Viewport

A Viewport is a transparent panel built into a hull.

• It is a kind of Ship Equipment.
• It is a vehicle component.

Description (Specifications)

Sections of a spacecraft hull can be crafted of homogeneous material to allow a sophont to use a specific sense with a minimum of (or no) interference with the function of that sense

• Viewports are most commonly oriented to Vision.
• Senses may be enhanced by technological means such as Binox or telescopes.

Viewports, available from TL–5 onward, are typically associated with the bridge of the vessel, allowing the command crew to have a direct external view of their surroundings. They may also be found as part of a Stateroom, in lounges, or in observation decks on vessels such as Liners

Viewports are made from hardened and strengthened laminated materials. Their composition includes insulation as well as photochromatic layers that darken on exposure to light of sufficient intensity. Viewports range in size from simple observation portholes to very large pilot windscreens. Many include closable shutters and may be armored.

History & Background (Dossier)

Viewports are usually shuttered, screened, or otherwise rendered opaque during jump: most sophonts find a prolonged view of jumpspace distinctly unsettling.

Viewports are also called Portholes, Vision Ports, Observation Ports, Windscreens, Windshields, Perception Ports, Awareness Ports, and Psi Ports.

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.

• Jordan Weisman. "Book 2." Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 (1982): TBD.
• Marc Miller. Agent of the Imperium (Far Future Enterprises, 2015), TBD.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 356, 357.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science