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A [[Blade]] (350 grams; Cr50; [[TL-3]]) is a hybrid knife [[Melee Weapon|weapon]]. | A [[Blade]] (350 grams; Cr50; [[TL-3]]) is a hybrid knife [[Melee Weapon|weapon]]. | ||
* It is an edged and/or piercing melee weapon. | * It is an edged and/or piercing melee weapon. | ||
| + | * This [[melee weapon]] may be employed as a [[thrown weapon]]. | ||
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[[Category: Edged Weapon]] | [[Category: Edged Weapon]] | ||
[[Category: Melee Weapon]] | [[Category: Melee Weapon]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:03, 15 June 2018
| Generic Blade | |
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 Generic Blade | |
| Group: | Melee Weapon |
| Tech Level | TL–3 |
| Size | 300.0 mm length |
| Weight | 350.0 grams |
| Cost | Cr50 |
| Ammo | None |
| Manufacturer | Various |
| Generic Blade | |
A Blade (350 grams; Cr50; TL-3) is a hybrid knife weapon.
- It is an edged and/or piercing melee weapon.
- This melee weapon may be employed as a thrown weapon.
Description (Specifications)
It has a heavy, flat two-edged blade nearly 300mm in length, and a semi-basket handguard. Because of the bulk of the hand guard, it is generally carried in a belt scabbard. [1]
A blade can be a variety of smaller, edged weapons including the ubiquitous kitchen knife. [2]
Weapon Characteristics
Length: 300mm. Weight: 350.0 grams. Base Price: Cr50.
History & Background (Dossier)
The earliest knives tend to fashioned from animal horns or bones should a world possess both a sophont and sophisticated animal life or equivalent creatures. Other sophonts construct knives from volcanic substances including obsidian. During the TL:1-3 epoch, sophonts generally transition from organic materials to various kinds of shaped and smelted metals. [3]
Weapon Manufacture
The TL-3 blade represented in this AAB article is a relatively sophisticated knife forged by a blacksmith in a smithy of hard iron and perhaps even sophisticated alloys such as hardened steel. The TL-3 blade is not yet a factory manufactured item in the industrial sense. It is still hand forged. [4]
Selected Blade Types
References & contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 42-43.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Characters and Combat (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 42-43.
- Marc Miller. The Traveller Book (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), TBD. (Text & illustrations)
- Imperial Encyclopedia
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 37.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak