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Revision as of 15:15, 23 March 2018

Mercenary
Book4.png
Classic Traveller Book 4
Author Frank Chadwick
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Classic Traveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (Digest)
Language English
Pages 52
Year Published 1978
Canonical Yes
Available from RPGNow
TBD
Table of Contents
TBD

Mercenary is Book 4 of Classic Traveller.

Description (Specifications)

This book outlines mercenary forces, soldier of fortune being a major part of many science fiction books and films, the Traveller setting allows for Imperial planets to have limited wars using local or mercenary forces. This book is the first that featured an expanded character generation system, rolling for yearly results rather than every term of four years.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
The Regular Army-O 3
Tickets 17
Recruiting 25
Battles 31
Ironmongery 36
Field Artillery 48

Selected Gear

Firearms

  1. Assault Rifle
  2. Advanced Combat Rifle
  3. Gauss Rifle
  4. Snub Pistol
  5. Accelerator Rifle
  6. PGMP-12
  7. PGMP-13
  8. PGMP-14
  9. FGMP-14
  10. FGMP-15
  11. Light Assault Gun
  12. Light Machine Gun
  13. Auto-Cannon
  14. Very Rapid Fire Gauss Gun
  15. Early Grenade Launcher
  16. Auto-Grenade Launcher
  17. Rocket Assisted Multipurpose Grenade Launcher
  18. RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher
  19. Hand Grenade
  20. Tac Missile
  21. Light Air Defense Missile

Armor & Protective Gear

  1. Flak Jacket
  2. Combat Environment Suit
  3. Combat Armor

Other Gear

  1. Radio Jammer
  2. Recon Drone
  3. Computer Fire Control System
  4. Map Box
  5. Battle Computer
  6. Nuclear Damper
  7. Anti-laser Aerosol

Selected Locations

  1. Aramanx (world)
  2. Aramis (SM 2540) (world)
  3. Jokotre (world)
  4. Marastan (world)
  5. Porozlo (world)

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Credits (Primary Sources)

Game design
Frank Chadwick
Advice, Assistance and Play testing
Marc Miller, John Harshman, Dave Emigh, Tony Svajlenka, Scott Renner, Wayne Roth, and Loren Wiseman
Illustration
Dick Hentz
Art Direction
Paul R. Banner

References & Contributions (Sources)

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