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RHI Sandpiper Light Trader $5.00
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RHI Sandpiper Light Trader
Publisher: Mongoose
by Olly G. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/03/2023 05:57:22

The sandpiper, i like this ship but the maths to its contstruction dont add up. Assuming mongoose rules, the jump drive is 5 tons short, (author has only used the percentage listed in table for size but all starship jump drives are required to add 5 tons on top of this figure, as listed in text) which also means the cost should be increased by Mcr 7.5 for the jump drive. Also the power plant is listed as being efficant x2 which requires a +2Tech level higher than normal, which adds 25% cost (+0.75 Mcr). Also if its a streamlined hull cost would be 6Mcr not 5, fuel scoops and processors cost 1Mcr, and at thst point i stopped checking. So ship cost should be more in the region of 46Mcr then minus 10% standard design would be 41.4Mcr. Also u would need to reduce some tonnsge somewhere else so that it is not over the 100ton size, maybe reduce the common area? Summary ship cost = 41.4 Mcr ( Ballpark figure)



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[3 of 5 Stars!]
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RHI Sandpiper Light Trader
Publisher: Mongoose
by Omer J. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/16/2016 01:53:12

This product describes three varieties of a 100-ton starship originally intended as a trader - the original trader version, a militarized gunship, and a "star ambulance" version. It includes a good description of the ship with enough flavor and color to make the ship relatively unique. Each variety has a description, MGT2 stats, a deck-plan, and a render. The deck plans are very simple but servicable and the renders are solid but nothing to write home about. Layout is very simple but readable.

For some reason, the book does not mention the ship's size (100 tons) until you reach the stats on p.5 - niether on the cover nor in the introduction nor in the technical details section on p.4.

The one thing which I love in this otherwise unremarkable ship book are the clever designs - the author managed to cram a Jump-3 drive, its fuel, and 30 tons of cargo into a 100-ton trader, and eight marines (!) on a 110-ton gunship.

All in all, a solid, useful booklet about an interesting small starship which you can drop into almost any Traveller campaign.



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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