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| − | * x1 pilot and x1 steward. If the vessel is carried as a [[subcraft]], these individuals serve as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for | + | * x1 pilot and x1 steward. If the vessel is carried as a [[subcraft]], these individuals serve as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for flight duties. |
''Accommodations'' | ''Accommodations'' | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 16 February 2019
| Fast Shuttle | |
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 Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | |
| Type: U Smallcraft | |
| Size | 90 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[Conical Hull]] |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–8 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 3 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 6 |
| Officers | 1 |
| Enlisted | 5 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 30 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Distant Fringe |
| Year Operational | No information yet available. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr49.260 (base) MCr39.408 (qty) |
| Architect fee | MCrAde Stewart |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | U-9A30 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Shuttle |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Reference | Ade Alagoric Stewart |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard | |
The Fast Shuttle is a smallcraft.
- It is a Civilian Ship and an Auxiliary.
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description (Specifications)
This is a generic class of smallcraft.
The Shuttle is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL-7 design.
Image Repository
Shuttle.
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) when necessary. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage | The Fast Shuttle is constructed using a 90 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems.
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| 2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 2
Accommodations There are 8 small staterooms.
There are x40 passenger acceleration couches. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. The vessel has full life support and environmental systems.
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| 3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a Maneuver-3 drive and a Power Plant-3, giving performance of 3-G acceleration and producing 2.7 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 3. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 4 weeks duration.
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| 4. | Electronics | The cockpit area contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 computer: no backup computer is installed.
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| 5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoint. |
| 6. | Armament | The Fast Shuttle is generally unarmed. |
| 7. | Defenses | The hull is unarmored.
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| 8. | Craft | The vessel carries no subcraft. |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 2.7 dTons.
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| 10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr49.260.
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| 11. | Construction Time | 36 weeks (9 months) as standard.
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| 12. | Comments | Cargo capacity amounts to 30 dTons. |
History / Background
A relatively low-tech design used throughout the Distant Fringe. Its good speed makes it a popular choice as an interface craft and interplanetary courier. 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.
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
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- 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.