Traveller Release Schedule 2026

[Jarac Rassen]

Only reason why I've held off on acquiring the VHB, is because the new edition was coming down the pipeline. I'm eager to see it.

 

[hopsnbaer]

This isn’t added material and a bit of errata it’s a complete rewrite if the original was so solid a rewrite wouldn’t have been needed and vehicle made with the new version of the rules wouldn’t be completely different in many aspect including tonnage while having all the same systems. I can make a ship with the 2022 HG that identical in every way to the original version of HG but a vehicle built with the old VH is going to be completely different from the same vehicle made with the new VH. I can understand you can’t afford to give us the PDF but I still say you should do something (maybe one of your little 20pg books) for those of us with the original version. As for being able to use the original only if you avoid certain things like fusion power plant.

Because it is getting a rewrite doesn’t mean it was defective. It’s normal rules evolution over the last 9 years. Rather than scrapping everything and starting over with a new version of the game (cough cough White Wolf), Mongoose is keeping within the same edition and refining the rules.

I don’t buy the claim that outcomes need to match exactly for the older rules to be “valid.” Traveller isn’t a simulation. Different abstractions can produce different tonnage or numbers and still be perfectly playable, as long as each set is internally consistent. The original Vehicle Handbook is serviceable as written, full stop.

 

[Condottiere]

For hot air ballon racing:
Once airborne, balloons generally move smoothly with the wind, but wind layers aloft can be much faster than surface winds. For instance, as the LTA aircraft soars to 500-2,000 feet above ground level, winds can often reach 15 to 25 knots (17.3 to 28.8 mph)—this expected increase in speed is considered normal and manageable.

Hot Air Balloon Wind Speed Limits Explained

Discover how wind speed impacts hot air balloon flights, safety limits, and ideal conditions for a smooth, enjoyable ride every time.

rainbowryders.com

Apparently, my technological level six default zeppelin can zip along at about to two hundred klix per hour.