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The Frozen Watch: A ship may have low berths installed (and competent medical personnel assigned). If low berths provide enough places for a 50% overage in personnel (including ship's troops, if any), then the ship has a frozen watch. Replacement personnel are kept available in low berths for continuous replacement of casualties and battle losses; between battles, the frozen watch can be revived and used to restore lost crew. | The Frozen Watch: A ship may have low berths installed (and competent medical personnel assigned). If low berths provide enough places for a 50% overage in personnel (including ship's troops, if any), then the ship has a frozen watch. Replacement personnel are kept available in low berths for continuous replacement of casualties and battle losses; between battles, the frozen watch can be revived and used to restore lost crew. | ||
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Emergency low berths weigh one ton and cost Cr100,000; each contains four persons, all of whom share the revival roll. Emergency low berths cannot hold the frozen watch. An emergency low berth can hold one conscious person. | Emergency low berths weigh one ton and cost Cr100,000; each contains four persons, all of whom share the revival roll. Emergency low berths cannot hold the frozen watch. An emergency low berth can hold one conscious person. | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 26 June 2019
The Frozen Watch is a ship crew kept in cryogenic suspension against future need for new crew due to losses.
- The frozen watch is a form of low berth travel.
Description (Specifications)
The Frozen Watch: A ship may have low berths installed (and competent medical personnel assigned). If low berths provide enough places for a 50% overage in personnel (including ship's troops, if any), then the ship has a frozen watch. Replacement personnel are kept available in low berths for continuous replacement of casualties and battle losses; between battles, the frozen watch can be revived and used to restore lost crew.
Emergency Low Berths =
Emergency low berths weigh one ton and cost Cr100,000; each contains four persons, all of whom share the revival roll. Emergency low berths cannot hold the frozen watch. An emergency low berth can hold one conscious person.
History & Background (Dossier)
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), TBD.
- Matthew Kerwin. The Frozen Watch (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), All. (Novel)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science