Jayhawk class Far Trader

Jayhawk class Far Trader
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Type: A2 Far Trader
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	6
Officers	3
Enlisted	3
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	55.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr58.65
Architect fee	MCrDave Nilsen
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	A2-BS12
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Tramp Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	"Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances 20.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Jayhawk class Far Trader is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Far Trader.
• It is also known as the Marava II class Far Trader.

Description (Specifications)

It is a common TL–12 far trader that have survived in significant numbers into the New Era.

Image Repository

1. A contemporary trade vessel, a Jayhawk class Far Trader.
   
2. The Marava II class Far Trader, one of the best selling and most popular tramp vessels used within Charted Space.
   
3. A very merchant prince-customized Jayhawk class Far Trader.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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 subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	200 tons. Tonnage: 200 tons (standard displacement). 2,800 cubic meters. Dimensions: 49.3 meters long by 28.5 meters wide by 8.7 meters high. Gravities: Adjustable 0.1 to 2.0 floor fields. Inertial compensators.
2.	Crew	Crew: Three. Pilot/navigator, engineer, and steward/medic. In addition, two gunners may be carried as needed.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 1-G acceleration 50.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-2 200-EPs Agility-0 Acceleration: 1-G. Normal operations and cruising at 1-G. Jump: 2. One Jump-2 or two Jump-1. Jump governor installed. Power Plant-2. Supports both maneuver and jump drives. Engineering: Dupree drives with Halonic Duplex power plant. Range: Four weeks maneuver. One Jump-2. Three months.
4.	Electronics	x1 Model/1 bis computer. Electronics: Model/Ibis computer or equivalent. Entertainment consoles.
5.	Hardpoints	x2 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	Armament: Port and starboard hardpoints, each with a dual laser turret standard. Optional weaponry available.
7.	Defenses	No Defensive equipment is normally instealed except for evasion software.
8.	Craft	Ship's Boats: No auxiliary vessels. One four-passenger air/raft carried over the forward cargo loading ramp with interior boarding and access. Used for errands and has limited sub orbital capability.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The ship incorporates fuel scoops for gas giant skimming.
10.	Cost	MCr 66.175.
11.	Construction Time	8 months.
12.	Comments	Other Equipment: Passenger & Crew Accommodations: 1 Large Stateroom (Captain); 2 Standard Crew Staterooms; 1 Ready-room; 6 Passenger Staterooms 4 Low Berths Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 61.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Remarks: The far trader ranges far and wide, and deals with every world it finds. Even amber zones and red zones are not considered off limits by its captains, provided there is profit to be made and the risk of being caught is slight.

THE FAR TRADER: The basic ship involved in free trade is called the free trader. Variations on the basic ship have resulted in variations in the name. The subsidized merchant, partly because of its size, and partly because of its subsidy, is called the fat trader. Some well-equipped high-G traders employed beyond the Imperial border are called fast traders. The type A2 far trader derives its name from its jump capability: its drives are capable of Jump-2, twice what the standard free trader can do. The far trader can be encountered anywhere in the Imperium. It ranges far and wide, and deals with every world it finds. Even amber zones and red zones are not considered off limits by its captains, provided there is profit to be made and the risk of being caught is slight.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Peculiarities: The design of the far trader has ship security in mind, and so all passengers are segregated onto a passenger deck. Their access to the bridge and to other areas of the ship is limited. Unfortunately, when a seventh passenger is carried, he or she is berthed adjacent to the bridge. Original specifications did not envision more than six passengers, but the profit motive has led to them being overridden.

Selected Type A Variant Ships

Variants: In addition to minor variations based on the ship's weaponry, one major variant has been produced — a cheaper A1 free trader with large cargo capacity. The A1 free trader is essentially identical in performance with the type A (…from Book 2) but is otherwise similar to the A2. It has only four low passage berths, a computer Model/1, and Jump-1, 1-G capabilities. Its cargo capacity is increased to 81.0 tons, primarily through a higher ceiling on the cargo bay; its fuel capacity is reduced to 30.0 tons, and much of the drive room becomes waste space. Cost is MCr54.5, which still cannot compete with the type A, primarily because it uses a cheaper hull configuration. Nonetheless, some of these ships can be encountered; they are externally identical to the type A2.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Far Trader:

1. Type A2 class Far Trader
   1. Akkigish class Far Trader
   2. Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
   3. April Hare class Far Trader
   4. Avian class Far Trader
   5. Empress Marava class Far Trader
   6. Fanzhienz class Far Trader
   7. Farrou class Far Trader
   8. Garu class Far Trader
   9. Gizicih class General Trader
   10. Hero class Far Trader
   11. Hnneshant class Trade Boat
   12. Hugin class Trader
   13. Independent Hauler class Far Trader
   14. Jayhawk class Far Trader
   15. Khershawn class Trader
   16. Maru class Merchant
   17. Nymph class Merchant
   18. Princess Gunnhilde class Far Trader
   19. Salamander class Far Trader
   20. Soho class Light Freighter
   21. Solostar class Far Trader
   22. Stage class Far Trader
   23. Treader class Free Trader
   24. Type A2L class Far Trader
   25. Type HR class Trader
   26. Type VA class Trader
   27. Wulf class Free Trader

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 20.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen, Loren Wiseman, Bradley K. McDevitt. Star Vikings (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), TBD.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen, Loren Wiseman. Path of Tears (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), TBD.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 358.
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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science