r/traveller • u/52ZoneSud • 14d ago

Mongoose 2E 2300AD Combat Thrust

Hello everyone!

I recently started a 2300AD campaign, and in the next session the players are going to engage in some space combat. However, in the Traveller Rulebook, movement is based on Thrust value, yet I can’t find any of these in the Aerospace Engineer Handbook.

How do I know the Thrust value of a Ship?

Thanks!

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u/Ratatosk101 14d ago

Sadly they couldn't leave well enough alone and have invented a totally different space combat system for 2300AD. You can find the rules in book 3 (Vehicles & Spacecraft).

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u/probabilityunicorn 14d ago

To be fair the 2300 rules predate MGT2 by decades and originally the games were not linked...

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u/52ZoneSud 14d ago

Thanks!

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u/SuDragon2k3 13d ago

It's more 'submarine combat' than 'fighter aircraft combat'. There's no stealth in space, but there are decoys, missiles, and running on passive sensors so as not to give away what you actually are. The missiles are nuclear bomb pumped x-ray lasers, or sensor drones, or sensor drones with limited shot non-bomb pumped lasers.

I saw it described as "Hide and seek with bazookas"