Quick Ship Profile

QSP AKA Quick Ship Profile is a quick reference ship description used by most Imperial agencies and a number of non-Imperials as well.

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Please refer to the following AAB library data for more information:

• Starship
  • Starship User Types
    • Civilian Ship
    • Paramilitary Ship
    • Military Ship
  • Advanced Ship Classifications
    • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
    • Ship Type Code / Superclass
    • Ship Class Code / Class
    • Model (TL)
    • Bloc (Lot)
  • Basic Ship Classifications
    • Size-Role Classification
    • QSP
    • USP

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Description (Specifications)

The Quick Ship Profile (QSP) is a short coded description of the mission and capabilities of the ship. The QSP may be enhanced with the Crew Extension (detailing the various crew members for the ship) and the Vehicle Extension (detailing the vehicles and small craft carried by the ship).

Quick Ship Profile Parameters

The final ship design is abbreviated into an easily understood Expression, the Quick Ship Profile:

• Mission: Basic ship’s purpose. (Supraclass)
• Hull. Hull ID (showing total tonnage).
• Config. Hull configuration.
• Gs. Maximum acceleration.
• Jump. Maximum jump (or jump variant) capability (in Parsecs).

Quick Ship Profile Overview

'Imperial Ship Classification

Mission	Hull	Configuration	G’s	Jump	Remarks
A2	B	U	2	1	A basic QSP.
Type A2 class Far Trader	200 tons	Unstreamlined Hull	Maneuver Drive-2	Jump Drive-1	The ubiquitous Far Trader.

History & Background (Dossier)

The QSP provides a basic identification of the performance capabilities of a ship. The QSP can be expanded with two extensions:

1. The Vx Vehicle Extension, and…
   1. The Vehicle Extension Vx is a variable length string recounting the vehicles and small craft carried by the ship.
2. The Cx Crew Extension.
   1. The Crew Extension. The Crew Extension Cx is a variable length string detailing the crew members for the ship.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 314, 349.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science