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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. | ||
| − | === Emergency Low Berths | + | === Emergency Low Berths === |
| − | Emergency low berths weigh one ton and cost | + | Emergency low berths weigh one ton and cost [[Cr]]100,000; each contains four persons, all of whom share the same life support unit. Emergency low berths cannot hold the [[frozen watch]]. An emergency low berth can revive one conscious person at a time. |
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 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 same life support unit. Emergency low berths cannot hold the frozen watch. An emergency low berth can revive one conscious person at a time.
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
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