Traveller 5:Core Rules
| T5 Core Rules | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Traveller 5th edition | |||
| Author | Marc Miller | ||
| Publisher | Far Future Enterprises | ||
| Version | Traveller 5th | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Format | Book (Hardback) / CD-ROM | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 658 | ||
| Year Published | 2013 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | FFE Home | ||
| ISBN 978-155878000-2 | |||
| Table of Contents | |||
| TBD | |||
The T5 Core Rules book is the 5th of the direct line of the Traveller game system.
- It is ambitiously intended as the ultimate science fiction role-playing system covering nearly everything in role-playing and capable of managing situations across a variety of eras and technology levels.
| Edition | Hardback | CD-ROM | Electronic | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.00 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Circa 2013 CE. Kickstarter edition. Original production. Possesses typos. Still, great content. |
| 5.09 | No | Yes | Yes | Circa 2016 CE. Available to all 5.0 owners in electronic edition. Please contact FFE. Includes an index, updated contacts, and different pagination. No hardback edition exists. |
Description (Specifications)
The T5 Core Rules are the ultimate development of the Traveller RPG system, a compilation and grand development of Marc Miller and the ultimate expression of his OTU.
Table of Contents
| Section | Page/s |
|---|---|
| T5-001 Character Card | IFC |
| Coat of Arms of the Third Imperium (Book Plate) |
Signum Imperius |
| Definition of Deraabelar | 1 |
| Cover Sheet | 3 |
| Edition Guide | 4 |
| Dedication | 5 |
| Title Sheet | 7 |
| Contents | 9 |
| Introductions | 10 to 21 |
| Absent Friends | 10 |
| Traveller is About... | 11 |
| Traveller is a Role-Playing Game | 12 to 13 |
| The Galaxy | 14 |
| A Brief History of the Universe | 15 to 17 |
| Foundations of the Universe | 18 to 21 |
| Basic Information | 22 to 57 |
| Dice | 22 to 33 |
| Ehex | 34 |
| The Ton | 35 |
| Range and Distance | 36 to 47 |
| Benchmarks | 48 to 51 |
| Costs | 52 |
| Values | 53 |
| Size | 54 |
| Hot and Cold | 55 |
| Money | 56 |
| Humanity | 57 |
| Characters and Life | 58 to 209 |
| Characteristics | 58 to 67 |
| Characters | 68 to 77 |
| Careers | 78 to 95 |
| Craftsman | 83 |
| Scholar | 84 |
| Entertainer | 85 |
| Citizen | 86 |
| Scout | 87 |
| Merchant | 88 |
| Spacer | 89 |
| Soldier | 90 |
| Agent | 91 |
| Rogue | 92 |
| Noble | 93 |
| Marine | 94 |
| Functionary | 95 to 109 |
| Life Pursuits and Experience | 110 to 111 |
| Genetics | 112 to 117 |
| Clones | 118 to 121 |
| Chimeras | 122 to 123 |
| Androids and Synthetics | 124 to 127 |
| Tasks | 128 to 141 |
| Skills | 142 to 183 |
| Personals | 184 to 189 |
| QREBS | 190 to 196 |
| The Senses | 197 to 209 |
| Combat | 210 to 303 |
| Personal Combat | 210 to 235 |
| The Armory | 236 to 239 |
| GunMaker | 240 to 260 |
| ArmorMaker | 261 to 279 |
| VehicleMaker | 280 to 303 |
| Starports and Starships | 304 to 417 |
| Starports | 304 to 311 |
| Starship Design | 312 to 351 |
| ShipSheets | 352 to 357 |
| Adventure Class Ships | 358 to 359 |
| Fuel Benchmarks | 360 to 362 |
| How Starships Work | 363 to 403 |
| Maneauver | 363 to 365 |
| Jump | 366 to 376 |
| Power Systems | 376 to 378 |
| Sensors | 379 to 385 |
| Weapons | 386 to 393 |
| Defenses | 394 to 403 |
| Starship Combat | 404 to 417 |
| Stars and Worlds | 418 to 526 |
| Sectors and Subsectors | 418 to 419 |
| Charting the Stars | 420 to 425 |
| Star Systems and Worlds | 426 to 443 |
| Mapping Worlds | 444 to 476 |
| Trade and Commerce | 477 to 496 |
| Technology | 497 to 513 |
| Computers and Consoles | 514 to 521 |
| Personalities and Brains | 522 to 526 |
| Adventures | 527 to 640 |
| Psionics | 527 to 536 |
| Sophonts | 537 to 559 |
| Robots | 560 to 573 |
| BeastMaker | 574 to 585 |
| BeastMaker Events | 586 to 587 |
| The Beastiary | 588 to 595 |
| ThingMaker | 596 to 607 |
| ThingMaker Equipment | 608 to 630 |
| Adventures | 631 to 634 |
| EPIC Adventures | 635 to 640 |
| The Traveller's Guide to Starships (Color Insert) |
641 to 656 |
| Map of Charted Space | IBC |
Library Data Entries (Public)
- Android
- Armor
- The Armory
- Astrography
- Beast
- Charted Space
- Charting the Stars
- Chimera
- Climate
- Clone
- Computer
- Console
- Deraabelar
- Fuel Benchmarks
- Genetics
- Gun
- Humaniti
- Jump
- Money
- Maneauver
- Power Systems
- Psionics
- Sensors
- Starport
- Starship
- Starship Design
- Robot
- Sophont
- Star
- Star System
- Synthetic
- Technology
- Tool
- Trade and Commerce
- Traveller
- Vehicle
- World
Selected Form/s & Terms
Selected Polities
Selected Worlds
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)
T5 was developed with huge fan participation and through the use of a Kickstarter.
- It is a living project and still in development even though the core rules have been released.
Credits (Primary Sources)
| Credit | Authors & Contributors |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney, and Marc Miller |
| Shipwrights | Craig A Glesner, Andrew Hartman, and Michael Morgan |
External Link/s
COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG GEEK Article
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET Article
REVIEWS:
- EXTERNAL LINK: Zhodani Base
- EXTERNAL LINK: The Douchey DM
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller Character Generation… Perfected
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller 5 review: second impressions
- EXTERNAL LINK: Is Traveller 5 ship building compatible with Mongoose Traveller?
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller 5 anyone?
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller 5 Review
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller-5: How is it different from Mongoose Traveller?
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET REVIEW OF TRAVELLER5 CD-ROM
VIDEO:
- EXTERNAL LINK: VIDEO How to generate a character in Traveller 5
References & Contributions (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.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science