Jump Torpedo
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Jump Torpedos don't officially exist in the canon OTU despite several key references in foundational Classic Traveller materials.
- A jump torpedo is a vehicular starcraft that masses under a hundred tons yet has a jump drive in violation of canon.
Description (Specifications)
Many to most sources describe a jump torpedo as an unmanned starship under a 100 Dtons in size.
- They were intended to carry messages like giant carrier pigeons or X-boats, which later supplanted and replaced them in canon literature.
- Later canon statements specifically prohibit jump drives in smallcraft at TL-15 or below.
- By later definition, the jump torpedo would be a large drone or a robot if its mind was intelligent enough.
History & Background (Dossier)
Fans argue about these matters quite often since several early Traveller works discuss these works and present statistics for the jump torpedo.
- Please see the discussion tab for this article.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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.
- Bob McWilliams. Leviathan (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 35. (Classic Traveller Adventure 4)
- Jim Cunningham. High Passage 3 (FASA, 1982), 16.
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 88.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science