Fringian Heavy Lander

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Heavy Lander
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Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: QH Auxiliary
Size 1,200 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Conical Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–9
Engineering
Computer Model/2
Jump J-2
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 12
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 16
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 12
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 900 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr425.113 (base)
MCr340.091 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile QH-MS20
Images
Blueprint No
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Reference Ade Alagoric Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The Heavy Lander is a Transport.

Description (Specifications)

This is a generic class of civilian vessel.

The Heavy Lander is designed to ferry cargo and fuel between a world's surface and close orbit. It is a common in-system transport vessel within the Distant Fringe and is occasionally carried as a subcraft aboard large commercial vessels. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL-9 design.

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]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Heavy Lander is constructed using a 1,200 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems.
  • Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls.
  • There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp.
  • The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2. Crew 16 personnel.
  • x5 command, x2 engineering, x3 gunnery, and x6 service. If the Lander is carried as a subcraft, the crew also serve as service and maintenance personnel aboard the parent vessel.

Accommodations

There are 15 Staterooms.

  • 11 Staterooms are given over to the crew. The command crew have individual cabins: all other crew quarters are double occupancy.
  • 4 Staterooms are available to paying passengers: the vessel carries no stewards.

There are 20 Low Berths.

Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.

  • The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 3 dTons.
  • There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
  • There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3. Performance The vessel mounts a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 24 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 computer: the vessel has a backup Model/2 computer.
5. Hardpoints x10 hardpoints.
  • There are 2 unused hardpoints and 2 dTons of space is set aside for fire control.
6. Armament The Heavy Lander is generally unarmed.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
8. Craft The vessel carries no subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 240 dTons.
  • The hull is fitted with fuel scoops.
  • The vessel is equipped with fuel purification equipment.
  • The ship carries a collapsible fuel tank with a capacity of 900 dTons and a stowed volume of 45 dTons.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr425.113.
  • If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr340.091.
  • The vessel is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11. Construction Time 125 weeks (31 months) as standard.
  • Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12. Comments Standard cargo capacity amounts to 900 dTons.
  • The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.
  • Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions.

History & Background (Dossier)

A large interface craft primarily designed to shuttle fuel, cargo and sundries between a worlds surface and close orbit. It is frequently used as an in-system transport, carrying equipment and supplies to secondary worlds within a system. 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

Auxiliary

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