Kleinnächster class Medium Tanker

Kleinnächster class Medium Tanker
Type: RG Tanker
Category	BCS
Size	8,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/4
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	80
Accommodations
Staterooms	40
Personnel
Crew	61
Officers	9
High/Mid Passengers	5
Payload
Cargo	1 Tons
Fuel tank	5,960 Tons
Carried craft	1 50t lifeboat
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr4,521.430
Architect fee	MCr45.214
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Adie Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Adie Stewart

The Kleinnächster class Medium Tanker is a TL–11 fueling Medium Tanker.

• Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe

Description

It is a generic class of civilian vessel, the Medium Tanker is a large commercial hydrogen fuel transporter commonly encountered throughout the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Tanker and is constructed as a conventional design, although in all respects it qualifies as a long-range vessel. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Hull

The Medium Tanker is constructed using an 8000 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops.

• Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
• The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
• The commercial liquid hydrogen tanks are served by refrigeration and pumping equipment.

Engineering

The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type jump-2 drive, a maneuver-2 drive, and a power plant-2, giving performance of jump-2 and 2G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. There is internal fuel tankage of 1760 dTons, sufficient for one jump-2 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel has a purification plant capable of purifying both internal and commercial fuel

• The engineering section has a main control room. The purification facilities have a separate control center.
• The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid.
• The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.

Main Section

Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4. There is a secure locker with a capacity of 1 dTon. There are 40 staterooms. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. There is sufficient accommodation for 5 passengers. Commercial fuel tankage amounts to 4200 dTons.

• The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor suite.

Crew

The Medium Tanker requires 61 crew: 9x command, 14x engineering, 11x gunnery, and 24x service, of which 1 serves as flight crew for the lifeboat when required. In addition the vessel has 3x purification engineers.

Weapons

The ship is fitted with 80 turrets. These are grouped into:

• five sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
• three beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets

Subcraft

The ship carries a 50 dTon Lifeboat in a dedicated hanger.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel, complete with a Lifeboat, is MCr4521.430.

• Both craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
• If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr3617.144.

History & Background

The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

31 Representative Tanker (RG) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Civilian Ship - Freighter - Tanker - Type RG Tanker

B

• Baleen class Heavy Tanker
• Bubble class Fuel Cutter

C

• Compassionate class Tanker

D

• Dromedary class Tanker/Replenishment Ship
• Duke class Jump Tanker

F

• Florence class Tanker
• Freshwater class Tanker
• Fuelbag class Fuel Depot Drone
• Furnish class Tanker

G

• Giant class Tanker

H

• Hong Cha class Tanker

• Hydrogen class Fleet Fuel Tanker

I

• Iadiadlsiz class Fleet Tanker
• Integrity class Tanker
• Ish'ka class Tanker

J

• Jolly Green Giant class Tanker

K

• KA25c Growler class Tanker
• Kandor class Tanker
• Kandor class Tanker
• Kleinnächster class Medium Tanker

L

• Last Armada class Frontier Tanker
• Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle

• Louis & Clark class Fuel Pinnace

M

• Monstrosity class Fleet Tanker

N

• Nimrod class Fuel Lighter

O

• Orowani Deep Space class Heavy Tanker

P

• Parthenopinnace Fuel Shuttle
• Provision class Medium Tanker

R

• Regent class Station Tanker

T

• Type 058A Fedko class Tanker

V

• Valdez class Fleet Tanker

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS