This article is two ships for the price of one. Both ships are well detailed with multiple high quality illustrations, maps of all the decks (both number and unnumbered), and clear & concise descriptions of the compartments. I like the idea that the carrier can carry four SDBs over a jump-4 distance. The text is designed for Cepheus Engine, but it is similar enough to be usable in Traveller. I found the article to be very useful. It will definitely be showing up in my Traveller campaign.

There are very few Hiver ships in Traveller books, and what there are look just like human ships. The Hiver Explorer Type HX actually looks and feels alien. It uses a lot of rounded shapes both on the exterior illustrations and on the interior maps. The description is brief, outlining what is on the decks, and there are Traveller ship specs. At the back of the book there are some NPC crew cards. The core of this article are the maps. There is a selection of labelled, unlabelled, empty and cluttered versions of the deck plans. There are also detail plans and specs for a Hiver G-carrier, which is also nicely organic looking. I quite liked this ship. My only feedback is that I would have liked more detail on possible missions for the ship and where it could be encountered, but that is also completely up to the user.

I really enjoyed the exploration component of this book. It includes a lot of base locations in some detail, but also plenty of unexplored areas that players can be the first to uncover. I liked the ships that were included, they will be useful in other locations around the Solomani Confederation as well. I was very happy with this purchase.

I bought this when I was working on my own Type R article. The article has some great colour text (especially the intro piece which gives many ideas for using the ship in a mercenary campaign). The maps are crisp and clear, great for gaming with. There were several variants deck plans, which was a nice bonus. The fully detailed crew of the Constantine was a useful addition to my stable of backup ships. A ship every Traveller campaign needs at a very reasonable cost.

I am very happy with this article. Although it is of one of Traveller's most common ships, the article has great illustrations, clear maps, and a nice, fully detailed ship and crew which I was able to use (as written) in my own campaign. Definitely worth the very reasonable price.