Iigicih class Embassy Ship
| Iigicih class Embassy Ship | |
|---|---|
| Type: MK Liner | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 1,200 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Close Structure Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–14 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/2 |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 1.3 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 12 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 150 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 19 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 130 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 176 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 240 Tons |
| Carried craft | 1 100T shuttle |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Hive Federation |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr182.9 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Designer | David Nilson |
| Design System | GURPS Traveller |
| Era | 1130 |
| Reference | Alien Races 3 61. |
The Iigicih class Embassy Ship is a TL–14 diplomatic Hiver Embassy Ship.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The ubiquitous embassy ship is the keystone of Hive Federation homogeneity. The government is emphatic that an embassy ship stops at every settlement at least once a year. Many places have weekly visits. The embassies carried by these vessels travel around the worlds, calling in, exchanging data, checking cultural drift, taking discrete remedial action, shaking hands with local Hivers. setting down and taking up passengers. The embassy carries very complete surveillance and modeling equipment to assist its monitoring and adjusting roles.
The vessel is extremely comfortable, with lavish entertainment and conference facilities. It is unstreamlined and is never armed. A substantial escorting force - perhaps a small destroyer group - accompanies an embassy to the frontier.
Although all Federation citizens can, in theory, join an embassy, only Hivers routinely do so. Identical ships, designated liners (...further evidence of the true Hiver/other citizen relationship) carry other member species working in this field.
Commercial passenger transports are similar, but mount a Basic Bridge and gain 2.5 Hold spaces.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
5 Representative Diplomatic Liner (MK) Classes[edit]
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using GURPS Traveller ship design rules.
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- Dave Nilsen, David L. Pulver, Andy Slack, David Thomas. Alien Races 3 (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 61.