. Utilities . Aids . Ships . Links .

GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars ® covers the 200 years of war, peace, and overwhelming change as the ancient Vilani Imperium falls to the upstart Terrans. In this time of conflict, the opportunities for adventure are more exciting than ever before! Forge new trade routes within the Imperium itself. Defend the homeworld from invaders during the Siege of Terra. Make first contact with alien races. Help guide the Terran Confederation in its expansion from a single planet to a sector-spanning empire.

These pages are an unofficial resource for the Traveller Interstellar Wars game. Its aim is to provide GMs and players with utilities, ships, robots, play aids and related items that a typical GM or PC might use or encounter. Herein you will find:

• Utilities:
• • Continuous Thrust Travel Time Calculator How long do ships take to travel to the jump point? to Mars?
  • Acceleration Time Calculator How long does it take to reach one percent of light speed?
  • Planetary Data Calculator Design your own planet and get useful game statistics
• Play Aids: (unfortunately these only work in FireFox at present - exploring the use of SVG as game aids)
• • Subsector generator
  • Animated navigational schematic of ship arriving in system
  • Schematic of Earth's defences
  • Animated Schematic of jump masking effect over a year
  • Diagram of jump masking and how to calculate mask percentage
• Spaceships and Starships - From spy shuttles to traders to small military ships.
• Useful Links to Interstellar Wars and general Traveller resources.

Ships - from spy shuttles to traders to small military ships.

Design Notes - how, why & what

How pokey is my stateroom? - thoughts on how big (or small) a stateroom actually is

Early Terran Ships

Pre-contact and early setting craft as the Terrans attempted to match Imperial technology. Typically found up to the time of the first Interstellar War, though civilian examples of these ships could be found much later, often retrofitted with newer technology.

Standard Terran Ships

Found throughout most of the Interstellar Wars period, typically from the second to eighth Interstellar War.

• Shard-class stealth Shuttle "Sliver" - a tiny stealth insertion shuttle and base of operations.
• Frontier-class Survey Scout "Francis Drake" - found exploring new systems beyond the frontiers of both the Terran and Imperial sphere of influence. Taking the lessons from the much larger Zheng-He to heart this more durable and practical design emerged.
• Bearer-class SDB jump-tender "Tensing" - found throughout Terran occupied systems and beyond transporting SDBs to hotspots. They are sometimes seen travelling to or from a jump point with or without a carried SDB.

Imperial Ships

Found throughout the setting period.

• Pashana-class Dreadnought - The undefeated heart of the Imperial Navy's core fleet, until the Indomitable came along...

Late Terran Ships

The technology that defeated the First Imperium. Military vessels appeared after the eighth Interstellar War and civilian vessels after the ninth. After the success of the Indomitable, designs making use of the new technology sprang up all over Terran space, but particularly at the Nusku shipyards.

• Shard-2-class stealth Shuttle "Whisper" - a tiny stealth insertion shuttle and base of operations. Updated with the latest technology.
• Bulldog-class Heavy Fighter "Gripper" - rubbing the Imperial's noses in it with a fighter that can take down a Patrol Cruiser all by itself and give an Imperial Escort a run for its money.
• X-class Express Scout Courier "X101" - a fast long range Express Scout Courier - for intelligence that is a step ahead of the Imperiums and for carrying messages to govern the Terran's ever expanding sphere of influence.
• Salute-class Survey Scout "High Five" - building on the success of the Frontier-class this jump-3 survey scout led the great expansion and the exploration of new frontiers.
• Joshi-class System Defence Boat "Chandrasekhar" - taking the succesful SDB concept and updating it with the latest technology.
• Coming Soon - long range Dreadnought - the ship that came after the Imdomitable as the Terrans strengthen their grip and try to unite the shattered Imperium - a fusion of Imperial and Terran designs, methods and technologies

Useful Links

Gurps Traveller ® Interstellar Wars page The official SJ Games page

The Journal of the Traveller's aid Society A bi-weekly online dedicated Traveller magazine.

My Gurps Traveller pages A resource for the original Gurps 3rd Edition Traveller.

All other text copyright © John B Stone - Credited playtester: Interstellar Wars

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