Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant
Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant | |
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Distant Fringe vessel. | |
Type: TC Bulk Transport | |
Category | BCS |
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 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 4,000.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
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 |
Illustration | No |
Source | |
Also see | Transport |
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. |
The Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant is a commercial starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a merchant vessel.
Description (Specifications)
It is a vessel with 1-G and J-1 performance with a partially streamlined Close Structure Hull. It is capable of gas giant refueling. In practice this is seldom attempted with passengers embarked. 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 carries light armament and a defensive suite.
- It ordinarily carries four subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed.
- It has a 53 sophont crew and 0 marines. 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.
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General Description & Deck Plans
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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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | 7,000 tons.
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2. | Crew | x53 crew. |
3. | Performance / Engineering | Propulsion:
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4. | Main Section / Electronics | Model/4 computer.
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5. | Hardpoints | x70 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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8. | Craft / Drones | The class carries four pinnaces for flexibility in cargo handling and refueling if needed. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
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10. | Cost | MCr1,984.116 (base) MCr1,587.293 (quantity). |
11. | Construction Time | 150 weeks months to build, 120 weeks in quantity. |
12. | Remarks | Other Equipment:
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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.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- 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
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.