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R-class Liners are a commercial or mercantile spacecraft and starcraft. Some shipping companies refer to themselves as "lines" and their ships, which often operate over set routes according to established schedules, as "liners".
- They are not intended for military use and have little recourse other than to flee for their lives if confronted by corsairs, raiders, or other hostile vessels. They are typically unarmed.
- Most, but not all, liners run to a schedule with set destinations. Tramp liners are one of the exceptions to set schedules and destinations.
- Cargo Liners transport cargo, general freight, raw materials, resources, manufactured goods, merchandise, and more. Many have cargo holds adapted to particular services, with refrigerator space for frozen foodstuffs, tanks for liquid cargos such as petrols or ship fuel, secure lockers for valuables, and even mail vaults for interstellar mail.
- Passenger Liners typically carry passengers as well, often in multiple travel classes.
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Astronomical Unit (AU)
- FTL
- Light Speed (c)
- Light-week (lw)
- Light-year (ly)
- NAFAL (STL)
- Parsec (pc)
Description (Specifications)
A Liner is a civilian commercial ship designed for cargo or passenger transport.
- Liners are usually assigned a Hull Classification of "R"
Image Repository
Spectrum of Civil Shipping in Charted Space
Spectrum of Civil Shipping in Charted Space: 1105 | ||||
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Cateogries | A-class | R-class | M-class | T-class |
Synopsis | Tramp | Liner | Freighter | Transport & Tanker |
Hull Tonnage | 100 to 2,499 dTons | 100 to 2,499 dTons | 2,500 to 999,999 dTons | 2,500 to 999,999 dTons or more... (...rarely more than 1,000,000) dTons |
Size-Cat | ACS | ACS | BCS & FCS | BCS & FCS (rarely WCS) |
Ideal Freight Volume | Zero to Low (Hundreds of tons) | Medium (Hundreds to Thousands of tons) | High (Thousands to Tens of Thousands of tons) | Very High (Tens to Hundreds of Thousands of tons) |
Market | Unscheduled low volume, high speculation trade routes | Mostly scheduled, medium speculation, subsidized trade routes | Scheduled medium and high-volume, low speculation trade routes | Scheduled high volume trade routes with massive economies of scale, or massive (...usually government) projects |
Rough Market Share | 10% | 25% | 45% | 20% |
Area of Influence | Cluster or Trace+ | Subsector+ | Sector | Multi-Sector |
Business | Fledgling Line | Subsector-wide Line & Interface Line | Sector-wide Line | Multi-sector Line |
Remarks | Merchant Princes & Adventurers | Scheduled & Subsidized Trade | Backbone of Merchant Trade | Corporate Bulk Trade |
NOTES: While standards exist, ship naming standards evolve with time and over tech epochs. Class naming comments are only generalizations and many exceptions exist. Trade is heavily affected by local regulations, the rule of law, and local security conditions. WCS-class vessels are not ordinarily used for merchant missions as they are too large and expensive. |
Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)
Subsidized liners are commercial or mercantile starcraft. They are not intended for military use and have little recourse other than to flee for their lives if confronted by corsairs or other hostile vessels. They typically cover low to medium volume trade routes with medium risk speculation. Such rates are key to pocket empires as needed services so they are often subsidized to encourage market growth.
Supraclass Roles
Liners typically serve the following roles:
- Cargo Haulers
- Cargo Liners
- Clippers
- Container Ships
- Cruise Ships
- Freight Carriers
- Freight Liners
- Impromptu Troop Transport
- Jumpliners
- Longliners
- Luxury Liners
- Luxury Star Liners
- Merchant Liners
- Passenger Liners
- Passenger Transport
- Space Liners
- Starliners
- Subsidized Liners
- Subsidized Merchants
- Tramp Liner
Supraclass Archtypes
These ship types include the following:
Liners | |
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Type | Remarks |
Luxury Liner (R) | A starship liner equipped for sumptuous living, primarily for transporting passengers |
Merchant Liner (RM) | Merchant Liners are general-purpose design starships, intended to carry both passengers and freight. They are larger than the Far Traders intended for cargoes over 200 tons and over a dozen passengers |
Subsidized Liner (RG) | A starship primarily for transporting passengers and mail subsidized by local government. |
RT Longliner | A Starship meant for speedy transport of passengers and high value goods. |
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Merchant Vessel - Subsidized Liner:
- Type M class Subsidized Liner AKA Type RM class Subsidized Liner
- Type MN class Non-standard Merchant Vessel
Merchant Vessel - Passenger Liner:
- Type R class Luxury Liner
- Animal class Liner
- Astral Splendour class Luxury Liner
- Brilliant Gem class Cruise Liner
- Celestial Star class Liner
- Codori Prime class Luxury Liner
- Fringian Cruise Liner
- Horizon class Passenger Liner
- Independence of the Stars class Liner
- King Richard class Interstellar Liner
- Royal class Liner
- Shianjo class Liner
- Stellar class Liner
- World class Luxury Liner
- Type RT class Longliner
Merchant Vessel - Cargo Liner:
- Type RC class Cargo Liner
- Anhk class Merchant
- Bastien class Merchant Liner
- Bloodwell class Merchant
- Caccil class Merchant
- Dakaar class Merchant Transport
- Fringian Cargo Barge
- Garrett Durant class Cargo Hauler
- Hercules class Cargo Transport
- Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser
- Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier
- Vespir class Large Freighter
- Xeekr'kir! class Merchant
- Type RM class Merchant Liner
Ship Summary List
These are among the most common liners found around Charted Space:
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 19.
- Dave Sering. Starships and Spacecraft (Judges Guild, 1979), TBD.
- Ray Harms, Dan Hauffe, Michael Reagan. Darthanon Queen (Judges Guild, 1980), 20-26.
- Marc Miller. Starter Traveller (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 11.
- Loren Wiseman. Challenge 75 (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), TBD.
- Loren Wiseman. 600-ton Subsidized Liner Deckplans (Loren Wiseman, 2006), 1-44.
- Subsidized Liner Traveller: The New Era Main Rulebook (pg. 376)
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Ray Harms, Dan Hauffe, Michael Reagan. Darthanon Queen (Judges Guild, 1980), 20-26.