Jasper class Provincial Merchant

Jasper class Provincial Merchant
Type: AK Subsidized Trader
Category	ACS
Size	900 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	9
Offensive	4 3x Sandcasters, 4 3x Missile Launchers
Accommodations
Staterooms	28
Low Berths	17
Personnel
Crew	17
High/Mid Passengers	17
Low Passengers	17
Payload
Cargo	540 Tons
Fuel tank	99 Tons
Carried craft	1 40t Ships Boat
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr277.404
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	AK–9211121–040000–00003-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	yes
Source
Also see	Distant Fringe
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Adie Alegoric Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Distant Fringe

The Jasper class Provincial Merchant is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Provincial Merchant.
• The vessel is a TL-9 design.
• Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe

Description

It is a generic class of civilian vessel, the Provincial Merchant is a commercial transport typically encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Commercial Mercantile Ship and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

The Provincial Merchant is constructed using a 900-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.

The Provincial Merchant requires x17 crew: x5 command, x1 engineering, x5 gunnery, and x3 service, of which one serves as flight crew for the Ship's Boat when required. In addition, the vessel carries x3 passenger stewards.

The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type jump-1 drive, a maneuver-1 drive, and a power plant 1, giving performance of jump-1 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. There is fuel tankage of 99 dTons, sufficient for one jump-1 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel is fitted with a purification plant.

Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/2: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/2. There is a secure locker with a capacity of 3 dTons. There are 28 staterooms and 20 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 17 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 540 dTons.

The ship is fitted with 8 turrets. These are grouped into two sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 2 linked triple turrets and two missile batteries, each consisting of 2 linked triple turrets. There is one unused hardpoint and 1 dTon is set aside for fire control.

The ship carries a 40 dTon Ship's Boat housed in a dedicated hangar.

Image Repository

A Jasper class Provincial Merchant.

History & Background

The Provincial Merchant is considered underpowered and suffers performance issues in a high gravity environment. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

42 Representative Subsidized Trader (AK) Classes

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Civilian Ship - Trader - Subsidized Trader - Type AK Subsidized Trader

A

• Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
• Amkarim class Trade Liner
• Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
• Anhk class Merchant

B

• Bloodwell class Merchant
• Borazio class Heavy Freighter

C

• Cihzicih class Transport
• Congo class Cargo Barge

D

• Dhaztuen class Far Merchant
• Doji Hoturi class Bulk Freighter

F

• Freespace Gateway class Freighter

G

• Gamma Haden class Liner
• Ghent class Subsidized Merchant
• Goliath class Provincial Freighter

• Guilder class Subsidized Merchant

J

• Jasper class Provincial Merchant
• Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
• Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier

K

• Khtukhao class Clan Transport
• Kolomyia class Fast Liner

L

• Last Armada class Launch
• Last Armada class Survey Shuttle
• Lightning class Frontier Merchant

M

• Maru class Merchant
• Mauripo class Subsidized Merchant
• Mavuzo class Super Freighter
• Mora class Freighter

P

• Palatine class Merchant Trader

• Petty class Subsidized Merchant

Q

• Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant

R

• Rodgers class Skiff

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

V

• Virtue class Light Freighter

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