Talk:Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant

Notes (2019)

From CT:JTAS #22, p.30:
"The lack of a good merchant trader capable of greater than jump-2 prompted the design of the Type R2 Deep Trader listed below.

"I needed a vessel with a little longer range, but still within the economy of the player character, so I used the 400 ton Book 2 hull and went to work. If you have done Book 2 starship design, you know how tough it is to get higher jump numbers in a small ship and still have room for cargo. I solved the dilemma by giving the ship fuel enough for two jump-2. It could travel 4 parsecs by doubling the amount of time to get somewhere (a reasonable compromise given the construction constraints). The other implication of this allows a trade team to get into a system without having to refuel in that system. This is useful if there is no gas giant or available water to be refined at the destination."

--WHULorigan (talk) 13:58, 15 July 2019 (EDT)