starfury?

[nefus]

Please excuse this question from the newbie, but why aren't there any small fighter craft in the Traveller universe like the starfury from Babylon 5?

 

[Capt. Blacklight]

Originally posted by nefus:
Please excuse this question from the newbie, but why aren't there any small fighter craft in the Traveller universe like the starfury from Babylon 5?

I do believe that the Strike Fighter and the 15 ton light Fighter covere those bases quite well. The Starfury and it's bigger brother, the Thunderbolt, both could be well covered by either size. I just don't recall the endurance of the Furies, but some of the Strike Fighters can stay out for over a week IIRC.

 

[DrSkull]

In High Guard you could make a missile-carrying fighter of 6 tons (that would be about 2m x4m x10m) which is about star fury size. I'm guessing that you could make one of these in T20 too.

 

[nefus]

So if the high guard rules are reposted, then I can use those. Not sure how to convert that to d20.

 

[Tom Schoene]

Originally posted by nefus:
So if the high guard rules are reposted, then I can use those. Not sure how to convert that to d20.

There are spacecraft design rules in T20, based on those in High Guard. You can design a space fighter using those rules without much trouble.

I don't have the book with me, but I'd say a Starfury is about 10 or 15 displacement tons, with a close-structure configuration, 6g acceleration, plenty of excess power for agility, and a small computer. Armament will not match precisely, but a pair of fusion guns might be close (hard hitting, short range). Traveller does not allow small craft to have FTL (Jump) capability, so that will have to be ommitted.

 

[EvilDrGanymede]

Originally posted by Tom Schoene:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by nefus:
So if the high guard rules are reposted, then I can use those. Not sure how to convert that to d20.

There are spacecraft design rules in T20, based on those in High Guard. You can design a space fighter using those rules without much trouble.

I don't have the book with me, but I'd say a Starfury is about 10 or 15 displacement tons, with a close-structure configuration, 6g acceleration, plenty of excess power for agility, and a small computer. Armament will not match precisely, but a pair of fusion guns might be close (hard hitting, short range). Traveller does not allow small craft to have FTL (Jump) capability, so that will have to be ommitted.</font>[/QUOTE]If I remember my B5 correctly, Star Furies (even the new Thunderbolts) can't jump on their own anyway - they enter hyperspace in B5 using gates.
So a canonical Star Fury won't need Jump Drives anyway.

 

[bogie]

I did a 10 ton version that turned out pretty good that I can post when I get back in town. I put a turret with pulse laser on it for weaponry, I know it isn't too accurate, but I didn't want to go too high tech.