I am doomed to always be thinking constantly about the Traveller universe and how the various rules fit together.
My latest thinking has been about the starship missile. in particular, just how big are they?
I came up with the following, but I wold be interested in your thoughts.
First, that facts according to Mongoose Traveller. (Includes High Guard)
1/12 of a dton is a volume of 1.16 cubic metres. Making the missile smaller than that would allow for a magazine to include space for loading mechanisms, cabinets, etc)
To that end, the following estimates for the specification would be acceptable
This sort of size makes sense to me.
My latest thinking has been about the starship missile. in particular, just how big are they?
I came up with the following, but I wold be interested in your thoughts.
First, that facts according to Mongoose Traveller. (Includes High Guard)
- Missiles are capable of thrust 10, with the turns to impact on page 147 halved (rounded up). However, missiles have limited endurance of 60 minutes (10 turns) before they run out of fuel
- 12 missiles can be stored in 1 displacement ton. (which means a missile is less than or equal to 1/12 of a dton)
- A 50 dton bay launches 12 missiles at a time
- A 100 dton bay launches 24 missiles at a time
- The Torpedo or heavy missile size is listed as 2.5 tons.
- Two torpedoes can fit into a barbette.
- A 50 ton torpedo bay launches 3 heavy missiles at a time
- A 100 ton torpedo bay launches 6 heavy missiles at a time.
1/12 of a dton is a volume of 1.16 cubic metres. Making the missile smaller than that would allow for a magazine to include space for loading mechanisms, cabinets, etc)
To that end, the following estimates for the specification would be acceptable
- Length: 2.5 m
- Diameter: 0.65 m
- Volume: 0.829 cubic metres
- Mass: 829Kg
This sort of size makes sense to me.