On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 22:05:43 -0400, kaladorn wrote:

>In some version of Traveller, you could use a tug-style design with an
>ability to extend the jump bubble to bring the ore back, but the same idea
>can be used for a jump tug.
>
>A Floating Shipyard Vessel would appear from jump (with some local security
>and being sure there was a very small risk) and it wold literally manouver
>around the damaged ship and just repair in place as they FSV would be full
>of yard dogs and cutters and welders and even came with materials and
>parts. They might just make it good enough to jump away to a deeper place
>with a shipyard system or they'd fix it to 'can fight, you can get gussied
>up when the wars over, boyo!'.

Actually, I more-or-less assumed that - at least for capital ships - the
Battle Tender (admittedly from MegaErrata, and therefore probably needing a
complete rework) could serve as a 'floating shipyard' for anything short of
"You need a new ship? Sure, we can build you one!".

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