Starships

Making Starship models

 

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System defense boats have no jump drives and are incapable of interstellar flight. To enable the transfer of these gunboats to systems in need of them, a jump shuttle has been produced which carries fuel and jump drives for such transfers. One jump shuttle is provided for each ten system defense boats, in situations where interstellar capability is required.

The Imperial Transportation Command adopts a lot of private standard container ships
as military transport ships. The 400dt private standard container ships which is able to
transport a 200dt standard container rack. The 200dt SDBs is equipped with a connection mechanism similar to this standard container rack. During the war, the Imperial Navy is able to recruit large quantities of private 400dt transports and deploy SDBs where they needed them, in addition to their own military transport ships.

When mated, the two ships have access ways to allow intermingling of the crews of each ship. The primary problem with such connections is that a period of several hours is necessary to connect or disconnect the ship; the transport ship is not an ideal way to transfer SDBs to a system where there is action currently going on.

I would assume, the time for mating the two ships should be reduced with higher TL, shouldn't it. Und optimal conditions, I would say even half an hour should be possible and a sufficientlyhigh tech level, and that could greatly improve versatility. Even assuming a swift getaway scenario ;-)
Great work

 

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Employment: The system defense boat is used by most stellar systems which are vulnerable to attack or which consider that they have something which is worth defending. In general, a few system defense boats are visible in such a system for show; the majority remain on station for long periods of time and return to a planetary base only after being relieved*2).

*2) Marc W. Miller: “The System Defense Boat”, CT S07 Traders & Gunboats, pp.35-38, Game Designers’ Workshop, 1980. The original design of the system defense boat and the artist’s conception of it is by Bob Liebman.

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This painting was drawn in reference to the figure of Player’s Guide to MegaTraveller role-playing game system. *5)
*5) Marc W. Miller and Joe Fugate: “Player’s Guide to MegaTraveller role-playing game system”, pp.12, Game Designers’ Workshop, 1989

 

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Typically, SDBs are deployed in five general areas: the comet belt, the gas giant, the asteroid belt near the major world and on the major world. System defense boats in the comet belt are in deep reserve, committed to attacks on invading ships if possible and to guerrilla-type raids if the invader succeeds in entering the star system*2).

*2) Marc W. Miller: “The System Defense Boat”, CT S07 Traders & Gunboats, pp.35-38, Game Designers’ Workshop, 1980. The original design of the system defense boat and the artist’s conception of it is by Bob Liebman.

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This painting was drawn in reference to the work of William Keith, Jr. *6)
*6) SEEKER GAMING SYSTEM: SYSTEM DEFENSE BOAT AND JUMP SHUTTLE -Starship Deck Plans In 25mm Scale, Cover Art, 1990