Parachute

Parachute
Type	Personal mobility
Tech Level	TL–4
Cost	Cr250
Size	20 liters
Weight	15 kg

Parachute (Goods) Synopsis

A parachute is a large canopy of cloth or other material held to the jumper's body by lines attached to a harness. The simple parachute affords only a small degeree of control of the direction and rate of descent, for it is largely at the mercy of the wind and drift effects.

Please see Grav Parachute for a related device.

Parachute (Goods) Description

Parachutes can use either static cord releases (the shute is tripped automatically as the individual jumps) or ripcord release (either activated by the individual or by an automatic device preset for a given altitude). A static cord jump must be made from a minimum of 100 meters altitude and results in immediate deployment of the chute. The ripcord deployment requires 200 meters minimum altitude, but it also permits jumps from much greater heights with the chute opening delayed until the 200 meter level is reached.

A basic parachute weights 10-15 kilograms; when packed, it fits into a pack worn either on the back or the front of the jumper's body. Many parachute packs incorporate a reserve parachute for use in case of faulty deployment of the main chute.

Parachute (Goods) History & Background (Dossier)

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Parachute (Goods) 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.

• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• Traveller: The New Era Main Rulebook