Lias class Fleet Transport

Lias class Fleet Transport
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: IA Assault Transport
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	3,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	30
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	27 (+479 troops)
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Rimward Federation
Price
Cost	MCr1,377.217 (base) MCr1,101.774 (discounted)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No.
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Ten in service

The Lias class Fleet Transport is an auxiliary starship.

• It is a military ship and a Fleet Transport.
• Please see AAB article: Rimward Federation Navy
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The Fleet Transport is a military transport vessel that sees service within the Rimward Federation and among the rimward worlds of the Distant Fringe. It is classified as an Assault Transport and is constructed as a long-range design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

• The vessel is a TL-10 design.

Image Repository

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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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

Hull

The Fleet Transport is constructed using a 3000 dTon hull built in a wedge configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops.

• 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-1 drive, a maneuver-1 drive, and a power plant 1, giving performance of jump-1 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. There is fuel tankage of 630 dTons, sufficient for two jump-1s and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel is fitted with a fuel purification plant.

• The engineering section has a main control room.
• The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid.
• The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.

Main Section

Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4 fib: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4 fib. There are 239 staterooms and 4 low berths, primarily used to transport severely wounded personnel or prisoners. No space is allocated for cargo storage:. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew.

• The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sensor array, full ECM, and an avionics suite.

Crew

The Fleet Transport requires 27 crew: 11x command, 3x engineering, 6x gunnery, 1x flight, and 6x service. There are sufficient staterooms to transport up to 479 troops.

Weapons

The ship is fitted with 30 turrets. These are grouped into:

• 1x beam laser battery, consisting of 8 linked triple turrets
• 1x missile battery, consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
• 3x sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 4 linked triple turrets

Subcraft

The ship carries a 2-ton air-raft, housed in a dedicated hanger.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel, complete with an air-raft, is MCr1,377.217.

• The design is exclusive to the armed forces of the Rimward Federation. Architectural plans for privately constructed vessels must be drawn up, at a cost of MCr13.772.
• 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 per unit to MCr1,101.774.

History & Background (Dossier)

Lias class Fleet Transports are designed and built at Dal Hallen. Their jump 1 drives restrict their operational effectiveness: this is compensated for by their long-range design, with enough onboard fuel for two consecutive jumps.

• They are specifically designed as personnel transports and are optimized to carry as many troops as will fit aboard. They can carry a full Federation battalion of 479 troops.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - Scout/Courier:

1. Type S class Scout/Courier
   1. Asia class Scout

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• 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