Palatine class Merchant Trader
Palatine class Merchant Trader | |
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Type: AK Subsidized Trader | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 700 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Flattened Sphere Hull |
Streamlining | Airfame Hull |
Tech Level | TL–11 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/2 |
Jump | J-2 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 7 |
Offensive | 2 triple Beam Laser turrets, 4 triple Missile turrets, 1 triple sandcaster turret |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 20 |
Low Berths | 40 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 16 |
Officers | 3 |
Enlisted | 13 |
High/Mid Passengers | 12 |
Low Passengers | 40 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 300 Tons |
Fuel tank | 154 Tons |
Carried craft | 1 30t shuttle |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 26 Months |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Price | |
Cost | MCr265.383 |
Architect fee | MCr2.654 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | AK-GA12 |
Universal Ship Profile | AK-7621221–040000–40003–0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ade Stewart |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ade Stewart |
The Palatine class Merchant Trader is a TL–11 [Merchant Vessel]].
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe
Description[edit]
The Merchant Trader is a small commercial transport. 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.
Image Repository[edit]
- A side view of a Palatine class Merchant Trader.
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 | The Palatine class Merchant Trader is constructed using a 700 dTon hull built in a disk-shaped configuration. The hull has airframe properties, giving good atmospheric performance that enhances its gravitic systems.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 16
x4 Command, x1 Engineering, x6 Gunnery, and 3x Service, of which 1 doubles up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries x2 Passenger Stewards. Accommodations:
There are 40 Low Berths, tended by the stewards. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of jump-2, 1-G acceleration and producing 14 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 6 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/2 Computer.
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5. | Hardpoints | x7 hardpoints.
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6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for a Palatine class is:
x2 triple Beam Laser turrets, each firing independently. x4 triple Missile turrets, grouped into two batteries of 2 linked turrets
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7. | Defenses | The hull is plated, braced and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 1.
x1 triple Sandcaster turret, firing independently. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems. |
8. | Craft | Flight Section
The subcraft is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 30 dTons. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 154 dTons.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr331.728. |
11. | Construction Time | 104 weeks (26 months) as standard.
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12. | Comments | Standard cargo capacity amounts to 300 dTons.
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History & Background[edit]
The Palatine class is an example of a Fringian Merchant Trader, a generic class of civilian vessel commonly encountered within the Distant Fringe region.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
A number of companies manufacture ships equivalent to the Palatine class. They vary in hull shape and internal layout but all share the same basic design and all have very similar capabilities and performance characteristics.
Each variant class is named by the company that produces it, but these organizations generally draw on traditional naming protocols. It is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.
Individual vessels within a class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes but traditionally are named by their first crew, though from a list of approved options. This is considered a serious affair and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
42 Representative Subsidized Trader (AK) Classes[edit]
Civilian Ship - Trader - Type AK Subsidized Trader
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- Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
- Amkarim class Trade Liner
- Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
- Anhk class Merchant
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C
D
F
G
J
- Jasper class Provincial Merchant
- Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
- Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier
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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.