Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier
Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier | |
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Distance Fringe vessel | |
Type: SC Scout/Courier | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 100 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Wedge Hull |
Streamlining | Aerodynamic Hull |
Tech Level | TL–9 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/3 |
Jump | J-1 |
Maneuver | 6 G |
Fuel Treatment | Scoops |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 2 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 2 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 26 Tons |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 9 Months |
Origin | Nist Military Forces |
Manufacturer | Schweres Produktherstellung |
Price | |
Cost | MCr103.888 |
Architect fee | MCr1.039 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | SC-AS26 |
Universal Ship Profile | SC-1116631-000000-00002-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ronald B. Kline Jr. |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
The Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier is a TL–9 Scout and Courier.
- Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Construction: The Henrick Krueden class is produced using a lifting body hull and has decent atmospheric performance. It is capable of surface landings and has a wheeled undercarriage. Around half the interior space is given over to machinery and a quarter to fuel tankage. Sections of the hull are divided by bulkhead walls. Accessible areas of the hull have life support and environmental systems, grav plates, and inertial compensators.
Image Repository[edit]
- A Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier in orbit around a gas giant.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
Around 50% of the hull is taken up with machinery and heavy equipment, including the drives, the bulky purification plant, the powerful computer and the turret mountings. Around 26% is occupied by the fuel tanks, while the remainder is occupied by the bridge and its electronics and a single stateroom divided into two separate cabins.
Within the hull there is one narrow deck running from the bridge, situated in the forward part of the vessel to the drive compartment, located at the center of the ship. The vessel has two personnel airlocks: one close to the bridge and computer and one located ventrally, giving access to the engineering space. The turret is accessed from the engineering control room. While the bridge takes up a fifth of the interior space, the majority of it is occupied by powerful sensor systems, commo gear and an avionics suite: crew space is limited to the connecting corridor, a pair of acceleration couches, and a number of access spaces.
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 | 100 tons. Lifting body wedge configuration. |
2. | Crew | x2 crew. |
3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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4. | Electronics | Bridge. Model/3 computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoint. |
6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for a Henrick Krueden class is:
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7. | Defenses | The hull is unarmored.
The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems. |
8. | Craft | The vessel does not carry any subcraft or vehicles and has no hangar facilities. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fuel tankage amounts to 26 tons, sufficient for x2 jump-1s and giving the power plant four weeks duration at maximum output.
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10. | Cost | MCr103.888 |
11. | Construction Time | 40 weeks (9 months) as standard. |
12. | Comments | The vessel does not have a cargo hold.
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The class of vessel was developed and produced by Schweres Produktherstellung GmbH and sees service with the Nist Military Forces.
Commercial variants are available (generally with the fuel tankage reduced to 16 tons, 10 tons of cargo storage, and a downgraded sensor package). They are most commonly used as fast in-system couriers, utilizing the faster of maneuver acceleration or microjumping to deliver supplies and small packages to secondary worlds within a system, though a number are operated as independent couriers within the Nist Cluster. These variants are extremely expensive compared to other forms of in-system transport and do not sell well.
The Model/3 computer has large data banks, allowing storage of vast amounts of communications data.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
Vessel Peculiarities: While the vessel has excellent fuel endurance, very little consideration is given to crew comfort. Space aboard the vessel is extremely limited (restricted to the bridge acceleration couches, the cramped crew quarters, airlocks and various access spaces, the turret interior, and the control room within the drive compartment).
It is normal practice for the crew to "hotbunk" in one cabin, while turning the other over to service as an all-in-one office, galley, supply store and lounge.
Class Naming Practice/s: The class are named for historical figures originating on Nist: Henrick Krueden was the founder and first commander of an elite reconnaissance unit during the Scybrian Wars.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
29 Representative Courier (SC) Classes[edit]
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 & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- Author & Contributor: 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.