Cortez class Salvage Ship
| Cortez class Salvage Ship | |
|---|---|
| Type: JU Salvage | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 800 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Close Structure Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–10 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/2 |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Fuel Treatment | Purifier |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 8 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 24 |
| Low Berths | 8 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 42 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Low Passengers | 8 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 175.5 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 160 Tons |
| Carried craft | 2 40t fuel skimmers, 2 10t launches |
| Special features | 800t external cradle |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr139.55 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Canon | Published, non-canon design |
| Designer | Brandon Cope |
| Design System | GURPS Traveller |
| Era | 1105 |
The Cortez class Salvage Ship is a TL–10 specialized Salvage Ship.
Description[edit]
Designed originally for use by shipping corporations to recover stranded merchant vessels, the Cortez-class has since found its way into government and private use. The Imperial Navy purchased an undisclosed number to recover some of its lighter non-combat ships, the Scout Service operates several as part of its repair fleet, and many others have been put to use at Class A and Class B starports as recovery vessels.
The ships of the Cortez class have the capability to repair most disabled ships, and can carry any ship up to 800 tons in displacement and still maintain Jump-1.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
The ship has three and a half decks, each roughly 190 ft. (57.8 m) long and 60 ft. (18.2 m) wide. The full decks are 10 ft. (3 m) high, the half deck 5 ft. (1.5 m) high.
The top deck carries the bridge and eight staterooms (six single occupancy, two double occupancy), as well as the sickbays, low berths, and a 0.5-dton ship’s locker. Immediately aft is a 75-dton cargo bay and one of the 50- dton-capacity space docks (holding one 40-ton fuel skimmer and one 10-ton launch in most cases). One sandcaster turret is on either side of the bridge and an airlock is adjacent to the bridge.
The second deck houses 14 staterooms (all double occupancy), another 75-dton cargo bay and the other 50-dtoncapacity space dock. Next is the half deck, which holds all of the ship’s fuel and the fuel processor.
The last deck holds the labs (one of which is almost always devoted to metallurgy), all logistics modules, two staterooms (for the engineers and lab techs), a 25-dton cargo hold (normally full of spare parts) and all the drives.
The external cradle machinery is located on the bottom of the deck. Both laser turrets (port and starboard) are accessed from engineering. One airlock is in engineering and another is adjacent to the logistics modules
History & Background[edit]
No information yet available.
Class Naming Practice[edit]
The class was originally named after explorers with a reputation for plunder and exploitation, but the ships are now used by so many different groups that there is no longer a standard naming scheme.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
2 Representative Salvage (JU) Classes[edit]
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using GURPS Traveller ship design rules.
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- Alain Dawson, Monica Stephens, Loren Wiseman. "Cortez-Class Salvage Ship." The Best of JTAS (2004): 73-75.