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Revision as of 03:42, 19 October 2019
Generic Shuttle | |
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A prototypical shuttle having left orbit and now on a slow burn to destination. | |
Type: UMS Shuttle | |
Category | Smallcraft |
Size | 95 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Wedge Hull |
Streamlining | Airframe Hull |
Tech Level | TL–8 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/1 Flt |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 3 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 2 |
Officers | 2 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 71.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Third Imperium |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr33 |
Architect fee | MCrMarc Miller |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | UMS-9S30 |
Images | |
Blueprint | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Also see | Utility Craft |
Canon | Published, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Starships 18. |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. |
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. [1]
- 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.
- It is also known as the Type UMS class Shuttle. It typically comes in a 95 ton smallcraft variation, but other variations are possible including larger bigcraft.
- The Shuttle is also sometimes known as the Fast Shuttle.
- It is a civilian ship, a noncombatant smallcraft, and a Utility Craft.
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. [1]
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 80.0 tons and a fuel capacity of 9 tons.
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General Description & Deck Plans
No information yet available.
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. [2]
Basic Ship Characteristics [3] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | 95 tons. |
2. | Crew | x2 crew. |
3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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4. | Electronics | Model/1 flt ship computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | None. |
8. | Craft | None. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | None. |
10. | Cost | MCr33. |
11. | Construction Time | 6 months to build, 4 months in quantity. |
12. | Comments | Standard cargo capacity amounts to 71.0 tons. |
Most Common Standardized Smallcraft Types
- Cutter (50-ton)
- Fighter (10-ton)
- Launch (20-ton)
- Pinnace (40-ton)
- Ship's Boat (30-ton)
- Shuttle (95-ton)
- Slow Boat (30-ton)
- Slow Pinnace (40-ton)
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.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Civilian Ship - Smallcraft - Utility Craft:
Civilian Ship - Smallcraft - Utility Craft:
- Type UMS class Shuttle
- Aanz class System Shuttle
- Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
- Carrus class Shuttle
- Ciigusna class Shuttle
- Crawm class Shuttle
- Deployment Shuttle
- Excellence class Fast Shuttle
- Generic Shuttle
- Intruder class Shuttle
- Olympian class Shuttle
- Rosendal class Shuttle
- Traissthurdusa class Rocket
- Type 423 class Cargo Shuttle
- Vanguard class Shuttle
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
- Dave Sering. Starships and Spacecraft (Judges Guild, 1979), TBD.
- Dave Sering. Amycus Probe (Judges Guild, 1981), TBD.
- Chuck Kallenbach. SORAG (Paranoia Press, 1981), TBD.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 34.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 80.
- Rob Caswell, William W. Connors, Joe Fugate, Gary L. Thomas. Starship Operator's Manual (Digest Group Publications, 1988), 58.
- Rob Caswell, Joe Fugate, Bryan Gibson. 101 Vehicles (Digest Group Publications, 1988), TBD.
- S.R. Greene. SGS: Imperial Small Craft (Seeker Gaming Systems, 1992), TBD.
- S.R. Greene. SGS: Imperial Small Craft Vol. 2 (Seeker Gaming Systems, 1992), TBD.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 47.
- Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 20-21.
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Archaic Small Craft, Shuttles, and Gigs (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), TBD.
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Cutters and Shuttles (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), TBD.
- Jason Kemp. "Starship Datasheet: Shuttle." Stellar Reaches 06 (2007): 24.
- Citation Missing - Mongoose Traveller Main Rulebook
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Cutters and Shuttles HERO Edition (ComStar Games, 2008), TBD.
- Bryan Steele. Traders and Gunboats (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), TBD.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Marc Miller. Starships and Spacecraft (Far Future Enterprises, 2014), TBD.
- Martin Dougherty. High Guard: Deployment Shuttle (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.