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.

• The QSP is suitable for smallcraft and Adventure Class Ships and not Battle Class Ships or larger.
• The maximum tonnage rated is up to 2,499 tons.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:

• Starship
  • Ships by Function
    • Bigcraft
    • Boat
    • Non-starship
    • Smallcraft
    • Spaceship
    • Starship
    • Subcraft
    • Warship
  • 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
    • Adventure Class Ship
    • Battle Class Ship
    • Fleet Class Ship
    • Size-Role Classification
    • QSP
    • USP
    • World Class Ship
  • Speed of Travel
    • FTL
    • NAFAL (STL)

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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 Overview

'Imperial Ship Classification

Mission Type	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.

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 Codes

Quick Ship Profile

Code	Tonnage	G	J	Config	Remarks
0	0 tons	0	0	None	Only for data purposes.
1	10 tons	1	1 / J-1 Max for TL-10	None	Smallcraft
2	20 tons	2	2 / J-2 Max for TL-11	None	Smallcraft
3	30 tons	3	3 / J-3 Max for TL-12	None	Smallcraft
4	40 tons	4	4 / J-4 Max for TL-13	None	Smallcraft
5	50 tons	5	5 / J-5 Max for TL-14	None	Smallcraft
6	60 tons	6	6 / J-6 Max for TL-15	None	Smallcraft
7	70 tons	7	7 / J-7 Future unrealized tech.	None	Smallcraft
8	80 tons	8	8 / J-8 Future unrealized tech.	None	Smallcraft
9	90 tons	9	9 / J-9 Future unrealized tech.	None	Smallcraft
A	100 tons	-	10 parsecs	Airframe Hull	Adventure Class Ship
B	200 tons	-	20 parsecs	Braced Hull	Adventure Class Ship
C	300 tons	-	30 parsecs	Cluster Hull	Adventure Class Ship
D	400 tons	-	40 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
E	500 tons	-	50 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
F	600 tons	-	60 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
G	700 tons	-	70 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
H	800 tons	-	80 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
J	900 tons	-	90 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
K	1,000 tons	0.1	100 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
L	1,100 tons	0.2	200 parsecs	Lifting Body Hull	Adventure Class Ship
M	1,200 tons	0.3	300 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
N	1,300 tons	0.4	400 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
P	1,400 tons	0.5	500 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
Q	1,500 tons	0.6	600 parsecs	Planetoid Hull	Adventure Class Ship
R	1,600 tons	0.7	700 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
S	1,700 tons	0.8	800 parsecs	Streamlined Hull	Adventure Class Ship
T	1,800 tons	0.9	900 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
U	1,900 tons	-	1,000 parsecs	Unstreamlined Hull	Adventure Class Ship
V	2,000 tons	-	^4 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
W	2,100 tons	-	^5 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
X	2,200 tons	-	Unknown parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
Y	2,300 tons	-	Unknown parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship
Z	2,400 tons	-	> ^5 parsecs	-	Adventure Class Ship

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, 327, 349.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science