Sulieman class Scout/Courier
| Sulieman class Scout/Courier | |
|---|---|
 TBD | |
| Type: SC Scout/Courier | |
| Size | 100 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–15 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 2 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 2 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 3 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr27.63 |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| TBD | |
Sulieman class Scout/Courier: The official class name is Sulieman, after the Ottoman emperor with a reputation for strategy and diplomacy. One of the most common starships within the Imperium is the tested and tried type S Scout/Courier.
Originally produced to specification for the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service, this sleek and simple ship was intended for common courier duties within the Imperium, and simple survey and exploration duties beyond the Imperial borders.
Description
Because the scout/courier is a standard design, the Scout Service has a large quantity of the vessels on hand, with the natural result that some are sold at surplus and find their ways into private or commercial hands, while others are scrapped.
In addition, however, many are diverted to a scout program called detached duty. Under the direction of the Scout Service's Detached Duty Office, some former or retired scout personnel are provided with scout/couriers for their own use.
The ships are too small for profitable commercial operations, but they do serve as a form of reasonable transport for those with wanderlust.
In addition, the Scout Service derives a reasonable intelligence return on its investment through the examination of the ships' logbooks when they are serviced, and through routine interrogation and debriefings of crews.
Finally, such detached duty scout/couriers are subject to recall and activation (with crew) in the event of a war scare or mobilization alert.
History and background
While the X-Boat system provides fast forwarding of messages and information along the major xboat routes within the Imperium, it falls to the Scout Service's fleet of scout/couriers to relay information from worlds along the routes to outlying fringe worlds. The Jump-2 capability of the scout/courier places nearly all such worlds within its range.
Beyond the Imperial borders (and in relatively unexplored regions within the Imperium) the scout/courier is pressed into service as an exploratory vessel. It can roam through most areas, refueling itself from Gas Giants or planetary oceans as necessary, checking up on local conditions, and filing reports when it returns from a mission. In some areas, an exploratory cruiser of perhaps 10,000 tons will carry a squadron of ten or more scout/couriers. As the cruiser passes through an area, individual scout/couriers will range ahead or to the flanks and perform actual data gathering missions.
References and contributors
- Bryan Steele. Traders and Gunboats (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 15-16.Marc Miller. Traders and Gunboats (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 15-16.
- Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 11.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 80.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Traveller: The New Era (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 366.
- Dave Nilsen. Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 140.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Brilliant Lances (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 19.
- Citation Missing - Starships
- Loren Wiseman. Deck Plan 5: Sulieman (Steve Jackson Games, 2001), .
- Martin Dougherty. Scout Ships (Avenger Enterprises, 2007), 7.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 320, 734, 738.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science