Spear

Generic Spear
Generic Spear
Group:	Melee Weapon
Tech Level	TL–0
Size	3,000mm length
Weight	2,000.0 grams
Cost	Cr10
Ammo	None
Manufacturer	Various
Generic Spear

A Spear (2,000 grams; Cr10; TL-0) is a long (3,000mm) polearm with a pointed tip, usually of metal.

• This melee weapon most typically inflicts cutting and stabbing traumas.
• This melee weapon may be employed as a thrown weapon.

Description (Specifications)

It is often made by the person who carries the weapon, as the spear is quite inexpensive.

Weapon Characteristics

Length: 3,000mm length. Weight: 2,000.0 grams. Base Price: Cr10.

History & Background (Dossier)

Polearms are among the earliest found weapons, often sticks longer than the typical club, but still effective at dealing blunt traumas. While TL-0 polearms are found objects, or pointy sticks sharpened by Proto-Sophont's teeth or claws, by TL-1 most sophonts have learned how to attach various stabbing, cutting, or pummeling heads to the weapons enhancing their usefulness. There is a great variety of types of heads attached to polearms, often each with a different kind of name. Many polearms are simply repurposed farming implements.

Selected Spear Types

1. TL-0 Spear
2. TL-1 Spear

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), 42-43.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Characters and Combat (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 42-43.
• Imperial Encyclopedia
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science