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|alsosee  = [[Starship]]
 
|author    = Marc Miller
 
|author    = Marc Miller
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|available = {{DTRPG|id=80178}}
 
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|canon    = Yes
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|caption  = Book 2  
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|caption  = {{CT}} [[Book 2]]
 
|contents  =  
 
|contents  =  
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|edition  = 1st
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|footnote  =  
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|footnote  = TBD
 
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|year      = 1977
 
|year      = 1977
 
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[[Book 2]] [[Starships]] details interstellar travel and [[starship]]s for [[Classic Traveller]].
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[[Starships|Book 2 Starships]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
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* Travellers travel. They move between worlds as well as on their surfaces. The distances such travel covers may be interplanetary or interstellar in scale.
+
* It is a primary rules source book, a core book, designed for [[Classic Traveller]].
 +
* This book has errata for the 1977 and 1981 editions:
 +
# [[Errata Basic Traveller 1977 Edition]]
 +
# [[Errata Basic Traveller 1981 Edition]]
 
   
 
   
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.
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[[Traveller Gene|Travellers]] travel. They move between [[world]]s as well as on their surfaces. The distances such travel covers may be [[spaceship|interplanetary]] or [[starship|interstellar]] in scale. It details interstellar travel and [[starship]]s for [[Classic Traveller]].
 +
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 +
''Book 2'' contains details on [[starship]]s. Players can travel on them using the basic transportation rules, and may find it interesting to engage in [[Interstellar Trade within Charted Space|trade and commerce]] in order to make some [[Imperial Currency|money]]. Later, they will become involved in [[Naval Architecture|ship design and construction]]. {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat |page=7|version=Classic Traveller}}
 
* One can find more information here: [[Starships/Content]]
 
* One can find more information here: [[Starships/Content]]
  
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
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|+ ''Book 2 Starships''
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!colspan="2"|''[[Classic Traveller]]<br> Book 2 Starships''
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Section
 
! Section
 
! Page/s
 
! Page/s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Travelling             || align="right" |1
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| [[Travelling in Charted Space|Travelling]]
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| Starship Economics || align="right" |5
+
| [[Interstellar Trade within Charted Space|Starship Economics]]
 +
| 5
 
|-
 
|-
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| Starship Construction         || align="right" |9
+
| [[Naval Architecture|Starship Construction]]
 +
| 9
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Starship Combat             || align="right" |22
+
| [[War in Charted Space|Starship Combat]]
 +
| 22
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Drug]]s               || align="right" |38
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| [[Drug]]s  
 +
| 38
 
|-
 
|-
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| Experience               || align="right" |40
+
| [[Education in Charted Space|Experience]]
 +
| 40
 
|-
 
|-
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| Trade and Commerce             || align="right" |42
+
| [[Interstellar Trade within Charted Space|Trade and Commerce]]
 +
| 42
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=== Selected [[Drug]]s ([[Pharmaceutical]]s) ===
+
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries (Public)]] ===
−
* TBD
+
* [[Beam Laser]] {{Page cite|name= Starships |page= 16 |version= Classic Traveller |citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Computer Software]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S38}}
 +
* [[High Passage]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=4|version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Jump Drive]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=5, 7, 10, 13-15, 20, 22 |version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Low Lottery]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=5|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S5}}
 +
* [[Low Passage]] {{Page cite|citeName=S5}}
 +
* [[Imperial Credit|Megacredit]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=7|version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Mail Vault]]
 +
* [[Maneuver Drive]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=7, 14, 21-22, 28-29 |version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Middle Passage]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=4-5|version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Misjump]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=6|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S6}}
 +
* [[Missile Rack]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Naval Architecture]]
 +
* [[Power Plant]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=7, 14, 16, 22 |version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Pulse Laser]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Sandcaster]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Ship Fuel]] {{Page cite|citeName=S6}}
 +
* [[Ship’s Computer]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}}
 +
* [[Ship's Papers]]
 +
* [[Terra]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=37|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S37}}
 +
* [[Travellers' Aid Society|The Travellers' Aid Society]] AKA [[TAS]] {{Page cite|citeName=S5}}
 +
* [[Working Passage]] {{Page cite|citeName=S5}}
  
−
=== Selected [[Organization]]s ===
+
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
 +
{{LibraryEntries}}
 +
 
 +
=== [[Drug|Selected Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)]] ===
 +
* [[Anagathic Drug]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=44-45|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S44}}
 +
* [[Combat Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=S44}}
 +
* [[Fast Antidote Drug]]
 +
* [[Fast Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=S44}}
 +
* [[Medical Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=S44}}
 +
* [[Medical Slow Drug]]
 +
* [[Psi-Booster Drug]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=45|citeName=W45}}
 +
* [[Psi-Double Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=W45}}
 +
* [[Psi-Special Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=W45}}
 +
* [[Slow Antidote Drug]]
 +
* [[Slow Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=S44}}
 +
* [[Truth Drug]] {{Page cite|citeName=S44}}
 +
 
 +
=== [[Ship Equipment|Selected Equipment (Ship)]] ===
 +
* [[Beam Laser]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Computer Software]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}}
 +
* [[Fire Control Computer]]
 +
* [[Fuel Purification Plant]]
 +
* [[Fuel Scoop]]s {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=15|version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Grav Plate]]
 +
* [[Hardpoint]]
 +
* [[Inertial Compensator]]
 +
* [[Jump Drive]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=5, 7, 10, 13-15, 20, 22 |version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Mail Vault]]
 +
* [[Maneuver Drive]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=7, 14, 21-22, 28-29 |version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Missile Rack]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Power Plant]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=7, 14, 16, 22 |version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
* [[Pulse Laser]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Sandcaster]] {{Page cite|citeName=S16}}
 +
* [[Ship Fuel]] {{Page cite|citeName=S6}}
 +
* [[Ship’s Computer]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}}
 +
* [[Ship Sensor Suite]]
 +
* [[Ship’s Turret|Turret]]
 +
 
 +
=== [[Master Abbreviation List|Selected Form/s & Terms]] ===
 +
''Forms:''
 +
* [[TAS Form 3 Ship’s Paper’s (Commercial)]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=21, 24-25|version=Classic Traveller}}
 +
 
 +
''[[Master Abbreviation List|Terms]]:''
 +
* [[Naval Architecture]]
 +
 
 +
=== [[Organization|Selected Organizations]] ===
 
* Corporate Bank
 
* Corporate Bank
−
* [[Travellers' Aid Society]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=5}}
+
* [[Travellers' Aid Society]] {{Page cite|citeName=S5}}
−
* World-State Government  
+
* [[World-State|World-State Government]]
  
−
=== Selected [[Ship]] Types ===
+
=== [[Computer Software|Selected Computer Programs]] ===
 +
''Offensive Programs:''
 +
* [[Double Fire Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Gunner Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Launch Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Multi-target Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Predict Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Select Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Target Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
 
 +
''Defensive Programs:''
 +
* [[Anti-Missile Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Auto/Evade Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[ECM Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Maneuver/Evade Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Return Fire Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
 
 +
''Routine Programs:''
 +
* [[Anti-hijack Program]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=39|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S39}}
 +
* [[Generate Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S39}} 
 +
* [[Jump Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Library Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}}
 +
* [[Maneuver Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}} 
 +
* [[Navigation Program]] {{Page cite|citeName=S39}} 
 +
 
 +
=== [[Ship|Selected Ship Types]] ===
 
# [[Type A class Free Trader]]
 
# [[Type A class Free Trader]]
 
# [[Type C class Mercenary Cruiser]] AKA [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser]]
 
# [[Type C class Mercenary Cruiser]] AKA [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser]]
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# [[Type Y class Yacht]]
 
# [[Type Y class Yacht]]
  
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=== Selected [[Smallcraft]] Types ===
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=== [[Smallcraft|Selected Smallcraft Types]] ===
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# [[Smallcraft]]
+
# [[Cutter|Cutter (50-ton)]]
−
## [[Cutter]]
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# [[Fighter|Fighter (10-ton)]]
−
## [[Fighter]]
+
# [[Launch|Launch (20-ton)]]
−
## [[Launch]] AKA [[Life Boat]]
+
## [[Damgarrii class Passenger Launch]]
−
## [[Pinnace]]
+
# [[Pinnace|Pinnace (40-ton)]]
−
## [[Ship's Boat]]
+
# [[Ship's Boat|Ship's Boat (30-ton)]]
−
## [[Shuttle]]
+
# [[Shuttle|Shuttle (95-ton)]]
−
## [[Slow Boat]]
+
# [[Slow Boat|Slow Boat (30-ton)]]
−
## [[Slow Pinnace]]
+
## Sensible class Slow Boat
 +
# [[Slow Pinnace|Slow Pinnace (40-ton)]]
  
−
=== Selected [[Technology]] ===
+
=== [[Technology|Selected Technology]] ===
−
* [[Computer Software]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38}}
+
* [[Computer Software]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}}
−
* [[Ship’s Computer]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38}}
+
* [[Ship’s Computer]] {{Page cite|citeName=S38}}
  
−
=== Selected [[Vehicle]]s ===
+
=== [[Vehicle|Selected Vehicles]] ===
−
* [[Air/Raft]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=23}}
+
* [[Air/Raft]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=23|version=Classic Traveller|citeName=S23}}
−
* [[Tracked ATV|ATV, Tracked]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=23}}
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* [[Tracked ATV|ATV, Tracked]] {{Page cite|citeName=S23}}
−
* [[Wheeled ATV|ATV, Wheeled]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=23}}
+
* [[Wheeled ATV|ATV, Wheeled]] {{Page cite|citeName=S23}}
−
* [[GCarrier]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=23}}
+
** [[Loren class ATV]]
−
* [[Speeder]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=23}}
+
* [[GCarrier]] {{Page cite|citeName=S23}}
 +
* [[Speeder]] {{Page cite|citeName=S23}}
  
−
=== Selected [[World]]s ===
+
=== [[World|Selected Worlds]] ===
−
* [[Terra]] AKA [[Terra (SR 1827) (world)]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=37}}
+
* [[Terra]] AKA [[Terra (SR 1827) (world)]] {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=37|version=Classic Traveller}}
  
−
== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) ==
+
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
−
No information yet available.  
+
[[Classic Traveller]] Books 1 through 3 provided the cornerstone for all future Traveller publications.
 +
* Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.
 +
----
 +
The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included. 
 +
 +
The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – [[Characters and Combat]], [[Starships]], and [[Worlds and Adventures]]. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, [[GDW]] took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in [[Book 4]] – [[Mercenary (book)|Mercenary]] for the original 1977 edition. 
 +
 
 +
This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing [[The Traveller Book]] in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the [[Official Traveller Universe]] ([[OTU]]). Some additional rules did slip into [[The Traveller Book]] that appear nowhere else. 
 +
 
 +
Finally, in 1983, [[GDW]] released [[Starter Traveller]], intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, [[Starter Traveller]] uses the 1981 edition rules. 
 +
 
 +
Finally, other minor [[Classic Traveller]] rules appeared in other releases (notably [[Mayday]], [[Snapshot]], and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the [[Classic Traveller]] rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of [[FFE]]'s [[The Classic Books|The Classic Books 0 - 8]] to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. {{Page cite|name= Lost Rules of Traveller |page= 2}}
  
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
 
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|-
 
! Credit
 
! Credit
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! Authors & Contributors
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! [[Author]]s & Contributors
 
|-
 
|-
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| Author
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| Original Concept and General Game Design
 
| [[Marc Miller]]
 
| [[Marc Miller]]
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|-
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| Supplemental Design
 +
| [[Frank Chadwick]], [[John Harshman]], [[Loren Wiseman]], [[Darryl Hany]]
 +
|-
 +
| Playtesting
 +
| [[Winston Hamilton]], [[Tony Svajlenka]], [[Scott Renner]], [[Doug Po]], [[David MacDonald]], and [[Wayne Roth]]
 +
|-
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| Art Direction
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| [[Paul R. Banner]]
 +
|-
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| Publisher
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| [[Game Designers' Workshop]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== External Link/s ===
 
=== External Link/s ===
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COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES
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''COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:''
−
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44360/starships RPG GEEK Entry]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=678 RPG NET Entry]
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.librarything.com/series/Classic+Traveller+Main+Books Library Thing Classic Traveller]
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/book2plus.html Beyond Book 2: Expanding the Basic Classic Traveller Starship Design System]
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://traveller.chromeblack.com/beispiel-seite/deckplans/ Illustrations of Classic Traveller Starships ]
 +
 
 +
''REVIEWS:''
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://microphonesofmadness.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/interstellar-overdrive-starship-design-in-classic-traveller/ Interstellar Overdrive: Starship Design In Classic Traveller]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://talestoastound.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/traveller-out-of-the-box-book-2-starship-combat-is-not-a-tactical-game-it-is-a-resource-management-game/ TRAVELLER: Out of the Box–“Book 2 Starship combat is not a tactical game. It is a resource management game.”]
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.risusiverse.com/home/optional-rules/travelling-heavy---starships Travelling Heavy]
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://ancientfarfuture.blogspot.com/2015/04/classic-traveller-ship-builder.html Classic Traveller Ship Builder]
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.trisen.com/sol/default.asp?topic=10 All kinds of good ship stuff from Peter Trevor]
  
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REVIEWS
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''Other Articles:''
−
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: None
  
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== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Advanced}}
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{{Detail}}
 
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
 
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S2=  
 
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[[Category: Drug Source]]
 
[[Category: Equipment Source]]
 
[[Category: Equipment Source]]
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[[Category: Form Source]]
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[[Category: Organization Source]]
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[[Category: Program Source]]
 
[[Category: Ship Source]]
 
[[Category: Ship Source]]
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[[Category: Smallcraft Source]]
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[[Category: Technology Source]]
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[[Category: Vehicle Source]]
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[[Category: World Source]]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 6 February 2026

Starships
Book2 200px.jpg
Classic Traveller Book 2
Author Marc Miller
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Classic Traveller
Edition 1st
Format LBB (Digest)
Language English
Pages 48
Year Published 1977
Canonical Yes
Available from DriveThru RPG
Also See Starship
TBD

Book 2 Starships is a Game Designers Workshop product.

  • It is a primary rules source book, a core book, designed for Classic Traveller.
  • This book has errata for the 1977 and 1981 editions:
  1. Errata Basic Traveller 1977 Edition
  2. Errata Basic Traveller 1981 Edition

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Travellers travel. They move between worlds as well as on their surfaces. The distances such travel covers may be interplanetary or interstellar in scale. It details interstellar travel and starships for Classic Traveller.

Book 2 contains details on starships. Players can travel on them using the basic transportation rules, and may find it interesting to engage in trade and commerce in order to make some money. Later, they will become involved in ship design and construction. [1]

Table of Contents[edit]

Classic Traveller
Book 2 Starships
Section Page/s
Travelling 1
Starship Economics 5
Starship Construction 9
Starship Combat 22
Drugs 38
Experience 40
Trade and Commerce 42

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)[edit]

Selected Equipment (Ship)[edit]

Selected Form/s & Terms[edit]

Forms:

Terms:

Selected Organizations[edit]

Selected Computer Programs[edit]

Offensive Programs:

Defensive Programs:

Routine Programs:

Selected Ship Types[edit]

  1. Type A class Free Trader
  2. Type C class Mercenary Cruiser AKA Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser
  3. Type M class Subsidized Liner
  4. Type R class Subsidized Merchant
  5. Type S class Scout/Courier
  6. Type T class Patrol Ship AKA Type T class Patrol Cruiser AKA Type TP class Patrol Cruiser
  7. Type Y class Yacht

Selected Smallcraft Types[edit]

  1. Cutter (50-ton)
  2. Fighter (10-ton)
  3. Launch (20-ton)
    1. Damgarrii class Passenger Launch
  4. Pinnace (40-ton)
  5. Ship's Boat (30-ton)
  6. Shuttle (95-ton)
  7. Slow Boat (30-ton)
    1. Sensible class Slow Boat
  8. Slow Pinnace (40-ton)

Selected Technology[edit]

Selected Vehicles[edit]

Selected Worlds[edit]

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Classic Traveller Books 1 through 3 provided the cornerstone for all future Traveller publications.

  • Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.

The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included.

The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – Characters and Combat, Starships, and Worlds and Adventures. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, GDW took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in Book 4 – Mercenary for the original 1977 edition.

This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing The Traveller Book in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the Official Traveller Universe (OTU). Some additional rules did slip into The Traveller Book that appear nowhere else.

Finally, in 1983, GDW released Starter Traveller, intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, Starter Traveller uses the 1981 edition rules.

Finally, other minor Classic Traveller rules appeared in other releases (notably Mayday, Snapshot, and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the Classic Traveller rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of FFE's The Classic Books 0 - 8 to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. [23]

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Original Concept and General Game Design Marc Miller
Supplemental Design Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, Loren Wiseman, Darryl Hany
Playtesting Winston Hamilton, Tony Svajlenka, Scott Renner, Doug Po, David MacDonald, and Wayne Roth
Art Direction Paul R. Banner
Publisher Game Designers' Workshop

External Link/s[edit]

COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: RPG GEEK Entry
  2. EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET Entry
  3. EXTERNAL LINK: Library Thing Classic Traveller
  4. EXTERNAL LINK: Beyond Book 2: Expanding the Basic Classic Traveller Starship Design System
  5. EXTERNAL LINK: Illustrations of Classic Traveller Starships

REVIEWS:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: Interstellar Overdrive: Starship Design In Classic Traveller
  2. EXTERNAL LINK: TRAVELLER: Out of the Box–“Book 2 Starship combat is not a tactical game. It is a resource management game.”
  3. EXTERNAL LINK: Travelling Heavy
  4. EXTERNAL LINK: Classic Traveller Ship Builder
  5. EXTERNAL LINK: All kinds of good ship stuff from Peter Trevor

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: None

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
  1. ↑ Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 16.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.
  4. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 4.
  5. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 5, 7, 10, 13-15, 20, 22.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 5.
  7. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7.
  8. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7, 14, 21-22, 28-29.
  9. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 4-5.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 6.
  11. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7, 14, 16, 22.
  12. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 37.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 44-45.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 45.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 45.
  15. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 15.
  16. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 5, 7, 10, 13-15, 20, 22.
  17. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7, 14, 21-22, 28-29.
  18. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7, 14, 16, 22.
  19. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 21, 24-25.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 39.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 23.
  22. ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 37.
  23. ↑ Don McKinney. Lost Rules of Traveller (Far Future Enterprises, 2010), 2.
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