27 December 2018

Space Monitors

The Traveller System Defense Boat (SDB) is for all intents and purposes a monitor.

The lack of a jump drive is akin to the lack of speed.

They are heavily armored compared to a jump capable ship.

Because most of the rulesets for Traveller restrict armament by the displacement tonnage of the ship, they're not any better armed than a normal starship of the same tonnage.

But...

The last few rulesets I've been using would allow them to have better drives and to carry lots of reloads missiles.
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1 comment:

  1. Beans27 December, 2018 22:13

    Just being able to carry more armor than an equivalent tonnage of jumpship gives the lowly SDB an edge up.

    Especially once one gets away from just the 400-1000 dton range. Then you can get into planetoid monitors carrying spinal mounts and having internal room for said 400 dt SDBs rather than just a 50dt 'fighter.'

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