Converting starship descriptions from CT05 to MT...
Christopher Sean Hilton 22 Sep 2026 22:43 UTC
Q: _Is there an automated conversion tool that converts a starship/spaceship/small craft
specified under CT05 into Megatraveller?_
I'm still working on my CT05 ship builder but I'm looking at the designs that Ewan Q. is
publishing enviously. I took a quick look at the Megatraveller design sequence last
night. I spent some time looking a few months ago. It honestly looks to me like much of the
MT sequence is the same as the CT05 sequence with detail added in some places. For example:
* When I first looked at this, I noticed that MT specifies Volume and Density where CT05
only specifies Volume and assume that the average ship density is 1000.0 kg/dTon. The
first time I looked at it, I noticed that the MT version seems to really work hard at
maintaining the CT05 conceit that the average ship's density is 1000.0 kg/dTon.
* Computers in MT seem to have changeda lot. Myt first look was shallow but researching this
question shows me that MT 's going into a lot of detail where CT05 was just spitballs and
handwavium.
-- Chris
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