Recent content by Sageryne

That seems like the most reasonable solution. Thanks

Hi all, Thank you for your comments. Let me layout what I am planning to do, to better explain my problem. I want to do a cargo box, 2000 dTons, with full life support and gravity (so the shipping containers inside that box don't have to be vacuum rated). The cargo box has no staterooms...

Hi all, I am working on a detachable ship designs. I want the detachable part to be as simple as possible (basically a big box without drives or its own power), but I also want it to have life support and gravity. My thought was to power those things from the mothership. However, in looking at...

Hi all, I am coming to this conversation a bit late, but it has stimulated a lot of thought on my part. I started a separate thread on modules. https://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/threads/does-removing-modules-allow-longer-jumps.124657/ Thanks to several other great posters, I refined my...

Hi Anstett, Yes, thank you. That is a great thread. It is one of the things that got me thinking about this idea. I appreciate all the ideas people have shared. My idea has "evolved." The 4000 dTon Cargo-Tender ship contains manoeuvre drive, jump drive, power plant, main bridge, computers...

Looking back on it, I guess I just re-invented the cargo version of the battle rider.

Hi AnotherDilbert, Ah-ha, that was the information I was missing. Modules are internal, thus, regardless of whether they are present or not, the overall volume of the ship remains the same. Excellent. Thank you. OK, now that that is sorted out, it raises a new question: Does a "ship"...

Yes, that was my thought, the resource world would built and fill the cargo modules. I agree, empty modules would still count towards the ship's volume. If you jumped with the module's attached (but empty), they would still count. That is the crux of my question. Is a drive only able to jump...

Hi, I have been working on a large 10,000 dTon modular freighter. The ship has a manoeuvre-1 drive (100 dTons), jump-2 drive (505 dTons), power plant (300 dTon), fuel (2000+30 dTon), bridge (60 dTons), crew and passenger areas, plus other misc items total 4,000 dTons. My design includes six...

Good to know. I can certainly wait until next week. I was already planning on buying the Starship Operator's Manual. Now, I have one more reason to do so. Thank you

Hello, I was wondering if Mongoose has published any official details of the ubiquitous shipping container? The Core Rulebook talks about 5 ton mail containers. The Robot Handbook talks about a 'five-ton starship shipping container' in the forklift section. Most previous editions had the...

I have done exactly one cruise, Vancouver up to Alaska and back with several stops along the way. I can't say I was a big fan. My mother has done many cruises. She enjoys them. She took a cruise from San Francisco to Hawaii and back. You depart San Francisco at 4pm the first day. You then spend...

Personally, I see ocean-going ships on Earth during the age of steam as the best analogue to the Traveller universe. There are no fast ways (airplanes) to get anywhere. If you want to go from Europe to America, you go to a big port and you take a ship from somewhere like Hamburg to somewhere...

Hi Geir, Thanks for stepping me through this. I removed Hostile Environment Protection. I had factored Basic Robotic Drone Controller in my calculations, but forgot to put it in the options. I upgraded to Advanced Brain, and added Electronics (Remote Op) 1, Mechanic 0. I didn't think a hulking...

Hi Geir, Awesome. That was the help I needed. I created a Size-7 TL-12 robot. It ended up costing 103,640 Cr. I rounded that off to 100 KCr. I addressed the 8 dTon issue by adding a basic robotic controller and a drone interface. That way one robot can take control of a second one, and...