Hello Shadow,

The equipment is called a jump net but I can not recall if it was in CT or MT. Mongoose Traveller has a jump as an option.

Tom Rux

> On April 16, 2020 at 4:50 PM "shadow at shadowgard.com (via tml list)" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>
>
> I recall a ship from way back in days of MT or maybe CT. It had a
> sort of "net" that was part of the jump grid and that allowed it to
> carry large, irregularly shaped items as cargo *outside* the hull.
>
> anybody else remember that?
>
> I'm wondering if something like that is still canon in any of the
> rule sets. If it is, I'd like to go one step farther and have a jump
> drive "module" that can be attached to/installed on a no jump ship to
> let it be jumped to another system.
>
> Be usable for salvage. Also useful for (in my idea) transporting a
> "collectible" antique ship to a buyer.
>
> Anybody willing to design something like that? For my initial idea,
> the "collectible" ship will essentially be a NASA Space Shuttle (with
> ET) with the serial numbers filed off. :-)
>
> If doable, it'd make an "interesting" adventure for a bunch of PCs
> who don't have a ship. Repossesed, needs repairs they can't aford,
> whatever.
>
> Another possible application would be for jury-rigging a ship from
> the local "graveyard" (mothballed more-or-less ships left to be
> scrapped/stripped for parts/whatever).
>
> Such a graveyard/boneyard would likely be in orbit or on an airless
> body as it's a lot easier to take care of ships in such an
> environment. Though a nice desert like the USAF uses for their
> boneyard is workable too.
>
> Systems that been contacted/recontacted after they'd gotten back into
> space one their own  might have some very interesting ships in there.
>
> Tinkerig something usable together from the graveyard could be an
> interesting adventure too. :-)
>
> "You want us to try getting *that* flyable?!"
>
> "Hey, it's cheap. It's sturdy. It'll still have lots of room for
> cargo even after we refit it...."
>
> "It's a bloody *rocket*!"
>
>
>
>
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