Alkahest class Cruiser
| Alkahest class Cruiser | |
|---|---|
| Type: C Cruiser | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 800 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/5 |
| Jump | J-3 |
| Maneuver | 3 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 25 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 45 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 80 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 288 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr310 |
| Architect fee | MCrMark McCabe |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | C-HU33 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | Yes |
| Source | |
| Also see | Cruiser |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Dave Sering. Starships and Spacecraft (Judges Guild, 1979), 17. |
The Alkahest class Cruiser is a standard 800-ton Cruiser known to Charted Space. It is a a quasi-military vessel designed for private or semi-military operations.
Description[edit]
Using a 800-ton, TL12 hull, the Alkahest-class cruiser mounts M-series drives, giving a performance of jump-3 and 3G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a 3 parsec jump, at 80t per parsec, and 2 months of operations. Attached to the bridge is a Computer Model/5. There are 25 staterooms (five for the senior crew: commanding officer, pilot, navigator, medic, and chief engineer; double occupancy for the remaining 40 crew members: 8 gunners, 4 engineers, 3 galley cooks, 2 pinnace pilots, 2 pinnace gunners, 1 admin clerk, 2 medic/orderlies, 1 forward observer, plus 17 spaces for research personnel, technicians, or troops). No low berths are installed. Eight empty triple turrets are installed. Cargo capacity is 80 tons. The hull is unstreamlined.
Carried craft include 2 Pinnaces, 1 Air/Raft Enclosed, and 2 Heavy Grav Tanks.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background[edit]
This class of liner was developed for service in and around the Maranatha-Alkahest sector. Vessels are named after subsectors and worlds there.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Design Sheet[edit]
Traveller5[edit]
Mark McCabe is the Traveller5 architect for this ship.
Cruiser C-HU33 Alkahest MCr310.4
Overtonnage: 6 tons
Crew comfort: -1
Tons Component MCr Notes
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800 Unstreamlined Hull, lifters 26 U; 8 airlocks
-4 No Landers 0
32 AV=24. 2 Kinetic Plate 0
240 Jump Fuel (3 parsecs) 0 3 pc, 80t/pc
48 Plant Fuel (2 months) 0 2 months
23 Maneuver Drive-3 (M) 46 3 G
65 Jump Drive-3 (M) 65 J 3
37 PowerPlant-3 (M) 37 P 3
0 LR Surf Communicator 4
0 LR Surf Radar 4
0 LR Surf Scope 4
0 LR Surf Neutrino Detector 4
0 Or Surf Densitometer 3.1
0 Or Surf Activity Sensor 3.1
0 Or Surf Deep Radar 3.1
0 Or Surf Mass Sensor 3.1
0 Or Surf Proximeter 3.1
0 Or Surf Field Sensor 3.1
0 LR Surf Jammer 4
0 AR Surf Stealth Mask 2
8 8x AR T3 Empty 8 #8
5 Computer Model/5 std 27
4 2x Clinic 2 #2
4 Surgery 3
4 2x Life Support Long Term 4 #2 40 person-months
1 Life Support Adaptable 1 10 sophonts
24 Spacious Bridge 1.6 5cc 6op 1ws
10 5x Senior Crew Stateroom 0.5 #5 1 crew
40 20x Crew Double 2 #20 2 crew
5 5x Crew Common Fresher 5 #5 10 crew
84 21x Crew Lounge 0 #21
80 Cargo Hold Basic 0
2 Cargo Lock 0
80 2x Pinnace 36 #2
4 Air/Raft Enclosed 0.1
4 ATV 0.1
2 Air/Raft Niche 1.5 Half Vehicle Volume
4 4x Smallcraft Grapples 4 #4 1 pair per 35t
References & Contributors[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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This ship was originally designed using Traveller 5th edition ship design rules.
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- Dave Sering. Starships and Spacecraft (Judges Guild, 1979), 17.
- Marc Miller. Starships and Spacecraft (Far Future Enterprises, 2014), 69.