Bloodwell class Merchant

Bloodwell class Merchant
Type: AK Subsidized Trader
Category	ACS
Size	1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Close Structure Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	10
Offensive	10 3x Beam Laser
Accommodations
Staterooms	20
Low Berths	10
Personnel
Crew	11
High/Mid Passengers	12
Low Passengers	10
Payload
Cargo	409 Tons
Fuel tank	330 Tons
Carried craft	1 air/raft
Construction
Construction Time	30 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Manufacturer	Oberlindes Lines
Price
Cost	MCr410.4
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	AK-KS13
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Design System	Book 2
Era	1105
Reference	The Traveller Adventure 140.

The Bloodwell class Merchant is a larger mercantile starship designed and operated by Oberlindes Lines.

Description

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.

History & Background

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.

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.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

42 Representative unknown (AK) Classes

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

Type AK unknown

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.

• Marc Miller. Twilight's Peak (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 42.
• 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
• EXTERNAL LINK: T5 Work Up of 1,000 ton Type CT Design ^{dead link}