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An [[Aircraft]] is a kind of flying [[vehicle]] or technological device, intended to convey [[sophont]]s from one location to another. | An [[Aircraft]] is a kind of flying [[vehicle]] or technological device, intended to convey [[sophont]]s from one location to another. | ||
− | * It conveys its | + | * It conveys its [[passenger]]s and [[cargo]] through the medium of an [[atmosphere]]. |
+ | * [[NAFAL Spacecraft]] convey their [[passenger]]s and [[cargo]] through the medium of [[vacuum]]. | ||
+ | * [[FTL Starcraft]] convey their [[passenger]]s and [[cargo]] through the medium of [[jumpspace]]. | ||
* It is a type of [[vehicle]]. | * It is a type of [[vehicle]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 13 August 2019
An Aircraft is a kind of flying vehicle or technological device, intended to convey sophonts from one location to another.
- It conveys its passengers and cargo through the medium of an atmosphere.
- NAFAL Spacecraft convey their passengers and cargo through the medium of vacuum.
- FTL Starcraft convey their passengers and cargo through the medium of jumpspace.
- It is a type of vehicle.
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Expected Technological Progression of Aircraft-Spacecraft-Starcraft Development
MACRO LEVEL - FLIGHT:
- Rocketcraft → Aircraft → Spaceplane (Shuttle) → G-Carrier → Advanced G-Carrier → System Craft → Interstellar Spacecraft → Starcraft
MICRO LEVEL - DISPLACEMENT:
- Aerostat (Lighter than Air Vehicles - Airships) → Aerodyne (Heavier than Air Vehicles - Airplanes) → Spacecraft (Vacuum Ships)
MICRO LEVEL - SPEED:
- Subsonic Aircraft → Fast Subsonic Aircraft → Transonic Aircraft → Supersonic Aircraft → Hypersonic Aircraft → High Hypersonic Aircraft → NAFAL Spacecraft → FTL Starcraft
MICRO LEVEL - TYPE:
- Glider → Balloon → Airship → Ornithopter → Rocketcraft → Fixed Wing Aircraft → Rotorcraft (Propellor Aircraft) → Jet Aircraft → Rocketcraft → Spaceplane → Spacecraft → Starcraft
References & Contributors (Sources)
This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Aircraft. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
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- Frank Chadwick. Striker (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD.
- Terrance McInnes. COACC (Game Designers Workshop, 1989), TBD.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), TBD.
- TBD. Merc Heaven (QuikLink Interactive, 2005), TBD.
- Simon Beal. Military Vehicles (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), TBD.
- INTERNAL LINK: Errata Basic Traveller 1981 Edition
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science