Please note: This vessel is created with Mongoose 2e High Guard 2022 Update rules. I am aware that it violates all sorts of rules from the LBB. If you would like to create and share your own ships using the LBB rules, please feel free.
Hi all,
Robert Pierce over at Yet Another Traveller Blog created an amazing set of "geomorphs" that you can combine to create new deck plans. He was kind enough to take people's ideas and post them on his website.
The newest deck plan I designed is now available on his website, the TL-15 1000-dTon Walden Class Heavy Lift Ship.
Fans of Firefly will recognise the heavy influence of the SS Walden, a ship that appeared in the episode "Out of Gas." This is a ship that can transport other ships in the jump field created by its capture arms and jump net. It is also inspired by real life modern heavy lift ships that can partially submerge to allow yachts and other smaller vessels to "board" the vessel and then refloat to lift them out of the water. These heavy lift vessels are used to transport vessels across the open ocean (because they don't have the range, or are not suited to deep ocean sailing).
The Walden class can travel jump-4 and manoeuvre-4 when unloaded, carry a vessel up to 333-dTons J-3 and M-3, 1000-dTons J-2 and M-2 (including the 800-dTon Broadsword Class Mercenary Cruiser showing in the illustration), or 3000-dTons J-1 and M-1.
The PDF download includes:
- Description
- Class Perks and quirks
- Variants
- Notes
- Ships of the Class (Names)
- A notable ship of the class
- Traveller High Guard stats (based on Mongoose 2ed High Guard 2022 rules)
- Five deck plans with descriptions
If you want to check it out, the link is:
https://travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com/
There are also eight other ships on the site as part of this new series of fan submitted geomorphs:
- Odyssey Class Research Vessel
- Briant Class Far Trader
- Tytoninae Class Covert Insertion Ship
- Bonebreaker Class Salvage Ship
- Huntsman Class Safari Yacht
- Graster Class Military Science Vessel
- Pilum Jump-1 Strategic Bomber
- Eudaimonia Class Long Range Surveyor
If you like the idea, you can download the Adventure Class Starship Geomorphs from his blog and start making your own ships. Robert is still accepting submissions.
- Kerry
