Fringian Runabout
Runabout | |
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Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | |
Type: U Smallcraft | |
Size | 50 Tons |
Hull Configuration | [[Conical Hull]] |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–7 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/1 |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 2 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 1 |
Officers | 1 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 28 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Year Operational | No information yet available. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr22.200 (base) MCr17.760 (qty) |
Architect fee | MCrAde Stewart |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | QY-5A20 |
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Canon | Unpublished, fan design |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 Runabout is a smallcraft.
- It is a Civilian Ship and an Auxiliary.
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description (Specifications)
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.
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 Ship's Boat is constructed using a 50 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 1
Accommodations There are 4 small staterooms. One typically serves as an office, galley or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher. All are set up for zero-gee activity. There are x8 passenger acceleration couches.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a 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 supply – largely consisting of heavy shielding surrounding a pellet of fissionable material – is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 3 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | The cockpit 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 Runabout 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 1 dTon.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr22.200.
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11. | Construction Time | 24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard.
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12. | Comments | If the passenger couches are removed the craft has a cargo capacity of up to 25 dTons. |
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 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
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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.