Eakhau class Trader

Eakhau class Merchant
Sometimes the quickest route to 100 diameters come close by a sun for an Eakhau class Merchant.
Type: RT Merchant
Category	ACS
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	5
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	164.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Aslan Hierate
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr124.26
Architect fee	MCrJ. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	RT-DS12
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Liner / Merchant Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Aslan TBD.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Eakhau class Merchant is an aslan starship.

It is a civilian ship and a merchant vessel.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-1 performance with a streamlined Cone Hull.

It carries light armament and a defensive suite.
It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed.
It has a # sophont crew and # marines.

Using a 400-ton hull, the Aslan trader is intended as a basic interstellar merchant ship, carrying a mix of cargo and passengers.

Image Repository

An Eakhau class Merchant on route to destination with a crew of crafty Aslan females.
Eakhau class Merchants are beautiful streamlined and sometimes attract attention at a downport.

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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary. ^[1]

**Basic Ship Characteristics** ^[2]
#.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	400 tons. The ship is streamlined.
2.	Crew	x5 crew. The trader requires a crew of five: pilot, navigator, two engineers, and purser. A steward, medic. and up to four gunners are sometimes carried.
3.	Performance	Fuel tankage of 100 tons support the power plant and one Jump-2.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/2.
5.	Hardpoints	There are four hardpoints and four tons set aside for fire control.
6.	Armament	No weapons are mounted.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: #.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr124.26
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

The Aslan Trader is a very common ship, intended as an interstellar merchant. It is capable of carrying both passengers and cargo, and this coupled with its Jump-2 drives and four hardpoints make it a highly versatile ship. The EAKHAU class Trader is a standard design, available throughout Aslan space, and thus includes a price discount of 10%. ^[3]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: Eakhau means day, in Trokh a period of time involving one revolution of a planet on its axis.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Subsidized Merchant - Merchant Liner:

Type RT class Trade Liner AKA Trade Liner

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
Mike Jackson. Third Imperium 02 (Galaxy Games, 1986), 6-7.
Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 31.
Gareth Hanrahan. Aslan (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 33, 82.
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Mike Jackson. Third Imperium 02 (Galaxy Games, 1986), 6-7.

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[3] Mike Jackson. Third Imperium 02 (Galaxy Games, 1986), 6-7.

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