Difference between revisions of "Merchant Cruiser"

From Traveller Wiki - Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far future
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
Line 1: Line 1:
Also called an Armed Merchantman. Merchant cruisers are designed to operate on the fringe of the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]], or outside of Imperial space where the risk of piracy makes travelling unarmed ill-advised.
+
A generic term applied to vessels specifically assigned to independent missions, the prime objective of which is market discovery and acquisition, either in isolation or in competion with other merchant operators. Design parameters for such vessels usually include a high level of weaponry and auxiliary boats in proportion to their cargo capacity and all possible back-up systems, along with high structural integrity.
  
[[Category:M]]
+
Also called an Armed Merchantman, as merchant cruisers are unusally armed.
[[Category:Library]]
+
 
[[Category:Ships]]
+
- Source: Adventure 4 Leviathan
 +
 
 +
=Non-Canon=
 +
Feel free to enter further information and/or personal experiences with this ship class.
 +
 
 +
{{LE|M|Ships}}

Revision as of 23:00, 2 March 2006

A generic term applied to vessels specifically assigned to independent missions, the prime objective of which is market discovery and acquisition, either in isolation or in competion with other merchant operators. Design parameters for such vessels usually include a high level of weaponry and auxiliary boats in proportion to their cargo capacity and all possible back-up systems, along with high structural integrity.

Also called an Armed Merchantman, as merchant cruisers are unusally armed.

- Source: Adventure 4 Leviathan

Non-Canon

Feel free to enter further information and/or personal experiences with this ship class.