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|author = Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen | |author = Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen | ||
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| − | [[Brilliant Lances]] is a [[TNE]] era [[starship]] combat game. | + | [[Brilliant Lances]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product. |
| + | * It is a game and source book designed for [[Traveller The New Era]]. | ||
| + | * It is a [[TNE]] era boxed [[starship]] combat game. | ||
| − | == Description (Specifications) == | + | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == |
| − | "In [[space combat]], you never see your opponent until it's all over, if even then. With acquisition and tracking ranges measured in tens of thousands of kilometers, to [[human]] eyes the people that are trying to kill you are not even a speck. But they can hurt you, even though you can't see them. Precise [[laser array]]s and big [[particle accelerator]]s, honed by centuries of engineering, can reach out without warning to slit your [[hull]] like the belly of a fish, spilling [[life]] -- oxygen, heat, and fuel -- into the hard [[vacuum]]. | + | "In [[space combat]], you never see your opponent until it's all over, if even then. With acquisition and tracking ranges measured in tens of thousands of kilometers, to [[human]] eyes the people that are trying to kill you are not even a speck. But they can hurt you, even though you can't see them. Precise [[laser array]]s and big [[particle accelerator]]s, honed by centuries of engineering, can reach out without warning to slit your [[hull]] like the belly of a fish, spilling [[life]] -- oxygen, heat, and [[fuel]] -- into the hard [[vacuum]]. |
| − | That's why space combat is a game of cat-and-mouse. Keep yourself wrapped in the mantle of space-cold, dark, silent. Keep your thrust burns to minimum-they blaze like miniature suns for all to detect. Rig your [[passive sensor]]s to greedily absorb data, but remain quiet yourself-give nothing away. Keep your [[weapon]]s ready, in case... There! A faint trace of mid-wavelength infrared betrays a [[maneuver drive]]. Bring up the [[LIDAR]] dishes while the big passive array builds up a targeting solution. The moments | + | That's why space combat is a game of cat-and-mouse. Keep yourself wrapped in the mantle of space-cold, dark, silent. Keep your thrust burns to minimum-they blaze like miniature suns for all to detect. Rig your [[passive sensor]]s to greedily absorb data, but remain quiet yourself-give nothing away. Keep your [[weapon]]s ready, in case... There! A faint trace of mid-wavelength infrared betrays a [[maneuver drive]]. Bring up the [[LIDAR]] dishes while the big passive array builds up a targeting solution. The moments seem endless while every [[crew member]] shares the same thought: 'Have they seen us?' Is the unseen enemy at this moment doing the same thing you are? |
You might never know the answer. If you beat him, maybe you'll find out. But what if you hadn't seen him first? Some questions must remain unanswered when death, unbidden, comes scorching toward you as silent, brilliant lances." | You might never know the answer. If you beat him, maybe you'll find out. But what if you hadn't seen him first? Some questions must remain unanswered when death, unbidden, comes scorching toward you as silent, brilliant lances." | ||
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) === | === [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) === | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Communicator]] |
| + | # [[Electronics]] | ||
| + | # [[Naval Weapon]] | ||
| + | # [[Ship Equipment]] | ||
| + | # [[Ship Sensor Suite]] | ||
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) === | === [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) === | ||
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=== [[Ship|Selected Ships]] === | === [[Ship|Selected Ships]] === | ||
| − | # [[ | + | ''[[Largecraft]] & [[Bigcraft]]:'' |
| + | # [[Bastien class Subsidized Liner]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 29 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 30 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Chrysanthemum class Destroyer Escort]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 37 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Covenanter class Scout Cruiser]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 45 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Donosev class Survey Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 28 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Eakhau class Aslan Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 31 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Fiery class Close Escort]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 35 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Gazelle class Close Escort]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 23 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
# [[Jayhawk class Far Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 20 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Jayhawk class Far Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 20 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Khtukhao class Aslan Clan Transport]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 32 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Kinunir class Colonial Cruiser]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 38 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Lord Baltimore class Yacht]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 22 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Midu Agashaam class Destroyer]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 39 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
# [[Moraine class Free Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 21 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Moraine class Free Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 21 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Petty class Subsidized Merchant]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 27 |article=Technical Booklet}} |
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Aurora class Clipper|Reformation Coalition Aurora class Clipper]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 44 |article=Technical Booklet}} |
| + | # [[Shukugan class System Defense Boat]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 26 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
# [[Type L class Laboratory Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 24 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Type L class Laboratory Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 24 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Type S class Scout/Courier]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 19 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
# [[Type T class Patrol Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 25 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Type T class Patrol Ship]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 25 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
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# [[Ueknou class Vargr Corsair]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 34 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Ueknou class Vargr Corsair]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 34 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
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# [[Valor class Missile Corvette]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 36 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Valor class Missile Corvette]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 36 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Princess Gunnhilde class Far Trader|Vargr Trader]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 33 |article=Technical Booklet}} |
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Chatl class Leader Scout|Zhodani Chatl class Leader Scout]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 41 |article=Technical Booklet}} |
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# [[Ninz class Scout|Zhodani Ninz class Scout]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 40 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Ninz class Scout|Zhodani Ninz class Scout]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 40 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Vlezhdatl class Strike Cruiser|Zhodani Vlezhdatl class Strike Cruiser]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 43 |article=Technical Booklet}} |
# [[Zhdits class Destroyer Escort|Zhodani Zhdits class Destroyer Escort]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 42 |article=Technical Booklet}} | # [[Zhdits class Destroyer Escort|Zhodani Zhdits class Destroyer Escort]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 42 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
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| − | === [[Smallcraft|Selected Smallcraft]] === | + | ==== [[Smallcraft|Selected Smallcraft]] ==== |
| − | # [[ | + | ''[[Smallcraft]]:'' |
| + | # [[Armed Gig]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 48 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Launch]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 46 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Modular Cutter]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 47 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Rampart class Fighter]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 48 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Ship's Boat]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 46 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
| + | # [[Shuttle]] {{Page cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 47 |article=Technical Booklet}} | ||
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
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! Credit | ! Credit | ||
| − | ! | + | ! [[Author]]s & Contributors |
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| + | | Design | ||
| + | | [[Frank Chadwick]] and [[Dave Nilsen]] | ||
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| − | | | + | | Artwork and Design |
| − | | | + | | [[Kirk Wescom]] and [[Rob Lazzaretti]] |
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| + | | Cover art | ||
| + | | [[Doug Chaffee]] | ||
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=== External Link/s === | === External Link/s === | ||
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | # EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | ||
| − | == References & Contributions (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) == |
{{Intermediate}} | {{Intermediate}} | ||
{{Detail}} | {{Detail}} | ||
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[[Category: Ship Source]] | [[Category: Ship Source]] | ||
[[Category: Smallcraft Source]] | [[Category: Smallcraft Source]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:24, 7 November 2022
| Brilliant Lances | |||
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![]() Traveller Starship Combat | |||
| Author | Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen | ||
| Publisher | Game Designers Workshop | ||
| Version | Traveller The New Era | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Format | Game (Large) | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 32 | ||
| Year Published | 1994 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | RPGNow | ||
| Also See | Starship | ||
| ISBN 1-55878-152-8 Product No. 0304 | |||
| Table of Contents | |||
| Introduction | 2 | ||
| Task Resolution | 3 | ||
| Sequence of play | 4 | ||
| Plotting and movement | 5 | ||
| Sensor lock | 11 | ||
| Communications | 15 | ||
| Fire and combat | 17 | ||
| Defense | 20 | ||
| Damage | 21 | ||
| Damage control | 25 | ||
| Miscellaneous Objects and Issues | 27 | ||
| Scenarios | 30 | ||
Brilliant Lances is a Game Designers Workshop product.
- It is a game and source book designed for Traveller The New Era.
- It is a TNE era boxed starship combat game.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
"In space combat, you never see your opponent until it's all over, if even then. With acquisition and tracking ranges measured in tens of thousands of kilometers, to human eyes the people that are trying to kill you are not even a speck. But they can hurt you, even though you can't see them. Precise laser arrays and big particle accelerators, honed by centuries of engineering, can reach out without warning to slit your hull like the belly of a fish, spilling life -- oxygen, heat, and fuel -- into the hard vacuum.
That's why space combat is a game of cat-and-mouse. Keep yourself wrapped in the mantle of space-cold, dark, silent. Keep your thrust burns to minimum-they blaze like miniature suns for all to detect. Rig your passive sensors to greedily absorb data, but remain quiet yourself-give nothing away. Keep your weapons ready, in case... There! A faint trace of mid-wavelength infrared betrays a maneuver drive. Bring up the LIDAR dishes while the big passive array builds up a targeting solution. The moments seem endless while every crew member shares the same thought: 'Have they seen us?' Is the unseen enemy at this moment doing the same thing you are?
You might never know the answer. If you beat him, maybe you'll find out. But what if you hadn't seen him first? Some questions must remain unanswered when death, unbidden, comes scorching toward you as silent, brilliant lances."
Game Contents[edit]
Brilliant Lances includes:
Game Features
- Vector-based movement
- Detailed hit location and damage resolution
- Lasers, particle accelerators, meson guns, detonation laser missiles, and the systems that defend against them.
- Extensive ship ratings, including New Era and pre-Collapse warships, from the swift Rampart fighter up to large naval and merchant vessels
- Complete starship design rules, usable both with this game and with Traveller: The New Era roleplaying game
Contents
- x1 32-page "Rules of Play"
- x1 48-page Technical Booklet
- x3 play maps
- x2 Player Aids Cards
- x1 Pad: Missile and Drone Log
- x2 sheets of counters, x1 large sheet, x1 small; x183 counters total
- Additions, Clarifications, and Corrections sheet, dated August 9, 1993.
Table of Contents[edit]
| Section / Article | Page/s |
|---|---|
| Introduction and Components | 2 |
| General Course of Play | 3 |
| Task Resolution | 3 |
| Sequence of Play | 4 |
| Plotting and Movement | 5 |
| Spacecraft Control Panels and Movement Logs | 8 |
| Using the Missile and Drone Log Sheet | 11 |
| Sensor Lock | 11 |
| Communicators | 15 |
| Facing | 16 |
| Fire and Combat | 17 |
| Defenses | 20 |
| Damage | 21 |
| Damage Control | 25 |
| Boarding Actions | 26 |
| Surprise | 26 |
| Miscellaneous Objects and Issues | 27 |
| Q & A | 29 |
| Tournaments | 29 |
| Integration with Traveller: The New Era | 29 |
| Scenarios | 30 |
| Section / Article | Page/s |
|---|---|
| Designing Spacecraft | 1 |
| Starship Data Profiles (33 vessels) | 19 |
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]
Selected Ship Equipment[edit]
Selected Ships[edit]
- Bastien class Subsidized Liner [1]
- Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser [2]
- Chrysanthemum class Destroyer Escort [3]
- Covenanter class Scout Cruiser [4]
- Donosev class Survey Ship [5]
- Eakhau class Aslan Trader [6]
- Fiery class Close Escort [7]
- Gazelle class Close Escort [8]
- Jayhawk class Far Trader [9]
- Khtukhao class Aslan Clan Transport [10]
- Kinunir class Colonial Cruiser [11]
- Lord Baltimore class Yacht [12]
- Midu Agashaam class Destroyer [13]
- Moraine class Free Trader [14]
- Petty class Subsidized Merchant [15]
- Reformation Coalition Aurora class Clipper [16]
- Shukugan class System Defense Boat [17]
- Type L class Laboratory Ship [18]
- Type S class Scout/Courier [19]
- Type T class Patrol Ship [20]
- Ueknou class Vargr Corsair [21]
- Valor class Missile Corvette [22]
- Vargr Trader [23]
- Zhodani Chatl class Leader Scout [24]
- Zhodani Ninz class Scout [25]
- Zhodani Vlezhdatl class Strike Cruiser [26]
- Zhodani Zhdits class Destroyer Escort [27]
Selected Smallcraft[edit]
- Armed Gig [28]
- Launch [29]
- Modular Cutter [30]
- Rampart class Fighter [31]
- Ship's Boat [32]
- Shuttle [33]
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]
| Credits (Primary Sources) | |
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| Credit | Authors & Contributors |
| Design | Frank Chadwick and Dave Nilsen |
| Artwork and Design | Kirk Wescom and Rob Lazzaretti |
| Cover art | Doug Chaffee |
External Link/s[edit]
Commentary & Data articles:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
Reviews:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
Other Articles:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]
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- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 29.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 30.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 37.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 45.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 28.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 31.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 35.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 23.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 20.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 32.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 38.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 22.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 39.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 21.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 27.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 44.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 26.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 24.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 19.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 25.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 34.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 36.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 33.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 41.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 40.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 43.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 42.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 48.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 46.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 47.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 48.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 46.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 47.
