Limpin Legin
Cosmic Mongoose
Little bit perplexed by the rules in High Guard concerning Standard Designs vs New Designs (pg 9).
Designed centuries ago: It says some ship designs have been used for centuries. Which ones are being referred to? No mention anywhere as when on a timeline ships were first built? Traveller lore just mentions when each race discovered FTL tech, but not (as far as I know) when ships were created.
Can I therefore assume all ships created in Mongoose sourcebooks are all centuries old? And anything custom that a player or referee wants to create is brand new and first of it's kind?
Modular design: Why does the modular design rule only apply to "very large ships"? What is stopping a Shuttle or Merchant Trader ship from being built modularly? You could say a tiny Integrated Circuit or modern MDF furniture or a modellers "Airfix" kit are examples of modular design, without particularly being "very large" in any way. So I don't understand why have this rule.
Designed centuries ago: It says some ship designs have been used for centuries. Which ones are being referred to? No mention anywhere as when on a timeline ships were first built? Traveller lore just mentions when each race discovered FTL tech, but not (as far as I know) when ships were created.
Can I therefore assume all ships created in Mongoose sourcebooks are all centuries old? And anything custom that a player or referee wants to create is brand new and first of it's kind?
Modular design: Why does the modular design rule only apply to "very large ships"? What is stopping a Shuttle or Merchant Trader ship from being built modularly? You could say a tiny Integrated Circuit or modern MDF furniture or a modellers "Airfix" kit are examples of modular design, without particularly being "very large" in any way. So I don't understand why have this rule.
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