Spinal Weapons Mount

A Spinal Mount — also called a spinal weapon or spinal mount weapon — is a fixed-mount, major starship weapons system which provides for attacks of the greatest possible power.

• It is a type of Ship Equipment

Library Data Referral Tree

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:

• Heavy Weaponry / Ship Weapons
  • Offensive Technologies
    • Starship Weaponry
      • Energy Weapons
      • Guided Weapons
      • Projectile Weapons
    • Weapon Mounts
      • Battery
      • Barbette
      • Bay
      • Hardpoint
      • Spinal Mounts
      • Turret
    • Weapon Types
      • DEW
      • GUW
      • KEW

Description (Specifications)

A number of different kinds of weapons may be built into a spinal mount.

These include:

• Meson Accelerator.
• Particle Accelerator.
• Mass Driver.
• Jump Projector.

Image Repository

1. The giant maw of the spinal mount weapon on a Lightning class Frontier Cruiser.
   

History & Background (Dossier)

Because a starship's entire structure is built around a spinal mount, hence the name, no starship may have more than one spinal mount.

Janus Spinal Mount

There is one exception: a so-called "Janus" mount consists of two half-length spinal weapons installed in a single spinal tunnel, one facing fore, one to aft.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), TBD.
• David Golden, Guy Garnett. Fire, Fusion & Steel (Imperium Games, 1997), TBD.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science