Mariner class Frame Carrier
Mariner class Frame Carrier | |
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Distant Fringe vessel | |
Type: R Freighter | |
Category | BCS |
Size | 90,000 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Dispersed Configuration Hull |
Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–11 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/5 |
Jump | J-2 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 290 |
Low Berths | 60 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 441 |
Officers | 89 |
Enlisted | 352 |
High/Mid Passengers | 47 |
Low Passengers | 60 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 56,000 Tons |
Fuel tank | 19,800 Tons |
Carried craft | 5 50t lifeboats, 1 40t ships boat |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 52 Months |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Price | |
Cost | MCr23,613.420 |
Architect fee | MCr236.134 |
Statistics | |
Universal Ship Profile | R–Q721252–090000–80000-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ade Stewart |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ade Stewart |
The Mariner class Frame Carrier is a TL–11 mercantile Transport.
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description[edit]
The Mariner class Frame Carrier is a very large commercial Transport occasionally encountered along Star Lanes within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
Image Repository[edit]
- A huge Mariner class Frame Carrier.
Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]
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 subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | The Frame Carrier is constructed using a 90,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and has no capability to perform atmospheric operations.
The ship consists of two major sections: the main hull, containing all of the major components, and the load arms, a variable geometry framework that can be adjusted to fit around unusually shaped or very large cargoes, such as spacecraft.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 441
Accommodations There are 290 Staterooms.
There are 60 Low Berths. These are tended by the vessel's medical staff, assisted by properly trained stewards. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2, 1-G acceleration, and producing 1,800 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/5 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/5 Computer.
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5. | Hardpoints | x900 hardpoints.
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6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for a Frame Carrier is:
x80 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into eight batteries each of 10 linked turrets |
7. | Defenses | The hull is unarmored.
x100 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into ten batteries each of 10 linked turrets The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems. |
8. | Craft | Flight Section
The subcraft are housed in dedicated interior hangers located at strategic points around the vessel: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 377 dTons. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 19,800 dTons.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr29,516.775. |
11. | Construction Time | 205 weeks (52 months) as standard.
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12. | Comments | The total cargo capacity amounts to 56,000 dTons.
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History & Background[edit]
The design is representative and a number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.
- Vessels of this type may be employed in the Recovery Trade.
Overburden[edit]
The Frame Carrier is capable of carrying "overburden" cargos: a payload of up to 65,000 dTons. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/5 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is 100,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition. The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 100,000 dTons – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration.
The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
47 Representative Freighter (R) Classes[edit]
Civilian Ship - Freighter - Type R Freighter
A
C
- Carrack class Tramp Liner
- Carrus class Shuttle
- Constance class Launch
- Conveyor class Heavy Freighter
- Crawm class Shuttle
D
E
F
G
H
- Haddox class Merchant Cruiser
- Hercules class Cargo Transport
- Hummingbird class Courier
- Hummock class Replenishment Ship
J
K
L
- Last Armada class Heavy Transport
- Leo class Ship's Boat
- Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser
- Liz Zhorka class Light Trader
- Logos Minos class Fleet Scout
M
P
R
S
- Siyuihwye class Armored Trader
- Solostar class Far Trader
- Suluru class Mercantile Carrier
- Susa class Cargo Carrier
- Swift Dreams class Colonial Transport
T
- Three Sisters class Heavy Jump Transport
- Triad class Merchant
- Type AT class Freighter
- Type RAX class Protected Merchant
- Type TC(S) class Free Trader
- Type TI class Merchant
- Type TJ class Merchant
V
W
Z
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.