Vehicle
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Vehicles are technological devices intended to convey sophonts from one location to another.
- A vehicle (...from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine or device that transports passengers or cargo.
- In essence, they are tools constructed using other tools, of varying complexity and sophistication.
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Description (Specifications)
Vehicle Types by Macro-user
Vehicle Types by Micro-user
- Personal Vehicle (Low Volume Transport)
- Consumer Vehicle (Medium Volume Transport)
- Mass Transit Vehicle (High Volume [Public] Transport)
- Industrial Vehicle (Very High Volume Transport)
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Vehicle Types by Function (Environment)
| Vehicle Types | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Craft | Medium/s | Names | Remarks |
| 1. | Aircraft | Atmosphere (air, gases, etc.) | Airplane, helicopter, etc. | TBD
|
| 2. | Gravcraft | Atmosphere (air, gases, etc.) | Air/Raft, G-Carrier, etc. | TBD
|
| 3. | Groundcraft | Surface (solids, on or below surface, etc.) | ATV, wheels, tracks, walkers, etc. | TBD |
| 4. | Interfacecraft | Vacuum or Atmosphere | G-Carrier, Shuttle, etc. | TBD
|
| 5. | Primitive Craft | Surface (solids, liquids, on or below surface, etc.) | Wagons, Dray Beasts, etc. | Mostly TL:1-3 conveyances. |
| 6. | Spacecraft | Interplanetary Ship (Vacuum) | Spaceship or Non-starship | Maneuver Drive |
| 7. | Starcraft | Interstellar Ship (Vacuum) & Jumpspace | Starship | Jump Drive |
| 8. | Watercraft AKA Seacraft | Water (liquids, on or below surface, etc.) | Marine ship, Submarine, etc. | TBD |
| 9. | Exoticraft | TBD | Any not mentioned in other classes. | TBD |
History & Background (Dossier)
Expected Technological Progression of Vehicles
See Transportation Technologies of Charted Space
See also
Vehicles
§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §
- Vehicle
- Primitive Craft - Craft of all types TL–1 to TL–3 powered by Wind or Animal power
- Aerospace Vessel
- Watercraft
- Land Vehicle
- Exotic Craft
- Multi-Environment Vehicle
- Vehicle Usage
- Vehicle Roles
- Personal Vehicle
- Consumer Vehicle
- Ground Car
- Air/Raft (Passenger, Small)
- G-Carrier (Small)
- Mass Transit Vehicle
- Rail Vehicle (Passenger)
- Bus
- G-Carrier
- Industrial Vehicle
- Commercial Vehicle
- Combat Vehicle
- Combat Support Vehicle
- Security Vehicle
Related:
The line between Spaceplane and Spaceship is blurred.If the design is described as a Vehicle then its a Spaceplane;
if it is described as a Ship its a Spaceship.
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.
- Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), .Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Characters and Combat (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), .
- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), .
- Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), .Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), .
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), .
- Rob Caswell, Joe Fugate, Bryan Gibson. 101 Vehicles (Digest Group Publications, 1988), .
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Archaic Small Craft (ComStar Games, 2008), .
- Colin Dunn, Matthew Sprange, Nick Robinson. Vehicle Handbook (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), .
- Colin Dunn. Vehicle Upgrade Manual (Mongoose Publishing, 2013), .
- Citation Missing - Vehicle Handbook
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- Collator: BackworldTraveller