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Blatant Call out to T5 elements in Book 9

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So yes, Book 9: Pirates is out there for Classic Traveller fans. Note that I did pull in some elements from Traveller5 where it made sense (Streamlined bracket., Grapple pair, Officer's suite) but most of the book naturally follows classic patterns.

If I were to add one more thing to Classic Traveller, it would be more cramped bridges possible with Book 2 -- which I considered with the pirate ships, but frankly that spaciousness is actually a benefit for rag-tag crews, so...

I'll also note that the starships have more space when designed with T5 -- but that's mainly because fuel usage in ACS mirrors fuel usage in High Guard. In other respects, ACS follows and supplements Book 2. I campaigned for Book 2 Jump and Maneuver, but High Guard fuel use, for Mongoose v2 as well.

RulesetDrive Design / TablesFuel Usage
Book 2Book 2Mn x (1000 / 100) tons
High GuardHigh GuardMn x (Hull_Volume / 100) tons
Mongoose v2Book 2 Plus (except for power plants)Mn x (Hull_Volume / 100) tons. (= High Guard)
T5 ACSBook 2 PlusMn x (Hull_Volume / 100) tons. (= High Guard)
 
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So yes, Book 9: Pirates is out there for Classic Traveller fans. Note that I did pull in some elements from Traveller5 where it made sense (Streamlined bracket., Grapple pair, Officer's suite) but most of the book naturally follows classic patterns.
T5 grapples require one half of the pair to be installed on the hull to be carried? Hardly suitable to carry captured ships?


External carry of pods and vehicles is a massive change to CT ship design...
 
I'll also note that the starships have more space when designed with T5 -- but that's mainly because fuel usage in ACS mirrors fuel usage in High Guard. In other respects, ACS follows and supplements Book 2.
Fuel use from LBB5, but power consumption from LBB2, i.e. none.
And no bridge minimum...
And tech stages...

Yes, T5 & MgT2 are much more efficient for small ships, but instead use TL limitations from LBB5.
 
So yes, Book 9: Pirates is out there for Classic Traveller fans. Note that I did pull in some elements from Traveller5 where it made sense (Streamlined bracket., Grapple pair, Officer's suite) but most of the book naturally follows classic patterns.
Streamlined bracket is used, but not defined in the book?

In T5 it consumes 1 Dt.
 
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