Editing Mongoose Traveller: Traders and Gunboats

{{InfoboxBook2
|name      = Traders and Gunboats
|alsosee   = 
|author    = Bryan Steele
|available = {{DTRPG|59403}}, [https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/us/supplement-2-traders-and-gunboats-ebook.html Mongoose]
|canon     = Yes
|caption   = Supplement 2
|edition   = 
|footnote  = MGP 3806 
|isbn      = 978-1-906103-73-6
|format    = Book (Softback) (PDF)
|image     = Travtradersgunboats_350.jpg
|language  = English
|pages     = 104
|publisher = Mongoose Publishing
|version   = Mongoose Traveller
|year      = 2008
}}
[[Mongoose Traveller: Traders and Gunboats]] is a [[Mongoose Publishing]] ship source book written for [[Mongoose Traveller]].

Showcasing the workhorses of space, ''Traders and Gunboats'' details a veritable fleet of [[civilian ship|civilian]] and [[paramilitary ship|quasi-military ships]] that can be found throughout the [[galaxy]]. Each entry comes complete with a history of the ship, notable elements in its construction, and comprehensive [[deck plan]]s, ensuring you are never caught short when a boarding action takes place!

These [[ship]]s can be used in a multitude of settings, as variants on their designs can be found throughout science fiction. This book allows you to instantly expand the variety and multitude of ships in the galaxy.

=== Credits ===
; Author: [[Bryan Steele]]
; Additional text: [[Stuart Machin]]
; Editor: [[Nick Robinson]]
; Layout: [[Will Chapman]]
; Interior Illustrations: [[German Ponce]], [[Travis Leichssenring]], [[Marco Morte]], [[Leonel Domingos de Costa]], [[Carlos  Nuñez  de  Castro Torres]],  Pulpapocalipsis Studio ([[Vicente Sivera]], [[Jorge Momparler]])

=== Table of Contents ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="2"| ''[[Mongoose Traveller]]:<br> Traders and Gunboats''
|-
! Section
! Page/s
|-
| Introduction
| 2 
|-
| [[Drone]]s
| 3 
|-
| [[Small Craft]] - Civilian
| 5 
|-
| [[Small Craft]] - Military
| 22 
|-
| [[Civilian Ship]]s
| 37 
|-
| [[Criminal Vessel]]s
| 57 
|-
| [[Auxiliaries]]
| 68 
|-
| [[System Defense Ship]]s
| 83 
|-
| [[Warship]]s
| 94 
|-
| Index
| 124
|-
|}

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[Auxiliary]]
# [[Civilian Ship]]
# [[Corsair Vessel]]
# [[Drone]]
# [[Smallcraft]]
# [[Solar Sail]]
# [[System Defense Ship]]
# [[Warship]]

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Eies]] (Automated) ===
{{LibraryEntries}}

=== [[Ship|Selected Ships]] ===
==== [[Auxiliary|Selected Auxiliaries]] ====
''[[Auxiliaries]]:''
# [[Light Assault Transport]]
# [[Q-Ship]]
# [[Security Pursuit Ship]]
# [[Type M class Subsidized Liner]]
# [[Type M/R class Minesweeper]]
# [[Type NA class Naval Auxiliary]]

==== [[Civilian Ship|Selected Civilian Ships]] ====
''[[Civilian Ship]]s:''
# [[Animal class Safari Ship]]
# [[Antique In-Systems Hauler]]
# [[Large Freighter]]
# [[Modular Clipper]]
# [[Saint class Sanatorium Hospice Boat]]
# [[Type A3 class Fast Trader]]
# [[Type X class Express Boat]] ([[Xboat]])
# [[Type XT class Express Boat Tender]]

==== [[Criminal Vessel|Selected Criminal Vessels]] ====
''[[Criminal Vessel]]s:''
# [[Armed Fast Smuggler]]
# [[Cutlass class Pirate Cruiser]]
# [[Labourer class Salvage Hauler]]
# [[Pirate Raider]] ([[Ambush Frigate]])
# [[Vulture class Armed Salvage Ship]]

==== [[Military Ship|Selected Warships]] ====
''[[Military Ship]]- [[Warship]]s:''
# [[Colonial Cruiser]]
# [[Destroyer Escort]] (Convoy Variant)
# [[Destroyer Escort]] (Patrol Variant)
# [[Escort Frigate]]
# [[Fiery class Gunned Escort]]
# [[Siege class Bombardment Ship]]
# [[Type RG class Assault Gunship]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]
# [[TBD]]

==== [[System Defence Ship|Selected System Defence Ships]] ====
''[[System Defence Ship]]s:''
# [[Antique Systems Defence Boat]]
# [[Defence Frigate]]
# [[System Defence Boat]] ([[SDB]])
# [[Type SDB-II class Advanced System Defence Boat]]
# [[Type MSD-II class Missile Systems Defender]]

=== [[Smallcraft|Selected Smallcraft]] ===
''[[Drone]]s:''
# [[Countermeasure Drone]]
# [[Suicide Drone]]
# [[Mine Drone]]
# [[Reconnoissance Drone]]

''[[Civilian Smallcraft]]:''
# [[Business Shuttle/Yacht]]
# [[Freight Handler Pod]] ([[Solar Sail]]or)
# [[Modular Skiff]]
# [[Retrieval Boat]]
# [[Shepherd class Space Control Router]]
# [[Slow Boat]]
# [[Slow Pinnace]]
# [[Solar Sailing Yacht]] ([[Solar Sail]]or)
# [[Space Surveillance Craft]]
# [[Type XI class Covert Insertion Craft]]
# [[Type XSX class Ship To Ship Shuttle]]

''[[Military Smallcraft]]:''
# [[Antique Fighter]]
## [[Belter Moray class Fighter]]
## [[Cutlass class Fighter]]
## [[Type AA class Guardian Fighter]]
# [[Assault Fighter]]
# [[Assault Shuttle]]
# [[Junk Fighter]] ("Oddball Craft")
# [[Mk. III class Interceptor]]
# [[Strike Boat]]
# [[Type 7 class Superiority Fighter]]

''[[Satellite]]s:''
# [[Orbital Defense System]] ([[ODS]])

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