Lias class Fleet Transport

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Lias class Fleet Transport
Rimward Federation Logo.gif
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: IA Assault Transport
Category [[ACS]]
Size 3,000 Tons
Hull Configuration Wedge Hull
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–10
Engineering
Computer Model/4 fib
Jump J-1
Maneuver 1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 30
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 27 (+479 troops)
    Marines 479
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Rimward Federation
End of Service Still in active service.
Price
Cost MCr1,377.217 (base)
MCr1,101.774 (discounted)
Architect fee MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration No
Source
Also see Combat Transport
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Reference Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Ten in service

The Lias class Fleet Transport is an auxiliary starship.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-1 performance with a streamlined hull.

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.

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull 3,000 tons.
2. Crew 506 crew.
3. Performance / Engineering Propulsion:
4. Electronics Model/4 fib ship computer.
5. Hardpoints x30 hardpoints.
6. Armament / Weaponry The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
7. Defenses Defensive Equipment:
8. Craft / Drones None
9. Fuel Treatment Fueling Equipment:
10. Cost MCr1,101.774.
11. Construction Time TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12. Remarks Other Equipment:

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 utilizes 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.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Military Auxiliary - Assault Transport:

  1. Type IA class Assault Transport
    1. Biskra class Regimental Assault Cruiser
    2. Cobra class Combat Lander
    3. Eiaikeiar class Intruder Transport
    4. Hoeywea class Troop Carrier
    5. Infinite Stratos class Assault Transport
    6. Iylvir class Light Assault Troop Carrier
    7. Lias class Fleet Transport
    8. Liberty III class Independent Merchant
    9. Lombardo class Assault Transport
    10. LSM 12 class Assault Transport
    11. Maxwell class Troop Transport
    12. Nest class Troop Transport
    13. Razruzhenye class Assault Carrier
    14. Rude Surprise class Commando Assault Ship
    15. Siderion class Asteroid Assault Ship
    16. Smopi class Transport
    17. TC16 Jyhala class Assault Cruiser
    18. Torment class Assault Cruiser
    19. Type 071 Yuzhao class Assault Cruiser
    20. Type RA class Assault Ship
    21. Unwelcome Guest class Commando Assault Ship

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  1. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  2. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  3. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  4. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
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