Fair point! Some thoughts: A VM-11 with APDS rounds has an AP value of 15, with average damage 14 plus aiming bonus. That’s gonna hurt! The weapons we see here aren’t everything they have access to, just a selection of unique gear. Laser weapons strike hard, both rifles and heavies, and are within t...

Looking at the CSC entries, the Sword Worlders sure have an interesting gun philosophy! Martial skill is just as important to Swordies as it was for Vikings, but in the 57th (?) century guns are slightly more important than swords. This naturally means that rifle marksmanship has replaced swordsmans...

We do have points defense software in High Guard, combine it with the missile chapter from the Companion and we’re almost there?

But in a way, regular torpedoes are perhaps best used at short range actually... While PD only has half effect on them, each bay only has a quarter of the launch capacity of a missile bay, so torpedoes are relatively speaking more susceptible to PD and jamming, making them more efficient at short r...

Well, the heavy torpedoes on the new Sword Worlds book are limited to medium range, so there’s that... But in a way, regular torpedoes are perhaps best used at short range actually... While PD only has half effect on them, each bay only has a quarter of the launch capacity of a missile bay, so torpe...

I haven’t read through the entire book yet, and I’m unfamiliar with Star Viking so I can’t really help there (yet), but from what I’ve seen so far the new book places less emphasis on sword-toting techno-barbarians. The Space Viking novel is where The Sword Worlds come from. The novel put Feudal Te...

I haven’t read through the entire book yet, and I’m unfamiliar with Star Viking so I can’t really help there (yet), but from what I’ve seen so far the new book places less emphasis on sword-toting techno-barbarians. Honor & glory is important, as well as reputation and social standing. Character gen...

I’ll see if I can at least sweep through the books I own and count the entries therein some day. I have, from time to time, thought about creating an index of High Guard, Central Supply and bestiary entries from across the books available. Primarily for my own sake but possibly useful for others as ...

Most products features one or more entries, not sure if anyone’s ever compiled a list though. The JTAS journals have several, Referee’s Briefing: Garden worlds too (including the Chamax), Behind the Claw and Great Rift has a bunch each IIRC, Pirates of Drinax has a couple scattered throughout the se...

Just a thought, but the security carbine has kinda low range... Probably intentional, due to the low velocity of the round and such, but the snub carbine from Deepnight Endeavour has 25 m range. The naval version goes even further with 75 meters. Purely based on a quick eye-balling of the barrels, t...

I guess I cold produce a gear list... Let's see, we've got: Sindalian heavy laser pistol Pocket snub revolver Security carbine Snub and security carbine ammunition - Baton - Flechette - Tranquilizer Breacher assault weapon/pump-action breacher gun Hazmat suit Contaminated environment rescue suit Mod...

While I haven’t been quite as effective and fast as Geir and read through the entire book yet, I must say that I do like what I’ve seen so far! As a creature of habit I’ve mostly looked at gear and stuff so far, and I like what I see - it’s almost worth buying the book just for the alternate snub we...

Oh, that’s right... now I remember, I got a notice that an update was available, thought “I’ll download it later” and then I forgot all about it!

Weird that they’re missing in the new one, good thing the B&W version apparently has them!

That’s... interesting... in my book, both physical and digital versions, there’s a hull point box in the corner...

Is it possible you have an older version? Mine’s called Traveller_Core_eBook_FEB_18. If you have an older version, try to re-download it and see if you get a newer one.

The lower left corner of each ship stat page has a box labeled Hull points, usually under the profile pic of each ship. That’s the value you reduce damage from.

The Free and Far Traders for examples, have 80 hull points.

*Dispatches raiding fleet to intercept package and/or seize the Harrier*

I didn’t pay close attention yesterday when I first saw it, but it does explain why I thought my lunch break was more imminent than it actually was...

Now that you mention it, the timestamp did look a bit off earlier today when I posted, yeah...

EDIT: yep, and this post too. I posted at 23:24 local time, but according to the forum It was 11:53, so half an hour wrong.

+8 sounds right. Remember that at this stage it’s just about detecting, not identifying or getting detailed readings. A ship using active jammers sends out massive amounts of signals to overwhelm enemy sensors, so it should be simple to see that something is out there, but it might be very difficult...

Thalassa in the Trojan Reach? Behind the Claw focuses on Deneb and Spinward Marches, so the coverage on Thalassa is, well, kinda none at all...