Shuttle

Generic Shuttle
Type: [[]]
Size	95 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–
Engineering
Computer
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
Enlisted	30
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	71 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	[[]]
Price
Cost	MCrMCr33
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design

The Shuttle uses a 95-ton hull, is capable of 3-G acceleration, carries 2.85 tons of fuel, and has a crew of two.

• Shuttles are a kind of Small Craft, spacecraft not meant for interstellar travel.
• Almost all work in an interface role, carrying passengers and cargo from planet side to space side and back.

Description (Specifications)

It may mount up to two lasers; remaining weapons must be missile racks or sandcasters. It has 71 tons of excess space, and typically costs MCr33.

Shuttles are usually unarmed, and are capable of cargo transfer in a vacuum.

• They have a mass displacement of 95 dTons, are typically capable of three Gs of acceleration, and can carry up to thirty passengers.
• They have a cargo hold capacity of 80 tons and a fuel capacity of 9 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The standard ship’s Shuttle is one of the largest and highest performance smallcraft vessels at 95 tons. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space.

Access to planetary surfaces by ships incapable of landing themselves is made using shuttles which are present at a starport, or which are carried by the starship itself.

Selected Shuttle Classes

1. TBD

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
• Dave Sering. Amycus Probe (Judges Guild, 1981), TBD.
• Periodical: Stellar Reaches 06
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science