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A Misjump is an attempt at jump space travel that has gone catastrophically wrong resulting in potential destruction at the worst, and travel to unintended destinations far off the intended course at best.


Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for further information:

Description (Specifications)

Misjump: A misjump is an unpredictable random jump. Each time the ship engages in a jump, a misjump may occur. The odds go up if using unrefined fuel (and not equipped to do so), if within 100 planetary diameters of a world, or if a ship is within ten planetary diameters of a world. Some ships may be destroyed altogether by a misjump. [1] Other ships misjump enormous distances or even enormous amounts of time, from a number of weeks spent in jump space to even rumors of years or centuries stuck in jumpspace. [2]

History & Background (Dossier)

Sometimes a jump goes wrong. Catastrophic failures (called misjumps) can destroy the ship and its crew. Other failures can destroy a drive or send a ship in the wrong direction. Some misjumps reduce a Jump-6 to a mere Jump-1, or convert a Jump-1 into Jump-10, 20, or higher. The fact that misjumps can cause the distance traveled to exceed the normal range is an indication that further research is necessary in the field of jump technologies.

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.