Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard

Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard
Distant Fringe object.
Type: JW Orbital Dockyard
Category	BCS
Size	90,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	0.5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints
Accommodations
Staterooms	1,000
Personnel
Crew	516
Officers	104
Enlisted	412
High/Mid Passengers	600
Payload
Cargo	14,000 Tons
Fuel tank	Tons
Special features	50,000t hangar
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr30,060.95
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	WO–Q700152–000004–00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard is a TL–11 large Orbital Dockyard.

• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The Orbital Dockyard is a large commercial orbital facility found within systems in the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as an Orbital Complex. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Image Repository

1. A Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard with an Olympian class Cruise Liner (silhouetted) alongside.
   
2. Beside a Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard. As is common with this design, the factory components are located around the exterior of the construction cylinder according to the operators preferences.
   

General Description

The dockyard is constructed as a Dispersed Structure. The core of the station is the yard space, an empty cylinder surrounded by joined rings with an enclosed volume of approximately 1.3 million dTons. Sections within this cylinder are set aside as maintenance facilities, an engineering plant, and an equipment testing facility: each area has multiple hangars and sealed compartments. Individual dockyards contain the same basic elements but their layouts may vary considerably, depending on the needs and preferences of the operator.

The main section of the dockyard is a boxy structure built onto the exterior of the rings. It contains much of the heavy machinery, the operations control center, and the crew and passenger accommodations. An enclosed boatyard is set aside for the manufacture of smaller starships and smallcraft.

Each area of the dockyard can be accessed by transportation pods that follow trackways mounted on the interior of the yard rings. All sections of the yard can also be accessed by internal walkways, though many areas have no grav plates and some sections may not be pressurized.

The dockyard mounts x80 Heavy Repulsor units in bays spread over the interior of the yard space rings. These are used as construction tools, working in groups to maneuver and manipulate very large components.

A basic plan of the station indicating the general layout and positioning of major elements.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (of ten craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Orbital Dockyard is constructed using a 90,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and cannot survive entry into a planetary atmosphere. Individual sections of the dockyard are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple airlocks located around the dockyard. The complex is not capable of surface landings and risks catastrophic structural failure in significant gravity wells.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 516 x45 Command, x36 Engineering, x162 Gunnery, x270 Service, and x3 Medical Staff. Accommodations: There are x1000 Staterooms. x320 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. Officers and senior staff have individual cabins: all other quarters are double occupancy. x80 Staterooms are given over to machine shops, office space, recreational facilities and a large medical bay. x600 Staterooms are provided for construction crews, engineering teams, specialists, and visitors. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are secure lockers with a total volume of 80 dTons. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the facility. Sections of the dockyard can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3.	Performance	The dockyard mounts a Maneuver half-drive, and a Power Plant-1, giving performance of 0.5-G acceleration (sufficient for orbital positioning only) and producing 900 Energy Points. The dockyard does not have an agility rating. The dedicated internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a number of control rooms. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/5 Computer: the dockyard has x3 backup Model/5 Computers. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the station. The dockyard is fitted with communications equipment and an advanced sensor array. It is fitted with multiple backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x900 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the station. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific situations. There are 100 unused hardpoints. No additional space is set aside for fire control.
6.	Armament	The dockyard is unarmed.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x80 100-Ton bays, mounting Repulsors. The Repulsors face inward and are used as construction tools, using gravitic forces to manipulate and maneuver large components. The dockyard is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The dockyard is not supplied with intrinsic subcraft: these are purchased as required by the yard's operators. Hangars There are multiple large enclosed hangars located around the station: the hangars have a total volume of 50,000 dTons and can be sealed.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The dockyard has dedicated internal fuel tankage of 900 dTons. The yard has auxiliary fuel tankage of 2,600 dTons, sufficient to provide an operational supply of fuel to vessels berthed within it. The structure is not fitted with fuel scoops. The yard is not equipped with fuel purification equipment. The fuel held within the station's fuel tanks is provided by commercial Tanker vessels.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the station is MCr30,060.950 If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the units in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr24,048.760. The station is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	205 weeks (51 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 14,000 dTons. Some of this space is occupied by specialist manufacturing equipment and machinery, though much holds preassembled ship components and fittings and a range of raw and processed materials necessary to the construction process. The cargo holds can be sealed and have independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background (Dossier)

Gunsan class Orbital Dockyards are rugged and known for their excellent safety record. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the onboard electronics and the fit out of internal spaces.

Support Craft

The station relies on a variety of support craft.

Interface Craft:

• Colossus class Heavy Lander
• Deliverance class Lifeboat
• Excellence class Fast Shuttle

Tankers:

• Baleen class Heavy Tanker
• Nimrod class Fuel Lighter
• Provision class Medium Tanker

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

A number of companies manufacture facilities equivalent to the Gunsan class dockyard.

They vary in hull shape and internal layout but all share the same basic design and all have very similar capabilities and performance characteristics

Selected Variant Types & Classes

1 Representative Orbital Shipyard (JW) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Resource Vessel - Type JW Orbital Shipyard

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• Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard

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 & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS