High Guard Update 2022 is a major expansion to the Traveller
roleplaying game with rules for designing, building and operating
spacecraft found throughout the galaxy. From small and nimble fighter
craft to the adventure-class ships that Travellers fly, from gargantuan
megafreighters to military capital ships, this book provides everything
the aspiring naval architect needs to populate their universe with ships
that ply the spacelanes. This book also provides rules for designing
space stations and starports, customising ships, and exotic technologies
found in popular science fiction novels and movies that can be
incorporated into your universe. There are also advanced rules for
sensors, detailed descriptions of starship crew roles, how to conduct
violent boarding actions, and detailed guidelines for battles between
fighter squadrons and enormous fleet battles. Finally, High Guard Update
2022 presents dozens of ship designs for the Charted Space universe,
including small craft and fighters, traders, gunboats, scout ships and
battleships ranging from lethal destroyers to colossal battleships,
carriers and dreadnoughts. The revised design system provides a new
approach to armour and armaments, making space combat scalable for
anything from small skirmishes to devastating clashes between dozens or
even hundreds of warships.
