Hello again Kurt,

 

> I never used that supplement because it wasn't generally available for
> my players.  I do remember that in MT, the missiles were the same.

 

The supplement may not have been generally available, however, with

the publishing of Special Supplement 3, Classic Traveller's rules and

color background changed.

 

The following my quick history of missiles in Traveller

 

CT Book 2 pp. 16-17:

Small anti-ship missile, typically a homing type constantly seeking the

target ship, ultimately being destroyed by the target's defenses, or

exploding and doing damage to it. They can be converted to

planetary surface bombs, or surveillance drones. Individual

missiles weigh about 50 kg and cost Cr 5,000 each.

 

Based on the construction rules, and prior to Special Supplement 3,

my guess has been they have a reactionless thruster, a power source,

a guidance system that locked the target into memory, with a high

explosive armor piercing warhead. Maximum acceleration of 6G.

 

CT Book 5 HG added the tidbit that the warhead was either HE or

nuclear.

 

CT Special Supplement 3 arrives and uses reaction thrusters.

 

CT Striker Book 3 missile design used reaction thrusters.

 

MT fleshed out CT Book 2 and Book 5 details a bit without

CT Special Supplement 3.

 

TNE made reactionless thrusters an alternate technology. For

space missiles pushed Electrothermal Augmented Plasma

Combustion which uses a type of solid rocket fuel.

 

T4 repeated TNE with modifications to fit T4.

 

T5 I have not yet purchased a copy of rules yet and have no

idea on missiles.

 

GURPS Traveller, Traveller 20, and Mongoose Traveller fall

back to CT without Special Supplement 3.

 

My apologies for not including more page references for the

other variants of Traveller. CT is the only one I have handy

and the TNE space missile propulsion system came from

an email discussion I was having recently.

 

Any errors in the above are all my own.

 

Tom R

From: "Kurt Feltenberger" <xxxxxx@thepaw.org>
To: "TML" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 3:15:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] High Guard missile bay launch
On 10/23/2015 10:57 AM, tmr0195@comcast.net wrote:
> Hello Kurt Feltenberger,
> Rob O'Connor
> > Bay missiles are bigger than turret ones.
> Kurt Feltenberger
> > This is only true in later versions of Traveller, it is not the case in
> > CT or MT based on their rules and color background.
> I believe that Special Supplement 3 (SS3): Missiles in Traveller
> issued in JTAS 21 copyright 1984 applies to CT. From SS3
> page 2 "Missiles which exceed 50 kilograms must be handled
> in launch bays available under the High Guard construction
> system; they cannot be launched from ordinary turret missile
> launch racks."
I never used that supplement because it wasn't generally available for
my players.  I do remember that in MT, the missiles were the same.
--
Kurt Feltenberger
xxxxxx@thepaw.org/xxxxxx@yahoo.com
“Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not
living enough." - Me
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