IN Auxiliary Q-Ship

[Whipsnade]

(Snip of excellent stuff) Would something like this be viable in IYTU?

BEM,

Viable? Hell, yes. Not only viable but designed, written up, and used IMTU.

MTU has all the variations you mentioned; purpose-built IN and IISS models, upgunned merchies, "tar babies" and "honeytraps" to snag borders, all of it. If you surf over to Freelance Traveller, you can read about a Q-ship version of my 300dTon Grote Clan Trader. The Kachina-class is nothing to sneeze at!

Your conjectures about pirates having to board whereas commerce raiders need only shoot is spot on too.


Have fun,
Bill

 

[sfchbryan]

Assignment Vigilante has a Modified Type M merchant that is just the ticket (Admiral Bertil Class). 600 tons J3, M1

5 Krestrel class fighters, 1 Raptor class lander & 43 Troopers on board can cause any pirate to have a bad day.

 

[DonaldH]

I was thinking of something like this for my campaign only different twist is the crew are regular trader types that just happen to have a letter of Marque in the ships safe and a couple of pop-up turrents with a pair of 30mm Gattling guns.:devil: