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O NE W ORLD A GAINST

T HOUSANDS

The transition between the First Imper-

ium, governed by the Vilani, and the Rule of

Man, led by the Terran Confederation, has

always been a pivotal era in Marc Miller’s

Traveller universe. Now, for the first time in

any game system, Traveller players can

explore the depths of this rich setting.

GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars cov-

ers the 200 years of war, peace, and over-

whelming change as the ancient Vilani

Imperium falls to the upstart Terrans. In this

time of conflict, the opportunities for adven-

ture are more exciting than ever before!

GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars is

an official GURPS Fourth Edition source-

book for the Traveller universe. It includes

a detailed timeline, along with rules for tai-

loring characters to the last days of the First

Imperium, starship design, interstellar trade,

exploration, and ship-to-ship combat.

This PDF is an electronic copy of the print

edition of GURPS Traveller: Interstellar

Wars . All known errata at the time of the

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Written by PAUL DRYE, LOREN WISEMAN, and JON F. ZEIGLER

Based on the award-winning Traveller science fiction universe by MARC MILLER

Additional Material by DOUGLAS E. BERRY, STEVE KENSON,

ANDREW MOFFATT-VALLANCE, DAVID SUMMERS,

CHRISTOPHER THRASH, and ERIC UEBER

Starship Design and Combat Systems by DAVID PULVER and JON F. ZEIGLER

Edited by WIL UPCHURCH and STEVE JACKSON

Cover Art by JESSE DEGRAFF and BOB STEVLIC

Illustrated by ANDY AKINS, JESSE DEGRAFF, CHRIS QUILLIAMS, and BOB STEVLIC

ISBN 1-55634-746-4

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STEVE JACKSON GAMES

I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . 4

About GURPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1. A D ANGEROUS G ALAXY . . 6

The Default Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

T HE T ERRAN C ONFEDERATION . . . . . . . .7

Terran Colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Conquered Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Being Terran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

T HE V ILANI I MPERIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Outposts of Empire . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Mystery of Human Origins . . 13

Imperial Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Being Vilani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2. T HE E PIC S TRUGGLE . . . 17

S ETTING THE S TAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

T HE N EW M ILLENNIUM . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Rise of the UN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the Official History . . . . . . . 19

The Conquest of Space . . . . . . . . 21

First Contact? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

U NIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

The Vilani Aristocracy . . . . . . . . . . 23

Opening Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Pace of Operations . . . . . . . . . 26

Terra on the Brink . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Empty Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How Did Terra Survive? . . . . . . . . 29

B REAKOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Protracted Struggle . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Albadawi Period . . . . . . . . . . 34

T RIUMPH AND UNCERTAINTY . . . . . . . . .37

Imperial Terra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Imperial Collapse . . . . . . . . . 39

Te rrans and Colonists . . . . . . . . . . 40

B IOGRAPHIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

The Sharrukin Clan . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Shana Likushan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Lorette Strider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Yukio Hasegawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Kadur Erasharshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Umar bin-Abdallah al-Ghazali . . 44

Sharik Yangila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Manuel Albadawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Arpad Kovacs . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hiroshi Estigarribia . . . . 47

3. T ERRA . . . . . . 48

T HE H OME F RONT . . . . .48

State of the World . . . . 48

The Citizen’s Life . . . . . . 50

The Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Leisure and Entertainment . . . . . 52

The Uplift Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

T HE T ERRAN C ONFEDERATION . . . . . . .53

Political Organization . . . . . . . . . 53

A World Under Siege . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Major Nation-States . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Colonial Administration . . . . . . . 56

The Phoenix Expeditions . . . . . . . 57

T HE T ERRAN N AVY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

The Terran Marine Corps . . . . . . . 59

Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

The Terran Station . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

T ERRAN G ROUND F ORCES . . . . . . . . . . .62

Army Slang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

T HE T ERRAN M ERCHANT M ARINE . . . .65

Major Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Te rran Starport Authority . . . . . . . 68

4. T HE I MPERIUM . . . . . . . 69

I MPERIAL S OCIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Vilani Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The Vilani Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

The Vilani Way of Life . . . . . . . . . 72

Classes and Careers . . . . . . . 74

Vilani Culture . . . . . . . 74

Vilani Longevity . . . . . 75

Vilani Architecture . . . . 75

T HE V ILANI I MPERIUM . . . . .76

Political Organization . . . . . . . 76

Vilani Dissidents

and Secret Societies . . . . . . . . . 76

Sharurshid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Imperial Administration . . . . . . . 78

Vilani Settlement Patterns . . . . . . 79

S UBJECT R ACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Anakundu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Answerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Bwaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Dishaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Geonee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Anachronisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Nugiiri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Suerrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Vegans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

T HE V ILANI M ILITARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

The Vilani and Glory . . . . . . . . . . . 89

The Vilani Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

The Vilani Marines? . . . . . . . . . . . 91

The Vilani Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5. T HE K NOWN U NIVERSE . 95

D ESCRIBING W ORLDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

World Climate Table . . . . . . . . . . 97

Social Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

M AP : T HE G ALAXY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

T HE T ERRAN N EIGHBORHOOD . . . . . .101

M AP K EY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Shululsish Subsector . . . . . . . . . 101

M AP : S HULULSISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Urima Subsector . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

M AP : U RIMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Duusirka Subsector . . . . . . . . . . 105

M AP : D UUSIRKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Apishlun Subsector . . . . . . . . . . 107

M AP : A PISHLUN . . . . . . . . . 109

Dingir Subsector . . . . . 109

M AP : D INGIR . . . . . . . 111

Sol Subsector . . . . . . 112

M AP : S OL . . . . . . . . . 113

Looking Home . . . . . . 114

Thalassa Subsector . . . 116

M AP : T HALASSA . . . . . . . . 117

Capella Subsector . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

M AP : C APELLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

The Green Badge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Gemini Subsector . . . . . . . . . . . 120

M AP : G EMINI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

P LACING W ORLDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Step 1: World Type . . . . . . . . . . 122

Step 2: World Size . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Step 3: Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . 124

Step 4: Hydrographics . . . . . . . . 124

Atmospheric Taints . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Step 5: Surface Climate . . . . . . . 126

Step 6: Habitability

and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

P LACING P OPULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Step 7: Population . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Step 8: Starport Facilities . . . . . 129

Naval Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Step 9: Government Type . . . . . 130

Step 10: Control Rating . . . . . . . 130

Step 11: Base

Technology Level . . . . . . . . . 130

Step 12: Trade Classifications . . 130

Port Modifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Step 13: World Trade

Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Home Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

PR Modifier Table . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Step 14: Trade Routes . . . . . . . . 131

Per-Capita Income . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

6. C HARACTERS . . . . . . . . 133

Point Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

A DVANTAGES , D ISADVANTAGES ,

AND S KILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

S TATUS , I NFLUENCE , AND W EALTH . . .137

Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Administrative Rank . . . . . . . . . 138

Military Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Merchant Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Religious Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Merchant Rank Table . . . . . . . . 142

Wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

R ACIAL T EMPLATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

O CCUPATIONAL T EMPLATES . . . . . . . . .146

J OBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

7. T ECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . 159

P ERSONAL G EAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Armor and Protective Gear . . . . 162

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Software Costs Table . . . . . . . . . 164

Medical Equipment and Care . . 165

Sensors and

Scientific Equipment . . . . . . 167

Survival Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

V EHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

8. S TARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . 169

S TARSHIP S YSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Maneuver Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

The Jump Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Bridge Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Sensor Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Life Support Systems . . . . . . . . 173

S TARSHIP O PERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Travel Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Starship Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

I NTERSTELLAR T RADE . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Distance Modifier Table . . . . . . 179

Trade Volumes Table . . . . . . . . . 179

Speculative Trade System . . . . . 180

Speculative Goods Table . . . . . . 180

Actual Price Table . . . . . . . . . . . 181

I NTERSTELLAR E XPLORATION . . . . . . .182

Survey Operations . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Exploration Operations . . . . . . . 184

Contact Procedures . . . . . . . . . . 184

9. S TARSHIP D ESIGN . . . . . 187

D ESIGNING A S HIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Step 1 – Determine

Design Concept . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Step 2 – Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Step 3 – Armor and

Surface Features . . . . . . . . . . 190

Step 4 – Evaluate Hull Design . 190

Step 5 – Drives . . . . . . . . 191

Step 6 – Fuel . . . . . . . . 191

Step 7 – Bridge . . . . . 192

Step 8 – Sensors . . . . 192

Step 9 – Weapons

and Defenses . . . . . . . . 192

Sensor Systems Table . . 193

Turrets Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Turret Weapons Table . . . . . . . . 194

Spinal Mount

Weapons Table . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Bay Weapons Table . . . . . . . . . . 194

Step 10 – Small Craft . . . . . . . . . 195

Step 11 – Power Plant . . . . . . . . 195

Step 12 – Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Step 13 – Quarters

and Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . 198

Step 14 – Performance . . . . . . . 200

Ship Hit Points Table . . . . . . . . 200

Drag Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Step 15 – Finalize Design . . . . . 201

C OMMON S HIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Imperial 10-dton

Missile Fighter . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Terran 10-dton Light Fighter . . 202

Standard 10-dton Lifeboat . . . . 202

Standard 20-dton

Assault Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Standard 30-dton Ship’s Boat . . 202

Standard 100-dton

Interplanetary Shuttle . . . . . 203

Crockett -Class 100-dton

Picket Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

D ECK P LAN : C ROCKETT -C LASS

100- DTON P ICKET S HIP . . . . . . . 204

Iiken -Class 100-dton

Scout/Courier . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Phidippides -Class 200-dton

Fast Courier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Hero -Class 200-dton

Private Merchant . . . . . . . . . 206

D ECK P LAN : H ERO -C LASS

200- DTON P RIVATE M ERCHANT . . 207

Harmonious Repose -Class

200-dton Yacht . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Lightning -Class 400-dton

Frontier Merchant . . . . . . . . 208

D ECK P LAN : L IGHTNING -C LASS

400- DTON F RONTIER M ERCHANT 209

Richtoffen -Class 400-dton

Missile Corvette . . . . . . . . . . 210

Bannerjee -Class 400-dton

System Defense Boat . . . . . . 210

Gashidda -Class 400-dton

Imperial Patrol Cruiser . . . . 211

Zheng He -Class 800-dton

Survey Vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

D ECK P LAN : G ASHIDDA -C LASS 400- DTON

I MPERIAL P ATROL C RUISER . . . . . 212

Hardrada -Class 800-dton

Commerce Raider . . . . . . . . 213

Karl Marx -Class 1,000-dton

Heavy Free Trader . . . . . . . . 214

StarLeaper -Class 1,000-dton

Exploration Vessel . . . . . . . . 214

Agrippa -Class 1,000-dton

Corvette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Shamshir -Class 1,000-dton

Imperial Destroyer Escort . . 215

Sharurshid Standard 2,000-dton

Passenger Liner . . . . . . . . . . 216

Sharurshid Standard 2,000-dton

Branch Freighter . . . . . . . . . 216

Kargash -Class 2,000-dton

Imperial Light Cruiser . . . . . 216

Sharurshid Standard 10,000-dton

Line Freighter . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Indomitable -Class 30,000-dton

Battleship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

10. S TARSHIP C OMBAT . . . 219

S EQUENCE OF A CTION . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Detection and

Communication Phase . . . . . 221

Maneuver Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Movement Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Direct Fire Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Point Defense and

Missile Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Launch and Docking Phase . . . 224

Damage Control Phase . . . . . . . 225

Celestial Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Special Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

C HARTS AND T ABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Space Weapons Table . . . . . . . . 226

Space Range Table . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Sensor Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Gunnery Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Ramming Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . 227

Major Damage Table . . . . . . . . . 227

11. C AMPAIGNS . . . . . . . . 228

T HE D EFAULT C AMPAIGN :

T ERRAN F REE T RADERS . . . . . . .229

Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Campaign Character Packages . . 231

Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

A LTERNATIVE C AMPAIGNS . . . . . . . . . .232

Main Fleets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Commerce Raiding . . . . . . . . . . 232

Ground Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Colonization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Diplomacy and Espionage . . . . 234

C AMPAIGN S EEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Exiles to Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Grand Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Terra Conquered . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Alternate Interstellar Wars . . . . . 236

A DVENTURE S EEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

I NDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

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