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| − | Strictly speaking, one who practices the profession of asteroid prospector and miner, usually working alone or with a small number of partners. | + | [[File: Wiki Navy.png|right]] |
| + | '''Belter:''' Strictly speaking, one who practices the profession of asteroid prospector and miner, usually working alone or with a small number of partners. More loosely, the term can be applied to any resident of an asteroid belt (including citizens of civilized belts such as Glisten, some of whom have never been in a spaceship). {{Page cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia |page= 20}} | ||
* AKA "Asteroid belt miner" or "planetoid belt miner". | * AKA "Asteroid belt miner" or "planetoid belt miner". | ||
| − | + | * Please See ''[[Belt Mining]]'' for more information | |
| − | * Please See | + | * It is a [[vocation]]. |
| − | == Description (Specifications) == | + | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == |
| − | + | A Belter participates in a difficult and often dangerous career, calling for individuals who are highly self-reliant, competent, and determined. Belters tend to be loners, eccentrics, who can spend weeks at a time staring into a scanner, searching for the single strike that will make their fortunes. It takes a special person to earn a living as a belter. {{Page cite|name= Beltstrike |page= 2 |version= Classic Traveller}} | |
| − | == History & Background (Dossier) == | + | === Popular Belter Equipment === |
| + | # [[Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor]] | ||
| + | # [[Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter]] | ||
| + | # [[Bowman class Mining Platform]] | ||
| + | # [[Brown class Jump Ship]] | ||
| + | # [[Jackie class Seeker]] | ||
| + | # [[Kteiroa class Seeker]] | ||
| + | # [[SI-049 Company Store class Mining Tender]] | ||
| + | # [[Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch]] | ||
| + | # [[Type J class Seeker]] | ||
| + | # [[Udzuekh class Mining Vessel]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
No information yet available. | No information yet available. | ||
| − | == References | + | == References == |
| + | {{Intermediate}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
| − | | | + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Beltstrike |page= 9|version= Classic Traveller}} |
| − | | | + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia |page= 20}} |
| − | | | + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Stellar Reaches 05 |page= TBD}} |
| − | | | + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Beltstrike |page= TBD |version= Mongoose Traveller}} |
}} | }} | ||
| − | {{LE| | + | {{LE|Vocation}} |
Latest revision as of 12:08, 30 March 2025
Belter: Strictly speaking, one who practices the profession of asteroid prospector and miner, usually working alone or with a small number of partners. More loosely, the term can be applied to any resident of an asteroid belt (including citizens of civilized belts such as Glisten, some of whom have never been in a spaceship). [1]
- AKA "Asteroid belt miner" or "planetoid belt miner".
- Please See Belt Mining for more information
- It is a vocation.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
A Belter participates in a difficult and often dangerous career, calling for individuals who are highly self-reliant, competent, and determined. Belters tend to be loners, eccentrics, who can spend weeks at a time staring into a scanner, searching for the single strike that will make their fortunes. It takes a special person to earn a living as a belter. [2]
Popular Belter Equipment[edit]
- Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor
- Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter
- Bowman class Mining Platform
- Brown class Jump Ship
- Jackie class Seeker
- Kteiroa class Seeker
- SI-049 Company Store class Mining Tender
- Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch
- Type J class Seeker
- Udzuekh class Mining Vessel
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
References[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- J. Andrew Keith. Beltstrike (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 9.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 20.
- Jason Kemp. Stellar Reaches 05 (FLTGames Gaming Group, 2006), TBD.
- Lawrence Whitaker. Beltstrike (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), TBD.
- ↑ Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 20.
- ↑ J. Andrew Keith. Beltstrike (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 2.