Converting 2300 AD ships to 2320 AD.

[siefertma2]

OK, here's the 64,000 Lv question: Has any thought been given on how to convert ships from 2300 AD to 2320 AD stats?

 

[atpollard]

Apparently not.

 

[siefertma2]

Well, the thing is, I have this idea (A wonderful Grinchy idea) and it involves having as many 2300 AD universe ships (especially warships) translated to T20 stats as possible.

 

[siefertma2]

Could Colin tell me how he came to figuring out the ship's mass?

 

[Colin]

Traveller D20 uses displacement tons (dtons) as a sort of catch-all for both mass and volume. 1 dton = 14 m^3.

I pretty much redesigned the Traveller D20 ship design system to produce 2320AD vessels. Ships weren't so much converted as rebuilt from scratch to get them as close in feel as possible to the originals, without violating the design system.

We do plan on producing and releasing ship books, which will eventually cover most of the published designs, along with many new ones. Of course, I would want Laurent to do many illustrations as possible, and his time is at a premium at the moment.

 

[siefertma2]

Originally posted by Colin:

We do plan on producing and releasing ship books, which will eventually cover most of the published designs, along with many new ones. Of course, I would want Laurent to do many illustrations as possible, and his time is at a premium at the moment.

Well, it seems that my project is going to have to wait until then.

And yes, Laurent should do the illustrations.