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|name      = GURPS Traveller: Starports
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|name      = Starports
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|alsosee  = [[Starport]]
 
|author    = John M. Ford, James D Maliszwski
 
|author    = John M. Ford, James D Maliszwski
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|available = [http://www.warehouse23.com/products/gurps-traveller-classic-starports-ffe Warehouse23]
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|caption  = Gateways to Adventure
 
|caption  = Gateways to Adventure
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|contents  = TBD
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|contents  =  
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|footnote  = ISBN 1-55634-401-5  Stock 6610
 
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|year      = 2000
 
|year      = 2000
 
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[[GURPS Traveller: Starports]] is a GURPS Traveller RPG book full of information about [[starports]] and associated data for use in Traveller adventure campaigns.
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[[GURPS Traveller: Starports]] is a [[Steve Jackson Games]] product.
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* It is a source book designed for [[GURPS Traveller]].
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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''Anchors of the Imperium''
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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'''Anchors of the Imperium''' Patrol, trade, and [[Express Boat|XBoat]] routes are the lifelines of the {{Imperium}}, and [[starport]]s are the anchors to which they are tethered. Serving as trade centers, customs offices, and [[outpost]]s of [[civilization]], starports play a central role in the lives of [[starfarer]]s, and are a crucial source of [[good]]s, wealth, and in formation for even the  most planetbound of souls. At the same time, they are havens for [[smuggler]]s, fugitives, and [[black marketer]]s.
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Patrol, trade, and [[Express Boat|XBoat]] routes are the lifelines of the {{Imperium}}, and [[starport]]s are the anchors to which they are tethered. Serving as trade centers, customs offices, and outposts of [[civilization]], starports play a central role in the lives of [[starfarer]]s, and are a crucial source of goods, wealth, and in formation for even the  most planetbound of souls. At the same time, they are havens for smugglers, fugitives, and black marketers.
 
  
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Starports classifies standard [[starport]]s and describes their facilties, organization, and functions. It includes  plans of typical [[spaceport]]s from the [[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]] (including [[Mora (world)|Mora]], Graniff Field on Rayrad, [[Rech (world)|Rech]], [[Dhian (world)|Dhian]], and [[Alell (world)|Alell]]) and guidelines for starport adventures and encounters. There are also character templates for starport denizen, descriptions and floor plans of key locations, and deckplans of customs, liaison, and emergency [[spacecraft]] and some common starport [[ground vehicle]]s.
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Starports classifies standard [[starport]]s and describes their [[facilities]], [[organization]], and functions. It includes  plans of typical [[spaceport]]s from the [[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]] (including [[Mora (world)|Mora]], Graniff Field on [[Raydrad (world)|Raydrad]], [[Rech (world)|Rech]], [[Dhian (world)|Dhian]], and [[Alell (world)|Alell]]) and guidelines for starport adventures and encounters. There are also character templates for starport denizen, descriptions and floor plans of key locations, and [[deckplan]]s of customs, liaison, and emergency [[spacecraft]] and some common starport [[ground vehicle]]s.
  
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Starports is designed to complement the [[GURPS Traveller: Far Trader|Far Trader]] and [[GURPS Traveller: Starships|Starships]] supplements, and offers a rich and detailed setting for a wide variety of adventures and campaigns in the GURPS Traveller universe.
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Starports is designed to complement the [[GURPS Traveller: Far Trader|Far Trader]] and [[GURPS Traveller: Starships|Starships]] supplements, and offers a rich and detailed setting for a wide variety of adventures and campaigns in the [[GURPS Traveller]] universe.
  
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
=== Table of Contents ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"  
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!colspan="2"| ''GURPS Traveller: Starports''
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|Introduction             || align="right" |4
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| Introduction  
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| 4
 
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|1. Outposts of the Imperium || align="right" |6
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| 1. Outposts of the {{Imperium}}
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| 6
 
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|-
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|2. Inside the [[Starport Authority]]         || align="right" |17
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| 2. Inside the [[Starport Authority]]  
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| 17
 
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|3. Planetary Relations               || align="right" |40
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| 3. Planetary Relations  
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| 40
 
|-
 
|-
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|4. Starport Characters                 || align="right" |48
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| 4. Starport Characters  
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| 48
 
|-
 
|-
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|5. Starport Design               || align="right" |56
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| 5. Starport Design  
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| 56
 
|-
 
|-
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|6. Campaigns               || align="right" |88
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| 6. Campaigns  
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| 88
 
|-
 
|-
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|Appendix A: Equipment             || align="right" |95
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| Appendix A: [[Equipment]]
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| 95
 
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|-
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|Appendix B: Port Samples             || align="right" |105
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| Appendix B: Port Samples  
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| 105
 
|-
 
|-
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|Index                     || align="right" |127
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|Index  
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| 127
 
|}
 
|}
  
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== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) ==
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
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# [[Bilateral Trade Number]] ([[BTN]])
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# [[Brubek's]] pg. 86-87
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# [[CFR]] (Crash, Fire & Rescue)
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# [[Cleon Doctrine]] pg. 40
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# [[Contraband]]
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# [[Control Rating]] ([[CR]])
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# [[Extraterritoriality]] ([[XT]])
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# [[Federation Development Agency]]
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# [[Fresher]] pg. 81
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# [[FOD]] (Foreign Object Debris)
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# [[Ghi'rurrikara Ikuug'ri]]
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# [[Ghost Port]] pg. 61
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# [[Grand Central Port]] pgs. 60-61
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# [[HAZMAT]] ([[Hazardous Material]])
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# [[Highport]]
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# [[Imperial Research Station]]
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# [[Kiisgashiim & Lanashraa Cargo Brokers]]
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# [[LASH]]
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# [[Lowport]]
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# [[Maneuver Drive]]
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# [[Meson Screen]]
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# [[Naval Base]]
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# [[Naval Depot]]
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# [[Nuclear Damper]]
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# [[Pan-Galactic Friends of Life]] pg. 43
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# [[Port Royal]] pg. 60
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# [[PyRoute]]
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# [[Runway]]
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# [[Scout Base]]
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# [[Shipyard]]
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# [[Spaceport]]
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# [[Starport]]
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# [[Starport Authority]] ([[SPA]])
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# [[Startown]]
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# [[Tortuga Port]] pgs. 58-59
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# [[Travellers' Aid Society]] ([[TAS]])
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# [[Way Station]]
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# [[World Trade Number]] ([[WTN]])
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# [[Xboat Station]]
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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{{LibraryEntries}}
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=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment]] ===
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# [[Kinetic Containment Blanket]] pg. 36
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# [[Life Support Carrier]] pgs. 95-96
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## [[Burn Carrier class Life Support Carrier]] pgs. 95-96
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## [[Isolator class Life Support Carrier]] pgs. 95-96
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# [[Sick Bay]]
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# [[Space Dock]] pg. 27
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=== [[Ship|Selected Ships]] ===
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''[[Largecraft]] & [[Bigcraft]]:''
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# [[Beowulf class Free Trader]] pg. 94
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# [[Blakeway class First Response Vessel]] pgs. 96-97
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# [[Empress Marava class Far Trader]] pg. 43
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# [[Lighter]]
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# [[Mercy class Rescue Vessel]] pg. 95
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# [[Oiler]] pg. 73
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# [[Siigiizun class Search & Rescue Vessel]] pg. 100
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# [[Sulieman class Scout/Courier]] pg. 56
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# [[Type R class Subsidized Merchant]] pg. 62, 93
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# [[Type S]] pg. 24, 54, 75
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# [[Type TC class Common Transport]] pg. 19, 49, 51, 69, 77-78, 85, 90
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# [[Vargr Corsair]] pg. 20
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==== [[Smallcraft|Selected Smallcraft]] ====
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''[[Smallcraft]]:''
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# [[Customs Pinnace]] ([[TL-10]])  pg. 98
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# [[Douane class Customs Cutter]] pgs. 97-98
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# [[Fuel Skimmer]] pg. 73
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# [[Gendarme class Armed Response Cutter]] pgs. 97-98
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# [[Modular Cutter]] pg. 73
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## [[Modular Cutter Module]] pg. 103
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# [[Robotic Fuel Blimp]] pg. 73
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# [[Shuttle]] pg. 9. 16
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## [[Employee Shuttle]] pg. 66
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# [[Tug]] pg. 81
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==== [[Vehicle|Selected Vehicles]] ====
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''[[Vehicle]]:''
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# [[Air/Raft]]
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# [[Grav Truck]] ([[TL-10]]) pg. 101
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# [[Heavy Utility Truck]] ([[TL-8]]) pg. 100
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# [[Star class Grav Ambulance]] ([[G-Carrier]])
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== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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[[GURPS Traveller: Starports]] is a GURPS Traveller RPG book full of information about [[starports]] and associated data for use in Traveller adventure campaigns.
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As part of the wiki's ongoing [[:Category: Astrography|Astrography]] projects, rules from this publication were used by the [https://github.com/makhidkarun/traveller_pyroute Traveller PyRoute] program, using the sector data from [https://travellermap.com/ Traveller Map] and the economics rules from [[GURPS Traveller: Far Trader]], [[GURPS Traveller: Starports]], [[GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces]], and [[Trillion Credit Squadron]].  
 
As part of the wiki's ongoing [[:Category: Astrography|Astrography]] projects, rules from this publication were used by the [https://github.com/makhidkarun/traveller_pyroute Traveller PyRoute] program, using the sector data from [https://travellermap.com/ Traveller Map] and the economics rules from [[GURPS Traveller: Far Trader]], [[GURPS Traveller: Starports]], [[GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces]], and [[Trillion Credit Squadron]].  
 
* Please see [[:Category:Sectors with sector economic data]] for more information.
 
* Please see [[:Category:Sectors with sector economic data]] for more information.
  
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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;Author
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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:[[John M. Ford]] & [[James D Maliszwski]]
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!colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources)
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;Editor
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:[[Gene Seabolt]] and [[Gareth Skarka]]
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! Credit
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;Cover
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! Authors & Contributors
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:[[Jesse DeGraff]]
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|-
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;Illustrations
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| Author
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:[[Jesse DeGraff]], and [[Glenn Grant]]
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| [[John M. Ford]] & [[James Maliszewski|James D. Maliszewski]]
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;Maps and Deck Plans
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|-
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:[[Andy Akins]], and [[Mark Cook]]
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| Editor
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| [[Gene Seabolt]] and [[Gareth Skarka]]
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|-
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| Cover
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| [[Jesse DeGraff]]
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|-
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| Illustrations
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| [[Jesse DeGraff]], and [[Glenn Grant]]
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|-
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| Maps and Deck Plans
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| [[Andy Akins]], and [[Mark Cook]]
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|-
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|}
  
 
=== External Link/s ===
 
=== External Link/s ===
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No information yet available.
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''Commentary & Data articles:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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''Reviews:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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''Other articles:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
  
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== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Advanced}}
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[[Category: Economy Source]]
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[[Category: Equipment Source]]
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 4 November 2019

Starports
GTStarportsSm.jpg
Gateways to Adventure
Author John M. Ford, James D Maliszwski
Publisher Steve Jackson Games
Version GURPS Traveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (Softback)
Language English
Pages 128
Year Published 2000
Canonical Yes
Available from Warehouse23
Also See Starport
ISBN 1-55634-401-5 Stock 6610

GURPS Traveller: Starports is a Steve Jackson Games product.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Anchors of the Imperium Patrol, trade, and XBoat routes are the lifelines of the Imperium, and starports are the anchors to which they are tethered. Serving as trade centers, customs offices, and outposts of civilization, starports play a central role in the lives of starfarers, and are a crucial source of goods, wealth, and in formation for even the most planetbound of souls. At the same time, they are havens for smugglers, fugitives, and black marketers.

Starports classifies standard starports and describes their facilities, organization, and functions. It includes plans of typical spaceports from the Spinward Marches (including Mora, Graniff Field on Raydrad, Rech, Dhian, and Alell) and guidelines for starport adventures and encounters. There are also character templates for starport denizen, descriptions and floor plans of key locations, and deckplans of customs, liaison, and emergency spacecraft and some common starport ground vehicles.

Starports is designed to complement the Far Trader and Starships supplements, and offers a rich and detailed setting for a wide variety of adventures and campaigns in the GURPS Traveller universe.

Table of Contents[edit]

GURPS Traveller: Starports
Section Page/s
Introduction 4
1. Outposts of the Imperium 6
2. Inside the Starport Authority 17
3. Planetary Relations 40
4. Starport Characters 48
5. Starport Design 56
6. Campaigns 88
Appendix A: Equipment 95
Appendix B: Port Samples 105
Index 127

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. Bilateral Trade Number (BTN)
  2. Brubek's pg. 86-87
  3. CFR (Crash, Fire & Rescue)
  4. Cleon Doctrine pg. 40
  5. Contraband
  6. Control Rating (CR)
  7. Extraterritoriality (XT)
  8. Federation Development Agency
  9. Fresher pg. 81
  10. FOD (Foreign Object Debris)
  11. Ghi'rurrikara Ikuug'ri
  12. Ghost Port pg. 61
  13. Grand Central Port pgs. 60-61
  14. HAZMAT (Hazardous Material)
  15. Highport
  16. Imperial Research Station
  17. Kiisgashiim & Lanashraa Cargo Brokers
  18. LASH
  19. Lowport
  20. Maneuver Drive
  21. Meson Screen
  22. Naval Base
  23. Naval Depot
  24. Nuclear Damper
  25. Pan-Galactic Friends of Life pg. 43
  26. Port Royal pg. 60
  27. PyRoute
  28. Runway
  29. Scout Base
  30. Shipyard
  31. Spaceport
  32. Starport
  33. Starport Authority (SPA)
  34. Startown
  35. Tortuga Port pgs. 58-59
  36. Travellers' Aid Society (TAS)
  37. Way Station
  38. World Trade Number (WTN)
  39. Xboat Station

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Equipment[edit]

  1. Kinetic Containment Blanket pg. 36
  2. Life Support Carrier pgs. 95-96
    1. Burn Carrier class Life Support Carrier pgs. 95-96
    2. Isolator class Life Support Carrier pgs. 95-96
  3. Sick Bay
  4. Space Dock pg. 27

Selected Ships[edit]

Largecraft & Bigcraft:

  1. Beowulf class Free Trader pg. 94
  2. Blakeway class First Response Vessel pgs. 96-97
  3. Empress Marava class Far Trader pg. 43
  4. Lighter
  5. Mercy class Rescue Vessel pg. 95
  6. Oiler pg. 73
  7. Siigiizun class Search & Rescue Vessel pg. 100
  8. Sulieman class Scout/Courier pg. 56
  9. Type R class Subsidized Merchant pg. 62, 93
  10. Type S pg. 24, 54, 75
  11. Type TC class Common Transport pg. 19, 49, 51, 69, 77-78, 85, 90
  12. Vargr Corsair pg. 20

Selected Smallcraft[edit]

Smallcraft:

  1. Customs Pinnace (TL-10) pg. 98
  2. Douane class Customs Cutter pgs. 97-98
  3. Fuel Skimmer pg. 73
  4. Gendarme class Armed Response Cutter pgs. 97-98
  5. Modular Cutter pg. 73
    1. Modular Cutter Module pg. 103
  6. Robotic Fuel Blimp pg. 73
  7. Shuttle pg. 9. 16
    1. Employee Shuttle pg. 66
  8. Tug pg. 81

Selected Vehicles[edit]

Vehicle:

  1. Air/Raft
  2. Grav Truck (TL-10) pg. 101
  3. Heavy Utility Truck (TL-8) pg. 100
  4. Star class Grav Ambulance (G-Carrier)

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

GURPS Traveller: Starports is a GURPS Traveller RPG book full of information about starports and associated data for use in Traveller adventure campaigns.

As part of the wiki's ongoing Astrography projects, rules from this publication were used by the Traveller PyRoute program, using the sector data from Traveller Map and the economics rules from GURPS Traveller: Far Trader, GURPS Traveller: Starports, GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces, and Trillion Credit Squadron.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Author John M. Ford & James D. Maliszewski
Editor Gene Seabolt and Gareth Skarka
Cover Jesse DeGraff
Illustrations Jesse DeGraff, and Glenn Grant
Maps and Deck Plans Andy Akins, and Mark Cook

External Link/s[edit]

Commentary & Data articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Reviews:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Other articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
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