Gravcraft
Synopsis
Gravcraft are vehicles that employ Gravity control technology for transportation purposes.
Please see Gravity control technology for more information.
Description
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.
History & Background (Dossier)
The first Gravcraft, or vehicles employing gravity control technology, appear around (TL-9+).
Representative Classes
There are a number of classes of gravcraft, which include:
- Personal Gravcraft (Single-occupant) (TL-9+)
- Grav Cars (Dedicated Passenger Vehicles) (TL-9+)
- Air/Rafts (Dedicated Utility Vehicle) (TL-9+)
- Grav Trucks (Dedicated Utility Vehicle) (TL-9+)
- Grav AFVs (Dedicated Military Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
- Grav Tanks (Dedicated Military Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
- G-Carriers (Interface Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
- Speeders (Hybrid High-performance Grav/aircraft) (TL-9+)
- Very Large Grav Vehicles (Industrial) (TL-12+)
- Non-mobile Gravitic Cities (TL-13+)
- Mobile Gravitic Cities (TL-14+)
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller Striker
- Marc Miller's Traveller T4 Emperor's Vehicles
- Periodical: Classic Traveller Challenge, Issue 27
- Periodical: Classic Traveller The Travellers' Digest No. 6
- 'Grav Mining Vehicle (GMV)' High Passage 4
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science