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Revision as of 18:37, 25 February 2019

Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: TB Transport
Size 5,000 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Cone Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer Model/3
Jump J-2
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 50
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 43
    Officers 9
    Enlisted 34
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 2,700 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr5,512.582 (base)
MCr4,410.066 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile Not applicable
Images
Blueprint No
Source
Also see Freighter
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Reference Ade Alagoric Stewart
This spacecraft is designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The Provision class Medium Tanker is a mercantile starship.

Description (Specifications)

A generic class of civilian vessel, the Merchant Freighter is a commercial transport commonly encountered along Star Lanes and within backwater areas in the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL-11 design.

Image Repository

J2 5000dT Merchant Freighter.jpg
A Sirocco class Merchant Freighter.

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage TBD tons.
2. Crew xTBD crew.
3. Performance Propulsion:
4. Electronics Model/TBD fib computer.
5. Hardpoints xTBD hardpoints.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
  • No information yet available.
7. Defenses No information yet available.
8. Craft TBD
9. Fuel Treatment TBD
10. Cost MCrTBD.
11. Construction Time TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12. Comments TBD
  • Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

Hull

The Merchant Freighter is constructed using a 5000 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops.

  • Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
  • The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.

Engineering

The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type jump-2 drive, a maneuver-2 drive, and a power plant 2, giving performance of jump-2 and 2G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 2. There is fuel tankage of 1100 dTons, sufficient for one jump-2 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The ship is equipped with a purification plant.

  • The engineering section has a main control room.
  • The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid.
  • The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.

Main Section

Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/3: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/3. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 3 dTons. There are 50 staterooms and 100 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 24 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 2700 dTons.

  • The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor suite.

Crew

The Merchant Freighter requires requires 43 crew: 9x command, 7x engineering, 8x gunnery, and 15x service, of whom 1 serves as flight crew for the Ship’s Boat as required. In addition, the vessel carries 3 passenger stewards and a medic.

Weapons

The ship is fitted with 50 turrets. These are grouped into:

  • two sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
  • three missile batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets

Subcraft

The ship carries a 40 dTon Ship’s Boat housed in a dedicated hanger.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel, complete with a Ship’s Boat, is MCr2442.559.

  • Both craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
  • If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr1954.048.

History & Background (Dossier)

The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Scout/Courier:

  1. Type MT class Vessel
    1. Fat Jack class Bulk Freighter

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