Celestial Star class Luxury Liner

Celestial Star class Luxury Liner
Type: M Liner
Category	ACS
Size	2,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/9
Jump	J-6
Maneuver	1 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifer
Armaments
Hardpoints
Accommodations
Staterooms	36
Personnel
Crew	20
Officers	2
Enlisted	18
Marines	2
High/Mid Passengers	46
Payload
Cargo	35 Tons
Fuel tank	1,320 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	31.5 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Manufacturer	Paulo Effreeti Combine
Price
Cost	MCr1,561.2
Architect fee	MCr15.612
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	M-B161692-000000-00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Celestial Star class Luxury Liner is a TL–15 Luxury Liner.

Description

The Celestial Star has a plain triangular wedge shaped hull with an elevated command deck. It is streamlined for ocean refueling. It has a long range Jump-6 drive, with a redundant Jump-1 backup system. The ship is equipped with 16 first class staterooms and 30 middle passenger cabins and an advanced Model/9 ship computer system. The back up jump drive and advanced computer system are used as selling points to prevent being stranded by misjump or main drive failure.

It is unarmed and unarmored. The ship is expensive to operate and is unarmed. It caters to passengers who want to travel far and fast. It has a crew of 20.

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	2,000 tons.
2.	Crew	20 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-6 1-G acceleration 1,320.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-6 120-EPs Agility-1
4.	Electronics	Model/9 ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x20 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr1,561.2 in quantity 1,248.96.
11.	Construction Time	126 weeks to build, 101 weeks in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 35.0 tons.

History & Background

It is an expensive luxury liner. It was designed as a long range passenger spaceship. An example of this ship is based on Rahim (world).

Selected Variant Types & Classes

37 Representative Liner (M) Classes

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

Type M Liner

B

• Besouro Valente class Personnel Transport
• Brilliance class Long Liner

C

• Camel class Medical Launch
• Celestial Star class Luxury Liner
• Codori Prime class Luxury Liner
• Condor class Subsidized Liner
• Coyotl class Bulk Hauler

E

• Excellence class Fast Shuttle

F

• Fortune class Merchant

G

• Gaia class Luxury Liner
• Giiphicih class Liner
• Glimmerdrift class Subsidized Liner
• Gold of Zurrian class Long Liner

H

• Horizon class Passenger Liner

I

• Independence of the Stars class Interstellar Liner

K

• K'Bam class Assault Lander
• Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter
• King Richard class Interstellar Liner

L

• Longevity class Lifeboat
• Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner

M

• Mal'Gnar class Assault Skiff
• Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat
• Model 292 class Life Boat

N

• Nebula class Starliner

O

• Olympian class Cruise Liner
• Orowani Deep Space class Light Liner

P

• Pride of Vland class Long Liner

R

• Royal class Interstellar Liner

S

• Sapphire Moon class Moduleship
• Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner
• Songbird class Ship's Boat
• Star class Merchant Liner
• Stellar class Liner

T

• TC00a Porter class Gig
• Type RT class Longliner

X

• Xeekr'kir! class Merchant

Y

• Yaeai class Recon Pinnace

References

This article has metadata.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy