Battle Rider (book)

Battle Rider
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Author		Frank Chadwick
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		Traveller The New Era
Edition		1st
Format		Game (Large)
Language		English
Pages		32
Year Published		1993
Canonical		Yes
Available from		RPGNow
ISBN 1-55878-167-6 Product No. 0308
Table of Contents
Introduction			2
Basic rules			3
Advanced rules			17
Optional rules			22
Designer notes			28
Battlerider cards			29
Missile spreadsheet			30

Battle Rider (book) is the game of squadron and fleet combat in GDW's Traveller universe.

• Brilliant Lances brought you detailed starship combat designed for roleplaying interaction.
• Battle Rider gives you fast-moving combat without the need for roleplaying levels of detail.

Description (Specifications)

In the 57th century, travel between the stars has long been an accepted fact of life. Starships with powerful jump drives form the basis of interstellar commerce and the warships that protect that commerce.

But jump drives are bulky and take up volume that could be filled with defensive systems or offensive weaponry. A specialized vessel, optimized for large fleet actions, gained popularity during the Second Imperium and came to completely dominate the fleets of the Third Imperium. These vessels had no jump drives, had nothing in fact not directly related to producing the most effective line-of-battle combatant possible.

They were carried across the interstellar distances by huge jump tenders, vessels with little or no combat ability of their own, which would release their deadly cargo before the battle began and then withdraw to a safe distance. These warships became the very symbol of large fleet actions. Because they were carried from star to star, they were called battle riders.

Game Features

Streamlined Mechanics allow squadrons of capital ships to duke it out.

• Interactive game turn sequence and hidden task force rules emphasise decision making, tactics, and bluffing instead of game mechanics.
• Unique décelés game system utilises battle resolution cards for all sensor, evasion, and firing tasks.
• Task force rules and target endpoint markers allow vector movement with no paperwork.
• All ship characteristics (weapons, defensive systems, manoeuvre, etc) are printed on the ship counter backs. No need to refer to a data book or off-map ship record sheet. No data forms to fill out prior to play.
• Key system and "mission kill" approach of the damage system allows detailed combat results with all damage recorded with markers on the ship counter, eliminating off-map damage records.
• Game system remains faithful to all aspects of the Traveller physical universe, and can easily be used to fight out individual small ship battles as fleet actions.

Game Contents

• 366 full-color game counters (three full counter sheets), ranging in size from 1 /2-inch to 1 1 /3-inch.
• 3 large 22-inch x 34-inch hex maps compatible with the maps in Brilliant Lances. The giant 2-inch hexes are big enough to use miniatures in place of counters.
• 96 battle resolution cards.
• 2 game reference charts
• 1 rules and scenario book.
• Errata sheet dated June 22, 1994 CE.

Table of Contents

Battle Rider
Section / Article	Page/s
Introduction	2
Basic Rules	3
Advanced Rules	17
Optional Rules	22
Designer's Notes	28
Battle Rider Cards	29
Missile Spread Sheet	30

Library Data Entries (Public)

1. Type S class Scout/Courier

Selected Ships

1. Admiral class Battle Rider
2. Ashtabula class Raider Cruiser
3. Aurora class Multimission Clipper AKA Aurora class Clipper
4. Chrysanthemum class Destroyer Escort
5. Cleon class Battle Tender
6. Type CP class Patrol Cruiser AKA Type T class Patrol Cruiser
7. Fiery class Close Escort
8. Fusilier class Destroyer
9. Gallant class Battle Rider
10. Gazelle class Close Escort
11. Kinunir class Colonial Cruiser
12. Maggart class Battle Tender
13. Manticore class Battle Rider (Light)
14. Mary Ellen Carter class Armed Merchant
15. Mercury class Heavy Cruiser
16. Midu Agashaam class Destroyer
17. Rapier class Escort Destroyer
18. Shukugan class System Defense Boat
19. Starburst class Light Cruiser
20. Sylea class Battleship
21. Triumph class Battle Tender
22. Valor class Missile Corvette
23. Victrix class Multimission Sloop AKA Victrix class Multipurpose Starship
24. Voroshilef class Battleship

Selected Smallcraft

1. Drone
2. Missile

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)

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Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit	Authors & Contributors
Design	Frank Chadwick
Design Assistance and Editing	Dave Nilsen
Art	Kirk Wescom

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