Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter

Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter
Homegrown industrial smallcraft serving as a utility craft.
Type: UG Prospector's Cutter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	60 Tons
Hull Configuration	Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	3
Officers	1
Enlisted	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	3.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	1046
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr22.5562, QTY: MCr18.045
Architect fee	James Kundert
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	UG-6S10
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Utility Craft
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: James Kundert
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter is a noncombatant mining smallcraft.

• It is a civilian ship and a Prospector's Cutter.
• It functions as part of the Inar SysDefCom.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-0 performance with a partially streamlined sphere hull.

• It carries light armament and a defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft nor drones.
• It has a three sophont crew and no marines.

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The Bathysphere is a tail-sitter, with its internal decking perpendicular to the direction of thrust. The hull is a 12-meter diameter sphere with the crew area in one deck just below the equator. The upper half is all one cargo hold with the single turret at the top (...connected to the crew deck by an access tube). The entire top half of the hull splits into four hatches hinged at the equator. With all four open the cutter resembles a large flower, but can (...with skilled rope work) almost double its cargo capacity. The bottom half of the sphere contains the drives, fuel, and several smaller cargo compartments.

Image Repository

1. Two Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutters making planetfall.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (...of ten subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	xTBD crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Subcraft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	No information yet available. Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Duchy of Inar based out of Inar (world) has a vibrant TL-14 or TL-E ship building industry, known for innovative designs and clever Naval Architecture. They are best known for their unstreamlined cylinder hull tail-sitter ship designs and sphere hulled smallcraft specialized for star system defense. They also build some of the finest fusion guns and ECM systems in Imperial Space.

It is one of the well known 60-ton sphere designs of Inar (Deneb 1213).

It was designed for Sternmetal Horizons in 1046, and entered the general market in 1052. It serves as an alternative to the well-used Seeker "class" for belt prospecting. The Bathysphere has all of the cargo capacity of the Seeker (though it lacks a prospector's buggy), without the added expense (and volume) of a Jump Drive.

This design is meant to operate from a central base, which resupplies the cutter and clears its cargo hold for another run. Sternmetal normally operates the so-called "Company Store" Prospector Tender in this roll. This ship can serve 12 cutters, though it usually carries 10 and fills the last two spots with a pair of Bubble class Fuel Cutters (the tender is unstreamlined).

Bathyspheres (...and their tenders) are fairly common within about 12 parsecs of Inar, but are not seen at Inar itself unless being built or serviced, as Inar has no Planetoid Belts.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Industrial Smallcraft:

1. Type UG class Industrial Smallcraft
   1. Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter
   2. Prospector class Remote Fuel Scavenger
   3. Tomar class Industrial Mining Launch

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This ship was originally designed using MegaTraveller ship design rules. Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), .

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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, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• EXTERNAL LINK: GypsyComet's Shipyard
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: James Kundert
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science