Type A class Free Trader

Type A class Free Trader
Type A class Free Trader
Type: A Free Trader
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops/Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	10
Low Berths	20
Personnel
Crew	4
Officers	2
Enlisted	2
High/Mid Passengers	6
Low Passengers	20
Payload
Cargo	82 Tons
Fuel tank	30 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	11 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr37.08
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	A-BS11
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	Dave Sering, Marc Miller
Design System	Book 2
Era	1105
Reference	Starships 19.
Classic Traveller core ship design.

Free Trader (type A): Using a 200-ton hull, the free trader is an elementary interstellar merchant ship plying the space lanes carrying cargo and passengers. The Type A Free Trader is a 200-ton cargo vessel equipped to handle both freight and passengers. The Type A class Free Trader is one of the most common types of starships found within Charted Space. Many variant types and classes exist of this vessel.

Description

It has jump drive-A, maneuver drive-A, and power plant-A, giving performance of jump-1 and 1-G acceleration. There is fuel tankage for 30 tons, sufficient for the power plant and one jump-1. Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/1. There are ten staterooms and twenty low berths.

No turrets or weaponry are installed, but there are two hardpoints and two tons are set aside for fire control. There are no ship's vehicles. Cargo capacity is 82 tons. The hull is streamlined. The free trader requires a crew of four: pilot, engineer, medic, and steward. Gunners may be carried if the ship is armed. The ship costs MCr37.08 and typically takes eleven months to build.

Image Repository

1. An image of a Beowulf class Free Trader, one of the most common Type A class Free Trader variants.
   
2. An image of a variant Type A class Free Trader.
   
3. An image of a variant Type A class Free Trader.
   

History & Background

The Type A becomes the cornerstone of interstellar commerce by the end of TL–9. Numerous models of various tech levels and styles appear over a millennia to the present. The earliest ship models were believed to be from the Vilani Empire before the Ziru Sirka.

Class Naming Practices & Peculiarities

The Type A itself doesn't have a specific naming practice. However, it's many classes and subclasses do. The naming practice of the Beowulf class Free Trader are best known. They are named after the heroes of literature.

See also

• Far Trader variants
• Free Trader variants such as the Type Aj commonly found in the Gateway Domain.
• Deep Trader / Fast Trader variants
• Armored Trader / Frontier Trader variants

16 Representative Free Trader (A) Classes

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

Type A Free Trader

A

• Apollo class Runabout

B

• Bluestone class Cargo Barge

C

• Caccil class Merchant

D

• Damgarrii class Passenger Launch
• Darlene class Gig
• Delta Princess class Merchant

L

• Launch
• Liberty III class Independent Merchant
• Lushina class Fast Cutter

P

• Port of Nickle Eugenia class Bulk Container Vessel
• Pratt class Gig

R

• Refugee Pilgrim class Transport

• Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant
• Rhapsody class Merchant Trader

S

• Seragh class Cutter

T

• Type A class Free Trader

References

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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.

• Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 24.
• Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 19.
• Dave Sering. Starships and Spacecraft (Judges Guild, 1979), 10-11.Marc Miller. Starships and Spacecraft (Far Future Enterprises, 2014), 10-11.
• Marc Miller. Starter Traveller (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 35.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 81.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Traveller: The New Era (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 368.
• Citation Missing - Type A Free Trader (Deck Plan)
• Martin Dougherty. Type-A Free Trader (Mongoose Publishing, 2015), .
• Michael Johnson. Type A Free Trader (Moon Toad Publishing, 2015), All.
• Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Starships (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 35,44.
• Author: FarScout275