Shuttle
Generic Shuttle | |
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A prototypical shuttle having left orbit and now on a slow burn to destination. | |
Type: R Freighter | |
Category | Smallcraft |
Size | 95 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Wedge Hull |
Streamlining | Airframe Hull |
Tech Level | TL–8 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/1 |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 3 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | |
Personnel | |
Crew | 2 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 71 Tons |
Fuel tank | 2.85 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Third Imperium |
Price | |
Cost | MCr33 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | A-9A30 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Published, canon design |
Designer | Marc Miller |
Reference | Starships 18. |
The Shuttle uses a 95-ton hull, is capable of 3-G acceleration, carries 2.85 tons of fuel, and has a crew of two. [1]
Shuttles are a kind of Small Craft, spacecraft not meant for interstellar travel. Almost all work in an interface role, carrying passengers and cargo from planet side to space side and back.
It is also known as the Type UMS class Shuttle or Fast Shuttle. It typically comes in a 95 ton smallcraft variation.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
It may mount up to two lasers; remaining weapons must be missile racks or sandcasters. It has 71 tons of excess space, and typically costs MCr33. [2]
Shuttles are usually unarmed, and are capable of cargo transfer in a vacuum. They have a mass displacement of 95 dTons, are typically capable of three Gs of acceleration, and can carry up to thirty passengers. They have a cargo hold capacity of 80.0 tons and a fuel capacity of 9.0 tons. [3]
Image Repository[edit]
- A Shuttle leaving orbit for a spaceport.
- A stock Shuttle image by a famous starcraft artist.
- A Type 423 variant in flight
Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]
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. [4]
Basic Ship Characteristics [5] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | 95 tons. |
2. | Crew | x2 crew. |
3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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4. | Electronics | Model/1 flt ship computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | None. |
8. | Craft | None. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
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10. | Cost | MCr33. |
11. | Construction Time | 6 months to build, 4 months in quantity. |
12. | Remarks | Other Equipment:
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The standard ship’s Shuttle is one of the largest and highest performance smallcraft vessels at 95 tons. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space. Access to planetary surfaces by ships incapable of landing themselves is made using shuttles which are present at a starport, or which are carried by the starship itself.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
51 Representative Shuttle (R) Classes[edit]
Civilian Ship - Freighter - Type R Shuttle
A
C
D
E
F
G
H
- Haddox class Merchant Cruiser
- Hercules class Cargo Transport
- Hummingbird class Courier
- Hummock class Replenishment Ship
J
K
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
O
P
- Panam Ajax class Logistics Transport
- Panther class Repair Vessel
- Pegasus class Bulk Cargo Carrier
- Pinnace
- Prosperity class Freighter
R
S
- Ship's Boat
- Shuttle
- Siyuihwye class Armored Trader
- Solostar class Far Trader
- Suluru class Mercantile Carrier
- Susa class Cargo Carrier
- Swift Dreams class Colonial Transport
T
- Three Sisters class Heavy Jump Transport
- 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
W
Z
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
- Dave Sering. Starships and Spacecraft (Judges Guild, 1979), TBD.
- Dave Sering. Amycus Probe (Judges Guild, 1981), TBD.
- Chuck Kallenbach. SORAG (Paranoia Press, 1981), TBD.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 34.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 80.
- Rob Caswell, William W. Connors, Joe Fugate, Gary L. Thomas. Starship Operator's Manual (Digest Group Publications, 1988), 58.
- Rob Caswell, Joe Fugate, Bryan Gibson. 101 Vehicles (Digest Group Publications, 1988), TBD.
- S.R. Greene. SGS: Imperial Small Craft (Seeker Gaming Systems, 1992), TBD.
- S.R. Greene. SGS: Imperial Small Craft Vol. 2 (Seeker Gaming Systems, 1992), TBD.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 47.
- Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 20-21.
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Archaic Small Craft, Shuttles, and Gigs (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), TBD.
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Cutters and Shuttles (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), TBD.
- Jason Kemp. "Starship Datasheet: Shuttle." Stellar Reaches 06 (2007): 24.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 133.
- Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Cutters and Shuttles HERO Edition (ComStar Games, 2008), TBD.
- Bryan Steele. Traders and Gunboats (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), TBD.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Marc Miller. Starships and Spacecraft (Far Future Enterprises, 2014), TBD.
- Martin Dougherty. High Guard: Deployment Shuttle (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), TBD.
- ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
- ↑ Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 18.Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Starships (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 18.Thomas L. Bont, Robert Prior, Christopher Thrash. Starships (Steve Jackson Games, 2003), 18.
- ↑ Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 18.Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Starships (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 18.Thomas L. Bont, Robert Prior, Christopher Thrash. Starships (Steve Jackson Games, 2003), 18.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.