Mongoose 2nd: High Guard Update 2022

High Guard Update 2022
Ship design and Combat
Author		Matthew Sprange
Publisher		Mongoose Publishing
Version		Mongoose 2nd
Edition		2nd
Format		Book (Hardback) (PDF)
Language		English
Pages		288
Year Published		2022
Canonical		Yes
Available from		DriveThru RPG, Mongoose
Product code		MGP40087
ISBN		9781913076795

Mongoose 2nd: High Guard Update 2022 major expansion to the Mongoose 2nd edition of Traveller and produced by Mongoose Publishing. It contains rules for designing, building and operating spacecraft found throughout the galaxy. From small and nimble fighter craft to the adventure-class ships that Travellers fly, from gargantuan Megafreighters to military Capital Ships, this book provides everything the aspiring naval architect needs to populate their universe with ships that fly the space lanes.

This book also provides rules for designing space stations and starports, customising ships, and exotic technologies found in popular science fiction novels and movies that can be incorporated into your universe. There are also advanced rules for sensors, detailed descriptions of starship crew roles, how to conduct violent boarding actions, and detailed guidelines for battles between fighter squadrons and enormous fleet battles.

Finally, High Guard Update 2022 presents dozens of ship designs for the Charted Space universe, including small craft and fighters, traders, gunboats, scout ships and battleships ranging from lethal destroyers to colossal battleships, carriers and dreadnoughts. The revised design system provides a new approach to armour and armaments, making space combat scalable for anything from small skirmishes to devastating clashes between dozens or even hundreds of warships.

Credits

Authors

Christopher Griffen

Developer

Matthew Sprange

Layout and Graphic Design

Sandrine Thirache

Illustrations

Katrina Hepburn, Mark Graham, Ankit Yadav, Amy Wheeler, Cassie Gregory, Jonathan Torres, Quentin Soubrouillard, Nikita Vasylchuk

Proofing

Charlotte Law

Traveller Inner Circle

Andrew James Alan Welty, Colin Dunn, M. J. Dougherty, Rob Eaglestone, Sam Wissa, Joshua Bell, Maksim Smelchak, Geir Lanesskog, Christopher Griffen

Assistant Naval Architects

Dave Dyson, Geir Lanesskog, Jeremy Rector, James Sugrue

and Adrian Tymes

Table of Contents

Mongoose 2nd: High Guard

Section	Page/s
Introduction	3
Ship Design	8
Weapons and Screens	27
Spacecraft Options	43
Space Stations	64
Customisinig Ships	70
The Ship's Computer	73
Sensors	76
Exotic Technology	79
Crew Roles	85
Creating Deck Plans	100
Fighters	102
Fleet Battles	105
Boarding Actions	125
Spaceships of the Third Imperium	135

Library Data Entries (Public)

1. Battleships
2. Belt Mining
3. Capital Ship
4. Capital Ship Battles
5. Deck Plans
6. Fighter
7. Galaxy
8. Missiles
9. Naval Architecture
10. Screens
11. Ship
12. Ship Equipment
13. Ship's Computer
14. Spacecraft
15. Space Lane
16. Space Stations
17. Star System
18. Technology
19. Third Imperium
20. Warheads
21. Warp Drives
22. Weapons

Library Data Entries (Automated)

Ship data entries
Gionetti class Light Cruiser

Library data entries
Space Folding Drive

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