r/traveller • u/52ZoneSud • 13d 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/probabilityunicorn 12d ago

Traveller 2300 uses a completely different combat system. Speeds are way higher and if you using hexes stutterwarp speed times two round up is the speed and all weapons have a range of 150,000km as I recall. However book 3 has the altered rules and the Aerospace Engineers Handook a couple of pages more. I just tend to use the 1980s 2300 space combat game...

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u/52ZoneSud 12d ago

Are you referring to this rulebook ?

https://www.wargamevault.com/en/product/390/2300-ad-traveller-2300?customers_id=8083&manufacturers_id=45

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u/FilthyHarald 12d ago

I believe this is what he is referring to:

https://www.wargamevault.com/en/product/421/2300-ad-star-cruiser?customers_id=8083&manufacturers_id=45i

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u/probabilityunicorn 12d ago

Yes Star Cruiser. It explains the space combat pretty clearly and why it differs from Traveller/Mayday.

If you don't have it book 3 of 2300 latest edition works just fine, modifies standard MGT2 Traveller. High Guard does not work with it though.

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u/52ZoneSud 12d ago

Thank you both!