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Because I like the traveller universe alot I would like to ask if there is a traveller conversion of Starmada out there?
I think starmada would be ideal for the many battles in this universe. Imagine replaying the 5th frontier war...amazing!
i don't think there are any existing conversions, and i haven't been able myself to work out a satisfactory system. one trick is figuring out how to do the different defenses, like nuclear dampers or meson screens. you might have to use the VBAM K/B/E for that. and then the question is: which Traveller? classic, mega, TNE, or GURPS? :wink:
This is a difficult question. I think I will come up with some stuff as soon as time permits. Mostly Gurps traveller which I prefer, with some mega. The specific traveller requirements (no shields, meson guns etc. should be really nice to convert) And Starmada is easy enough to play out small to medium traveller battles in a reasonable amount of time.
Today I tinkered around with some traveller ships converting to starmada. But it was not easy. The biggest problem is the size.
In traveller you have following ships
-30 ton fighters
-400 tons space defense boats
-200 tons armed freetraders
-800 tons mercenary troop transports
larger ships
-1000 tons escorts
-3000 tons destroyers
-6000 tons light cruisers
-12000 tons hvy cruisers
-50.000 tons battleships
-150.000 tons dreadnoughts
you get the problem? In Starmada, there is 100 SU to 1500 SU (times 15) In traveller you have ships from (not even counting the smaller ones) eg 1000 tons to 150.000 tons (times 150) Do anybody have an idea how to solve such a problem?
you get the problem? In Starmada, there is 100 SU to 1500 SU (times 15) In traveller you have ships from (not even counting the smaller ones) eg 1000 tons to 150.000 tons (times 150) Do anybody have an idea how to solve such a problem?
Actually, that's not quite true.
A size 1 ship has 100 SUs. A size 15 ship has 3600. To get to your 15000 (x150) mark, you'd have to make a ship of size 35 -- not easy, but not impossible, either.
We've never really assumed a linear progression when ships get bigger -- quite the contrary, since the number of SUs increases faster than the hull size -- so you can also just apply some type of exponential modifier to your Traveller mass values to squeeze it all into a 20- or 30-hull spread in Starmada. I recommend (2/3)... i.e.,
Mass 1000 tons = 1000^(2/3) = 100 / 100 = hull 1
Mass 1,500,000 tons = 150000^(2/3) = 2823 / 100 = hull 28
Just a suggestion... 
This is a modified free trader class. We use it for my roleplay game that I run with hero games/star hero. I let them use some other options like piloting skills, and emergency maneuvers. Its quite fun. I didnt use any magic formula for it, I just guestimated.
Modified Free Trader(37)
Hull Size: 2 1
Engines: 6 5 4 3 2 1
Shields: 2 1
Hard Point Canon [4/8/12, 4+ 1/1/1]
abcd abcd
Electronic Countermeasures [O], Electronic Warfare System [O],
Long Range Sensors [O], Hyperdrive [O]
1[HEQ] 2[2EQ], 3[HEQ], 4[ESQ], 5[HSa], 6[EQa]
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