Type RL class Subsidized Merchant

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Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
TBD
Type: R1 Subsidized Merchant
Category ACS
Size 600 Tons
Hull Configuration TBD Hull
Tech Level TL–9
Engineering
Computer TBD
Jump J-1
Maneuver 1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 2
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 6
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 390.0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Third Imperium
Price
Cost MCr178.4
Architect fee MCrKen Pick
Images
Illustration No
Source
Canon Published, fan design
Type RL class Subsidized Merchant

The Type RL class Subsidized Merchant is a relatively common modification of the stock Type R class Subsidized Merchant and can be found throughout Charted Space.

Description (Specifications)

Stretched Subsidized Merchant (Type RL): Using a 600-ton hull, the Stretched Merchant is an enlarged version of the Type R Subsidized Merchant. It mounts jump drive-D, maneuver drive-D, and power plant-D, giving a performance of jump-1 and 1-G acceleration. Fuel tankage for 80 tons supports the power plant and allows one jump-1. Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/2. There are 14 staterooms and ten low berths. The ship has two hardpoints and two tons allocated to fire control; no weapons are mounted. There is one ship's vehicle: a 20-ton launch. Cargo capacity is 389 tons; the cargo hold is plumbed for collapsible and demountable fuel tanks and may be subdivided for ship's vehicle bays. The hull is streamlined.

The Stretched Merchant requires a crew of six: pilot, navigator, two engineers, medic, and steward. The ship can carry eight high/middle passengers and ten low passengers; maximum life-support capacity is 28. The ship costs MCr 178.4 (not counting weapons) and takes 22 months to build at Tech Level 9.

History & Background (Dossier)

This is a "stretch" modification of the stock Type R class Subsidized Merchant into a larger and faster ship, assuming that the crew/passenger/bridge section (where most of the complex systems would be) is relatively standard and adding hull metal and standard engine pods is relatively easy.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Some of the best known and most widely produced versions of this ship include:
Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Subsidized Merchant: Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Subsidized Merchant - Fat Trader:

  1. Type R1 class Subsidized Merchant AKA Fat Trader
    1. Ghent class Subsidized Merchant
    2. Gyro Cadis class Subsidized Merchant
    3. March class Subsidized Merchant
    4. Type R class Subsidized Merchant
    5. Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
    6. Type RQ class Subsidized Merchant

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