Brutus class Ship Transporter

Brutus class Ship Transporter
Type: AN Naval Transport
Category	BCS
Size	30,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/4
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	300
Offensive	140 triple laser turrets, 160 triple sandcaster turrets
Accommodations
Staterooms	700
Personnel
Crew	169
High/Mid Passengers	608
Payload
Cargo	195 Tons
Fuel tank	12,900 Tons
Carried craft	3 50t lifeboats, 10,000t mount points
Construction
Construction Time	42 Months
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr11,383.090
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	AN–M721242–090000–80000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Brutus class Ship Transporter is an TL–11 Ship Transporter and an auxiliary warship.

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

Description

This is a generic class of military vessel.

The Military Ship Transporter is a large Tender encountered within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Ship Tender and is constructed as a long-range design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

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1. A Brutus class Military Ship Transporter.
   

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	The Ship Transporter is constructed using a 30,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and has no capability to perform atmospheric operations. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The interior (enclosed) cargo hold is accessed by large doors. The vessel is not capable of surface landings and risks catastrophic structural failure in significant gravity wells.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 169 x15 Command, x30 Engineering, x33 Gunnery, and x90 Service, of which 5 double up as flight crew for the vessel's intrinsic subcraft as required, and x1 medic. Accommodations There are 700 Staterooms. 92 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The command crew have individual cabins: all other crew quarters are double occupancy. 608 Staterooms are available to passengers, typically the crews of transported ships or units of troops. No stewards or medical staff are assigned to see to their needs. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have 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 Emergency Lockers.
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 600 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for two consecutive Jump-2s and gives the power plant 6 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/4 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/4 Computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and an advanced sensor array. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x300 hardpoints. The listed weapons systems are typical for the design. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific routes.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Ship Transporter is: x140 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into fourteen batteries each of 10 linked turrets
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x160 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into sixteen batteries each of 10 linked turrets The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	Flight Section 3 50-dTon Lifeboats. The subcraft are housed in dedicated interior hangers located at strategic points around the vessel: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 165 dTons. Note that the Lifeboats are sufficient only for the Transporter's crew, not any passengers that it carries. The Ship Transporter has the capacity to carry up to 10,000 dTons of smaller vessels. There are large numbers of berthing points located across the hull, each connected to a crew access hatch. The vessel may also externally mount properly secured consignments of goods and freight: this cargo is carried in vacuum conditions and must be protected accordingly.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 12,900 dTons. The hull is not fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr11,383.090 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 per unit to MCr9,106.472. The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	167 weeks (42 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	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 195 dTons of internal (protected) volume. The internal hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the internal hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background

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.

• The commercial variant of this design is the Civilian Ship Transporter.

Overburden

The Military Ship Transporter is capable of carrying "overburden" cargoes, mounted externally, and with a maximum payload volume not exceeding 30,000 dTons. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/4 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is 50,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.

The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 50,000 dTons – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration. The payload must be fully contained within the jump bubble. The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

6 Representative Fleet Transport (AN) Classes

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

Type AN Fleet Transport

A

• AX-H class Modular Heavy Fleet Auxiliary
• AX-L class Modular Light Fleet Auxiliary

B

• Brutus class Ship Transporter

E

• Entremis class Military Transport

J

• Jeremey class Recovery Boat

T

• Tripwire class Early Warning Scout

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