Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat

Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: M Liner
Category	Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model 1/flt
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	2 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Offensive	Sandcaster
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Seats	16
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	16
Payload
Cargo	5.5 Tons
Fuel tank	Tons
Construction
Construction Time	5.5 Months
Origin	Distant Fringe
Manufacturer	Bright Conclave
Price
Cost	MCr9.7
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	M-2S20
Universal Ship Profile	M–0202210–030000–00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat is a TL–9 noncombatant smallcraft with a utility role.

• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The Marrel Vektor class is designed to transport passengers in a variety of circumstances. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled. The design is officially designated as a Lifeboat but also serves as a general utility craft.

Image Repository

1. A small, sleek Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat, popular with the Distant Fringe.
   

Basic Ship Characteristics

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Marrel Vektor is constructed using a 20 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. The vessel has an airlock. The vessel has sturdy retractable landing legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 1 x1 pilot. If the vessel is carried as a subcraft, this individual serves as Service Crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties. Accommodations There are x16 passenger acceleration couches, plus an additional copilot's couch in the cockpit. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. The vessel has full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are multiple small emergency lockers, built into the structure of the couches.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 0.4 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 13 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4.	Electronics	The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 Computer flt: no backup computer is installed. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and has an Avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The Marrel Veckor class is generally unarmed.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x1 triple Sandcaster turret, forming its own battery. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1.3 dTon. The hull is fitted with intrinsic fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr9.700. The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable. If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price of each unit to MCr7.760.
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Cargo capacity amounts to 5.5 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Marrel Vektor class is durable and reliable. Its small size makes it a popular subcraft for smaller starships. 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

35 Representative Transport (M) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Civilian Ship - Liner - Smallcraft - Type M Transport

B

• Besouro Valente class Personnel Transport
• Brilliance class Long Liner

C

• Camel class Medical Launch
• Celestial Star class Luxury Liner
• Codori Prime class Luxury Liner
• Condor class Subsidized Liner
• Coyotl class Bulk Hauler

E

• Excellence class Fast Shuttle

F

• Fortune class Merchant

G

• Gaia class Luxury Liner
• Giiphicih class Liner
• Glimmerdrift class Subsidized Liner

• Gold of Zurrian class Long Liner

H

• Horizon class Passenger Liner

I

• Independence of the Stars class Interstellar Liner

K

• K'Bam class Assault Lander
• Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter
• King Richard class Interstellar Liner

L

• Longevity class Lifeboat
• Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner

M

• Mal'Gnar class Assault Skiff
• Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat
• Model 292 class Life Boat

N

• Nebula class Starliner

O

• Olympian class Cruise Liner
• Orowani Deep Space class Light Liner

P

• Pride of Vland class Long Liner

R

• Royal class Interstellar Liner

S

• Sapphire Moon class Moduleship
• Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner
• Songbird class Ship's Boat
• Star class Merchant Liner
• Stellar class Liner

T

• Type RT class Longliner

X

• Xeekr'kir! class Merchant

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