S&P 74 Misprint?

[SSWarlock]

I've noticed the Heavy System Defense Boat on page 56 is designed to have 18 armor points. Given that the ship's weaponry includes upgrades from High Guard (i.e. very high yield particle beam bays), doesn't the High Guard design rules limit the maximum armor points on a ship to the ship's Tech Level? This would limit the SDB's armor to a maximum of 12, given the ship is a Tech Level 12 design.

Am I missing something?

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

The rules clearly state that the maximum armor a vessel can have is limited to the TL, so at TL12, the maximum armor it could have is 12 points. Definitely a mistake.

Just reduce the armor and lower the cost appropriately. With the Traveller design, there is no size cost, so you don't have the redesign anything else.

 

[SSWarlock]

Thank you for the confirmation.