Trader class Provincial Transport

Trader class Provincial Transport
Type: AK Subsidized Merchant
Category	ACS
Size	1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Flattened Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	10
Offensive	2 double laser turrets, 2 triple sandcaster turrets
Accommodations
Staterooms	57
Low Berths	50
Personnel
Crew	17
Officers	6
Enlisted	11
High/Mid Passengers	40
Low Passengers	50
Payload
Cargo	332 Tons
Fuel tank	220 Tons
Carried craft	4 20t lifeboats
Construction
Construction Time	30 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr414.0
Architect fee	MCr4.14
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	AK-A621232-0400000-30000-0
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, non-canon design
Designer	Ross Babcock, Jordan Weisman
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Adventure Class Ships Volume 3 6-8.

The Trader class Provincial Transport is a TL–15 Provincial Transport.

Description

Ships of the Trader-class are often found in a variety of settings. These ships are an excellent compromise between passenger and cargo transport capabilities. Thus they are able to earn a good income no matter what the local trade situation may be like.

The entire upper deck is occupied by the ship's bridge. Consoles here include helm and navigation (the only position normally manned), an engineer monitor, a weapons status repeater, and a communications console (crewed only when needed). Three of the ship's triple sandcasters turrets are also placed on this deck.

The second deck holds twenty large staterooms, used by high passage travellers. A large lounge area with panoramic view windows dominates one end of the deck. Three triple sandcaster turrets and two of the ship's lifeboars are also located here.

The largest of the ship's deck is the central four-lobed main deck. The port and starboard lobes of the deck contain large cargo bays, each holding 60 tons of cargo. Between these two bay are accommodations for twenty middle class passengers and the ship's seventeen crewmen. It is customary for the captain to make use of two of these cabins, one as sleeping quarters, the other as a dayroom or office. At the very center of the deck a library, a bar and lounge, and the ship's galley flank the central elevator shaft.

The forward lobe holds the ship's dining facilities. The after lobe is the location of engineering spaces, the crew common area, and a small theater for passenger entertainment. The theater is fitted out to show holographic movies, live shows, and other group amusements. Four double laser turrets are also located on the deck.

The next lower deck, the cargo deck hols 212 tons of cargo, plus the sick bay and low berths. The lowest deck of the ship holds Fuel.

History & Background

Though popular among government lines, use of the Trader-class transports is by no means limited to them alone. The ship is a dependable, versatile type of merchant vessel, and is used by both larger lines (though usually in backwater areas) and by smaller companies that are little more than glorified Free Trader operations.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Names for the Trader-class of provincial merchants are widely varied. One common system is to name ships of class for various famous merchants of fact and fancy.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

42 Representative Subsidized Line (AK) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Type AK Subsidized Line

A

• Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
• Amkarim class Trade Liner
• Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
• Anhk class Merchant

B

• Bloodwell class Merchant
• Borazio class Heavy Freighter

C

• Cihzicih class Transport
• Congo class Cargo Barge

D

• Dhaztuen class Far Merchant
• Doji Hoturi class Bulk Freighter

F

• Freespace Gateway class Freighter

G

• Gamma Haden class Liner
• Ghent class Subsidized Merchant
• Goliath class Provincial Freighter

• Guilder class Subsidized Merchant

J

• Jasper class Provincial Merchant
• Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
• Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier

K

• Khtukhao class Clan Transport
• Kolomyia class Fast Liner

L

• Last Armada class Launch
• Last Armada class Survey Shuttle
• Lightning class Frontier Merchant

M

• Maru class Merchant
• Mauripo class Subsidized Merchant
• Mavuzo class Super Freighter
• Mora class Freighter

P

• Palatine class Merchant Trader

• Petty class Subsidized Merchant

Q

• Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant

R

• Rodgers class Skiff

S

• Seeker class Armored Merchant
• Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
• Star*mart class Provincial Merchant
• Swordfish class Merchant

T

• Trader class Provincial Transport
• Type CT class Cargo Carrier
• Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
• Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
• Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
• Tyrfing class Freighter

V

• Virtue class Light Freighter

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

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.

• J. Andrew Keith. Adventure Class Ships Volume 3 (FASA, 1981), 6-8.