Its lineage is classic book 2 traveller ship design. However, in 1981, gdw took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. A starship designed to keep its occupants alive for years, decades, or even centuries, would require systems unheard of in current spacecraft. I always liked the starship uss voyager from the star trek tv series. Ive seen some pretty amazing deckplans and starship designs on this board most recently on the type w barge thread. Starship sizes are based on the displacement ton one ton is. Explore the vast reaches of space, updated for pc, mac and linux. Word generator vilani, zhodani, aslan, vargr, bwap, etc. It covers spaceship design, travel, and operations, along with a mapless space combat system. This book is intended as a rules reference for the traveller referee. As the newest admiral in starfleet, you are able to build your ultimate starship and send it on a mission. Designed to carry a nicelysized unit for a playerled mercenary band and deliver them to surface for military operations, this vessel forms the core of many future war traveller campaigns. Mt megatraveller referees manual game designers workshop.
Traveller posits the development of highly efficient fusion power plants, but other settings may use different sources of power. The zhodani conspiracy is a 1990 space science fiction roleplaying video game based on the traveller series and was produced by game designers workshop licensee paragon software for amiga, atari st and msdos operating environments. I seem to be misgoogling or something, because although i can find plenty of sites that help you with your starship deckplans, i cant seem to find any sites that allow you to draw what it looks like from the outside. Summarizes deckplan squares per component, making deskplanning easier. At least i redesigned the fuel tanks to provide additional fuel for the increased tonnage. Presented in full colour with realistic physicsbased dice rolling for battles, automapping, an. This software, written by long term traveller software author robert prior, takes the corrected version of qsds v1. T4 starships game designers workshop gdw traveller. T5 ship design is book 2 plus t5 ship design has a lineage paired with flexible options. The rating for the ships computer system is in addition to the processing power and speed needed for jump control programs, and all jump control software is. It includes coverage of vehicle and starship design, starship combat, world and star system generation and description, animal encounters. Configuration a ship may have any of three configurations standard a wedge, cone, sphere or cylinder, streamlined a wing, disc or other lifting body allowing it to enter the atmosphere easily or distributed made up of several sections, and incapable of entering an atmosphere or maintaining its shape under gravity.
Oct 20, 2014 orca high performance transport artist. Through the ships log you can find out how well you designed it and whether you assigned the right crew to complete the mission. Very detailed ship designs for the races of traveller. Applying the standard design discount gives you mcr52. Later, they will become involved in ship design and construction. In some cases i advise the customer just to pay the flat rate and have vtechnologies do the upgrade. Freelance traveller is also proud to be able to offer, free for you to download, the bits publication 101 starships, seventh edition. Csource sysgen 4 a collection of programs to generate subsectors and maps. Traveller srd mongoose traveller srd index spacecraft. Starship is easy to upgrade, the support has improved over the years and i have probably upgraded a half dozen users in the past two years and support has always been helpful at sending the latest release and documentation. Gives posh prints or htm documents, can produce an indexed web page output of all ship designs in a folder. Jan 19, 2016 travellers travel, thats what the book traveller book 2. Good websites or programs to make starship schematics.
This is a hobby project to create an online ship designer for the classic traveller game circa 1980s. Finally, in 1983, gdw released starter traveller, intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of traveller rules. A computer and its connections can be hardened against attack by electromagnetic pulse weapons. It is pricey, but it is packed with stuff you can use without using the traveller class or setting. Citizens of the imperium general traveller discussions the fleet. A program to design ships that conform to the classic traveller book 5 ship construction sequence. Traveller is a science fiction roleplaying game, first published in 1977 by game designers workshop. A computers rating can be increased by 5 for the purposes of running jump control programs only.
Ian steed a well known traveller artist and generally nice guy allowed me to play with his variant of the scoutcourier. Megatraveller is the name of this traveller rules system set against the background of starspanning rebellion in the imperium the referees manual. Based on all the stuff you get in the t20 book ship and vehicle design rules, prior history, star system design rules, cargo buying and selling, creature design rules, space combat, etc. Spaceship interior spaceship design cyberpunk interstellar warhammer 40k space colony star wars spaceships starship concept robotech macross. Alternatively just head for the gallery to view more than 75 textured starship renderings and more than 60 untextured starship renderings. Check out the luxurious interior of a royal class liner.
Mar 17, 2005 based on all the stuff you get in the t20 book ship and vehicle design rules, prior history, star system design rules, cargo buying and selling, creature design rules, space combat, etc. Get the complete stat on a corsair before you have to face one. Foreven shipyards traveller starship miniatures by. The starship design system in traveller 4, the quick starship design system qsds is generally considered poor, and many people use a fanmade revised version, available on the internet, the qsds 1. Dec 11, 2010 im very bad at drawing and fairly good at design. Starship traveller allows players to control an entire ship and crew, with each member skilled in certain abilities. This vargr tl 11 battlecruiser design shows the problems inherent in creating a. Gives posh prints or htm documents, can produce an indexed web page. In for a credit, in for a megacredit as the old saying goes, so i pushed through the design regardless of actual displacement.
But if you remove the cost of the jump software before you apply the standard design discount mcr58. The starship geomorphs book is finally complete and ready for download. The file wasnt in the stl format needed for importing into the carvewright software so i needed to convert it. Dec 26, 2010 the ship created is perfect for your traveller or space opera games. Traveller starship design aek naz class vargr battle cruiser. Bits has a selection of software available for traveller for both the windows and. The ship created is perfect for your traveller or space opera games. For fusion plants an amount of fuel equal to two thirds of the tonnage of the power plant will power the starship for two weeks.
Im not opposed to revisiting this sometime in the future if the situation warrants it. Csource 1 million stars a collection of programs to generate subsectors and maps. A ship may have any of three configurations standard a wedge, cone, sphere or cylinder, streamlined a wing, disc or other lifting body allowing it to enter the atmosphere easily or distributed made up of several sections, and incapable of entering an atmosphere or maintaining its shape under gravity. Everyone wants to make the enterprise, but i like the sleek elegant look of the voyager, so i set out to find a good 3d model of it online. The original 1977 release of traveller contained three books characters and combat, starships, and worlds and adventures. Software for describing and generating worlds accrete star system generator. Its dedicated to the sole purpose of archiving every single starship design ever conceived in the star trek, battlestar galactica, babylon 5, and space battleship yamato a.
This document, authored by rob prior, contains descriptions and design worksheets for a wide range of spaceships and starships suitable for use with gurps traveller. It is pricey, but it is packed with stuff you can use without using the traveller. It includes coverage of vehicle and starship design, starship combat, world and star system generation and description, animal encounters, trade and commerce, detailed task resolution, and administration of adventures. Freelance traveller will make an effort to keep all links up to date, but were only human, and may slip from time to time. Best freeware starship design software the fleet ship designs, strategies, and tactics. However, the relationship goes a bit deeper, in that drive rules in mgt2 are derived directly from traveller5. It details interstellar travel and starships for classic traveller. Dont yet have options to harden systems, or use alternative tls for costsizeetc improvements, and there are a few other things such as hiding systems the ship is too small for that i want to get to, but the sheet does already hide quite a few suboptions that arent valid such as. Rpgsuite doesnt end at the traveller character generator, the digital character sheet, and starship architect. Oct 10, 2018 the starship geomorphs book is finally complete and ready for download. Hyperspace drive hyperdrives can be used in nonstandard traveller settings. A classic adventure, and a classic starship the flying football. Is traveller 5 ship building compatible with mongoose. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i.
Foreven shipyards traveller starship miniatures by mmihalas. A selfsealing hull automatically repairs minor breaches such as micrometeoroid impacts, and prevents hull hits from leading to explosive decompression. Presented in full colour with realistic physicsbased dice rolling for battles, automapping, an autoupdated adventure sheet and stat keeping. Design, build, and launch starships with star trek starship creator.
The fat cat tig tpt3 fat cat logistics transport is an interesting ship from fat cat games. What is the state of the art for starship design tools. Spending an hour or two on an individual design is fine with me. A hardened system is immune to emp, but costs 50% more. Written by andrew moffattvallance, this allows the design of small arms according to the fire, fusion and steel 2nd ed. First, both systems derive from classic traveller, and so ship designs are relatively portable. That becomes evident when one designs some of the fundamental, iconic traders that traveller has always had. Megatraveller starship design, produces starships and spaceships with full stats. The page for each model has dimensions and comments on the design. Future projects include gmtools to help you run your game, whether its a short adventure or a yearslong campaign. Some software originally submitted as being for msdos or windows, such as certain spreadsheetbased ship designers, can now be run on multiple platforms due to widespread support for the spreadsheet format. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i comment. A free program called meshlab came to the rescue, and i was all set with my voyager stl file ready for import and slicing with the carvewright stl importer. A starship must have a jump drive and a power plant.
Far trader theres a fortune to be made among the stars for the intrepid merchant with business savvy, a suspicious mind, and more than a little luck. A fission plant requires radioactive elements as fuel. You picked up the freaking classic traveller game, do the math. For all of my mapping tutorials and bonus downloads. Travellers travel, thats what the book traveller book 2.
Traveller d20 starship construction and combat system. The base model came in colors see below and i will try to give it a personal touch later. Software for the use with the roleplaying game traveller or its background for. May 15, 2015 this pin was discovered by macattack001. This set of rules contains everything needed to play traveller. Purists should know that this design tops out at just over 240 dtons yikes. If you have any constructive criticisms please comment below. Software for the use with the roleplaying game traveller or its background for unix. Miller designed traveller with help from frank chadwick, john harshman, and loren k. Unless otherwise noted, these power plants use all the same rules as the standard fusion power plants. Freelance traveller has, with permission, selected a number of designs from this collection to start off this section. I can safely say after three years of putting this project together the itch has been thoroughly scratched. Youll need to make a copy to use it as the above link is readonly. We want to give you the ability to create your own races, careers, vehicles, robots, worlds, and sectors.
This document, authored by rob prior, contains descriptions and design worksheets for a wide range of spaceships and starships suitable for use with gurps. The game is set within the official traveller universe and features character creation and other aspects of game mechanics compatible with prior. Star blazers in the usa universes, both official and unofficial, interesting and mediocre. Is traveller 5 ship building compatible with mongoose traveller. This app assumes you already have the relevant traveller.
Part of the fun of the game is you get to design your own spaceship. Traveller srd mongoose traveller srd index spacecraft design. Adventureclass ships are a smaller class of starships, typically with a crew size ranging from 1 to perhaps two dozen. A hyperspace drive uses no fuel but requires double the space of a jump drive that can travel the equivalent distance. Simple interface which handles all the calculations. In all of those instances everything has gone well. See also issues on porting, and probably the brp software section for more generic programs. Privateering and prize money in the traveller universe. Sure, there are standard models, in fact, there is a book of them supplement 7 traders and gunboats, but cmon. What programs or sites do you use to draw starships. Reflec coating on the hull increases the ships armour against lasers by 3. Some of them can help you design stuff for your games. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement which many.
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