Lightning class Frontier Merchant
Lightning class Frontier Merchant | |
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Type: AK Subsidized Trader | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 400 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Needle Hull |
Streamlining | Airframe Hull |
Tech Level | TL–11 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/4 |
Jump | J-2 |
Maneuver | 3 G |
Fuel Treatment | Scoops, Purifier (6.4t/hr) |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 4 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 15 |
Bunk Rooms | 2 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 27 |
Officers | 14 |
Enlisted | 13 |
High/Mid Passengers | 9 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 162 Tons |
Fuel tank | 80 Tons |
Carried craft | 2 4t air/raft |
Construction | |
Origin | Terran Confederation |
Manufacturer | Nusku Shipyards |
Price | |
Cost | MCr250 |
Images | |
Blueprint | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Published, canon design |
Designer | Paul Drye |
Design System | GT Interstellar Wars |
Era | Interstellar Wars |
Reference | Interstellar Wars 208-210. |
The Lightning class Frontier Merchant is a TL–11 Subsidized Merchant from the early Terran Confederation.
Description[edit]
Lighting-class ships were only marginal as merchant vessel, carrying a number of features that weren't useful from a strictly commercial standpoint. It was one of the fastest small merchant vessels of its day, its powerplant was unusually large, and it carried advanced sensor and sensor-masking systems. Most ships of the class operated with extra crew as well; for example, carrying gunners even before ship's weapons were installed. The cost associated with these items often made it difficult for the ships to turn a profit.
History & Background[edit]
Beginning in 2159,the High Frontier Consortium constructed a special line of fast merchant ships at the newly-rebuilt Nusku shipyards. The Lighting-class "frontier merchant" was intended to explore deep in the Vilani Imperium. It would carry cargo and passengers along Imperial trade routes, but it would also "spy out the land", building a better understanding of the Imperium for Terran merchants.
Ships of the Lighting-class were usually named after famous merchant vessels from Terran history. Names taken from the age-of-sail "clipper ships" were quite popular.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
42 Representative Subsided Trader (AK) Classes[edit]
Civilian Ship - Trader - Type AK Subsided Trader
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- Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
- Amkarim class Trade Liner
- Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
- Anhk class Merchant
B
C
D
F
G
J
- Jasper class Provincial Merchant
- Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
- Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier
K
L
M
- Maru class Merchant
- Mauripo class Subsidized Merchant
- Mavuzo class Super Freighter
- Mora class Freighter
P
Q
R
S
- Seeker class Armored Merchant
- Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
- Star*mart class Provincial Merchant
- Swordfish class Merchant
T
- Trader class Provincial Transport
- Type CT class Cargo Carrier
- Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
- Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
- Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
- Tyrfing class Freighter
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References[edit]
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This ship was designed using GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars ship design rules.
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- Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Interstellar Wars (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), 208-210.