Re: [TML] Ship designs from "With the Lightnings" by David Drake Jeff Zeitlin 30 Nov 2020 09:47 UTC
The series is published by Baen, and can be obtained at https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/2050,1972?pageSize=30&filter=release_date&dir=ASC The first book in the series, _With the Lightnings_, is available from the Baen Free Library ("the first hit is free!"). (N.B. Baen is also the current publisher of Marc Miller's _Agent of the Imperium_. https://www.baen.com/agent-of-the-imperium.html) On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:10:55 +0000, Alan Peery <xxxxxx@tractare.co.uk> wrote: >In his series featuring Lt Leary, David Drake spins a set of tales >trying to take much of the feel of the age of sail into space. There is >no anti-gravity, the ships use reaction motors and land in water >harbors, and jump is replaced by sailing through space. Has anyone ever >tried to build a ship using the various Traveller rulesets that mimics >this? I'm most intersted in the first two aspects, as the jump >mechanism works well for structuring RPG sessions. > >If you've not read the series and like a bit of space opera, it's a good >read. Drake has described it as ""an SF version of the Aubrey/Maturin >series" by Patrick O'Brian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCN_Series > >Alan > >----- >The Traveller Mailing List >Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com >To unsubscribe from this list please go to >http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=uVyfonVzlsGwnSKN2tn21umMrgO3BRd9 ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2020. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)