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|author    = Greg Porter
 
|author    = Greg Porter
|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/121/T4-Emperors-Arsenal?affiliate_id=875229
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|canon    = Yes
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|caption  = Emperor's Arsenal
 
|caption  = Emperor's Arsenal
|contents  = Introduction:3, Imperial procurement practices:4, New weapons:7, Tech Level 0:12, Tech Level 1:14, Tech Level 2: 18, Weapons technologies:21, Tech Level 3:23, Tech Level 4:25, Sighing aids:29, Tech Level 5:31, Tech Level 6:38, Tactical role of weapons:43, Tech Level 7:45, Tech Level 8:51, Chemical weapons:58, Tech Level 9:59, Tech Level 10:64, No Nukes:71, Tech Level 11:72, Tech Level 12:78, Ammunition costs: 85, Tech Level 13:86, Tech Level 14:92, Law Levels:98, Tech Level 15:100, Tech Level 16:104, Master Weapons Table:106
 
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|footnote  = ISBN 1-57828-350-7    Stock #1500
 
|footnote  = ISBN 1-57828-350-7    Stock #1500
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[[Emperor's Arsenal]] is a [[Imperium Games]] product.
 
[[Emperor's Arsenal]] is a [[Imperium Games]] product.
* It is an equipment source book designed for [[T4]] [[Marc Miller's Traveller]].
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* It is an combat equipment source book designed for [[T4]] [[Marc Miller's Traveller]].
 
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
Published as the inaugural edition of ''[[Carnak's Surface Weapons]]'', the Emperor's Arsenal presents a variety of weapons from [[TL-0]] to [[TL-16]]. Included are additional rules, {{Imperial}} procurement policies, and illustrations of each [[weapon]].   
 
Published as the inaugural edition of ''[[Carnak's Surface Weapons]]'', the Emperor's Arsenal presents a variety of weapons from [[TL-0]] to [[TL-16]]. Included are additional rules, {{Imperial}} procurement policies, and illustrations of each [[weapon]].   
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# [[VRF]]
 
# [[VRF]]
 
# [[Weapon]]
 
# [[Weapon]]
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# [[X-ray Laser]]
  
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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# [[Carnak's Surface Weapons]]
 
# [[Carnak's Surface Weapons]]
  
=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment (Combat)]] ===
 
''[[TL-0]]:''
 
# [[Ax]]-0
 
# [[Blowgun]]-0
 
# [[Bow]]-0
 
# [[Club]]-0
 
# [[Knife]]-0
 
# [[Sling]]-0
 
# [[Spear]]-0
 
# [[Sword]]-0
 
''NOTES:'' [[TL-0]] was later more precisely defined as [[found tool]]s making some of the [[TL-0]] weapons from this publication later amended.
 
 
==== TL:1-3 Weapons ====
 
''[[TL-1]]:''
 
# [[Ax]]-1
 
# [[Ballista]]-1
 
# [[Bow]]-1
 
# [[Crossbow]]-1
 
## [[Heavy Crossbow]]-1
 
## [[Light Crossbow]]-1
 
# [[Knife]]-1
 
# [[Onager]]-1
 
# [[Polearm]]-1
 
# [[Rocket]]-1
 
# [[Shield]]-1
 
# [[Spear]]-1
 
# [[Sword]]-1
 
# [[Trebuchet]]-1
 
 
''[[TL-2]]:''
 
# [[Black Powder]]-2
 
# [[Blunderbuss]]-2
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-2
 
# [[Heavy Pistol]]-2
 
# [[Light Cannon]]-2
 
# [[Light Pistol]]-2
 
# [[Medium Cannon]]-2
 
# [[Medium Crossbow]]-2
 
# [[Musket]]-2
 
# [[Rapier]]-2
 
# [[Stiletto]]-2
 
 
''[[TL-3]]:''
 
# [[Air Rifle]]-3
 
# [[Light Cannon]]-3
 
# [[Light Pistol]]-3
 
# [[Medium Cannon]]-3
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-3
 
# [[Heavy Pistol]]-3
 
# [[Revolver]]-3
 
# [[Rifle]]-3
 
# [[Shotgun]]-3
 
 
==== TL:4-6 Weapons ====
 
''[[TL-4]]:''
 
# [[Artillery Rocket]]-4
 
# [[Body Pistol]]-4
 
# [[Dynamite]]-4
 
# [[Grenade]]-4
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-4
 
# [[Heavy Revolver]]-4
 
# [[Light Cannon]]-4
 
# [[Light Pistol]]-4
 
# [[Machinegun]]-4
 
# [[Medium Cannon]]-4
 
# [[Pistol]]-4
 
# [[Rapid Fire Machinegun]]-4
 
# [[Rifle]]-4
 
# [[Shotgun]]-4
 
# [[Torpedo]]-4
 
# [[Very Heavy Cannon]]-4
 
 
''[[TL-5]]:''
 
# [[ACR]]-5
 
# [[Anti-Tank Rifle]]-5
 
# [[AP Mine]]-5
 
# [[AT Grenade]]-5
 
# [[AT Mine]]-5
 
# [[Bomb]]-5
 
## [[Heavy Bomb]]-5
 
## [[Light Bomb]]-5
 
## [[Medium Bomb]]-5
 
# [[Demolition Charge]]-5
 
# [[Flamethrower]]-5
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-5
 
# [[Heavy Machinegun]]-5
 
# [[Hunting Rifle]]-5
 
# [[LAAW]]-5
 
# [[Light Cannon]]-5
 
# [[Medium Cannon]]-5
 
# [[Medium Machinegun]]-5
 
# [[Mortar]]-5
 
# [[Organ Rocket]]-5
 
# [[Pistol]]-5
 
# [[Submachinegun]]-5
 
# [[Torpedo]]-5
 
# [[Very Heavy Cannon]]-5
 
 
''[[TL-6]]:''
 
# [[AA Missile]]-6
 
# [[ACR]]-6
 
## [[Heavy ACR]]-6
 
## [[Light ACR]]-6
 
# [[AS Missile]]-6
 
# [[AT Missile]]-6
 
# [[Glide Bomb]]-6
 
# [[Grenade]]-6
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-6
 
# [[Heavy Machinegun]]-6
 
# [[LAAW]]-6
 
# [[Light Autocannon]]-6
 
# [[Medium Cannon]]-6
 
# [[Medium Machinegun]]-6
 
# [[Recoilless Rifle]]-6
 
# [[Submachinegun]]-6
 
# [[Torpedo]]-6
 
# [[Very Heavy Cannon]]-6
 
 
==== TL:7-9 Weapons ====
 
''[[TL-7]]:''
 
# [[AA Missile]]-7
 
# [[ACR]]-7
 
## [[Heavy ACR]]-7
 
## [[Light ACR]]-7
 
# [[Anti-Missile Missile]]-7
 
# [[AP Mine]]-7
 
# [[Assault Greande]]-7
 
# [[AT Mine]]-7
 
# [[AT Missile]]-7
 
## [[Heavy AT Missile]]-7
 
## [[Light AT Missile]]-7
 
# [[Crossbow]]-7
 
# [[Flame Rocket]]-7
 
# [[Heavy Pistol]]-7
 
# [[LAAW]]-7
 
# [[Light AA Missile]]-7
 
# [[Pepper Spray]]-7
 
# [[Pistol]]-7
 
# [[Plastic Explosive]]-7
 
# [[Riot Shield]]-7
 
# [[Scattermine]]-7
 
# [[Sniper Rifle]]-7
 
# [[Tranq Pistol]]-7
 
# [[Tranq Rifle]]-7
 
# [[VRF Cannon]]-7
 
# [[VRF Machinegun]]-7
 
 
''[[TL-8]]:''
 
# [[AA Missile]]-8
 
## [[Light AA Missile]]-8
 
## [[Medium AA Missile]]-8
 
# [[AT Missile]]-8
 
## [[Heavy AT Missile]]-8
 
# [[Body Pistol]]-8
 
# [[Fuel Air Bomb]]-8
 
# [[Grenade]]-8
 
# [[Hand Stunner]]-8
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-8
 
# [[Heavy Machinegun]]-8
 
# [[LAAW]]-8
 
# [[Light AA Missile]]-8
 
# [[Light Autocannon]]-8
 
# [[Medium Cannon]]-8
 
# [[Mortar]]-8
 
# [[Multi Mine]]-8
 
# [[Net Gun]]-8
 
# [[Remote Mine]]-8
 
# [[Shock Baton]]-8
 
# [[Thud Gun]]-8
 
 
''[[TL-9]]:''
 
# [[ACR]]-9
 
## [[Heavy ACR]]-9
 
## [[Light ACR]]-9
 
# [[AP Mine]]-9
 
# [[AT Mine]]-9
 
# [[Battledress]]-9
 
# [[Bullpup Rifle]]-9
 
# [[Flasher]]-9
 
# [[Hazer]]-9
 
# [[LAAW]]-9
 
# [[Sentry Gun]]-9
 
# [[Submachinegun]]-9
 
 
==== TL:10-12 Weapons ====
 
''[[TL-10]]:''
 
# [[ACR]]-10
 
# [[Assault Shotgun]]-10
 
# [[Augmented Battle Dress]]-10
 
# [[Battle Dress]]-10
 
# [[Grenade]]-10
 
# [[Heavy Cannon]]-10
 
# [[Heavy Machinegun]]-10
 
# [[Hunting Rifle]]-10
 
# [[Knife]]-10
 
# [[Magnum Revolver]]-10
 
# [[Pistol]]-10
 
# [[Rapid Fire ACR]]-10
 
# [[Shotgun]]-10
 
# [[Sniper Rifle]]-10
 
# [[Sticky Grenade]]-10
 
# [[Sticky Gun]]-10
 
# [[Tranq Carbine]]-10
 
# [[Tranq Pistol]]-10
 
# [[VRF Gauss Machinegun]]-10
 
# [[Waterknife]]-10
 
 
''[[TL-11]]:''
 
# [[ACR]]-11
 
## [[cR898 class Battle Rifle]]
 
# [[AP Mine]]-11
 
# [[AT Mine]]-11
 
# [[Augmented Battle Dress]]-11
 
# [[Battle Dress]]-11
 
# [[Crossbow]]-11
 
# [[LAAW]]-11
 
# [[Pistol]]-11
 
# [[Pocket Snub Gun]]-11
 
# [[Pocket Thud Gun]]-11
 
# [[Rapid Fire Point Defense Laser]]-11 ([[RF PD Laser]])
 
# [[Snub Gun]]-11
 
## [[cP003 class Pistol]]
 
# [[Snub SMG]]-11
 
# [[Staple Gun]]-11
 
## [[cP859 class Staple Gun]]
 
# [[Stay-Put Sprayer]]-11
 
# [[Submachinegun]]-11
 
## [[cP007 class Submachinegun]]
 
# [[Target Pistol]]-11
 
# [[Thud Gun]]-11
 
 
''[[TL-12]]:''
 
# [[ACR]]-12
 
# [[Augmented Battle Dress]]-12
 
# [[Body Pistol]]-12
 
# [[Gauss Sniper Rifle]]-12
 
# [[Grenade]]-12
 
# [[Heavy Gauss Cannon]]-12
 
# [[Heavy Plasma Cannon]]-12
 
# [[Laser Pistol]]-12
 
## [[Heavy Laser Pistol]]-12
 
## [[Light Laser Pistol]]-12
 
# [[Laser Rifle]]-12
 
## [[Hunting Laser Rifle]]-12
 
# [[Light Plasma Cannon]]-12
 
# [[Medium Plasma Cannon]]-12
 
# [[PCMP]]-12
 
# [[Rapid Fire Gauss Rifle]]-12 ([[RF Gauss Rifle]])
 
# [[Rapid Fire Gauss Machinegun]]-12 ([[RF Gauss Machinegun]])
 
# [[Spurt Gun]]-12
 
# [[VRF Point Defense Laser]]-12
 
 
==== TL:13-15 Weapons ====
 
''[[TL-13]]:''
 
# [[Augmented Battle Dress]]-13
 
# [[Gauss ACR]]-13
 
# [[Gauss Pistol]]-13
 
# [[Gauss Shotgun]]-13
 
# [[Heavy Laser Rifle]]-13
 
# [[Heavy Plasma Cannon]]-13
 
# [[Heavy Snub SMG]]-13
 
# [[Laser ACR]]-13
 
# [[Laser Pistol]]-13
 
# [[Light Plasma Cannon]]-13
 
# [[Medium Plasma Cannon]]-13
 
# [[PCMP]]-13
 
# [[Plasma Point Defense Cannon]]-13
 
# [[Very Light Plasma Cannon]]-13
 
# [[Very Rapid Fire Gauss Cannon]]-13 ([[VRF Gauss Cannon]])
 
# [[Very Rapid Fire Gauss Machinegun]]-13 ([[VRF Gauss Machinegun]])
 
# [[Very Rapid Fire Point Defense Laser]]-13 ([[VRF Point Defense Laser]])
 
 
''[[TL-14]]:''
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
# [[TBD]]-14
 
 
''[[TL-15]]:''
 
# [[TBD]]-15
 
 
==== TL:16-18 Weapons ====
 
''[[TL-16]]+:''
 
# [[Laser Pistol]]-16
 
# [[AM Gauss Rifle]]-16 ([[Antimatter Gauss Rifle]])
 
# [[CG Rifle]]-16 ([[Contragrav Rifle]])
 
# [[Plasma Rifle]]-16
 
# [[ABPCMP]]-16 ([[Antimatter Bomb Plasma Cannon, Man Portable]])
 
 
''[[Artifact]]:''
 
# [[Artifact Ganiir 4132]]
 
# [[Idkurkian Big Gun]]
 
  
 
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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| Interior Art
 
| Interior Art
| [[Bryan Gibson]]
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| [[Bryan Gibson]], assisted by [[Ashe Marler]], [[Steve Bryant]]
 
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|-
 
| Assistance
 
| Assistance
| [[Timothy B. Brown]], [[Cathy DeMott]], [[Ashe Marler]], [[Steve Bryant]]
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| [[Timothy B. Brown]], [[Cathy DeMott]]
 
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{{Detail}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S1= Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 29 September 2021

Emperor's Arsenal
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Emperor's Arsenal
Author Greg Porter
Publisher Imperium Games
Version Marc Miller's Traveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (Softback)
Language English
Pages 112
Year Published 1997
Canonical Yes
Available from DriveThru RPG
Also See Technology Level
ISBN 1-57828-350-7 Stock #1500

Emperor's Arsenal is a Imperium Games product.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Published as the inaugural edition of Carnak's Surface Weapons, the Emperor's Arsenal presents a variety of weapons from TL-0 to TL-16. Included are additional rules, Imperial procurement policies, and illustrations of each weapon.

Table of Contents[edit]

Emperor's Arsenal
Section Page/s
Introduction 3
Imperial Procurement Practicies 4
New Weapons Rules 6
Tech Level 0 12
Tech Level 1 14
Tech Level 2 18
Weapon Technologies 21
Tech Level 3 23
Tech Level 4 25
Tech Level 5 31
Tech Level 6 38
Tactical Roles of Weapons 43
Tech Level 7 45
Tech Level 8 51
Chemical Weapons 58
Tech Level 9 59
Tech Level 10 64
Tech Level 11 72
Tech Level 12 78
Ammunition Costs 85
Tech Level 13 86
Tech Level 14 92
Tech Level 15 98
Tech Level 16 100
Master Weapons Table 106

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. APDS
  2. Artifact
  3. Chemical Weapon
    1. Blood Toxin Chemical Weapon
    2. Corrosive Chemical Weapon
    3. Neurotoxin Chemical Weapon
  4. DM
  5. Explosive
  6. Firearm
  7. HE
  8. HEAP
  9. HEDP
  10. Heavy Weapon
  11. Launcher
  12. Law Level
  13. PCMP (Plasma Cannon, Man Portable)
  14. Pistol
  15. RF
  16. Rifle
  17. Shotgun
  18. Sighting Aid
    1. Densitometer Sight
    2. EMF Scope
    3. Light Amplification Sight
    4. Light Conversion Sight
    5. Tactical Heads-Up Display (HUD)
    6. Telescopic Sight
  19. Smallarm
  20. Submachinegun
  21. Support Weapon
  22. Torpedo
  23. VRF
  24. Weapon
  25. X-ray Laser

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Publications[edit]

  1. Carnak's Jump and System Ships
  2. Carnak News Database
  3. Carnak's Sensors and Communications
  4. Carnak's Ship Support Systems
  5. Carnak's Surface Transports
  6. Carnak's Surface Weapons


Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Emperor's Arsenal is an important personal equipment and vehicle equipment source book for T4.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Design Greg Porter
Editing Tony Lee
Interior Art Bryan Gibson, assisted by Ashe Marler, Steve Bryant
Assistance Timothy B. Brown, Cathy DeMott

External Link/s[edit]

Commentary & Data articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Reviews:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

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