Upside down Patrol Cruiser?
- Thread starter vutpakdi
- Start date
Since the numerals are upside down on the one on page 329, I think that is the upside down one.
I'm still trying to figure out just how that cockpit/bridge works. Yeah, the asymmetry looks kind of cool but why blind yourself on one side.
Wish there were fore/aft views. It's going to be interesting trying to make deckplans that will work in that thing. I never have figured out the why of the looonnngg neck to the bridge from the rest of the ship (besides faux streamlining and/or it looks swoopy-cool). That ship had _better_ have an auxillery bridge for when the long, dangly front bit gets shot off. That's what I'D aim for -- "Yes! Blew the bridge right off!"
Or perhaps that's the Starlight Lounge and the real bridge is back in the main body of the ship.
Considering it's only a 400 dt ship, 1) there ain't enough space for another 20 dt of bridge and 2) any hit that takes out the bridge has probably wiped the ship out completelyOriginally posted by Tanuki:
That ship had _better_ have an auxillery bridge for when the long, dangly front bit gets shot off. That's what I'D aim for -- "Yes! Blew the bridge right off!"
Or perhaps that's the Starlight Lounge and the real bridge is back in the main body of the ship.
There is a very nice take on the Type T deck plan by Paul Schirf located here:
http://www.perkworks.com/traveller/Trenchant.html
William
400 tons isn't really a SMALL ship, especially compared to most player ships. But that long popsicle stick to the bridge seems like a real weak point. If I were a merchant or a pirate with one of those after me, I know where I'd concentrate my fire. One lucky shot and the rest of the patrol ship is 380 dtons of intact salvage. ("Nope. Don't know where those other guys went -- think they jumped out. We're here to rescue you."Originally posted by William:
Considering it's only a 400 dt ship, 1) there ain't enough space for another 20 dt of bridge and 2) any hit that takes out the bridge has probably wiped the ship out completely
There is a very nice take on the Type T deck plan by Paul Schirf located here:
http://www.perkworks.com/traveller/Trenchant.html
)I remember when we fired .45s for familiarization in Marine infantry training (I was a tech so I got the 2 week version as opposed to the 6 week version the grunts got) they had cardboard targets stapled to 1x2s. I can still remember the perfect sight picture of the stick just below the target as I fired.
Paul does some nice deckplans. Compare his to my version of the Type T at www.sff.net/people/kitsune/traveller -- just finished that a month or so ago <sigh>. I intend to do a version based on the THB illos.
bryan gibson
Absent Friend
actually, i thought I might shed some light on the who;e debate, but I frankly dont get it. POPSICLE stick bridge? where do you think the bridge is? That big knot on the foreend of the ship is a bigass sensor pod.
the long schozz part of the ship houses a LOT of avionics and so forth as well as missle bays... the bridge is buried in the hull and uses synthetic vision, and the symetry is a non issue as it is never really intened for either atmospheric insertion or traditional flight.
Bryan
the long schozz part of the ship houses a LOT of avionics and so forth as well as missle bays... the bridge is buried in the hull and uses synthetic vision, and the symetry is a non issue as it is never really intened for either atmospheric insertion or traditional flight.
Bryan
That sounds better. All the deckplans I know of for the patrol cruiser stuck the bridge out there. Please describe what you know of the design that's not in the THB description. I'd like to do deckplans of it and knowing where things are supposed to be in this version would be very good.
Thanks! -- Brook
Liam Devlin
SOC-14 5K
Does this mean when the 2nd edition (printing) comes out, the Patrol cruiser will be right side up, will the 1st edition become more valuable for the error?
Until the third Ed reversion to upside down making the 2nd Ed the Valuable one.Originally posted by Liam Devlin:
Does this mean when the 2nd edition (printing) comes out, the Patrol cruiser will be right side up, will the 1st edition become more valuable for the error?
Collectors have some hard choices to make.
Liam Devlin
SOC-14 5K
Aye, the decisions we poor buyers must make...
Bryan, are you still there?
Thanks! -- Brook</font>[/QUOTE]
That sounds better. All the deckplans I know of for the patrol cruiser stuck the bridge out there. Please describe what you know of the design that's not in the THB description. I'd like to do deckplans of it and knowing where things are supposed to be in this version would be very good.
Thanks! -- Brook</font>[/QUOTE]
bryan gibson
Absent Friend
yup....stilll here, just busy
am banging out a rough set of plans, but rememmber.... ROUGH!
look for goodies in your email directly
bryan
am banging out a rough set of plans, but rememmber.... ROUGH!
look for goodies in your email directly
bryan
GypsyComet
SOC-14 1K
Or you can just go with a completely different piece of GDW artwork, and base it on that. I did, and I rather like the Hammerhead...
