SWADE/Twilight 2000 Resources

This is a repository of useful links for the SWADE-T2K campaign being run on Fridays. Everything here should be considered optional/ guideline/ suggestions unless the GM says otherwise. It will be continually updated as new resources are found. 

Verse After Miranda: The Ship

The ship's details will be posted here eventually. For now, use the link below for general reference. 

Dragonfly-class SWADE stats and deckplans

PC Briefing - BNV Istvan systems and defenses

 

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600-ton Long Freighter

Converted from a Subsidized Liner of the sort common to Charted Space, the Long Freighter has been stripped of passenger-carrying capability, trading it instead for increased cargo space. The conversion yard removes all but four of the staterooms and five low berths for the six crew and any incidental passengers), as well as the common areas and the launch docking areas. In their place, the Long Freighter now carries two double beam laser turrets for self-defense, a "Slow Boat" for refueling and cargo transfer, and the ability to carry 260 tons of cargo. Like the original liner, the Long Freighter is not streamlined; this is not an issue thanks to the 19-ton capacity of the slow boat carried aboard. Long Freighters are externally similar to their ancestors, differing only in the absence of viewports, the addition of large cargo doors, and similar minor changes. The class mostly operates in regions away from "mains", especially in sparse frontier areas like the Trojan Reach. 

MgT2 Oghman Raider (500 tons, TL9)

The TL9 500-ton Oghman Raider is the most common raiding vessel constructed by the clans of Oghma.

Laser Barbettes, Bays, and Spinal Mounts

One of the large gaps that I noticed in the MgT2 naval architecture was a complete lack of laser weaponry larger than turrets. While at Tech Levels above 10 there are a wide variety of energy weapons that are more powerful and longer-ranged than lasers, it is still possible to build viable large warships at TL9-10. For such vessels, large lasers of various sorts are likely to be in common use as primary and secondary weaponry. 

Battletech Homebrew - The Crunchy Rules, Ver. 4.0

Battletech is an extremely long-lived and entertaining game, but it makes concessions to realism in order to foster ease of play, game balance, and background considerations. This set of house rules is an expansion and mutation of the 3025 rules set. It aims to produce a feel more like modern armored combat at the cost of altering the balance and flavor of the game. There are new rules introduced and old rules modified. The most drastic changes take place in the interpretation and modeling of the game weaponry.

Tamland Vehicles GP6 "Brick" Military Utility G-Truck

The Tamland Vehicles GP6 "Brick" is a fairly generic sort of military support vehicle found in mid-tech militaries around the Spinward Marches. It is roughly equivalent to a standard air-raft in performance and is capable of carrying two crew (pilot and gunner), six passengers, and 1.5 tons of cargo from ground to orbit, or around in most environments. The vehicle is normally used to transport things like engineering teams, vehicle repair crews, and ship crews being transferred, as it has room for both a team and their large equipment. The "Brick" has light armor and a stabilized ring mount for a support weapon but is not actually a combat vehicle; the hull will resist most small arms, to a point. Nevertheless, the "Brick" is occasionally pressed into service by lesser militaries as an APC, where it serves admirably until it comes under fire. The "Brick" is manufactured by Tamland Vehicles, a subsidiary of Tamland Industries on Fornice, in the Mora Subsector. 

Vehicle Stats for Mongoose 2e