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[[File: Distant Fringe Logo.gif|right]]
|name    = Runabout
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No information or synopsis yet available.  
|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
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* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
|alsosee  =
 
|architect= Ade Stewart
 
|blueprint= No
 
|caption  = Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
 
|cargo    = 28
 
|crew    = 1
 
|cost    = 22.200 (base)<br>[[MCr]]17.760 (qty)
 
|IOC      = No information yet available.
 
|enlisted = 0
 
|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|Book 5 High Guard]]
 
|g        = 2
 
|hp      = 1
 
|hpass    = 11
 
|hull    = [[Conical Hull]]
 
|image    = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
 
|jump    = 0
 
|lpass    = 0
 
|marines  = 0
 
|model    = Model/1
 
|officers = 1
 
|origin  = Distant Fringe
 
|QSP      = U-5A20
 
|ref      = Ade Alagoric Stewart
 
|size    = 50
 
|tdes    = U
 
|TL      = 7
 
|type    = Smallcraft
 
|usp      = QY–0202210–020000–00000-0
 
|manufacturer= Various
 
}}
 
The [[Fringian Runabout|Runabout]] is a [[smallcraft]].
 
* It is a [[Civilian Ship]] and an [[Auxiliary]].
 
* Please also see: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
 
 
   
 
   
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
This is a generic class of [[smallcraft]].
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No information yet available.  
 
 
The Runabout 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 ===
 
''Runabout''. <br> [[File:J0 50dT Runabout.jpg]]
 
 
 
=== 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]]. [[Ton]]nage on the [[universal ship profile]] is shown in [[kiloton]]s (thousands of tons) when necessary. {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
!colspan="3"|'''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
 
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! No.
 
! Category
 
! Remarks
 
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| 1.
 
| [[Ton|Tonnage]]
 
| The Runabout is constructed using a 50 [[Ton|dTon]] [[hull]] built in a generally [[Cone Hull|cone-shaped]] configuration. The [[hull]] is fully [[Streamlined Hull|streamlined]] and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] performance.
 
* Individual sections of the ship are divided by [[Bulkhead Wall|bulkhead wall]]s.
 
* The vessel has an [[airlock]].
 
* The vessel has a sturdy retractable [[Landing Gear|wheeled undercarriage]], allowing surface landings.
 
|-
 
| 2.
 
| [[Crew]]
 
| Total Crew Complement: 1
 
* x1 pilot. If the vessel is carried as a [[small craft]], this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.
 
 
 
''Accommodations''
 
  
There are 4 small [[stateroom]]s. One typically serves as an office, [[galley]] or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher, while the remaining three are available to paying [[Middle Passage|passenger]]s.
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=== Selected Example Ships ===
 
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* [[Apollo class Runabout]]
There are x8 [[Middle Passage|passenger]] [[acceleration couch]]es.
 
 
 
The ship does not have [[grav plate]]s or [[inertial compensator]]s: all accessible areas of the ship are set up for zero-gee activity. The vessel has full [[Life Support|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 small [[emergency locker]]s.
 
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| 3.
 
| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
 
| The vessel mounts an extremely efficient rocket thrust-based [[Rocket Drive|Maneuver]]-2 drive and a [[Fission]] [[Power Plant]]-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1 [[Energy Point]]. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel supply]] provides reaction mass for the [[Rocket Drive|Maneuver]] drive and is considered sufficient to support approximately 3 [[week]]s of operations. Activity in significant gravity wells and [[atmosphere]]s exponentially reduces the vessel's [[maneuver]] endurance.
 
* The [[Power Plant]] fuel consists of a heavily shielded pellet of [[Radioactive|fissionable material]].
 
* The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
 
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| 4.
 
| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
 
| The cockpit contains x2 [[acceleration couch]]es and [[Control Panel|control equipment]]. The vessel is fitted with a [[Model/1]] [[computer]]: no backup computer is installed.
 
* The vessel is fitted with [[Communications Equipment#Shipboard Communications|communications equipment]], a basic [[Ship Sensor Suite|sensor array]], and has an [[Avionics]] suite.
 
* It has a [[transponder]] unit that can be deactivated on command.
 
|-
 
| 5.
 
| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]]
 
| x1 [[hardpoint]].
 
|-
 
| 6.
 
| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]]
 
| The Runabout is generally unarmed.
 
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| 7.
 
| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]]
 
| The [[hull]] is [[Heavy Armor|unarmored]].
 
* x1 triple [[Sandcaster]] [[turret]], forming its own battery.
 
* The vessel is not fitted with [[screen]]s or other passive defensive systems.
 
|-
 
| 8.
 
| [[Smallcraft|Craft]]
 
| The vessel carries no [[subcraft]].
 
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| 9.
 
| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
 
| The vessel has an internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tank]] containing 1 [[Ton|dTon]] of reaction mass for the [[Drive]]s.
 
* The [[hull]] is fitted with intrinsic [[fuel scoop]]s. These are routed via pumps into the [[Cargo Hold|cargo hold]], allowing storage tanks or [[Fuel Tank|collapsible fuel bladders]] to be filled.
 
* The vessel is not equipped with [[fuel purification]] equipment.
 
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| 10.
 
| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
 
| The basic cost of the vessel is [[MCr]]22.200.
 
* The ship is a standard design. 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 the price of each unit to [[MCr]]17.760.
 
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| 11.
 
| [[Naval Architecture|Construction Time]]
 
| 24 [[week]]s (5.5 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.
 
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| 12.
 
| Comments
 
| [[Cargo Hold|Cargo capacity]] amounts to 28 [[Ton|dTon]]s.
 
|-
 
|}
 
  
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
The Runabout is a low-tech design used for a variety of roles. 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.
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No information yet available.  
  
=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities ===
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=== Image Repository ===
Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.
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[[File:Assorted Small Craft 2.jpg]] <br>A variety of [[smallcraft]] commonly encountered within the [[Distant Fringe]] region.
 
 
=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
 
''[[Smallcraft]]:''
 
* [[Auxiliary|Auxiliary: Runabout]]
 
** [[Apollo class Runabout]]
 
  
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Metadata}}
 
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
|S1= 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 Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
  
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Description (Specifications)[edit]

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Selected Example Ships[edit]

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

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Image Repository[edit]

Assorted Small Craft 2.jpg
A variety of smallcraft commonly encountered within the Distant Fringe region.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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