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Jump TL of the CE SRD

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Someplace else this discussion of Jump Tech Level in the Cepheus Engine System Reference Document by Jason "Flynn" Kemp came up, and I thought it might be good for reference here: In the CE SRD, Jump software is 9+, and the TL's of computers is that you could do J3 at TL 9 with a 2/bis; the rest track higher, ie TL11 for J4 with a 3/bis, TL12 for J5 with a 4/bis, and TL13 with a 5/bis.

Mysely, I am partial to the old way it was done with Book 2 & Book 3/The Traveller Book, where the drives were on the Tech Level chart.
 
He went with the High Gard definition as did Mongoose. to be honest my ship design looks more like CT than CE. The combat rules look more like Mayday and book two

Remember do it how it makes sense to you.
 
In truth I do have a redesign of the rules, or more so, a design for the rules, except they don't match anything from Traveller, even though conceptually they have been heavily influenced by Traveller. This is just to layout basics of what I am finding from the rules sets. I try to limit myself on house rules, too many and then I start thinking I should be looking at other systems to do what I am trying to do. The CE SRD is pretty goo though, I like it, Jason has done a nice job.
 
There is a serious disconnect between the TLs of jump performance in the carious versions of CT.
In 77 CT there is no TL for the A-E drives until TL10 where we are told you can build H or less, yet starships are possible at TL9.
81 cleared this up by giving A-D drives a TL of 9.
77 CT had no computer model limitation on jump performance, you just need a computer large enough to un the jump program, jump 1 being 1 space all others being 2 spaces. A TL9 model 3 computer can easily run a jump 6 program.
81 imposed a limit of computer model must equal jump drive, and the size of the jump program was increased - note that TAS form 3 remained incorrect until updated in the Forms and Charts supplement - the 77 version was used in 81 and TTB (note to self - inform powers that be that the Classic Traveller Facsimile Edition also includes the wrong TAS form 3).
Thus the TL for jump paradigm is very different between 77 edition and 81 edition.
MgT1e went with letter drives and the computer having to match jump performance, but neglected to give the TLs of the drives themselves.
When MgT1e became an SRD and then CE was begat the TL of drives remains a debating point.

TL:DR - stick with the CT 77 drive/computer paradigm and give A-D drives a TL of 9
or stick with the CT 81 drive/computer paradigm.
 
As I recall Classic, jump factor was pretty much dependent on computer model, hull volume and engine size, plus software unlock.

If you remove minimum hull volume, suddenly, you have sub hundred tonne starships that easily could range to four parsecs, basically a modular cutter with the Alpha jump drive.
 
If you remove minimum hull volume, suddenly, you have sub hundred tonne starships that easily could range to four parsecs, basically a modular cutter with the Alpha jump drive.
Good luck fitting a 20 ton starship bridge into a 50 ton cutter that also needs drives, fuel, computer and crew.
 
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