Pinnace

Generic Pinnace
Published, canon design.
Type: U Auxiliary
Size	40 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Cone Hull]]
Streamlining	Airframe Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	22.4 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr20
Architect fee	MCrPublished, canon design with Keith illustration.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	U-4A05
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Source
Also see	Smallcraft
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Starships 18.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard generation.

The Pinnace Uses a 40-ton hull, is capable of 5-G acceleration, carries two tons of fuel, and has a crew of two.

• It is also known as the Type U class Pinnace. It typically comes in a 40 ton smallcraft variation, but other variations are possible including larger bigcraft.
• Some call it a skimmer. And fuel collecting varieties of it are known as Fuel Skimmers.
• It is a civilian ship and a noncombatant smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)

It may mount two lasers, and any remaining weapons must be missile racks or sandcasters. It has 22.4 tons of excess space, and typically costs MCr20.

Small craft or boat of interplanetary (though not interstellar) capability. Approximate displacement: 40 tons. The Pinnace is a larger version of the ship's boat, capable of 5 Gs acceleration, carrying up to 8 passengers and displacing 40 tons. It has a fuel tank capacity of 12 tons and an equal cargo capacity. Pinnaces are usually armed with one beam or pulse laser in a non-turret mount. In some cases, a missile launch rack is installed instead.

Image Repository

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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	0-99 tons.
2.	Crew	x1 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 NAFAL TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	Offensive Equipment: The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available. No additional information yet available.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: No additional information yet available.
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	None
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Other Equipment: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

Most Common Standardized Smallcraft Types

1. Cutter (50-ton)
2. Fighter (10-ton)
3. Launch (20-ton)
4. Pinnace (40-ton)
5. Ship's Boat (30-ton)
6. Shuttle (95-ton)
7. Slow Boat (30-ton)
8. Slow Pinnace (40-ton)

History & Background (Dossier)

The Pinnace is one of the higher performance smallcraft and is valued as such. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Smallcraft - Pinnace:

1. Type U class Utility Craft
   1. Boquist class Research Pinnace
   2. Caroline class Heavy Pinnace
   3. Fuel Skimmer
   4. Narva class Pinnace
   5. Olyora class Medevac Pinnace
   6. Type ZSP class Pinnace
   7. Yaeai class Recon Pinnace

Smallcraft - Life Boat:

1. Type U class Auxiliary
   1. Deliverance class Lifeboat
   2. Interstellar Lifesaver class Lifeboat
   3. KSbA Model A-23 class Lifeboat
   4. Lifeboat (ISW Period)
   5. Longevity class Lifeboat
   6. Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat
   7. Model 292 class Life Boat
   8. Reliant class Lifeboat
   9. Reprieve class Escape Pod
   10. SK-3 class Lifeboat

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 79.
• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (N-Z) (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), TBD.
• Rob Caswell, William W. Connors, Joe Fugate, Gary L. Thomas. Starship Operator's Manual (Digest Group Publications, 1988), 58.
• Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 14-15.
• SGS: Imperial Small Craft
• SGS: Imperial Small Craft Vol. 2
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science