Fringian Range Carrier
| Range Carrier | |
|---|---|
| Type: TB Commercial Mercantile Ships | |
| Size | 75,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–11 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 750 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 378 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 44,000 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | [[Distant Fringe]] |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr30,278.026 (base) MCr24,222.421 (discounted) |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Description / Specifications
A generic class of civilian vessel, the Range Carrier is a large commercial transport commonly encountered along Star Lanes within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL 11 design.
Hull
The Range Carrier is constructed using a 75000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined.
- Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
- The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
Engineering
The vessel mounts a 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 16500 dTons, sufficient for one jump-2 and giving the power plant four weeks duration.
- The engineering section has a main control room.
- The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel.
- The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
Main Section
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/5: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/5. There are 220 staterooms and 600 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 12 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 44000 dTons.
- The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor suite.
Overburden
The Range Carrier is capable of carrying "overburden" cargos: a payload of up to 69,000 dTons. The load must be fully contained within the jump bubble. The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage correspondingly – to up to 100,000 dTons – but reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration.
- The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/5 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel is 100,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.
- The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.
Crew
The Range Carrier requires 378 crew: 38x command, 83x engineering, 28x gunnery, and 225x service, of which 34 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as necessary. In addition, the vessel carries 2x passenger stewards and 2x medics.
Weapons
The ship is fitted with 4x 100 dTon bays and 160 turrets. These are grouped into:
- four missile batteries, each consisting of a single bay weapon
- ten sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
- six beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
There are 550 unused hardpoints but no additional space is set aside for fire control.
Subcraft
The ship carries two 1200 dTon Heavy Landers and two 50 dTon Lifeboats, each housed in a designated berthing position.
Cost
The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr30278.026.
- All the craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
- 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 MCr24222.421.
History / Background
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.
See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe
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- CT Book 5 "High Guard", GDW, 1980.
- 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