Fat Cat class Far Trader

Fat Cat class Far Trader
Courier, merchant, packet... or smuggler, of course.
Type: AF Far Trader
Category	ACS
Size	300 Tons
Hull Configuration	Lifting Body Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/1bis
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Fuel Treatment	SP
Armaments
Hardpoints	3
Accommodations
Staterooms	9
Bunk Rooms	3
Personnel
Crew	4
Pilots	2
High/Mid Passengers	16
Payload
Cargo	100 Tons
Fuel tank	59 Tons
Carried craft	V1
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr106.5
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	AF-CL22
Images
Blueprint	yes
Illustration	yes
Source
Also see	Far Trader
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	David Blalock
Design System	Traveller5
Era	1105
Reference	David Blalock. "Fat Cat" Far Trader (D.B. Game Design, 2014), .

The Fat Cat class Far Trader is a civilian Far Trader.

Description

Using a 300-ton, TL–14 hull, the Fat Cat-class Far Trader mounts C-class drives, giving a performance of jump-2 and 2G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a 2 parsec jump, at 24t per parsec, and 2 months of operations. Attached to the bridge is a Computer Model/1bis. There is a crew suite and barracks, and 8 double passenger staterooms. No weapons are mounted. Cargo capacity is 100 tons. The ship has a lifting body hull, with scoops for frontier refueling. It is slightly undertonned, giving it 3G acceleration in atmosphere 2+.

The ship carries 1 Air/Raft (in cargo). The ship has 4 to 8 crew, and can carry 16 passengers.

History & Background

Built by the trillium Industrial Group, the TPT-133 logistics transport is a common sight in the Versis Principalities. Their stylish, functional, lines combined with the outstanding quality and craftsmanship displayed in their constriction, makes them popular throughout Foreven and the surrounding sectors, even after decades of service.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Naming is unregulated but often falls on whimsical lines.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

54 Representative Far Trader (AF) Classes

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

Type AF Far Trader

A

• Akkigish class Far Trader
• Alexandria class Free Trader
• Anjou class Freighter
• Aoa'iw class Light Trader
• April Hare class Far Trader
• Athelstan class Merchant
• Avian class Far Trader

B

• Basil class Merchant
• Beowulf class Free Trader
• Bremen class Caravel
• Burning Sky class Merchant Schooner

C

• Caroline class Heavy Pinnace
• Ciigusna class Pinnace
• ColonyCord class Fast Trader
• Consul class Provincial Trader
• Coriander class Free Trader

E

• Eakhau class Trader
• Empress Marava class Far Trader

F

• Fanzhhienz class Far Trader
• Farrou class Far Trader
• Fat Cat class Far Trader

G

• Garu class Far Trader
• Gizicih class General Trader

H

• Hero class Far Trader
• Hnneshant class Trade Boat

I

• Independent Hauler class Far Trader

J

• Jayhawk class Far Trader
• Joshim P. Stone class Provincial Trader

K

• Khershwan class Trader

L

• Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader

M

• Maada class Fast Trader
• Manta class Small Merchant
• Moraine class Free Trader

N

• Noql class Free Trader
• Nye class Caravel
• Nymph class Provincial Merchant

P

• Paya class Light Freighter
• Perseus class Free Trader
• Princess Gunnhilde class Far Trader

R

• Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader

S

• Salamander class Far Trader
• Sleeper class Fast Trader
• Soho class Light Freighter
• Stage class Far Trader
• Star class Armored Merchant
• Sundowner class Free Trader

T

• Tachyon class Light Trader
• Tequila class Free Trader
• Treader class Free Trader
• Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader
• Type Aj class Free Trader
• Type HR class Trader

U

• Unholy Exile class Trader

W

• Wulf class Free Trader

References

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This ship was originally designed using Traveller 5th edition ship design rules. Traveller 5th Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Starships (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 67-93.

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• David Blalock. "Fat Cat" Far Trader (D.B. Game Design, 2014), TBD.