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{{InfoboxShip|name=Military Transporter
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  |tdes=AD|type=Assault Transport#AD{{!}}Troop Transport
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|name         = Marius class Ship Transporter
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|type         = Transport Freighter
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  |cargo=195 Tons<br>Ship Capacity 10,000
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  |hull        = Dispersed Structure Hull
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  |crew=169
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  |TL         = 11
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  |cost=11,383.090 (base)<br>MCr9,106.472 (discounted)
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|crew        = 169
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|officers    = 134
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|passengers  = 1216
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  |cargo       = 195
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|fuel        = 12900
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|craft      = 3 50t lifeboats, 10000t craft storage
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|USP        = R–M721242–090000–80000-0 
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|illustration = Yes
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|designer    = Ade Stewart
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|designSystem = High Guard
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|era        = 1105
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|ref        = Fan: Ade Stewart
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The [[Marius class Ship Transporter]] is a {{TL|11}} [[Ship Transporter]].
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* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
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* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Warships of the Distant Fringe]].
  
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== Description / Specifications ==
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== Description ==
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A generic class of military vessel, the Military Transporter is a large transport encountered within the [[Distant Fringe]] region. It is classified as an Assault Transport and is constructed as a [[Long-Range Pattern Starships|long-range]] design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
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This is a generic class of military vessel.
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* The vessel is a TL 11 design.
 
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* The civilian variant of this design is the [[Fringian Civilian Ship Transporter|Civilian Ship Transporter]].
 
  
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=== Hull ===
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The Military Ship Transporter is a large [[Tender]] encountered within the [[Distant Fringe]] region. It is classified as a [[Ship Tender]] and is constructed as a [[Long-Range Pattern Starships|long-range]] design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
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The Military Transporter is constructed using a 30,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration.
 
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* Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
 
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* The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
 
  
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=== Engineering ===
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=== Image Repository ===
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The vessel mounts a [[DeVoss Drive|DeVoss]]-type jump-2 drive, a maneuver-1 drive, and a power plant 2, giving performance of jump-2 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. There is fuel tankage of 12,900 dTons, sufficient for two consecutive jump-2s and giving the power plant six weeks duration.
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# A [[Marius class Ship Transporter|''Marius'' class ex-Military Ship Transporter]]. <br> [[File:J2 30000dT Military Ship Transporter.jpg|500px]]
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* The engineering section has a main control room.
 
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* The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel.
 
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* The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
 
  
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=== Main Section ===
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=== Basic Ship Characteristics ===
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Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4. There are 700 staterooms. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 608 staterooms are available to troops and military personnel: these troops typically travel double occupancy (allowing up to 1216 personnel to be carried) but no stewards or medical staff are assigned to see to their needs. The dedicated internal cargo capacity amounts to 195 dTons.
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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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the [[universal ship profile]] is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary. {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
  
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The Ship Transporter has the capacity to carry up to 10,000 dTons of smaller vessels. There are large numbers of berthing points located across the hull, each connected to a crew access hatch. The vessel may also carry properly secured consignments of equipment or supplies: this cargo is in vacuum.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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* The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor array.
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|+ '''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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| [[Ton|Tonnage]]
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| This [[Ship Transporter]] is constructed using a 30,000 [[Ton|dTon]] [[hull]] built in a [[Dispersed Structure Hull|dispersed structure]] configuration. The hull is [[Unstreamlined Hull|unstreamlined]] and has no capability to perform [[atmosphere|atmospheric]] operations.
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* Individual sections of the ship are divided by [[Bulkhead Wall|bulkhead wall]]s.
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* There are multiple [[airlock]]s located around the vessel. The interior (enclosed) [[cargo hold]] is accessed by large doors.
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* The vessel is not capable of surface landings and risks catastrophic structural failure in significant gravity wells.
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| [[Crew]]
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| Total Crew Complement: 169
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* x15 Command, x30 Engineering, x33 Gunnery, and x90 Service, of which 5 double up as flight crew for the vessel's intrinsic [[subcraft]] as required, and x1 medic.
  
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==== Overburden ====
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''Accommodations''
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The Ship Transporter is capable of carrying "overburden" cargos: a payload of up to 30,000 dTons. The load must be fully contained within the jump bubble. The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage correspondingly – to up to 50,000 dTons – but reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration.
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* There are 700 [[Stateroom]]s.
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* The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/4 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel is 50,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.
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** 92 [[Stateroom]]s are given over to [[Crew Quarters|crew quarters]]. The command crew have individual cabins: all other crew quarters are double occupancy.
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* The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.
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** 608 [[Stateroom]]s are available to [[Middle Passage|passengers]], typically the crews of transported ships or units of troops. No stewards or medical staff are assigned to see to their needs.
  
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==== Crew ====
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Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with [[grav plate]]s and [[inertial compensator]]s and have full [[Life Support|life support]] and environmental systems.
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The Military Transporter requires 169 crew: 15x Command, 30x Engineering, 33x Gunnery, and 90x Service, of which 3 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries a medic.
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* There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
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* There are multiple [[Emergency Locker]]s.
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=== Weapons ===
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The ship is fitted with 300 turrets. These are grouped into:
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* sixteen sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
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| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
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* fourteen beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
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| The vessel mounts a [[DeVoss Drive|DeVoss]]-type [[Jump]]-2 drive, a [[Maneuver Drive|Maneuver]]-1 drive, and a [[Power Plant]]-2, giving performance of Jump-2, 1-G acceleration, and producing 600 [[Energy Point]]s. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tankage]] is sufficient for two consecutive [[Jumpspace|Jump]]-2s and gives the [[power plant]] 6 [[week]]s duration.
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* The engineering section has a main control room.
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=== Subcraft ===
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** Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
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The ship carries three 50 dTon [[Fringian Lifeboat|Lifeboats]], sufficient for the Military Transporter's crew only. Troops and other personnel aboard the ship are expected to make their way to their own vessels in the event of an emergency.
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* The jump drive creates a [[jump bubble]] around the vessel.
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* The jump drive is fitted with a [[jump governor]].
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| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
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| Adjacent to the [[bridge]] is a [[Model/4 Computer]]: the vessel has a backup [[Model/4 Computer]].
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* There are multiple [[workstation]]s and [[Control Panel|control points]] throughout the vessel.
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* The vessel is fitted with [[Communications_Equipment#Shipboard_Communications|communications equipment]] and an advanced [[Ship Sensor Suite|sensor array]].
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** It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems.
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* It has a [[transponder]] unit that can be deactivated on command.
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| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]]
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| x300 [[hardpoint]]s.
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* The listed [[Starship Weapon|weapon]]s systems are typical for the design. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific routes.
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| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]]
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| The normal [[Starship Weapon|weapons]] fit-out for a Ship Transporter is:
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* x140 triple [[Beam Laser]] [[turret]]s, grouped into fourteen batteries each of 10 linked [[turret]]s
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| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]]
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| The [[hull]] is [[Heavy Armor|unarmored]].
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* x160 triple [[Sandcaster]] [[turret]]s, grouped into sixteen batteries each of 10 linked [[turret]]s
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* The vessel is not fitted with [[screen]]s or other passive defensive systems.
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| ''Flight Section''
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* 3 50-[[Ton|dTon]] [[Fringian Lifeboat|Lifeboats]].
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The [[subcraft]] are housed in dedicated interior [[hanger]]s located at strategic points around the vessel: the [[hanger]]s can be sealed and have a total volume of 165 [[Ton|dTon]]s. Note that the [[Fringian Lifeboat|Lifeboats]] are sufficient only for the Transporter's crew, not any passengers that it carries.
  
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In addition to its subcraft, the vessel is designed to carry up to 10,000 dTons of shipping of all kinds. A typical deployment consists of:
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The Ship Transporter has the capacity to carry up to 10,000 [[Ton|dTon]]s of smaller vessels. There are large numbers of berthing points located across the [[hull]], each connected to a [[Airlock|crew access hatch]].
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* 8x [[Fringian SDB|System Defense Boats]]
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* The vessel may also externally mount properly secured consignments of goods and freight: this cargo is carried in [[vacuum]] conditions and must be protected accordingly.
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* 40x [[Fringian Assault Shuttle|Assault Shuttles]]
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* 7x [[Fringian Assault Transport|Assault Transports]]
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| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
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| The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 12,900 [[Ton|dTon]]s.
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* The hull is not fitted with [[fuel scoop]]s.
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* The vessel is not equipped with [[fuel purification]] equipment.
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| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
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| The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of [[subcraft]], is [[MCr]]11,383.090
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* 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 [[MCr]]9,106.472.
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* The vessel and its [[small craft|subcraft]] are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
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| [[Naval Architecture|Construction Time]]
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| 167 [[week]]s (42 months) as standard.
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* 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.
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| Comments
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| Standard [[cargo hold|cargo capacity]] amounts to 195 [[Ton|dTon]]s of internal (protected) volume.
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* The internal [[cargo hold|hold]] can be sealed and has independent [[Life Support|life support]] and environmental systems.
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* Sections of the internal [[cargo Hold|hold]] may be isolated if desired and can be provided with a specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.
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Traditionally, the crews of these carried vessels travel within the Military Transporter rather than aboard their own craft whilst in jump.
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== History & Background ==
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The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted [[Starship Weapon|weapons systems]], onboard [[electronics]], and the fit out of internal spaces. The commercial variant of this design is the [[Fringian Civilian Ship Transporter|Civilian Ship Transporter]].
  
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=== Cost ===
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=== Overburden ===
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The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr11,383.090.
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The Military Ship Transporter is capable of carrying "overburden" cargoes, mounted externally, and with a maximum payload volume not exceeding 30,000 [[Ton|dTon]]s. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's [[model/4]] [[computer]]. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is 50,000 [[Ton|dTon]]s or more, the [[computer]] cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.
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* All the craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
 
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* If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr9,106.472.
 
  
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== History / Background ==
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The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 50,000 [[Ton|dTon]]s – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to [[jump]]-1 and 0.5G acceleration. The payload must be fully contained within the [[jump bubble]]. The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.
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The design is representative and a number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.
 
  
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''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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{{Ship referral tree|name=Transport Freighter| tdes=RV | class1=Civilian Ship | class2=Freighter}}
  
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== References ==
 
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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
 
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|S1= CT Book 5 [[High_Guard_(book)|"High Guard",]] GDW, 1980.
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| Author : Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
 
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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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Latest revision as of 15:10, 9 March 2024

Marius class Ship Transporter
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Type: RV Transport Freighter
Category BCS
Size 30,000 Tons
Hull Configuration Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer Model/4
Jump J-2
Maneuver 1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints
Accommodations
Staterooms 700
Personnel
Crew 169
    Officers 134
    Enlisted 34
High/Mid Passengers 1,216
Payload
Cargo 195 Tons
Fuel tank 12,900 Tons
Carried craft 3 50t lifeboats, 10000t craft storage
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Price
Cost MCr11,383.090
Architect fee MCr113.83
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile R–M721242–090000–80000-0
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration Yes
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Designer Ade Stewart
Design System High Guard
Era 1105
Reference Fan: Ade Stewart

The Marius class Ship Transporter is a TL–11 Ship Transporter.

Description[edit]

This is a generic class of military vessel.

The Military Ship Transporter is a large Tender encountered within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Ship Tender and is constructed as a long-range design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Image Repository[edit]

  1. A Marius class ex-Military Ship Transporter.
    J2 30000dT Military Ship Transporter.jpg

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 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 This Ship Transporter is constructed using a 30,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and has no capability to perform atmospheric operations.
  • Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls.
  • There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The interior (enclosed) cargo hold is accessed by large doors.
  • The vessel is not capable of surface landings and risks catastrophic structural failure in significant gravity wells.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 169
  • x15 Command, x30 Engineering, x33 Gunnery, and x90 Service, of which 5 double up as flight crew for the vessel's intrinsic subcraft as required, and x1 medic.

Accommodations

  • There are 700 Staterooms.
    • 92 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The command crew have individual cabins: all other crew quarters are double occupancy.
    • 608 Staterooms are available to passengers, typically the crews of transported ships or units of troops. No stewards or medical staff are assigned to see to their needs.

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

  • 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 DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2, 1-G acceleration, and producing 600 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for two consecutive Jump-2s and gives the power plant 6 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
  • The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel.
  • The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/4 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/4 Computer.
5. Hardpoints x300 hardpoints.
  • The listed weapons systems are typical for the design. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific routes.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for a Ship Transporter is:
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
  • x160 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into sixteen batteries each of 10 linked turrets
  • The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8. Craft Flight Section

The subcraft are housed in dedicated interior hangers located at strategic points around the vessel: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 165 dTons. Note that the Lifeboats are sufficient only for the Transporter's crew, not any passengers that it carries.

The Ship Transporter has the capacity to carry up to 10,000 dTons of smaller vessels. There are large numbers of berthing points located across the hull, each connected to a crew access hatch.

  • The vessel may also externally mount properly secured consignments of goods and freight: this cargo is carried in vacuum conditions and must be protected accordingly.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 12,900 dTons.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr11,383.090
  • 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 MCr9,106.472.
  • The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11. Construction Time 167 weeks (42 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 195 dTons of internal (protected) volume.
  • The internal hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.
  • Sections of the internal hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with a specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background[edit]

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. The commercial variant of this design is the Civilian Ship Transporter.

Overburden[edit]

The Military Ship Transporter is capable of carrying "overburden" cargoes, mounted externally, and with a maximum payload volume not exceeding 30,000 dTons. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/4 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is 50,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.

The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 50,000 dTons – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration. The payload must be fully contained within the jump bubble. The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

29 Representative Transport Freighter (RV) Classes[edit]

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Civilian Ship - Freighter - Type RV Transport Freighter


References[edit]

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