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[[Gravcraft]] are vehicles that employ [[Gravity control technology]] for transportation purposes. | [[Gravcraft]] are vehicles that employ [[Gravity control technology]] for transportation purposes. | ||
| − | * Gravcraft are flyers and typically travel through a planet's atmosphere. | + | * Gravcraft are flyers and typically travel through a planet's [[atmosphere]]. |
* Please see [[Gravity control technology]] for more information. | * Please see [[Gravity control technology]] for more information. | ||
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* Please see [[Starship]] for more information. | * Please see [[Starship]] for more information. | ||
| − | == History & Background (Dossier) == | + | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == |
The first [[Gravcraft]], or vehicles employing gravity control technology, appear around (TL-9+). | The first [[Gravcraft]], or vehicles employing gravity control technology, appear around (TL-9+). | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 15 December 2018
Gravcraft are vehicles that employ Gravity control technology for transportation purposes.
- Gravcraft are flyers and typically travel through a planet's atmosphere.
- Please see Gravity control technology for more information.
Description (Specifications)
Gravity control technology is the key technology that makes gravcraft work.
- The gravity control produces both weight-neutralization and thrust. Also know as grav, anti-grav, or contragrav.
- This control of the force of gravity allows construction of vehicles, like the Air/Raft and G-Carrier, mapping of object mass through Densitometers, and safety equipment like the Grav Parachute.
- Starships also employ gravity control technology, but this article only details terrestrial, interface, and close-orbit gravcraft.
- Please see Starship for more information.
History & Background (Dossier)
The first Gravcraft, or vehicles employing gravity control technology, appear around (TL-9+).
Representative Classes
There are a number of classes of gravcraft, which include:
- Personal Gravcraft (Single-occupant) (TL-9+)
- Grav Cars (Dedicated Passenger Vehicles) (TL-9+)
- Air/Rafts (Dedicated Utility Vehicle) (TL-9+)
- Grav Sleds (Dedicated Utility Vehicle) (TL-9+)
- Grav AFVs (Dedicated Military Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
- Grav Tanks (Dedicated Military Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
- G-Carriers (Interface Gravcraft) (TL-9+)
- Speeders (Hybrid High-performance Grav/aircraft) (TL-9+)
- Very Large Grav Vehicles (Industrial) (TL-12+)
- Non-mobile Gravitic Cities (TL-13+)
- Mobile Gravitic Cities (TL-14+)
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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Classic Traveller Striker
- Marc Miller's Traveller T4 Emperor's Vehicles
- Periodical: Classic Traveller Challenge, Issue 27
- Periodical: Classic Traveller The Travellers' Digest No. 6
- Periodical: High Passage 4 in Article: 'Grav Mining Vehicle (GMV)'
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science