Launch
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Generic Launch / Lifeboat | |
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Published, canon design. | |
Type: U Auxiliary | |
Size | 20 Tons |
Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
Tech Level | TL–8 |
Engineering | |
Computer | TBD |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 2 |
Officers | 2 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 13 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Third Imperium |
Price | |
Cost | MCr14 |
Architect fee | MCrPublished, canon design with Keith illustration. |
Statistics | |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard generation. |
A Launch (also called Lifeboat) uses a 20-ton hull, is capable of 1-G acceleration, carries one ton of fuel tankage, and has a crew of two. [1]
- It is a smallcraft.
Description (Specifications)
A launch may mount missile racks and sandcasters; it may not mount lasers as weapons. The craft has thirteen tons excess space available for custom use, and typically cost MCr14. [1]
History & Background (Dossier)
Even the smallest ships carry Lifeboats or Launches. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space.
Selected Launch Classes
- TL-7 Launch
- TL-8 Launch
- TL-9 Launch
- TL-10 Launch
- TL-11 Launch
- TL-12 Launch
- TL-13 Launch
- TL-14 Launch
- TL-15 Launch
References & Contributors (Sources)
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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.
- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 78.
- Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 8.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.