Downloads

Traveller rules

The various variant Traveller rules I have made are available from this page. Intercept is of course also Traveller compatible so I’ll post the links here too: InterceptBundle.zip for rules, maps and some designs, Designs.zip is a collection of ready made ships based on Traveller designs.

Social class & reactions.zip

This is a pdf with rules on social class and titles, maintaining social class, NPC reactions, NPC motivations and the various ways one can influence NPC reactions based on their motivations. It also holds a hilarious system for drinking and getting drunk. Latest version is from 2023-02-11, version at upper left of the first page.

Crime & punishment.zip

This is a pdf with a system to determine what is illegal and what punishment to expect from various acts depending on Law level. There are also rules playing criminal trials and some simple guidelines on how police forces are organized in different systems. Latest version is from 2023-02-10, version at upper left of the first page.

System travel maps.zip

If you want to use vector movement to travel between planets in Traveller I have made three map templates for you, one for the inner solar system where 1 square is 1G of thrust, 0.1 AU in size and 12 hours in turn length, and another for the outer solar system where 1 square is 1G of thrust, 1 AU in size and 12 hours in turn length, the third one is for the M-class star systems where planets are really close to the star with 1 square is 1G of thrust, 1 000 000 km in size and 4 hour turn length. The standard Traveller orbits are marked out but you can of course put your planets wherever you want them.  Latest version is from 2023-01-27.

Initiative.zip

My personal combat system, called Initiative, as a pdf with some other documents to support i. The system is very much Work In Progress, especially the vehicle rules as the chase system, you have been warned! The recent action points system works so well that I might eventually replace the regular rules.

Intercept.pdf contains the rulebook, the last pages (32-36) contain all the tables needed for play, print and have nearby for handy reference.

Traveller rules.pdf contains the task system I use, same as for Interecept.

Initiative actionpoints form.pdf Is a form to track actions point expenditure etc, not needed to play the rules but helps a lot if you use the optional action points system on page 23.

The rulebook has been updated 2024-01-28

Intercept

This page holds links to all available downloads for Intercept and what version each part currently is at. Only the Intercept rulebook itself currently has a version number for major revisions (3.5.2 as of now), all files have date based versions for when the update was made.

It is important to use the latest version of everything as I try to keep rules changes and design system changes in sync, I also update the Ship.xls and Data.xls whenever I find a bug. Look here for the latest versions and compare with what you have so you don’t download needlessly.

The rulebook has been updated on 2023-03-26

InterceptBundle.zip

This contains all you need to play Intercept and to design ships for Intercept, download it here.

• Intercept.pdf The rule book for Intercept including a section for designing ships. The last four pages can be printed out separately and used as a handy reference as all important charts and tables are duplicated there. Look at the bottom of the first page to see what version the rules have. Latest version is listed under Versions above.
• DataCard.pdf The form for filling out combat relevant stats from your design.
• MapTemplate.pdf A map for playing Intercept. Print three sheets, one as a common map where combat takes place and Contacts and Tracks are noted, and one for each player where the secret plotting is done. If you don’t play with the hidden movement sensor rules you only need to print one sheet. There are also other mapsheets here, empty, asteroids, planets and gas giants and even one with both Earth and Luna fitted on the same sheet.
• Data.xls The Excel file that should be opened first when designing ships. It holds all the tabular data for your design and you cannot edit anything in it. You can see what version of Data.xls you have by first opening Data.xls and then opening a ship design; at the top of the design data are two dates, one fr the design sheet and one for the Data.xls. Latest version is listed under Versions above.
• Ship.xls The Excel file where you create your ship designs. Red cells must be edited, light yellow cells can be edited if you want and saturated cells are the ones that must be edited if you switch from m3 to dTons or vice versa. Updating a design to a new version of Ship.xls consist of copying yellow cells and Paste-value them into the same place on Ship.xls and when you’re done you simply save the SHip.xls over your old design, replacing it. I will try to make changes to Ship.xls as rare as possible as changes to Data.xls will automatically update your designs by simply opening them with the new Data.xls open. Latest version is listed under Versions above.
• FreeTrader.xls, FarTrader.xls, Scout Courier.xls, and Patrol cruiser.xls These are worked examples with filled in datacards. More designs are available in the Designs.zip download.

Designs.zip

This contains various ready-made ship designs as well as the Data.xls and Ship.xls Excel sheets, download it here. Latest version is listed under Versions above.

• Azhanti.xls A preliminary version of the Azhanti High Lighting battle cruiser from GDW.
• Close Escort.xls The Gazelle class close escort from Traders & Gunboats by GDW. The complimentary Launch is forthcoming but not yet available, the TL 12 Launch does not fit this high-tech design.
• Close escort launch.xls The Launch used by the Close escort and others, from Traders and Gunboats by GDW.
• Cutter.xls The modular cutter from GDW, with 125 m3 (25 dTon) module space.
• Cutter fuelshuttle.xls A Cutter modified to get fuel from water, ammonia or methane, as well as skimming from gas giants.
• Survey Cruiser Donosev.xls The Donosev class Survey cruiser by GDW. Usually has a Cutter with various modules as small craft.
• FarTrader.xls The FarTrader from Traders & Gunboats by GDW.
• FreeTrader.xls The FreeTrader from Book 2 of the Little Black books by GDW.
• Subsidized merchant launch.xls The Launch used by the Subsidized merchant and others, from Traders and Gunboats by GDW.
• Mercenary Cruiser.xls The Broadsword class mercenary cruiser by GDW. Remember to add the cost of two Cutters to the price of this one. It uses the Cutters to land troops, vehicles, supplies as the cruiser itself is too juicy a target to actually land in a battlezone.
• Patrol cruiser.xls The Patrol cruiser is sleek, thin skinned vessel, used for customs inspections, piracy suppression, and normal safety patrols both have been known to be utilized as a yacht, naval escort and of course as a capable pirate ship.
• Rampart fighter.xls The Rampart fighter ship used by Azhanti high lightning and other ships, by GDW.
• Scout Courier.xls The Suleiman class type S scout/courier by GDW. This is probably the best adventurer ship there is if you do not make a living by trade. Sturdy and capable all round design. Only the Scout Courier and the Mercenary cruiser can safely land oustide  starports.
• SDB Dragon The Dragon class System Defense Boat from issue #4 of the Journal, by GDW.
• SDB Dragon shuttle.xls  The complimentary Jumpshuttle is for the SDB, not particularly similar to the one in Traders & Gunboats, this one is more useful in my opinion, carries three complete replacement crews in cold sleep.
• Skybird.xls A small TL 15 jump capable ship by Pondwater & Smiff LIC in Spinward marches. This is a custom design from my own Traveller universe to illustrate ships smaller than 500 m3 (100 dTon) that can still be jump capable. Yes, you can build them but jump fuel is no longer 10% per Jn of hull. Instead, it is 50 m3 (10 dTon) per Jn. The Skybird is the cheapest ‘Yacht’ you can buy, all in my Traveller universe of course.
• Subsidized Merchant.xls The famous winged subsidized merchant from Traders & Gunboats by GDW. I always wondered why a grav equipped ship would have wings in Traveller so this design tries to answer that question. An unloaded ‘sub’ have a Floater powerful enough to negate gravity (Floaters create repulsion proportional to gravity so a 1.0+ G Floater will hover on any planet) but when the ‘sub’ si loaded it must take off from a runway using its wings. This means that ‘subs’ landing or taking off from airless planets must tail land and takeoff which is nearly impossible, this is because the thrust agency is an actual fusion rocket. Compare the prize per cargo on the Subsidized merchant, FreeTrader and FarTrader to see that the ‘sub’ is easily the most economic. Yeah, those design tradeoffs where all done for profit.
• Subsidized Merchant launch.xls The little launch riding piggyback on the sub, here fitted with a single missile launcher, from Traders and Gunboats by GDW.

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