Life Boat
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The Life Boat is an emergency device, a smallcraft, used to allow escape from danger, disaster, or calamity in space-going situations.
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Description (Specifications)[edit]
They typically displace 20.0 tons, and are capable of 1.0 G acceleration and can carry up to three conscious passengers.
- In addition, they often contain five emergency low berths, each capable of holding four persons in cold sleep. Thus a standard life boat can often carry a total of 23 sophonts.
- Life boats are almost always unarmed.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Life Boat Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Life Boat:
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This article was copied or excerpted from the following copyrighted sources and used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author.
- Classic Traveller Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), TBD.
- Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
