Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant

Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: AM Bulk Transport
Size	7,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Close Structure Hull]]
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/4 fib
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	70
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	53
Officers	11
Enlisted	42
Marines	7
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	4,000 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr1,984.116 (base) MCr1,587.293 (quantity)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	Not applicable
Images
Blueprint	No
Source
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

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Description (Specifications)

Designed and built in the Ras Tennol (world) system, the Reynolds Meyers Briggs Class Heavy Merchant is a heavy merchant vessel built under license to local companies. It can carry fifty high passengers and fifty middle passengers, as well as forty low berths. The massive four thousand ton cargo bay is the true money maker.

Hull / Engineering

Designed around a 7,000 dTon partially streamlined close structure hull and is is fitted with fuel scoops and onboard fuel purification for wilderness refueling. The class is a long-range design: They carry enough internal fuel for two consecutive jump 1s and have sufficient capacity to run the power plant for 2 weeks. They are capable of 1G constant acceleration and have no agility rating.

• Droptanks: The class is fitted with Droptanks capable of supporting an additional Jump-1 for extended range operations.

Main Section

The design is equipped with an efficient model model/4 computer adjacent to the bridge. The fifty-three crew members include eleven in command functions, five engineers, three gunners, lucky thirteen in the flight department, fourteen overworked in the services and seven security operators. There are 153 staterooms on multiple decks and forty low berths adjacent to the medical center. The crew and passengers enjoy uncrowded single occupancy rooms, with connected suites possible for high passengers travelling together.

The class carries four pinnaces for flexibility in cargo handling and refueling if needed.

Armament

Fitted with a single plasma cannon to “blast space rocks” which pose a navigational menace to the vessel and a single battery of nine triple sand caster turrets to deter hostile fire.

History & Background (Dossier)

It is a popular design used for commercial operations in the wilder, more hostile portions of the Sena Subsector of Halcyon Sector. They frequently serve as merchant transports for large cargoes.

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.

• Book 5 High Guard GDW 1980
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS