Manta class Small Merchant

Manta class Small Merchant
TBD
Type: AL Small Merchant
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–X
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	X G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	X
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	X
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	X Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCrX
Architect fee	MCrTanuki
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Tramp Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Manta class Small Merchant is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Small Merchant.

Description (Specifications)

It is a conversion of the Leaping Snowcat class Safari Ship otherwise known as the Type K class Safari Ship.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

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	xTBD crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration #.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Light Trader:

1. Type AL class Light Trader
   1. Anjou class Freighter
   2. Aoa'iw class Light Trader
   3. Burning Sky class Merchant Schooner
   4. Consul class Provincial Trader
   5. Fortune class Merchant
   6. Garuda class Modular Systems Vessel
   7. Iguna class Trader
   8. Joshim P. Stone class Provincial Trader
   9. Liz Zhorka class Light Trader
   10. Manta class Small Merchant
   11. Panga class Merchant
   12. Paya class Light Freighter
   13. Rhapsody class Merchant Trader
   14. Tachyon class Light Trader
   15. Unholy Exile class Trader

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• EXTERNAL LINK: http://juliahwest.com/Traveller/Brook_West/images/manta.png
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science