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{{InfoboxShip
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[[File: Distant Fringe Logo.gif|right]]
|name    = Ship's Boat
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|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
 
|alsosee  = [[Ship's Boat]]
 
|architect= Ade Stewart
 
|blueprint= No
 
|caption  = Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
 
|cargo    = 0/25
 
|crew    = 1
 
|cost    = 26.275 (base)<br>[[MCr]]21.020 (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        = 4
 
|hp      = 1
 
|hpass    = 25
 
|hull    = [[Conical Hull]]
 
|image    = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
 
|jump    = 0
 
|lpass    = 0
 
|marines  = 0
 
|model    = Model/1
 
|officers = 1
 
|origin  = Distant Fringe
 
|QSP      = GF-4A40
 
|ref      = Ade Alagoric Stewart
 
|size    = 40
 
|tdes    = U
 
|TL      = 9
 
|type    = Smallcraft
 
|usp      = GF–0204410–030000–00000–0
 
|manufacturer= Various
 
}}
 
The [[Fringian Ship's Boat|Ship's Boat]] is a noncombatant [[smallcraft]] with a utility role.
 
* It is a [[Civilian Ship]] and an [[Auxiliary]].
 
* This is a generic class of [[smallcraft]].
 
 
* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
 
* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
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* Please see: [[Songbird class Ship's Boat]]
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
The Ship’s Boat is designed to rapidly ferry passengers and incidental cargoes between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
 
* The vessel is a [[TL-9]] design.
 
 
 
=== Image Repository ===
 
[[File:J0 40dT Ship's Boat.jpg]] <br>''Songbird'' class Ship's Boat.
 
 
 
=== 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}}
 
|-
 
! No.
 
! Category
 
! Remarks
 
|-
 
| 1.
 
| [[Ton|Tonnage]]
 
| The Ship's Boat is constructed using a 40 [[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 enhanced by its onboard [[Gravity Control Technology|gravitic]] systems.
 
* Individual sections of the ship are divided by [[Bulkhead Wall|bulkhead wall]]s.
 
* The vessel has an [[airlock]].
 
* The vessel has a sturdy [[Landing Gear|retractable landing legs]], allowing surface landings.
 
|-
 
| 2.
 
| [[Crew]]
 
| Total Crew Complement: 1
 
* x1 pilot. If the vessel is carried as a [[subcraft]], this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.
 
 
 
''Accommodations''
 
 
 
There is 1 small [[stateroom]]. This serves as an office, [[galley]] or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher.
 
 
 
There are x50 [[Middle Passage|passenger]] [[acceleration couch]]es.
 
 
 
Accessible areas of the [[hull]] are fitted with [[grav plate]]s and [[inertial compensator]]s. 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, built into the structure of the [[acceleration couch|couches]].
 
|-
 
| 3.
 
| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
 
| The vessel mounts a [[Maneuver Drive|Maneuver]]-4 drive and a [[Power Plant]]-4, giving performance of 4-G acceleration and producing 1.6 [[Energy Point]]s. The ship has an agility rating of 4. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tankage]] is sufficient to give the [[power plant]] approximately 3 [[week]]s duration.
 
* The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
 
|-
 
| 4.
 
| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
 
| The cockpit contains an [[acceleration couch]] 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 standard [[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 Ship's Boat is generally unarmed.
 
|-
 
| 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]].
 
|-
 
| 9.
 
| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
 
| The vessel has internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tankage]] of 1.3 [[Ton|dTon]]s.
 
* The [[hull]] is fitted with [[fuel scoop]]s.
 
* The vessel is not equipped with [[fuel purification]] equipment.
 
|-
 
| 10.
 
| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
 
| The basic cost of the vessel is [[MCr]]26.275.
 
* 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]]21.020.
 
|-
 
| 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.
 
|-
 
| 12.
 
| Comments
 
| If the passenger [[acceleration couch|couches]] are removed the craft has a [[Cargo Hold|cargo capacity]] of up to 25 [[Ton|dTon]]s.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
An ubiquitous design used throughout the [[Distant Fringe]], the Ship's Boat is fast, durable and robust. 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.
 
 
 
=== 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 ===
 
''[[Smallcraft]] - [[Ship's Boat]]:''
 
* [[Type U class Auxiliary]]
 
** [[Songbird class Ship's Boat|''Songbird'' class Ship's Boat]]
 
 
 
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
 
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
}}
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category: Distant Fringe Ship]]
 
[[Category: Smallcraft]]
 
{{LEA|Ship|Distant Fringe}}
 

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