Albedo

[Patron Zero]

Just wondering if anyone has incorporated any of the FTL starships from the Albedo RPG into their Traveller game ?

For those unfamiliar with said ships, in the Albedo universe the design orientation is vertically stacked decks as opposed to the more common parallel-horizontal vessels of Traveller and other SF RPGs.

I will admit the ship layouts are quite intriguing but not enough of a gearhead to do the 'math' as to whether said ships would be 'accurate' under accepted canon rules and specs.

That aside, the non-FTL aerodyne support vehicles would make for nice small craft in the roles of ship's boat or as modular cutters.

Perhaps such starships could be the conveyances of a as-yet encountered space faring race of 'anthromorphic' bipeds, allies or adversaries depending on how first contact events played out.

 

[aramis]

Fuel rates and drive assumptions differ, and all albedo ships are TL9... Fusion power, torch drives, jump drive, but no A/G, only thrust and spin induced simulation of gravity.

If one can find it, the chessex ships book is REALLY good.

 

[Patron Zero]

Applause

I must fully agree, the ships book is truly a 'lost' gem as RPG technical manuals go, my bias showing as being a fan of the comic books before such made the 'jump to the boxed game.

The adventure module, The Drift is another must-have as well, in my opinion it would make a nice 'crossover' opportunity for Traveller characters to discover the damaged Albedo vessel.

 

[aramis]

I never was able to get the Drift adventure.

I've go Zho-Chaka, the ship's book, and both boxed eds.

The revised system, BTW, is both incompatible, and doesn't have ship rules.