Starship Troopers ship prototypes

[pasuuli]

TL10 Military Transport

Volume  Component
( 800)  Hull
  120   Armor-12
   55   C-drive Type J3-K*
   19   Reactionless drive Type M3-K
   31   Power plant K
   92   Crew staterooms (23)
  160   Troop quarters
   60   Armor locker
    2   Drop tubes (2)
  126   M-2 Drop capsules (126)
   65   Capsule parts locker
   40   Viking recovery craft (1)
   20   M-8 "Ape" Marauder (4)
    8   GH-12 APC (1)
    2   TAC UAV (2)

* In Starship Troopers, the jump drive is actually a fuelless C-drive.
** No defensive weapons! Feels strange not to have them.

 

[pasuuli]

The "Rodger Young" (from the book, at least) could probably be a 2,000 ton hull.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Defensive weapons would be your laser turrets. Offensive weapons would be Missile turrets and bay weapons. Should be able to map them over fairly easily.

 

[pasuuli]

Defensive weapons would be your laser turrets. Offensive weapons would be Missile turrets and bay weapons. Should be able to map them over fairly easily.

Sorry, should have said "defenses". What I meant was I don't know what kinds of weapons starships have in Starship Troopers. They have to have them, don't they? (If not, then yes, I think importing Traveller's weapons makes perfect sense).

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Oh, well, if the StarShip Troopers game from Mongoose doesn't specify, we could just use the default Traveller stuff.

I haven't played Starship Troopers, but I understand that it is much more about the ground combat and very little is about the ships. I expect MERCENARIES will be where ST can be shoehorned in. The ST book that Mongoose has said they will produce will probably be more of a setting book than a rules book to address bugs, skinnies and the like.

 

[pasuuli]

First pass...

Rodger Young
TL11

Volume    Component
(2,000)   Hull-L, Unstreamlined
    20    Bridge
          Computer Model/3bis hardened
     3    Advanced electronics
   200    Armour-8
   125    C-Drive-Z (C4)
    47    Maneuver-Z (4G)
    73    Power Plant-Z (12/150)
    48    PPlant fuel
   116    Fuel Processor (1 hr for 48t)
    80    Repair Drones (4)
    20    Probe Drones (20)
   180    Drop capsules (180)
   600    Hangar with six Cutters
    20    Fire control (20 hardpoints)
          Triple pulse lasers (4)     damage x1+1, pow 3
          Triple beam lasers (4)      damage x2+2, pow 5
          Triple nuke racks (4)       damage x2+crew
          Triple sandcasters (4)      pow 1
   200    Missile bays (4)
   100    Staterooms (25)
   150    Barracks for troops
    18    Hold