Starships
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I’m going to make some walk through image.
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The search for profit prompts some into the prospecting field. While costs are high, prospecting remains an area in which a single person can find a fortune through simple hard work and patience. The seeker is an example of that effort. Seekers can be found in many frontier systems, especially those with low technology levels and low population. They frequent airless worlds and asteroid belts, but also search diligently on normal worlds*2).
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of Thomas Peters*3).
*3) Gray Thomas: “Across the Imperium”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.28, GDW, pp.17-28, 1987.
The search for profit prompts some into the prospecting field. While costs are high, prospecting remains an area in which a single person can find a fortune through simple hard work and patience. The seeker is an example of that effort. Seekers can be found in many frontier systems, especially those with low technology levels and low population. They frequent airless worlds and asteroid belts, but also search diligently on normal worlds*2).
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of Thomas Peters*3).
*3) Gray Thomas: “Across the Imperium”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.28, GDW, pp.17-28, 1987.
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Most of Seekers of this type are produced from surplus scout/couriers. As a result, the dependability of the ship is not of the highest level. The hull and drives are at least twenty years old, and may be far older. Any ship of this type would do well to have a highly skilled crew capable of repairs and maintenance with a minimum of outside support*2).
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of Thomas Peters*3).
*2) Marc W. Miller: “The Seeker”, Traders and Gunboats, Traveller, Supplement 7, GDW, pp.27-29, 1980
*3) Gray Thomas: “Across the Imperium”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.28, GDW, pp.17-28, 1987.
Most of Seekers of this type are produced from surplus scout/couriers. As a result, the dependability of the ship is not of the highest level. The hull and drives are at least twenty years old, and may be far older. Any ship of this type would do well to have a highly skilled crew capable of repairs and maintenance with a minimum of outside support*2).
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of Thomas Peters*3).
*2) Marc W. Miller: “The Seeker”, Traders and Gunboats, Traveller, Supplement 7, GDW, pp.27-29, 1980
*3) Gray Thomas: “Across the Imperium”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.28, GDW, pp.17-28, 1987.
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Seekers are modified by their crews almost from the start. Such variations are minor, and consist of moving partitions or walls about. Other additions which are common include exterior sling points for carrying loads, strong exterior landing lights (to illuminate mining sites in shadow), and an electrified outer hull to ward off animals on some worlds*2).
Seekers are also known to be in the small package trade (a euphemism for smuggling). Using their dismountable fuel tanks for greatest range, the ships carry ten tons of important (and illegal) goods such as drugs, information, or weapons*2).
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of William H. Keith, Jr*4).
*2) Marc W. Miller: “The Seeker”, Traders and Gunboats, Traveller, Supplement 7, GDW, pp.27-29, 1980
*4) Marc W. Miller: Imperial Encyclopedia, Mega Traveller, GDW, pp.81, 1987.
Seekers are modified by their crews almost from the start. Such variations are minor, and consist of moving partitions or walls about. Other additions which are common include exterior sling points for carrying loads, strong exterior landing lights (to illuminate mining sites in shadow), and an electrified outer hull to ward off animals on some worlds*2).
Seekers are also known to be in the small package trade (a euphemism for smuggling). Using their dismountable fuel tanks for greatest range, the ships carry ten tons of important (and illegal) goods such as drugs, information, or weapons*2).
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of William H. Keith, Jr*4).
*2) Marc W. Miller: “The Seeker”, Traders and Gunboats, Traveller, Supplement 7, GDW, pp.27-29, 1980
*4) Marc W. Miller: Imperial Encyclopedia, Mega Traveller, GDW, pp.81, 1987.
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@magmagmag Always, very beautiful, thank you.
The mineral resources of the universe are perhaps most available in the asteroid belts scattered throughout known space, As the shattered remnants of worlds, they lay open the inner cores which are so inaccessible on ordinary planets. Mining these belts however, depends on locating specific chunks of valuable ore and then keeping tabs on them while reports are made, mining crews gathered, and finally exploitation begun. This entire procedure takes experience and lots of money. But the prospecting, the very first step in the process, can be performed by almost anyone. And the big mining companies encourage independent prospecting, because it minimizes their own risk, and helps keep the overhead down*5).
*5) Marc W. Miller: “Asteroid Mining”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.3, GDW, pp.14-23, 1979.
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of ? *6).
*6) Gray Thomas and Joe Fugate: “Mega Traveller Designers’ Notes”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.31, GDW, pp.38-50, 1987.
*5) Marc W. Miller: “Asteroid Mining”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.3, GDW, pp.14-23, 1979.
This painting was drawn in reference to the work of ? *6).
*6) Gray Thomas and Joe Fugate: “Mega Traveller Designers’ Notes”, the Journal of Travellers’ Aid Society, No.31, GDW, pp.38-50, 1987.
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I think I have a copy somewhere. I'll see if I can find it and see if I can read the name.
It was one of these.
Cover: Janet Aulisio Artists: Tim Bradstreet, Liz Danforth, Steve Crompton, Rob Caswell, Robert Jamison, William H. Keith, Jr.
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From what I can tell from a scanned image, it is from Challenge Magazine #31, page 39, by Robert Jamison (or Rob Caswell). The signature is hard to read, but it begins with a "Ro" and looks more like a "Jamison" in it.
