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The ''NSS Dark Mistress'' is the lead named ship model of the [[Dark Mistress class Yacht]].
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{{InfoboxShip
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* It's a not widely know to be a [[starship]].
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|name    = Dark Mistress class Yacht
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* It is used as an orbital casino most of the time in geosynchronous orbit over the planet [[Tsorva (world)]].
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|agility  = 1
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|alsosee  = [[Private Vessel]] - [[Yacht]]
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|architect= 0.713
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|blueprint= No
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|canon    = No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
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|caption  = [[Distant Fringe]] vessel.
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|cargo    = 14.0
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|crew    = 28
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|cost    = 71.31 <br> MCr.57.048 in quantity
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|IOC      = TBD
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|enlisted = 27
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|EOS      = Still in active service.
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|era      = 1105
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard Shipyard]] v1.13 written by [[Andrea Vallance]].
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|g        = 1
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|hp      = 1
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|hpass    = 0
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|hull    = Cylinder Hull
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|illustration = No
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|image    = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|jump    = 1
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|lpass    = 0
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|marines  = 23
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|model   = 1
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|officers = 1
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|origin  = Distant Fringe
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|QSP      = TBD
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|ref      = TBD
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|size    = 200
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|size-cat = ACS
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|tdes    = Y
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|TL      = 11
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|type    = Yacht
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|usp      = Y-2311112-030000-00001-0
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|manufacturer= Nist Fusion Boat Works, Maxwell Hulls
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}}
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The [[Dark Mistress class Yacht]] is a luxury [[starship]].
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* It is a [[civilian ship]] and a [[Yacht]].
  
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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Another quality product of the [[Nist (world)]] [[shipyard]]s. Upon mustering out many local nobles obtain these vessels as playthings in the furtherance of their careers.
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This [[vessel]] retains an elaborate counter measures launcher for chaff/window, EMS jammers, IR flares, ECM decoys and sand canisters. The weapons deck has a missile tube silo as well with three ready rounds in the magazine rack. The assault rocket launcher's three ready loads are a remote sensor spy drone, a HE dog fight missile with IR seeker, and a thermo nuclear Mk 48 ship killer torpedo, with radio link command guidance and optical terminal homing and home on jammer options. There are fourteen [[stateroom]]s.
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Y-2311112-030000-00001-0 MCr. 71.31                        200 tons
 
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Bearing    1        1                                      Crew: 28
 
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Batteries  1        1                                      TL-11
 
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Cargo: 14 tons  Fuel: 50 tons  EP: 2 Agility: 1  Marines: 23
 
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Craft: 1 x 4T Air Raft, 1 x 10T ATV, 1 x 30T Ship's Boat
 
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Fuel Treatment:  Fuel Scoops 
 
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Architects Fee: MCr 0.713  Cost in Quantity: MCr 57.048
 
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The ship has a powerful pulse mining laser for blasting and melting rocks in the search for rare elements and valuable minerals and ores. The free floating excess particulates resulting from its use would quickly obscure the digging site. Therefore these tiny rock bits are captured by the refinery and packed into 50kg canisters. This forms the basis for the PPES or Pez system. The prismatic particulates ejection system, happens to function as the equivalent of a defensive sand caster battery. There is also a 50kg survey drone launcher which can be re-purposed to function as a missile launch rail.
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The habitation life ring works as a spin habitat and the cargo space has been largely converted into a small casino. The cylindrical spindle of the ship's hull hangs perpendicular to the surface of the world. Partially streamlined and capable of gas giant wilderness refueling. The fusion reactors, jump drive with fluted cooling radiator vanes form the prow of the ship just behind the bow sensor domes. The bow avionics bay has the system range communication laser, maser and radio arrays, and the passive and active EMS sensors. Triple 1/3 G maneuver gimbles are positioned forward in a tractor configuration with a 120 degree separation. These three reactionless thrusters pull the ship forward. When relative motion and acceleration is not being applied and a stable orbital insertion has been achieved, the life ring deploys to full radius and spins as a thin torus. Aft of this is the command bridge and computer core, and finally the boat deck with the ship's many vehicles and craft. All of the hull surfaces are rendered in a non-oxidizing matte black stealth coating, a hold over from their military ancestry.  
  
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Lothorio's other assets include a huge mass driver which he can mount of various rocks to launch payloads back toward [[Tsorva (world)]] orbit. Periodically he redeploys the remote platform to other portions of the belt depending on where he is currently prospecting.  
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=== Image Repository ===
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No information yet available.  
  
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Dangerously close to the massive primary Kadarr in the [[Tsorva (world)]] system is a dense rocky asteroid belt. This tiny vessel is home and corporate headquarters for a very small business. Agnes, a gift from the crew of the [[Cryophage]] is listed as an employee, but that might be a technicality. She is skilled in medicine, engineering and gunnery. Her diminutive being is tasked with keeping her charge safe and sound. '''Mr. Lothorio Pensberg, Esquire''' is the owner/operator of '''Lucite Margins'''. Belter BC559C 1.89m 89kg white/blue Age 38 5 Terms Cr. 200,000, Travellers', Seeker Vacc-1, Prospecting-2, Pilot-1, Gambling-1, Brawling-1
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=== General Description & Deck Plans ===
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No information yet available.
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=== Basic Ship Characteristics ===
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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]]. [[Ton]]nage on the [[universal ship profile]] is shown in [[kiloton]]s (...thousands of [[ton]]s) where necessary. {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!colspan="3"|'''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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|-
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! No.
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! Category
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! Remarks
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|-
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| 1.
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| [[Ton|Tonnage]] / [[Hull]]
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| 200 [[ton]]s.
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| 2.
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| [[Crew]]
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| x28 [[crew]]: Pilot, Gunner, Steward, Engineer, Medic, and 23 marines.
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|-
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| 3.
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| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
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| ''Propulsion:''
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* Jump-1  
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* 1-G acceleration
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* Power Plant-1
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* 2-EPs
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* Agility-1
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|-
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| 4.
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| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
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| Model 1 [[computer]].
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|-
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| 5.
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| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]]
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| x1 [[hardpoint]].
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|-
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| 6.
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| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]]
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| The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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* x1 [[missile rack]]
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| 7.
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| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]]
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* x1 [[sand caster]]
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| 8.
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| [[Smallcraft|Craft]]
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| x1 10dton [[Partisan class Tracked AFV]], x1 4dton [[Harpy class Air/Raft]], x1 30dton [[AB-17R Condor class Assault Boat]]
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|-
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| 9.
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| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
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| [[Fuel Scoop]]s
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| 10.
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| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
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| [[MCr]]71.31 in quantity MCr.57.048.
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| 11.
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| [[Naval Architecture|Construction Time]]
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| 48 weeks to build, 39 weeks in quantity.
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| 12.
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| Comments
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| Luxury Yacht
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* Standard cargo capacity amounts to 14.0 [[ton]]s.
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|-
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|}
  
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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He currently has the entire belt to himself. Due to the quirky relationship this Luddite world currently has with space borne matters, he was able to negotiate an exclusive contract to chart and explore the belt. A sub clause allows him to keep mineral samples he finds during his survey. The size of the samples was never specified and therefore he feels he has legal permission to mine as he sees fit. He is an eccentric misanthrope, who fiercely protects his stake, his claim, his personal isolated, desolate irradiated fiefdom. To date a massive molybdenum deposit has been the most profitable claim so far. The dispersed structure hull is unstreamlined and is a chaotic array of gantries, modules and maneuver components. Antennae farms jut out at odd angles around a large central cargo bay. The bay is home to a small ore processing refinery. A pair of staterooms and a small medical bay, equipped with an emergency low berth form the foundation of a spin habitat module. Lothorio has an absent minded habit of singing and yodeling across random radio bandwidth frequencies. His system range radio communications array is quite capable of cutting in on shipping comm-link frequencies between inbound or out going traffic trying to get telemetry to or from the one hundred diameter jump line. Some visitors report enjoying and appreciating his lonely brand of impromptu entertainment.
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This class of vessel was first built at {{TL|9}}, as a class of [[War Sloop]]. Most have been decommissioned, but some found their way into other planetary navies and some were overhauled and upgraded as luxury pleasure vessels, with the utilitarian naval milspec replaced with opulent decor and customer customization design features.
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Typically, single occupancy [[stateroom]]s would be the rule. This owner has elected to cram 23 minions aboard in addition to the five essential crew. When his personal security platoon is not embarked dealers, entertainers, dancers and casino employees take their place. The [[Crew of the Dark Mistress]] operates in the [[Tsorva (world)]] system.
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=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities ===
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No information yet available.  
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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{{:Referral-Tree-Private-Vessel-Yacht}}
  
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Sources
 
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= High Guard |page= 20-37 |version= Classic Traveller}} (Design Sequence Used)
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect [[User:Ronald B. Kline, Jr.|Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect [[Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]
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|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]  
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|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 13 December 2023

Dark Mistress class Yacht
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: Y Yacht
Category ACS
Size 200 Tons
Hull Configuration Cylinder Hull
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer 1
Jump J-1
Maneuver 1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 1
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 28
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 27
    Marines 23
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 14.0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Manufacturer Nist Fusion Boat Works, Maxwell Hulls
End of Service Still in active service.
Price
Cost MCr71.31
MCr.57.048 in quantity
Architect fee MCr0.713
Statistics
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration No
Source
Also see Private Vessel - Yacht
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Dark Mistress class Yacht is a luxury starship.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

This vessel retains an elaborate counter measures launcher for chaff/window, EMS jammers, IR flares, ECM decoys and sand canisters. The weapons deck has a missile tube silo as well with three ready rounds in the magazine rack. The assault rocket launcher's three ready loads are a remote sensor spy drone, a HE dog fight missile with IR seeker, and a thermo nuclear Mk 48 ship killer torpedo, with radio link command guidance and optical terminal homing and home on jammer options. There are fourteen staterooms.

The habitation life ring works as a spin habitat and the cargo space has been largely converted into a small casino. The cylindrical spindle of the ship's hull hangs perpendicular to the surface of the world. Partially streamlined and capable of gas giant wilderness refueling. The fusion reactors, jump drive with fluted cooling radiator vanes form the prow of the ship just behind the bow sensor domes. The bow avionics bay has the system range communication laser, maser and radio arrays, and the passive and active EMS sensors. Triple 1/3 G maneuver gimbles are positioned forward in a tractor configuration with a 120 degree separation. These three reactionless thrusters pull the ship forward. When relative motion and acceleration is not being applied and a stable orbital insertion has been achieved, the life ring deploys to full radius and spins as a thin torus. Aft of this is the command bridge and computer core, and finally the boat deck with the ship's many vehicles and craft. All of the hull surfaces are rendered in a non-oxidizing matte black stealth coating, a hold over from their military ancestry.

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans[edit]

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull 200 tons.
2. Crew x28 crew: Pilot, Gunner, Steward, Engineer, Medic, and 23 marines.
3. Performance Propulsion:
  • Jump-1
  • 1-G acceleration
  • Power Plant-1
  • 2-EPs
  • Agility-1
4. Electronics Model 1 computer.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
7. Defenses
8. Craft x1 10dton Partisan class Tracked AFV, x1 4dton Harpy class Air/Raft, x1 30dton AB-17R Condor class Assault Boat
9. Fuel Treatment Fuel Scoops
10. Cost MCr71.31 in quantity MCr.57.048.
11. Construction Time 48 weeks to build, 39 weeks in quantity.
12. Comments Luxury Yacht
  • Standard cargo capacity amounts to 14.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

This class of vessel was first built at TL–9, as a class of War Sloop. Most have been decommissioned, but some found their way into other planetary navies and some were overhauled and upgraded as luxury pleasure vessels, with the utilitarian naval milspec replaced with opulent decor and customer customization design features.

Typically, single occupancy staterooms would be the rule. This owner has elected to cram 23 minions aboard in addition to the five essential crew. When his personal security platoon is not embarked dealers, entertainers, dancers and casino employees take their place. The Crew of the Dark Mistress operates in the Tsorva (world) system.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Civilian Ship - Private Vessel - Yacht:

  1. Type Y class Yacht
    1. Dark Mistress class Yacht
    2. Desiree Keah class Yacht
    3. Exile class Yacht
    4. Harmonious Repose class Yacht
    5. Iinen class Yacht
    6. Kundeai class Yacht
    7. Royal Tempest class Yacht
    8. Starjammer class Yacht
    9. Stiletto class Yacht
    10. Wanderer class Yacht

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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