Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
| Sirocco class Merchant Freighter | |
|---|---|
 Unpublished, non-canon fan design.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 | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Reference | Ade Alagoric Stewart |
| This spacecraft is designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard | |
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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
A Sirocco class Merchant Freighter.
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
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.
See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- CT Book 5 "High Guard", GDW, 1980.
- 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