Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
Sirocco class Merchant Freighter | |
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Type: AK Subsidized Trader | |
Category | BCS |
Size | 5,000 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Cone Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–11 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/3 |
Jump | J-2 |
Maneuver | 2 G |
Fuel Treatment | Scoops, Purifier |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 50 |
Offensive | 30 triple missile turrets, 20 triple sandcaster turrets |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | |
Low Berths | 100 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 43 |
Officers | 9 |
Enlisted | 34 |
High/Mid Passengers | 24 |
Low Passengers | 100 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 2,700 Tons |
Fuel tank | 1,100 Tons |
Carried craft | 1 40t Boat |
Construction | |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Price | |
Cost | MCr1,954.048 |
Architect fee | MCr19.54 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | AK-05S22 |
Universal Ship Profile | AK–E222231–080000–00006-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ade Stewart |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ade Stewart |
The Sirocco class Merchant Freighter is a TL–11 Merchant Freighter.
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe
Description[edit]
A generic class of civilian vessel, the Merchant Freighter is a commercial transport commonly encountered along Star Lanes and within backwater areas in 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 Sirocco class Merchant Freighter in side view.
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 craft) 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 | 5,000 tons.
The Merchant Freighter is constructed using a 5000 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops.
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2. | Crew | x43 crew.
The Merchant Freighter requires requires x43 crew: 9x command, 7x engineering, 8x gunnery, and 15x service, of whom 1 serves as flight crew for the Ship’s Boat as required. In addition, the vessel carries 3 passenger stewards and a medic. |
3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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 1 and an emergency agility of 2. There is fuel tankage of 1100 dTons, sufficient for one Jump-2 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The ship is equipped with a purification plant.
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4. | Electronics | Model/3 computer.
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/3: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/3. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 3 dTons. There are 50 staterooms and 100 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 24 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 2700 dTons.
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5. | Hardpoints | x50hardpoints.
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6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | No information yet available. |
8. | Craft | The ship carries a 40 dTon Ship’s Boat housed in a dedicated hangar. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
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10. | Cost | MCr1954.048.
The basic cost of the vessel, complete with a Ship’s Boat, is MCr2442.559.
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11. | Construction Time | 30 months to build, 22 months in quantity. |
12. | Remarks | Other Equipment:
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History & Background[edit]
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
42 Representative Subsidized Trader (AK) Classes[edit]
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- Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
- Amkarim class Trade Liner
- Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
- Anhk class Merchant
B
C
D
F
G
J
- Jasper class Provincial Merchant
- Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
- Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier
K
L
M
- Maru class Merchant
- Mauripo class Subsidized Merchant
- Mavuzo class Super Freighter
- Mora class Freighter
P
Q
R
S
- Seeker class Armored Merchant
- Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
- Star*mart class Provincial Merchant
- Swordfish class Merchant
T
- Trader class Provincial Transport
- Type CT class Cargo Carrier
- Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
- Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
- Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
- Tyrfing class Freighter
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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.