Dagger

Generic Dagger
Generic Dagger
Group:	Melee Weapon
Tech Level	TL–1
Size	200.0 mm length
Weight	250.0 grams
Cost	Cr10
Ammo	None
Manufacturer	Various
Generic Dagger

A Dagger (250 grams; Cr10; TL-1) is a small knife weapon with a flat, two-edged blade approximately 200mm in length.

• It is an edged and/or piercing melee weapon.
• This melee weapon may be employed as a thrown weapon.

Description (Specifications)

Daggers are usually carried in a Belt Sheath, and less frequently are concealed in a Boot Sheath or strapped to the forearm. Daggers are usually the last weapon of defense, and worn constantly. Each weighs 250 grams; that weight, however, does not count against the weight load of the character as the weapon is worn constantly and comfortably.

Weapon Characteristics

Length: 200mm. Weight: 250.0 grams. Base Price: Cr10.

History & Background (Dossier)

The earliest knives tend to fashioned from animal horns or bones should a world possess both a sophont and sophisticated animal life or equivalent creatures. Other sophonts construct knives from volcanic substances including obsidian. During the TL:1-3 epoch, sophonts generally transition from organic materials to various kinds of shaped and smelted metals.

Weapon Manufacture

The TL-1 dagger represented in this AAB article is a relatively unsophisticated knife forged by a blacksmith in a smithy of softer metals although harder irons may be used and more sophisticated alloys are generally beyond the reach of the typical TL-1 society.

Selected Dagger Types

1. TL-1 Dagger

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 42-43.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Characters and Combat (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 42-43.
• Imperial Encyclopedia
• Matthew Sprange. Core Rule Book (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 117.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science