Re: Traveller Starships

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> 
> Ironlimper wrote:
> 
> > At least two of the Traveller ship figs morphed into Silent Death
fighters. I
> > don't recall the class names in either game but I'll try a short
typed
> > description from memory:
> >
> > 1) The first had a plan-form similar to a modern fighter in that it
had wing-
> > like appendages on the rear of the ship. The nose was squared off in
cross
> > section, but came to a sharp point. The wings were thick and had 3
gun/missile
> > tubes on the leading edge of each "wing". From above the wings were
roughtly
> > trapazoidal (long edge attatched to the fuselage) in shape. In our
games I
> > call 'em destroyers.
> 
> Hm. Are the wings curved downwards, too? If so, it could be the new
> Epping-class gunboat, but I'm not at all sure about it.

No, this is the Praying Mantis not the Epping gunboat.

> 
> > 2) Second are the flying stovepipes. Cylindrical with limited
protrusions.
> > Small "wings" in the rear that resemble the horizontal surfaces on a
WWII
> > torpedo. Some sort of weapons snugged underneath the "stabilizers".
A
> > bridge/low conning tower thing in the middle on the top. Some bumps
forward
> > and on the the bow of the ship some inset gun/missile tubes --three
I believe.
> > This ship appeared on the cover of a Silent Death sourcebook, though
again I'm
> > not sure which one. Light Cruisers in our games.
> 
> In SD, this ship is a Javelin Gunboat. The module is "Universal
> Nightwatch". Nice models, too - they don't look as "fighter-ish" as
some
> other SD ships.

yes it is the Javelin and I agree, they don't resemble the rest of the
Silent Death ships.

> 
> I've heard (but again I ain't sure) that all the Universal Nightwatch
ships
> are old Traveller ones (except possibly the Falcon "warhound" - ie,
> corvette (which looks great as a dreadnought :-) ).
> 

The Falcon was an ICE designed Silent Death ship, the only human ship in
question is the 
Equalizer. Though I don't really think there is a question it is two
dissimiliar to be an ICE design, I believe that it was a Traveller ship
that just never got released under that title.

Jim