Shuttle

Generic Shuttle
Published, canon design.
Type: U Auxiliary
Size	95 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	TBD
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	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr33
Architect fee	MCrPublished, canon design with Keith illustration.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard generation.

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.
• It is also known as the Type U class Shuttle. It typically comes in a 95 ton smallcraft variation, but other variations are possible including larger bigcraft.
• It is a civilian ship and a noncombatant smallcraft.

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 80.0 tons and a fuel capacity of 9 tons.

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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics

No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	95 tons.
2.	Crew	x2 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 Boat 3-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/1 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: None.
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

1. Cutter (50-ton)
2. Fighter (10-ton)
3. Launch (20-ton)
4. Pinnace (40-ton)
5. Ship's Boat (30-ton)
6. Shuttle (95-ton)
7. Slow Boat (30-ton)
8. 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 Shuttle AKA Commercial Shuttle:

1. Type U class Auxiliary
   1. Cargo Shuttle
      1. Fringian Shuttle
   2. Deployment Shuttle
   3. Fast Shuttle
      1. Fringian Fast Shuttle
   4. Fuel Shuttle
      1. Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle
   5. Interface Transport
   6. Passenger Shuttle
      1. Olympian class Shuttle
   7. Survey Shuttle
      1. Last Armada class Survey Shuttle
   8. System Shuttle
      1. Aanz class System Shuttle
2. Type YY class Commercial Shuttle
   1. Andrew class Commercial Shuttle

Military Shuttle:

1. Type U class Auxiliary
   1. Assault Shuttle
      1. Fringian Assault Shuttle
      2. Macropan Screamer class Attack Shuttle
      3. Slicer class Assault Shuttle
      4. Sturmge class Assault Shuttle
   2. Attack Shuttle
      1. Intruder class Shuttle

Image Repository

1. A Shuttle leaving orbit for a spaceport.
   

References & Contributors (Sources)

This article has metadata.

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. 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), TBD.
• 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.
• Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Cutters and Shuttles HERO Edition (ComStar Games, 2008), 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