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The [[Regency Combat Vehicle Guide]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
 
The [[Regency Combat Vehicle Guide]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
 
* It is a source book written for [[Traveller The New Era]].
 
* It is a source book written for [[Traveller The New Era]].
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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No information yet available.
  
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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=== Publisher's Description ===
 
''Sword and Shield'': For centuries, the mighty [[Third Imperium]] was defended by the most powerful, sophisticated fighting [[vehicle]]s ever created by humanity. These vehicles of the [[Imperial Army]] and Marines provided security and reassurance as [[humaniti]] expanded to bring [[life]] to the [[star]]s, and defended them when those stars instead returned death. The Third Imperium did not win all of its wars, but it did grow to become the largest interstellar [[society]] ever known, through the ingenuity of its explorers and builders, and the courage of its soldiers.
 
''Sword and Shield'': For centuries, the mighty [[Third Imperium]] was defended by the most powerful, sophisticated fighting [[vehicle]]s ever created by humanity. These vehicles of the [[Imperial Army]] and Marines provided security and reassurance as [[humaniti]] expanded to bring [[life]] to the [[star]]s, and defended them when those stars instead returned death. The Third Imperium did not win all of its wars, but it did grow to become the largest interstellar [[society]] ever known, through the ingenuity of its explorers and builders, and the courage of its soldiers.
  
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
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# [[Air/raft]]
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# [[Combat Vehicle]]
 
# [[Grav APC]]
 
# [[Grav APC]]
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# [[Grav Tank]]
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# MRL (Multiple Rocket Launcher)
 
# [[Nuclear Damper]]
 
# [[Nuclear Damper]]
 
# [[Point Defense]]
 
# [[Point Defense]]
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# [[Rapid Pulse Fusion Weapon]]
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# RDM (Remote Drone Missile)
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# [[Specialist Vehicle]]
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# [[Support Vehicle]]
  
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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=== Selected Vehicles ===
 
=== Selected Vehicles ===
 
# [[Astrin class Grav APC]]
 
# [[Astrin class Grav APC]]
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# [[Convertible Air/raft]]
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## Astrin class Grav APC, early production version
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## Astrin class Grav APC, late production version
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# [[Imperial APC]]
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## [[Ruhl class Imperial APC]]
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# [[Imperial Austere Fire Support APC]]
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## [[Austere class Fire Support APC]]
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# [[Imperial Cavalry Vehicle]]
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## Armed Air/raft
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## [[Halcyon class Air/raft]] (civilian air/raft)
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## [[Halcyon-2 class Imperial Cavalry Vehicle]]
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# [[Imperial Command/Staff APC]]
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# [[Imperial Fire Direction Center APC]]
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# [[Imperial Fire Support APC]]
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# [[Imperial Grav Utility Sled]]
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## [[Quest-2 class Grav Utility Sled]]
 
# [[Imperial Heavy Grav Tank]]
 
# [[Imperial Heavy Grav Tank]]
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## Arbellatra class Heavy Grav Command Tank
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### Imperial Heavy Grav Tank, Command Variant
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## [[Arbellatra class Heavy Grav Tank]]
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### Imperial Heavy Grav Tank, standard
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# [[Imperial Marine Assault Gun]]
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# Imperial Marine Command APC
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## Kushkikkan class Marine Command APC
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# [[Imperial Marine Fire Direction Center APC]]
 
# [[Imperial Marine Grav APC]]
 
# [[Imperial Marine Grav APC]]
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## [[Kushkikkan class Marine Grav APC]]
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# [[Imperial Marine Staff APC]]
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# [[Imperial Marine Support APC]]
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# [[Imperial Meson Artillery Vehicle]] (MAV)
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## [[Terrapin class Meson Sled]]
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# [[Imperial MRL Artillery Vehicle]]
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# [[Imperial Nuclear Damper Carrier]]
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# [[Imperial Nuclear Damper Control Vehicle]]
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# [[Imperial Point Defense Vehicle]]
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# [[Imperial RDM Artillery Vehicle]]
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# [[Imperial Recovery Vehicle]]
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## Convertible Air/raft
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## [[Type-431 class Heavy Recovery Sled]]
 
# [[Militarized Convertible Air/raft]]
 
# [[Militarized Convertible Air/raft]]
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## [[Sirvaan-2 class Air/raft]]
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## [[Sirvaan-3 class Command Sled]]
 
# [[Norris class Grav Tank]]
 
# [[Norris class Grav Tank]]
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# [[Striker class Grav Tank]]
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## Norris class Grav Tank, command variant
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## Norris class Grav Tank, standard
 
# [[Trepida class Grav Tank]]
 
# [[Trepida class Grav Tank]]
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## Trepida I class Grav Tank
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## Trepida IIA class Grav Tank
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## Trepida IIB class Grav Tank
  
 
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==

Latest revision as of 01:02, 23 February 2026

Regency Combat Vehicle Guide
RegencyCVG.jpg
Regency Manual 2
Author Dave Nilsen
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Traveller The New Era
Edition 1st
Format Book (Softback) (PDF)
Language English
Pages 47
Year Published 1995
Canonical Yes
Available from DriveThru RPG
ISBN 1-55878-197-8 Product no. 320

The Regency Combat Vehicle Guide is a Game Designers Workshop product.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

No information yet available.

Publisher's Description[edit]

Sword and Shield: For centuries, the mighty Third Imperium was defended by the most powerful, sophisticated fighting vehicles ever created by humanity. These vehicles of the Imperial Army and Marines provided security and reassurance as humaniti expanded to bring life to the stars, and defended them when those stars instead returned death. The Third Imperium did not win all of its wars, but it did grow to become the largest interstellar society ever known, through the ingenuity of its explorers and builders, and the courage of its soldiers.

And then, tragically, the people of the Imperium turned these most powerful weapons onto each other, destroying all that they had together built over a millennium of progress. When the irresistible force of Imperial attack met the immovable object of Imperial defense, the shock rocked the galaxy, and all that this great society had once been, all that it still had promised, all was gone.

Except for one last spark of hope.

The Regency: All was gone of the Imperium except for one isolated outpost, a frontier backwater called 'The Marches,' barely one-tenth the size of the Imperium. Facing their destruction, these people resolved to carry on the promise of the dead Imperium and preserve its heritage for the future.

Here, in the new Regency, Imperial armed forces did not fight each other, because humanity, finally aware of its fragility, faced the darkness around it with unity, and the might of the former Imperial armed forces rallied to the banner of the Regency. Once again, the most powerful destructive forces of humanity were pledged to its protection, not its destruction.

Now, for the first time in the history of Traveller, a single book, the Regency Combat Vehicle Guide, presents the primary combat vehicles of the Regency's "Thunderbolt", its planetary armed forces and its two main branches: the 'Sword" of the Regency Marines and the "Shield" of the Army.

The Sword, or more properly, the cutlass of the highly trained Marine assault forces is wielded by pure TL-15 forces equipped with such vehicles as the legendary Imperial Marine Grav APC, Imperial Marine Fire Support APC, Imperial Marine Assault Gun, the Norris Battle Tank, and the Imperial Meson Artillery Vehicle.

The Shield: The Army's forces provide the major mass of Regency military power, and are expressed by such vehicles as the TL-15 Imperial APC and its Fire Support, Command, and Fire Direction Center variants, the TL-15 Heavy Grav Tank, the TL-14 Trepida grav tank family, and a variety of support units, including the Imperial Artillery Vehicles, Point Defense APCs, Nuclear Damper Carriers, Grav Sled, and Imperial Recovery Vehicle."

Wield the Thunderbolt: If you've been a Traveller military fanatic for years, locked in your basement with Striker while your family desperately bangs on the door, or if you are a relative newcomer, locked in your basement with Striker II, this is the book you have been waiting for. Even if you're not a miniatures player, but simply like to let your mind soar through the future with Traveller's carefully detailed and visualized high-tech military forces, the Regency Combat Vehicle Guide provides extensive hardware detail ready for use in your 'Traveller' campaign, and plenty of grist for your unbounded imagination.

  • 32 TL-14 and 15 combat vehicles and variants in all, with 22 illustrations by Kirk Wescom. Traveller's premier technology illustrator.
  • Details of 40 Regency Marine and 19 Army units with their locations and duties.
  • each vehicle entry discusses the Imperial and Regency military doctrine that made it what it is, and gives insight into the nature and principles of TL-15 combat operations.

Table of Contents[edit]

Regency Combat Vehicle Guide
Section / Article Page/s
Introduction 2
Regency Planetary Forces 4
Regency Combat Vehicles 4
Type-Standardized Imperial/Regency High-Energy Weapons 5
Grav Tanks (7 models and variants) 6
Grav APCs (13 models and variants) 14
Point Defence and Nuclear Dampers (3 models) 30
Artillery and specialist Air-rafts (9 models and variants) 34
Regency Military Units and Deployments 46

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. Air/raft
  2. Combat Vehicle
  3. Grav APC
  4. Grav Tank
  5. MRL (Multiple Rocket Launcher)
  6. Nuclear Damper
  7. Point Defense
  8. Rapid Pulse Fusion Weapon
  9. RDM (Remote Drone Missile)
  10. Specialist Vehicle
  11. Support Vehicle

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Vehicles[edit]

  1. Astrin class Grav APC
    1. Astrin class Grav APC, early production version
    2. Astrin class Grav APC, late production version
  2. Imperial APC
    1. Ruhl class Imperial APC
  3. Imperial Austere Fire Support APC
    1. Austere class Fire Support APC
  4. Imperial Cavalry Vehicle
    1. Armed Air/raft
    2. Halcyon class Air/raft (civilian air/raft)
    3. Halcyon-2 class Imperial Cavalry Vehicle
  5. Imperial Command/Staff APC
  6. Imperial Fire Direction Center APC
  7. Imperial Fire Support APC
  8. Imperial Grav Utility Sled
    1. Quest-2 class Grav Utility Sled
  9. Imperial Heavy Grav Tank
    1. Arbellatra class Heavy Grav Command Tank
      1. Imperial Heavy Grav Tank, Command Variant
    2. Arbellatra class Heavy Grav Tank
      1. Imperial Heavy Grav Tank, standard
  10. Imperial Marine Assault Gun
  11. Imperial Marine Command APC
    1. Kushkikkan class Marine Command APC
  12. Imperial Marine Fire Direction Center APC
  13. Imperial Marine Grav APC
    1. Kushkikkan class Marine Grav APC
  14. Imperial Marine Staff APC
  15. Imperial Marine Support APC
  16. Imperial Meson Artillery Vehicle (MAV)
    1. Terrapin class Meson Sled
  17. Imperial MRL Artillery Vehicle
  18. Imperial Nuclear Damper Carrier
  19. Imperial Nuclear Damper Control Vehicle
  20. Imperial Point Defense Vehicle
  21. Imperial RDM Artillery Vehicle
  22. Imperial Recovery Vehicle
    1. Convertible Air/raft
    2. Type-431 class Heavy Recovery Sled
  23. Militarized Convertible Air/raft
    1. Sirvaan-2 class Air/raft
    2. Sirvaan-3 class Command Sled
  24. Norris class Grav Tank
    1. Norris class Grav Tank, command variant
    2. Norris class Grav Tank, standard
  25. Trepida class Grav Tank
    1. Trepida I class Grav Tank
    2. Trepida IIA class Grav Tank
    3. Trepida IIB class Grav Tank

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

It is a TNE era background book detailing vehicles used during the Milieu 1190.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Design and Development David Nilsen
Cover Julie Callahan
Interior Art Kirk Wescom

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