range less cargo space. google the different names and you should find floorplans. Snapshot is not my favorite version of rules to fight that game. |
Wackmole9 | 12 Feb 2020 7:37 p.m. PST |
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dragon6 | 12 Feb 2020 8:40 p.m. PST |
If you are talking about the wedge shaped scout ship the usual version is the Suleiman. Most of the various types are very similar. Personally I find the Freetrader merchants the more usual ship. Bigger withmore crew (player characters), more space to stash some slightly dodgy merchandise, space for passengers. If so the Beowulf is the usual version. The fartrader version is the Empress Marava class. Longer range less cargo space. google the different names and you should find floorplans. Snapshot is not my favorite version. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 12 Feb 2020 9:45 p.m. PST |
There were a lot of deckplans for Traveller ships of all kinds, ranging in size from the 100 ton Suleiman-class scout ship included with Snapshot! to the 65,000 ton Lightning-class cruiser that is the subject of the game Azhanti High Lightning. Besides deckplans with 1-inch squares that you could just unfold and play, there were deckplans at smaller scales in many supplements that you could enlarge on a copying machine. Snapshot included both the Suleiman-class scout ship and the Beowulf-class free trader. |
darthfozzywig | 12 Feb 2020 10:13 p.m. PST |
Drivethrurpg has much of the GDW Traveller line: link |
Bashytubits | 13 Feb 2020 7:27 p.m. PST |
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