Gravcraft

Gravcraft are vehicles that employ Gravity control technology for transportation purposes.

• Gravcraft are flyers and typically travel through a planet's atmosphere.
• Please see Gravity control technology for more information.
• It is a type of vehicle.

Description (Specifications)

Gravity control technology is the key technology that makes gravcraft work.

• The gravity control produces both weight-neutralization and thrust. Also know as grav, anti-grav, or contragrav.
• This control of the force of gravity allows construction of vehicles, like the Air/Raft and G-Carrier, mapping of object mass through Densitometers, and safety equipment like the Grav Parachute.
• Starships also employ gravity control technology, but this article only details terrestrial, interface, and close-orbit gravcraft.
• Please see Starship for more information.

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General Gravcraft Types

There are a number of classes of gravcraft, which include:

Civilian Gravcraft

• Personal Gravcraft (Single-occupant) (TL-9+)
  • Grav Belts
  • Grav Cycles
  • Grav Parachutes
  • G-Tubes
• Grav Cars (Dedicated Passenger Vehicles) (TL-9+)
• Grav Sleds (Dedicated Utility Vehicle) (TL-9+)
• Speeders (Hybrid High-performance Grav/aircraft) (TL-9+)

Large Gravcraft

• Very Large Grav Vehicles (Industrial) (TL-12+)
• Non-mobile Gravitic Cities (TL-13+)
• Mobile Gravitic Cities (TL-14+)

Paramilitary Gravcraft

• Air/Rafts (Dedicated Utility Vehicle) (TL-9+)
• G-Carriers (Interface Gravcraft) (TL-9+)

Military Gravcraft

• Grav AFVs (Dedicated Military Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
  • Grav APC
    • Empress class Grav APC
  • Grav Tanks (Dedicated Military Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
    • Despot class Heavy Grav Tank
    • Gram class Grav Tank
    • Invader class Grav Tank
    • Norris class Heavy Grav Tank
    • Striker class Grav Tank
    • Trepida class Grav Tank
    • Z-80 class Grav Tank

History & Background (Dossier)

The first Gravcraft, or vehicles employing gravity control technology, appear around (TL-9+).

Expected Technological Progression of This Vehicle Type

• Air/Raft → Speeder → G-Carrier → Advanced G-Carrier

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Frank Chadwick. Striker (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD.
• Jim Cunningham. "Grav Mining Vehicle (GMV)." High Passage 4 (1982): TBD.
• Gary L. Thomas. The Travellers' Digest 06 (Digest Group Publications, 1986), TBD.
• Loren Wiseman. Challenge 27 (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), TBD.
• Timothy B. Brown, Tony Lee. Emperor's Vehicles (Imperium Games, 1997), TBD.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science