On 17 Apr 2020 at 11:29, Kenneth Barns wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 at 09:51, shadow at shadowgard.com (via tml list)
> <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>     I recall a ship from way back in days of MT or maybe CT. It had a
>     sort of "net" that was part of the jump grid and that allowed it
>     to carry large, irregularly shaped items as cargo *outside* the
>     hull.
>
> CT S9 "Fighting Ships": p 22.  The "Jump Ship".

Ok, now I know where to look.

>     I'm wondering if something like that is still canon in any of the
>     rule sets. If it is, I'd like to go one step farther and have a
>     jump drive "module" that can be attached to/installed on a no jump
>     ship to let it be jumped to another system.
>
> Isn't that the definition of those ships that are designed to clamp on
> to SDBs and jump them from system to system?  Pretty sure there were
> stats in a few different version of Traveller; certainly for GT.

Thing is, those are *huge* and tend to be designed with "standard
fittings" that mate with the ones on the SDBs. Not that useful for
grabbing some random ship or cargo.

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