Hi all,
I have another new ship to share. This one was requested by Mike McKeown from the Traveller RPG Facebook group. It is a 1000-dTon J-4 M-2 scout cruiser.
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The concept is based on the Qasar Class ship detailed in Traveller T20 Epic Adventure 5 - Scout Cruiser written by Michael Taylor. The scout cruiser was designed by Kevin Taylor. The article also included an illustration by Bryan Gibson (shown below). Full credit to them for the original design.
After reviewing Kevin's design and Bryan's illustration, I spoke with Mike McKeown and asked if he minded if I used their specifications as a starting point but started with a clean sheet and created my own deck plans. He was cool with that, so I did so.
I kept the same basic specs: 1000-dTons, streamlined, jump-4 (with jump-1 backup), manoeuvre-2 (with manoeuvre-1 backup), same number of staterooms, same type and number of labs, med-bay, launch, G/Carrier, three grav-bikes, two deployable bases, and primary and backup computers.
I changed a few things, including modifying the crew compliment, changed the TL from 13 to 15, increased the number of turrets from 4 to 10, and dropping the solar sail.
One idea I also kept was the unusual inclusion of internal docking space for a Type-S scout. Even there, I put my own twist on it by including the Type S20 Eiriksson Class scout designed by Bryan Gibson, rendered by Ted Lindsay, with deckplans by Wayne Young (AKA Finnulf). Thank you to Wayne for letting me reproduce his deck plans here.
I named my ship the Quasar Class, an appropriately astronomical name and just slightly different than the Qasar used in Epic Adventure 5.
A special thanks to Robert Pearce, both for creating the starship symbols I used in the deck plans, but for reviewing and commenting on the draft. Any errors that remain are my own! Please check out his incredible website: Yet Another Traveller Blog
travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com
The only payment I ask is your feedback.
Please enjoy.
- Kerry
I have another new ship to share. This one was requested by Mike McKeown from the Traveller RPG Facebook group. It is a 1000-dTon J-4 M-2 scout cruiser.
Quasar Class Scout Cruiser.pdf
drive.google.com
The concept is based on the Qasar Class ship detailed in Traveller T20 Epic Adventure 5 - Scout Cruiser written by Michael Taylor. The scout cruiser was designed by Kevin Taylor. The article also included an illustration by Bryan Gibson (shown below). Full credit to them for the original design.
After reviewing Kevin's design and Bryan's illustration, I spoke with Mike McKeown and asked if he minded if I used their specifications as a starting point but started with a clean sheet and created my own deck plans. He was cool with that, so I did so.
I kept the same basic specs: 1000-dTons, streamlined, jump-4 (with jump-1 backup), manoeuvre-2 (with manoeuvre-1 backup), same number of staterooms, same type and number of labs, med-bay, launch, G/Carrier, three grav-bikes, two deployable bases, and primary and backup computers.
I changed a few things, including modifying the crew compliment, changed the TL from 13 to 15, increased the number of turrets from 4 to 10, and dropping the solar sail.
One idea I also kept was the unusual inclusion of internal docking space for a Type-S scout. Even there, I put my own twist on it by including the Type S20 Eiriksson Class scout designed by Bryan Gibson, rendered by Ted Lindsay, with deckplans by Wayne Young (AKA Finnulf). Thank you to Wayne for letting me reproduce his deck plans here.
I named my ship the Quasar Class, an appropriately astronomical name and just slightly different than the Qasar used in Epic Adventure 5.
A special thanks to Robert Pearce, both for creating the starship symbols I used in the deck plans, but for reviewing and commenting on the draft. Any errors that remain are my own! Please check out his incredible website: Yet Another Traveller Blog
Yet Another Traveller Blog
Traveller RPG blog (duh). Focusing primarily on Classic Traveller
travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com
The only payment I ask is your feedback.
Please enjoy.
- Kerry