Talk:Packet Ship

Links (2019)

1. EXTERNAL LINK: The Revised Armed Packet by Randy Dorman
2. EXTERNAL LINK: The Armed Packet by Randy Dorman
3. EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller Shipyard Armed Packet by Robert Eaglestone
4. EXTERNAL LINK: Here's my first attempt at statting out a ship with Mongoose Traveller 2 and drawing up a real set of deck plans. It's a handy ship type described in T5 but not actually statted out.
5. EXTERNAL LINK: FB Article Feedback Request
6. EXTERNAL LINK: I finally had a chance to take High Guard 2e for a spin. I did a conversion of the armed packet, a T5 ship type that fills a missing niche: a 300 ton, J-3 starship. I used a T5 design Rob Eaglestone had posted a few years.

- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 10:58, 29 May 2019 (EDT)

Notes (2019)

The mission code ("U") needs to go first, which tentatively includes the concept of speed. Mission Modifiers follow the main code. See T5.09 p. 286-287.

• U = Packet

• B = Boat
• S = System or Small
• S = Special or Luxury
• K = Diplomatic or Fast
• X = Express or Special
• F = Fast or Far or Frontier
• L = Long Range
• P = Passenger or Plus
• C = Communications or Carrier
• E = Essential
• M = Military
• N = Naval or Fleet
• T = Tramp or Tender (Carrier)
• G = Gunned
• A = Armored
• Q = Disguised or Decoy

- WHULorigan (talk) 11:22, 12 June 2019 (EDT)

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It's great Wayne. But, we'll have to diverge slightly from T5 orthodoxy to make it work.

• I have been discussing it with MWM.
• Please see: Master Imperial Type Codes

- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:32, 12 June 2019 (EDT)

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• The "Late" Imperial Codes table should probably include the BCS ship codes from Agent of the Imperium as well (or have a separate table for them to distinguish them from ACS).

--WHULorigan (talk) 12:01, 12 June 2019 (EDT)

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Would you be interested in working on a second tables with those codes?

• Please see: Forum:Agent of the Imperium ship types
• Everything is mapped out there.
• I haven't tried to consistently map out the secondary codes since they different so much across the versions, which are mapped out there: Ship Mission Code.

- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 12:31, 12 June 2019 (EDT)

Supraclass Archtypes

Selected Packet Ship Types
Archtype	Type Code	Examplar	Remarks
Packet Ship	XU U	''Excalibur'' class Express Packet Boat	The generic Packet Boat is represented by a variety of types with a variety of capabilities.
Armed Packet Ship	XUA XUG UGX	Xerxes class Armed Packet Ship	The Armed Packet Ship is designed to deal with frontier areas where hostile situations my be encountered such as a District, Rift Zone, or the Imperial Fringe.
Packet Boat	XUB UBX	No class-named example in database yet.	Packet Boat are officially system packet craft without jump drives. However, in practice, the term is used as a substitute for packet ships. So, many Boats have jump drives despite the contradiction of terms.
Dispatch Ship	XUD UN UNX UK UKX	Chercheur class Fleet Dispatch Courier	Dispatch Ships focus on even smaller loads and fewer passengers than the typical packet ship. Dispatch ships often focus on VIP transport and sensitive high value cargos.
Fast Packet Boat	XUF XUF UFX	Excalibur class Express Packet Boat	Express Packet Boats use more capable jump drives, often in the J:5-6 range. But, not always. Some express boats are named as such, but use regular frames and drives. These boats, especially the higher G models are known to be used as light, nimble blockade runners.
Packet Liner	XUR XUP UPX	No class-named example in database yet.	Packet Liner are much larger ships able to handle more VIP passengers. Packet liners are known to be used as heavy blockade runners.
Vargr Packet Boat	XUV UBX-V	''Dhaztuen'' class Packet Ship	The Vargr Extents is far more chaotic and dangerous than Imperial Space. Larger, better armed and armored hulls tend to be the norm in use by Vargrs.