well I finally managed to hammer out the draft of my book...sent it off to the editor early this morning..

It's been a learning experience.
to give a some idea of what was invovled....
I included.
30-500 ton utility modules, passenger, cargo, workshop, medical, troop bays..etc....
10-30 ton automated travel and cargo pods
20-1000 ton automated fuel skimmers
10 -20 ton work/tug/salvage pods
10 ton EVA combat pod
10 ton racing pod ( with suggestions on how to handle racing scenarios)
20 ton interceptor( suggestions on how to handle intercepting missiles/torpedoes and other craft)
30 ton fighter
50 ton fighter
50-100 ton dropship
100 ton packet trader
100 ton gunship/escort
200 ton escort
200 ton fast yacht
200 ton inter system hauler streamlined aerodynamic
300 ton Mercenary Brigs several versions ( 300 hundred tonners are a tricksy beast)
300 ton Special purpose ships ( several versions, scout explorer, mining ship, combat scout, fast attack, stealth fast attack)
300 ton hunter killer
500 ton j-2 armed merchant ship( basic, passenger, merchantman, and Q-ship)
500 ton J-3 freighter
500 ton passenger liner
500 ton Yacht
500 ton Race Yacht
500 to 1000 tone tanker, with a sample mobile refueling platform
500 ton tow vessel
1000 ton Jump ferry
2000 ton cargo vessel

I also included sample ships, NPCs, and adventure seeds for several of the vessels.everything was scratch built from zero, with a few ideas from older works that helped keep me on track.
   Every ship was accompanied by an illustration to guide the artists, deckplans and a stat block, in some cases several for various versions and refits. I was lucky this time a lot of the illustrations and ideas were already roughed out for my own game project and only needed to be translated into a format that was compatible with Mongoose Traveller rules.

  To be honest if they give me the chance to do a second book, I have a lot of material I didn't include in the first, hopefully they'll let me do the military/Mercenary vessel catalog I have cooking on the back burner.

In reply to w byrd (msg # 1):

I'm excited to see some of your material. I'm hoping you're still willing to join me with Cosmos. I'd love to see a lot of your ideas come to life in the game.

I'm willing to jump in. Great thing about working like I am it leaves me free to have other projects at the same time.

Cool. Let me PM you so we don't throw this place off topic.

Congrats and fingers crossed. :)