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Mongoose Posts Deck Plan PDFs

Nice!!

Wonder what Matt is refering to when he says, "we are in the process of signing a deal that will have deck plan fanatics gibbering."

Any speculations?
 
That would explain the gibbering.
:D

Yep :)

I wasn't sure my speculation would be taken the right way after I posted it.

I've been expecting some kind of revenge from Mongoose for all the flaming grief the first round of deckplans took :D

But seriously, it popped a number of crazy ideas into my head, but I don't want to speculate, it would only lead to disappointment if I'm wrong.
 
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In a way I'm glad they made the mistake in the book (which I recieved as a Father's day present :)) - I now have those much more useful pdfs.
 
Whoa! The resoulution and pixel-nature of those plans makes them nigh unusable.

That´s a very poor pdf!

What is wrong with the plans in the book? I own it, but couldn´t find glaring errors. So, what are these replacements for, actually?
 
My hope is that they are going to start using the excellent Ryan Wolfe, his Future Armada series do very well on drivethrurpg and would certainly push the Mongoose quality up a few notches.
 
Spot checking, using (squares/2) + fuel + armor.
scout 97/100 tons
Gazelle 411/400

COOL!
both are within 3%
 
Whoa! The resoulution and pixel-nature of those plans makes them nigh unusable.

That´s a very poor pdf!

What is wrong with the plans in the book? I own it, but couldn´t find glaring errors. So, what are these replacements for, actually?
The hull tonnages in the MGT book don't work out right: Traveller canon is that 1dT = 2 squares, each 1.5 m x 1.5 m. The original deckplans in the newly-released MGT book don't adhere to this canon convention, and lo, all hell breaketh loose in calls for canon-accurate deckplans. Mongoose have sneakily produced revised deckplans based on the canon 1dT = 2 squares, each 1.5 m x 1.5 m model to replace the faulty ones in the MGT book, and they've posted a link to the plans on the Mongoose website.

Aramis has completed an on-the-hoof-calculation of the dTons in the new deckplans and is happy that the result is close enough to be canon-compliant.
 
Mongoose also posted

It shpuld also be noted that Mongoose posted a preview of The Spinward Marches on the website. It lists the worlds of the five sisters subsecor along with the descriptions of two of the worlds. Uwp haven't changed from those in Supplement 3 although it looks like they added some new codes in the remarks section. these being Ga, Lt, & Ht. Don't know if these came from a later version of traveller or not (Mt, Ne, t4).
 
While the bridge there needs to be at least 2m, preferably 2.5 or 3m, the fuel tankage around it needn't.

I'll see about putting the plans together in sketchup and see what gives.
 
Ugh, apologies for breaking the page (graphics too wide, might fix later)

The air/raft bay must be at least 3m high, and presumably so is the forward airlock and bridge.

If you add streamlining to cover the lower deck, the tonnage will go over 100dt.

Yep, it's not your father's type S.

I took a quick crack at wrapping the plans in something approaching a wedgie scout (see below). Had to make some radical presumptions, such as it's not that streamlined (you can't cover it all in a classic wedge).

Some issues arising in my attempt:

The Air/Raft Bay had to come inboard 1.5m and the hatch had to go in the ceiling. It also has to drop down a bit, so the access corridor will have to include a ramp/stair. I also made the hatch full access, hard to fly a 4ton Air/Raft out of a 3ton hatch imo (not that I don't know a few Scouts who wouldn't try, and 1 or 2 that might succeed, in a loose sense of the word... )

This means the Engineering area has to flip port to starboard to make room.

To make some kind of attempt at streamlining the nose I cut it down and extended it 1.5m (treat the "viewports" as simple guides to the bridge area).

This had me raise the floor (see the Airlock Hatch) so the usual "overhead" becomes "underfloor" instead.

The fuel voids (mostly the wedgie wings, none in the forward bridge area) are a gross approximation. It may be over a bit.

I dislike the layout of the Seeker conversion. It's not so much a conversion the way it is, as a different ship. And there's no common space. But then I have a small issue with the stateroom allocation in toto anyway. My changes are (partly) reflected in the placement of the ore hatches. For a standard type S just ignore them.

Anyway, here's my quick and dirty approximation at a 3D version of the hull...

DorsalBowQuarter.png


VentralBowQuarter.png


DorsalAftQuarter.png
 
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While the bridge there needs to be at least 2m, preferably 2.5 or 3m, the fuel tankage around it needn't.

I'll see about putting the plans together in sketchup and see what gives.

Beat ya to it ;)

But don't let that stop you, I'd like to see any other takes on it :)
 
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