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# [[Repatriation Bond]] | # [[Repatriation Bond]] | ||
# [[Thunderball]] | # [[Thunderball]] | ||
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=== Selected Equipment (Combat) === | === Selected Equipment (Combat) === |
Revision as of 23:30, 21 May 2018
Mercenary | |||
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Classic Traveller Book 4 | |||
Author | Frank Chadwick | ||
Publisher | Game Designers Workshop | ||
Version | Classic Traveller | ||
Edition | 1st | ||
Format | Book (Digest) | ||
Language | English | ||
Pages | 52 | ||
Year Published | 1978 | ||
Canonical | Yes | ||
Available from | RPGNow | ||
TBD | |||
Table of Contents | |||
TBD |
Mercenary is Book 4 of Classic Traveller.
- It provides RPG game mechanics, several mercenary tickets, and a basic visioning of planetary combat in the OTU of Classic Traveller.
Description (Specifications)
This book outlines mercenary forces, soldier of fortune being a major part of many science fiction books and films, the Traveller setting allows for Imperial planets to have limited wars using local or mercenary forces. This book is the first that featured an expanded character generation system, rolling for yearly results rather than every term of four years.
Table of Contents
Section | Page/s |
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Introduction | Page 1 |
The Regular Army - O | Page 3 |
Tickets | Page 17 |
Recruiting | Page 25 |
Battles | Page 31 |
Ironmongery | Page 36 |
Field Artillery | Page 48 |
Library Data Entries (Public)
Selected Equipment (Combat)
- Accelerator Rifle
- Advanced Combat Rifle
- Assault Rifle
- Auto-Cannon
- Auto-Grenade Launcher
- Early Grenade Launcher
- Gauss Rifle
- Hand Grenade
- Light Air Defense Missile
- Light Assault Gun
- Light Machine Gun
- PGMP-12
- PGMP-13
- PGMP-14
- FGMP-14
- FGMP-15
- RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher
- Rocket Assisted Multipurpose Grenade Launcher
- Snub Pistol
- Tac Missile
- Very Rapid Fire Gauss Gun
Selected Equipment (Non-combat)
Other Gear
- Anti-laser Aerosol
- Battle Computer
- Computer Fire Control System
- Map Box
- Nuclear Damper
- Radio Jammer
- Recon Drone
Selected Vehicles
AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicle)
- None
Selected Worlds
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit | Authors & Contributors |
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Game design | Frank Chadwick |
Advice, Assistance and Play testing | Marc Miller, John Harshman, Dave Emigh, Tony Svajlenka, Scott Renner, Wayne Roth, and Loren Wiseman |
Illustration | Dick Hentz |
Art Direction | Paul R. Banner |
External Link/s
COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG Geek
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET
- EXTERNAL LINK: Library Thing
REVIEWS
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG Geek Review I don't know but I've been told, Mercenary is the way to go!
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG Geek Review "Screw* banks — now we're knockin' over GOVERNMENTS."
References & Contributions (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.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science