more Brilliant Lances stuff and a Traveller source

By Mark Urbin ·

TML message #6007From bundle 496Read the whole thread (2 messages)

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  A few more nits about Brilliant Lances.

  1.  Page 48, You can't build the Military boat or the Rampart Fighter.  They
	both use the 144-Mj `Laser Lance'.  No stats on the Vol or Mass of
	those puppies.  It's not listed with the other ship mounted weapons.

  2.  Page 35 The Fiery Class Escort is an Airframe design.  It can land on
	planets with an atmosphere greater than thin.  It's External grapple is
        only streamlined rated, as is the 30 ton Military Gig that is
        supposed to dock there.  According to the rules, the gig would have
        to be detached and left in orbit before the mother ship could enter
        the atmosphere.

  3.  Page 9, weapons section.  Bays are mentioned, but that's about it.  No
	rules about them or what goes in them.

  4.  Page 10, weapons section.  No volume listing for missles.  This is
	needed to allocate space for spares when ship building.  It's also
	needed to recalculate the performance of the Rampart figher when
	carrying missles.  It has USL grapples for up to four missles.

  5.  The Broadsword class Merc Cruiser probably is limited to M2 given it's
	hull armor value of 28.

  Sources for Traveller:  H. Beam Piper comes to mind right off.
	Check out his book `Space Viking'.  The Sword Worlds come right from
	here.  This book is of extra value to those using the TNE setting.


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