Bloodwell class Merchant
| Bloodwell class Merchant | |
|---|---|
 TBD | |
| Type: AM Merchant Vessel | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 1,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | TBD Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 |
| Jump | J-1 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 10 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 10 |
| Officers | 4 |
| Enlisted | 6 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 640.0 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr611.6 in quantity= Cr488.928 |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Tramp Vessel |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Twilight's Peak 42. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. | |
The Bloodwell class Merchant is a larger mercantile starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a Merchant Vessel
- It is usually considered a medium size hauler within Charted Space.
- Oberlindes Lines operates a number of them.
Description (Specifications)
1,000 ton ships are considered by most to be unsuited to tramp operations that carry goods among many different starports rather than flying a fixed route. Almost all operations for such ships are paid for in advance and much less subject to speculation than the typical Free Trader or tramp operation. [1]
Image Repository
No information yet available.
General Description & Deck Plans
No information yet available.
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. [2]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | TBD tons. |
| 2. | Crew | xTBD crew. |
| 3. | Performance / Engineering | Propulsion:
|
| 4. | Main Section / Electronics | Model/TBD fib ship computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | xTBD hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
|
| 8. | Craft / Drones | TBD |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | TBD |
| 10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | Other Equipment: |
History & Background (Dossier)
It is a merchant trader in the 1,000 ton class belonging to the Oberlindes Lines and generally assigned to the Regina (Spinward Marches 1910) to Pandrin (Gvurrdon 2240) run. The namesake ship was lost with all hands and passengers to Imperial naval action 347-1105 when mistakenly identified as hostile. [4]
News Dispatch
Dentus/Regina (0601 C979500-A) 361-1105
- Word was received today that two weeks ago the Imperial Battle cruiser Adamdun mistakenly engaged and destroyed the merchant craft Bloodwell of the Oberlindes Line. The Bloodwell, according to the crew of the battle cruiser, was not showing its ID transponder signal and would not answer broad-beam hails. The Bloodwell was under full acceleration, and after it refused to change vector in response to laser warning fire, it was engaged by high-G missile fire and destroyed. A subsequent (and unsuccessful) search for survivors resulted in the identification of the ship.
- Oberlindes Lines officials called the story "an obvious cover-up of a tragic display of incompetence." and claimed that the Bloodwell's ID transponder had just undergone its annual maintenance check, and could not have failed to function. As in all commercial vessels, the ID transponder was supposedly tamper-proof, and are could not have been turned off by the crew. Legal action is expected.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Merchant Vessel - Medium Trader:
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Marc Miller. Twilight's Peak (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 42. (Classic Traveller Adventure 3)
- Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 140.
- Mongoose 1: Signs & Portents #69 Amber Zone: Bloodwell Adventure
- INTERNAL LINK: Software: EXPLANATOR (Interstellar Freight Volume & Shipping Codes)
- EXTERNAL LINK: T5 Work Up of 1,000 ton Type CT Design
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Marc Miller. Twilight's Peak (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 42.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Marc Miller. Twilight's Peak (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 42.