Re: Traveller ship designs

> 
> Mike Miserendino wrote:
> 
> Looking again at the sample Dreadnaught presented by Mr. Llaneza:
> 
> >200,000 tons
> >330 Particle accelerators
> >50 medium missile bays
> >200 laser turrets
> 
> I definitely recommend grouping the wpn. mounts into smaller (i.e.
more
> playable) versions that could easily be utilized. Not that 33 dice
rolls
> coming from a Dreadnaught wouldn't be frighteningly intimidating and 
> fun to use against someone!
> 
Ok, the last traveller system I played was "classic" traveller, so 
forgive my ignorance if this idea is totally out of line with the source

material.  But what if partical accelerators were only single-arc 
weapons?  Then you could divide your 33 batteries into 11 batteries each

of right arc, left arc, forward arc.  That way you'd only be rolling 
eleven dice per attack.  Still probably too many, but at least a little 
more manageable.  And definitely intimidating.	Of course drawing all 33

batteries on the ship diagram would be a pain in the -ss.