Hopefully the GDW conference on GEnie that was scheudled for tonight will
still be on schedule, but, in the meantime, I have been fiddling with Traveller
stuff again. I've got two separate groupings of vehicles to upload today.
The second group consists of two TL13 warships, and the first consists of
three pieces of TL4 railroad equipment designed using the low TL design
supplement in Challenge #61. Our UK readers may recognize the source of my
inspiration for these designs--the books have only very recently become
available in the United States, and my copies came from England.
Rob Dean
Skarloey Class Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive TL4
Two locomotives of the Skarloey class (Skarloey and Rheneas) were built
for a small 0.7 meter gauge railroad on the backward planet of Sodor. This
railroad was built primarily to haul rock from a quarry in a hilly region to
a larger railroad running along the coast, where it would be transferred and
hauled to a port by the larger railroad. Since the proposed route passed
close to several villages, the railroad built five coaches of the Agnes class
to transport workers to the quarry, and generate some additional revenue by
providing passenger service to the villagers.
The high ground pressure of the narrow iron wheels restricts the locomo-
tive and their cars to operating along a route of prepared iron rails. P/W
and resulting speed must be recalculated for each train, but as an example,
the locomotive below can pull 5 fully loaded freight cars at a speed of
28kph, or a passenger train consisting of all five Agnes class coaches at a
speed of 45kph.
This class of locomotive can be considered to typical for small steam
locomotives operating over routes of limited length at this tech level.
CraftID: Steam Locomotive, TL4, Cr12,501
Hull: 1/3, Disp=1, Conf=4USL, Armor=2I, Loaded=15.56t,
Unloaded=12.96t
Power: 1/2, EarlyReciprocatingSteam=0.4MW, Dur=2.1hrs
Loco: 1/2, Wheels=4, P/W=25.7, RoadSpeed=Special, Offroad=0
Comm: none
Sensors: none
Off: Hardpoints=1, No weapons
Def: -
Control: SimpleMechanical*3
Accom: Seats=Cramped*2
Other: Fuel=1.3kl(coal), Cargo=0, ObjSize=Small, EmLevel=Moderate
Bibliography: Four Little Engines, Rev. W. Awdry
Gallant Old Engines, Rev. W. Awdry
Very Old Engines, Rev. W. Awdry
Little Old Engines, Rev. W. Awdry
Duke the Lost Engine, Rev. W. Awdry
Great Little Engines, C. Awdry
The Talyllyn Railway, D. Potter
Skarloey Railroad Freight Car TL4
Given below is a freight car of the Skarloey Railroad on the planet of
Sodor. The Traveller vehicle design system is not sensitive enough to distin-
guish between box cars, tank cars, stock cars, gondola, hoppers and flat
cars, but the Skarloey Railroad operates about 30 open hopper cars used for
hauling stone. The same statistics could be used for other car styles.
CraftID: Freight Car, TL4, Cr447
Hull: 1/2, Disp=1, Conf=4USL, Armor=[2]W, Loaded=13.36t,
Unloaded=.16t
Power: None
Loco: 1/2, Wheels=4, RoadSpeed=Special, Offroad=0
Comm: None
Sensors: None
Off: Hardpoints=1, No weapons
Def: -
Control: None
Accom: None
Other: Cargo=13.2kl, ObjSize=Small, EmLevel=None
Agnes Class Passenger Coach TL6
Five Agnes class coaches were built to serve the Skarloey Railroad on
the planet of Sodor. Since the line is short, and no alternative passenger
services are available, passenger comfort was not considered to be a primary
design goal. Passengers enter and exit the car through two doors on either
side, and the seating is arranged as four benches in two facing pairs. Cargo
space consists of the spaces under the benches.
CraftID: Passenger Coach, TL4, Cr1647
Hull: 1/2, Disp=1, Conf=4USL, Armor=[2]W, Loaded=2.65t,
Unloaded=1.45t
Power: None
Loco: 1/2, Wheels=4, RoadSpeed=Special, Offroad=0
Comm: None
Sensors: None
Off: Hardpoints=1, No weapons
Def: -
Control: None
Accom: Passengers=12, Seats=NoAccess*12
Other: Cargo=1.2kl, ObjSize=Avg, EmLevel=None
Defiant Class Interface Fighter TL13
The Defiant is produced under license in the Spinward Marches by several
manufacturers on Lunion and Strouden. In addition, a number were built
during the Fifth Frontier War by Collace. The Defiant is intended as an
orbital fighter, but can be used fairly successfully as an atmospheric fight-
er in addition. It carries a crew of two, a pilot and a gunner to man the
turret, which mounts a beam laser, a missile rack, and a sandcaster.
CraftID: Defiant Class Fighter, TL13, MCr20.3
Hull: 8/18, Disp=8, Conf=1AF, Armor=40F, Loaded=223.4t, Unloaded=221.6t
Power: 3/6, Fusion=360MW, Dur=56.5hrs
Loco: 2/4, StdGrav=990t, Max=3090, Cruise=2318, NOE=170, MaxAccel=4.43G,
Agility=4
Comm: Radio=Cont*2, LaserComm=FarOrbit
Sensors: EMS Active(Cont), EMS Passive(Interplanetary), LowPenDensitometer
(50m), ActObjScan=Diff, ActObjPin=Diff, PassObjScan=Diff,
PassObjPin=Diff, PassEnScan=Rout
Off: Hardpoints=1
Missiles=x02 BeamLaser=xx3
Batteries 1 1
Bearing 1 1
Def: DefDM+10
Sandcaster=xx3
Batteries 1
Bearing 1
Control: CompMod0bis*2, CompMod4*1, HUDHoloDisplay*2
Accom: Crew=2 (Pilot, Gunner), Seats=Roomy*2, Env=basic env, basic ls,
extended ls, grav plates, inertial comp
Other: Fuel=11.3kl, MissileMagazine=20 missiles (20b-r), ObjSize=Avg,
EmLevel=Moderate
Collace Brightside Class Privateer TL13
Three vessels of the Brightside class were constructed as a private
venture on Collace prior to the outbreak of the Fifth Frontier War. At the
outbreak of the War, the Collace government nationalized the ships, which
were then operated by their originally trained crews under the navy flag.
The ships (renamed Ranger, Enterprise and Fortunate by the navy) were operat-
ed as commerce raiders in the Glisten sector. Ranger was captured while
docked at Glisten, Enterprise destroyed at Overnale, and the final of Fortu-
nate is unknown. It is suspected that it was destroyed in a jump accident
after being damaged in an engagement with local defense forces at New Rome.
CraftID: Brightside class privateer, TL13, MCr546.7
Hull: 540/1350, Disp=600, Config=1SL, Armor=40F, Loaded=9016t,
Unloaded=8168t
Power: 61/122, Fusion=8235MW, Duration=24days
Loco: 60/1200, Maneuver=4 (Thrusters=42.9kt), 22/44, Jump=3,
Cruise=750kph, Max=1000kph, TrueAcc=4.76G, Agility=4
Comm: Radio=System*2, LaserComm=System*2, MaserComm=System*2
Sensors: EMS Active(FarOrbit)*2, EMS Jammer(Far Orbit),
EMS Passive(Interstellar)*2, HighPenDensitometer (100m),
Neutrino Sensor(100kw), ActObjScan=Rout, ActObjPin=Rout,
PassObjScan=Diff, PassObjPin=Diff, PassEnScan=Rout,
PassEnPin=Diff
Off: Hardpoints=6
Missile=x03 BeamLaser=x04
Batteries 1 4
Bearing 1 4
Def: DefDM+5
SandCaster=x04
Batteries 1
Bearing 1
Control: Computer Mod7*3, 4*HeadsUpHoloDisplay, 80*HoloLink
Accom: Crew=19 (2 bridge, 2 engineer, 3 gunners, 3 flight, 6 troops,
2 command, 1 medic), Staterooms=10, Env=basic env, basic ls,
extended ls, grav plates, inertial comp
Other: Fuel=4255.2kl (Jump-3+24 days), Cargo=103kl,
MissileMagazine=30kl(100b-r), Fuel Purifier (72hrs), Fuel Scoops,
SubCraft=Armed Launch, ObjSize=Average, EmLevel=Faint