DropShips and JumpShips
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Description
The DropShips and JumpShips book describes the various vessels in use during the Third and Fourth Succession Wars. It covers the main JumpShips in use at the time - Scout, Merchant, Invader, Star Lord, and Monolith - as well as the myriad DropShip designs available, from the small Fury to the monstrous Behemoth.
Contents
- Introduction
- Space Travel in the Successor States
- History
- Rise of the Western Alliance
- The Magellan Program
- Vindication of Kearny and Fuchida
- To Reach Tau Ceti
- Exodus
- Formation of New States
- The Modern Age
- JumpShips
- Scout
- Merchant
- Invader
- Star Lord
- Behemoth
- DropShips
- Troop Carriers
- Fury
- Gazelle
- Seeker
- Triumph
- Condor
- Excalibur
- 'Mech Carriers
- Leopard
- Union
- Overload
- Assault Ships
- Avenger
- Achilles
- Intruder
- Fortress
- Fighter Carriers
- Leopard CV
- Vengeance
- Civilian Ships
- Buccaneer
- Mule
- Monarch
- Mammoth
- Behemoth
- Small Craft
- Escape Pod
- Life Boat
- ST-46 Shuttle
- S-7A Class Bus
- Mark VII Landing Craft
- KR-61 Long-Range Shuttle
- K-1 DropShuttle
- Space Stations
- Olympus
- Bastion
- Alliance
Notes
The book is very short (only 64 pages), but it's the only early (pre-Fourth Succession War) sourcebooks on the subject. Also provided are recharge charts which allow travel routes to be accurately determined.