Campaign:BTC/Makhangam

RSS Makhangam
Type: S Scout
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Computer/15
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	5 G
Fuel Treatment	80dTons/day
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	6
Personnel
Crew	2-12
Officers	1-2
Enlisted	1-4
Marines	0-6
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	9 Tons
Fuel tank	80 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Manufacturer	IISS
Year Operational	est. 1030s
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr129.02
Architect fee	MCrLawrence Whitaker
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	S
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Lawrence Whitaker. Scout (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 70.
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Era	1105
Reference	Lawrence Whitaker. Scout (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 70-72.

RSS Makhangam, Hornet class Special Circumstances Rapid Transit

Description (Specifications)

Image Repository

Lawrence Whitaker. Scout (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 70.

General Description & Deck Plans

Lawrence Whitaker. Scout (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 72.

Crew Deck

Sensor Bay

Main aerials and processors. Access via a crawlspace under the Bridge Control Console. This includes the densitometer, main RADAR and passive EMS systems and the lower LADAR. It also includes some Jammer transmitters.

Bridge and Forward Corridor

Three control stations:

1. Pilot
2. Co-Pilot/Astrogator/Sensors
3. Gunner/Sensors

The controls are fully holographic and the configurations can be altered to the preferences of the person sitting in the main chair.

The bridge is radiation hardened.

The airlock and ships locker are accessible directly from the bridge. This is convenient for the crew but it does mean that any passengers have to pass directly through the main control spaces to embark or disembark, and there is a frequent, but unnecessary, traffic of crew onto the bridge for spares and equipment. Relocating the locker's door and airlock - and making the forward corridor a separate space - was recommended in the prototype's post-trials analysis. It didn't happen.

Airlock

Standard imperial airlock.

Ships Locker

A significant volume for the storage of equipment for missions, life-support and passenger comfort. The door to the locker is restricted-access and only crew may order it opened.

Crew-Room and Main Corridor

The Crew-Room is Galley, Mess and Wardroom; Main Briefing Room and General Utility Area.

Bulkheads include storage for dried foodstuffs, clothes washing/drying facilities and life-support spares.

Starboard-Aft is the Galley Space: including a coffee-pot.

Starboard is the main table and seating. This has a holo-projector over it for mission briefing or general entertainment purposes.

Port there is a sofa area and a treadmill for exercise. There is also a small workstation.

Forward on the centre-line is the access to the Forward Corridor; Aft along the centre-line is the main corridor through the accommodation and into the cargo bay.

Port and Starboard are the access ports to the port and starboard turrets/magazines.

Port Turret & Magazine

A mount with a Sandcaster and a Beam Laser. The magazine for the Sandcaster holds 10 barrels (20 total), but is not easily accessible for reload while in space.

Starboard Turret & Magazine

As port turret: although access is marginally better for reloads it is still not great.

Accommodation

6 staterooms each with a double bunk and individual fresher, locker space, work-table, holographic work-station and chair.

Numbered Port and Starboard, Forward to Aft these are usually allocated to:

1. Captain
2. First Officer
3. Gunner & Medic
4. Engineer and Mechanic
5. 1-2 Passengers
6. 1-2 Passengers

Cargo Bay

Small cargo bay. One end is configured as a cargo lift. Note that the lift cannot take standard 1ton containers and thus all cargo would normally be accepted only on pallets.

Engineering (Lower)

Contains the Jump Drive and an engineering work-station. The deck is well laid out and access for maintenance is straight-forward.

Drive Deck

Aerials Space

Further aerials (mostly for Jammers), top side Cameras and LADAR system. Access is via two small pressure-hatches in the ceiling of the crew-common room.

Fuel Scoops and Purifiers

Contains fuel-scoops and purifiers. Access is via a hatch in the main corridor.

Powerplant, Battery & Manoeuvre

Contains the powerplant and backup battery and an engineering work-station. Also holds the manoeuvre-drive. This is actually a relatively cramped space making work on the drives "more awkward than might be considered ideal".

Hull Information

The Hull is a 200 dTon, Streamlined, Self-Sealing, Bonded-Superdense laminate.

It has Stub-Aerofins that make the vessel quite manoeuvrable in atmospheres, but do not provide significant lift.

The hull is armoured and has a stealth coating that allows the exterior colouration to alter and IR emissions to be selectively altered/suppressed for a limited period.

External Fittings and Fixtures

The ship has a 4-point landing system based on landing pads. Ground movement without power will require dolly-jacks to be supplied. The pads extend to 52m² giving a ground pressure of approximately 50 tonnes/m².

On the port side, just aft of the port rear landing gear well are fittings for cryo-hoses for loading fuel at starports. Under the crew lounge sofa seating area, just aft of the port forward landing gear are fittings for starport power and data. Just aft of the forward landing gear are fittings for fresh-water loading, and 3m further aft of that are fittings for foul-water discharge. All these fittings are protected by external panels.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	200 dTons. Streamlined, Self-Sealing, Bonded Superdense Stub Aerofins Armoured Stealth Coating
2.	Crew	2-12 crew. 1-2 Officers 2-10 Other including up to 6 special forces operatives or 2 VIPs
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-3 5-G acceleration Power Plant 150-EPs at last static test Agility-5
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Hardened Bridge: Holographic Controls Computer: Computer/15 Fibre-Optic ship computer. Electronics: External Military Sensors LIDAR RADAR Jammer Densitometer Electronic Countermeasures Suite Advanced Signal Processing Manoeuver Cameras Recorder/Replay unit Internal Untrasonic Motion Detectors Infrared Motion Detectors Holocameras Recorder/Replay unit Communications: (Isolated from internal networks) Radio: 50,000km Maser: 500,000km RISS Communications Encryption/Decryption Unit #GDJK-7439RT-OUWF-PI8921 IFF: RISS issued: Registry ID only
5.	Hardpoints	x2 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	2 x Double Pop-Up Turret: Beam Laser Sandcaster 2 dTons of dedicated Magazine Space
7.	Defenses	See armament
8.	Craft / Subcraft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	80 dTons/day
10.	Cost	MCr163.4
11.	Construction Time	Build was slow and took 178 weeks completing 325-1095
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 8.8 tons. Issues: Stealth coating is damaged. Starboard pop-up turret can jam in the "Up" position. Aerodynamics are impaired when the turrets are deployed. Turrets can overheat due to air-friction at higher velocities. Jump Drive offline from 1111 to 1132 and reconditioning undertaken in haste. Temperature settings tend to "Slip" causing the interior to cool at about 1 degree per hour unless the sensors are reset Additional Issue as at 001-1138: The vessel is nose-down in a hole in a jungle with the powerplant having shutdown after a hit from an unlocated battery while manoeuvring at low altitude.

History & Background (Dossier)

• 1095 Constructed as a prototype for the Lishun Sector Security Branch of the IISS at Adawi (Lishun 1408). Incorporated several modifications to the standard Hornet class Special Circumstances Rapid Transit.
• 1098 Failed evaluation and transferred to Vland Sector's Courier Branch of the IISS for VIP transport
• 1102 Transferred to Corridor Sector carrying the newly appointed Sector Admiral Shumii to his command
• 1108 Deployed with BR-867 as part of the Corridor Fleet reinforcements for the Spinward Marches Sector for the Fifth Frontier War. Broke down at Ansirk.
• 1109 Appropriated by Deneb Sector IISS for their Security Branch. Based at Gaza Way Station
• 1111 Mothballed due to unorthodox design, unreliability and lack of parts
• 1130 Re-commissioned and pressed back into service by Maintenance Branch. Several original systems were jury-rigged to allow this to occur. Acted as base runabout at Gaza Way Station
• 1132 Transferred to the RISS as a result of the name-change. Jump-Drive recommissioned for use in missions outside the Quarantine Zone. John Drake joins the crew as Pilot.
• 1137 Ship to be released from service and passed to John Drake after a final, one-way trip to Gabrael

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Architect for Revisions: BackworldTraveller

This ship was originally designed using Mongoose Traveller (1st Edition) ship design rules. Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 105-114. Gareth Hanrahan, Dom Mooney. High Guard (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 41-72. This category also features designs published in the Mongoose books, but first designed with earlier systems.