Point Defence Program

The Point Defence Program is designed to allow one vessel to provide point defence fire to protect a second vessel.

• This is a program, a kind of computer software.
• It is designed to be used with a Ship’s Computer, although it could be used with other kinds of computers as well.

Description (Specifications)

While any ship with a laser turret can engage in point defence fire on its own behalf, the computing power needed to do so on behalf of another vessel is staggering - So much so that it is only possible when the two ships are close together. The Point Defence Program is designed to undertake those calculations to aid a Gunner.

Selected Computer Programs

Offensive Programs:

• Advanced Fire Control Program
• Double Fire Program
• Fire Control Program
• Gunner Program
• Launch Program
• Launch Solution Program
• Multi-target Program
• Predict Program
• Select Program
• Target Program
• Virtual Gunner Program

• Electronic Warfare Program
• Intrusion Program

History & Background (Dossier)

Software within Charted Space is intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different technology levels of computers, and to be extensively toughened for hard use under vacuum if necessary.

The Software List: The computer software list, available at nearly any software vendor or port, indicates the various programs that are available. It shows space required by a specific program in CPU or storage, its price in MCr, and its title. Also shown is a brief overview of its effects.

Software Authorship: Various requirements exist for individual characters producing existng or new programs. Such a course can save money, but may have some pitfalls. Program generation is explained elsewhere.

References & Contributors (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.

• Matthew Sprange. High Guard (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 64.
• Author & Contributor: BackworldTraveller