Conveyor class Heavy Freighter

Conveyor class Heavy Freighter
Distant Fringe vessel
Type: R Freighter
Category	BCS
Size	35,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Close Structure Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/4
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints
Accommodations
Staterooms
Low Berths	200
Personnel
Crew	195
High/Mid Passengers	13
Low Passengers	200
Payload
Cargo	16,000 Tons
Fuel tank	7,700 Tons
Carried craft	4 1200t heavy lander, 1 40t ships boat
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr10,874.78
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	R–M421241–090000–80008-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Conveyor class Heavy Freighter is a TL–11 mercantile Heavy Freighter.

• Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe

Description

It is a generic class of civilian vessel, the Heavy Freighter is a large commercial transport commonly encountered within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

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A Conveyor class Heavy Freighter.

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 craft) 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. The Heavy Freighter is constructed using a 35,000 dTon hull built in a close structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined to allow gas giant refuelling: it is equipped with fuel scoops. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
2.	Crew	xTBD crew. The Heavy Freighter requires x195 crew: 18x command, 39x engineering, 30x gunnery, and 105x service, of which 53 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries 2x passenger stewards and a medic.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power plant 2, giving performance of Jump-2 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an Agility rating of 1. There is fuel tankage of 7700 dTons, sufficient for one Jump-2 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel is fitted with a purification plant. The engineering section has a main control room. The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/4 computer. Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4. There are 120 staterooms and 200 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 13 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 16000 dTons. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor suite.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific routes.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: The ship is fitted with x4 100 dTon bays and 180 turrets. These are grouped into: Four missile batteries, each consisting of a single bay weapon Ten sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets Eight beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets There are 130 unused hardpoints but no additional space is set aside for fire control.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft / Subcraft	The ship carries four 1200 dTon Heavy Landers and a 40 dTon Ship's Boat, each housed in a dedicated hangar.
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD. The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr13,593.474. All the craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable. If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr10,874.780.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to 16,000 tons.

History & Background

The Heavy Freighter is considered underpowered and suffers performance issues in a high gravity environment. It is specifically designed to operate in backwater areas and is particularly notable for the large number of subcraft that it carries, which help to remedy its difficulties with wilderness refuelling. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

55 Representative Freighter (R) Classes

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Type R Freighter

A

• Aspirant class Provincial Carrier
• Average Cargo Ship class Cargo Ship

C

• Carrack class Tramp Liner
• Carrus class Shuttle
• Conveyor class Heavy Freighter
• Crawm class Shuttle

D

• Dakaar class Freighter

E

• Empress class Bulk Carrier

F

• Fornorb class Heavy Merchant
• Fortune class Merchant

G

• Garrett Durant class Cargo Hauler

H

• Haddox class Merchant Cruiser
• Hercules class Cargo Transport
• Hummingbird class Courier
• Hummock class Replenishment Ship

J

• Jack Driscoll class Bulk Freighter
• Jade Serpent class Fleet Support Vessel
• Jembyra class Recovery Boat

K

• KU1a Fetch class Launch

• Kyan Maru class Freighter

L

• Last Armada class Heavy Transport
• Leo class Ship's Boat
• Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser
• Liz Zhorka class Light Trader
• Logos Minos class Fleet Scout

M

• Magnadon class Provincial Merchant
• Mariner class Frame Carrier
• Maru class Merchant
• Mountain class Replenishment Ship

O

• Orowani Deep Space class Commercial Tender

P

• Panam Ajax class Logistics Transport
• Panther class Repair Vessel
• Pegasus class Bulk Cargo Carrier
• Pinnace
• Prosperity class Freighter

R

• Runabout class Small Transport

S

• Shuttle
• Siyuihwye class Armored Trader

• Slow Pinnace
• Slow Pinnace
• Solostar class Far Trader
• Suluru class Mercantile Carrier
• Susa class Cargo Carrier
• Swift Dreams class Colonial Transport

T

• Triad class Merchant
• Type AT class Freighter
• Type RAX class Protected Merchant
• Type TC(S) class Free Trader
• Type TI class Merchant
• Type TJ class Merchant

V

• Valiant Conveyor class Liberty Ship

W

• World class Transport

Y

• Yesta class Fleet Logistics Ship

Z

• Zip class Courier Drone
• Zoe Barrett class Trader

References

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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.

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• Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS