TRAVELLER Merchant & Aslan Mercenary Ships (1982): Deckplans Galore 2

In the early days of the Traveller RPG, several small game companies partnered up with GDW, creating a wealth of 3rd party accessories and adventures.

FASA back then was one of those companies. Better known today for Shadowrun (1989) and Battletech (1984), FASA was a small company in 1982.

FASA was surprisingly productive for Traveller (RPG Reference site link), though those accessories are all fairly obscure today.

Previously, I profiled the Adventure Class Ships series in the shop.

TRAVELLER Adventure Class Ships, Vol 1 & 2 (1982): Deckplans Galore

Today we’ll look at the other – more rare – pair: Merchant & Aslan Mercenary Ships. Let’s see what’s inside those boxes.

Merchant Class Ships [BOX SET]

1982 … FASA B3 … B00885KH3Y

three 33″x22″ double-sided deck plan maps, 112 counters (2 quarter-sheets),
Merchant-Class Ships, Book 1 & 2 (16 pages each)

Aslan Mercenary Ships [BOX SET]

three 33″x22″ double-sided deck plan maps, 112 counters (2 quarter-sheets),
Aslan Mercenary Ships, Book 1 & 2 (16 pages each)

Credits: J. Andrew Keith (writing), Jordan Weisman (deck plans), William H. Keith, Jr. & Mitcg O’Connell (illustrations)

The boxes are flimsy paperboard. I usually see them pancaked in the wild.

Check Wayne’s Books Inventory

Noble Knight ~ Noble Knight

Get all FASA Traveller on FFE’s CD-ROM compilation, in the shop: Traveller Apocrypha-1: FASA and Gamelords

PDFs and image files. Deckplans sheets on the disk are 5100×6600 resolution JPGs. That should be sufficient to create full-size prints at a print shop.

DriveThruRPG has low-res PDFs of the sets: DriveThruRPG ~ DriveThruRPG

Merchant Class Ships

* STAR Class Merchant Liner
* TRADER Class Provincial Transport
* TRIAD Class Merchant Vessel
* MAGNADON Class Provincial Merchant
* SEEKER Class Armored Merchant
* IRIS Class Armored Packet