KU1a Fetch class Launch

KU1a Fetch class Launch
Type: R Freighter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	10 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	None
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	2 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Seats	1
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	5 Tons
Fuel tank	1 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	6 Months
Origin	Korsumug Empire
Price
Cost	MCr6.16
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	R-1A20
Universal Ship Profile	R–0202210–000000–00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The KU1a Fetch class Launch is a TL–9 noncombatant smallcraft Launch. It is a common service craft carried aboard larger vessels.

Description (Specifications)

The Launch is designed to ferry passengers and incidental cargoes between locations. The class is operated by the Imperial Korsumug Navy. The vessel is a Jansa design. It is typically crewed by Jaibok.

Examples of the class serve with the Glorious Triumph Fleet.

Image Repository

KU1a Fetch class Launch.

General Description

The Fetch class is a utility vessel with 2-G performance. It is supplied unarmed, though it is common practice for crews to retrofit weapon systems. It has a broadly cone-shaped profile and is fully streamlined, allowing atmospheric operations and enabling it to perform surface landings.

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	The Launch is constructed using a 10 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined with limited airfoil surfaces, giving average atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. The vessel has an airlock. The vessel has a sturdy retractable landing legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 1 x1 Pilot. A copilots position is located adjacent to the pilot. Accommodations The main compartment has x10 removable passenger acceleration couches. The vessel is fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and has full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems within the vessel. There are x12 small emergency lockers, two located within the cockpit and ten built into the structures of the couches.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 4 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4.	Electronics	The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 Computer: no backup Computer is installed. The computer functions as a Model/0 due to the lack of a bridge. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint. There is one unused hardpoint and 1 dTon is set aside for fire control.
6.	Armament	The Launch is unarmed.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1 dTon. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment and can work efficiently using unrefined fuel.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr6.16. The ship is a standard design. 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 the price of each unit to MCr4.928.
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	The vessel has no inherent cargo space. If the passenger couches are removed the craft has a cargo capacity of up to 5 dTons. Couches must be removed in pairs: each pair of couches removed creates 1 dTon of cargo space.

History & Background (Dossier)

Fetch class Launches are common utility craft of the Korsumug Empire. Huge numbers of the craft have been built.

The vessel was designed by the Jansa, a minor race closely allied with the Jaibok.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities:
The Fetch class is supplied unarmed: it is normal practice for crews to add armaments to the hardpoint. The vessel does not have sufficient power for lasers or energy weapons, restricting the options to missiles or sandcasters.

Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Korsumug Empire are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. KU refers to 'Korsumug Utility Craft' (a designation applied to all Korsumug smallcraft, except fighters, whether they are combatant or non-combat), 1 is a type indicator, and 'a' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level. Type codes will often repeat: 'Fetch' is an easy to remember name to identify the specific type of vessel.

Individual vessels are generally named by their crews.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

55 Representative Transport (R) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Freighter - Smallcraft - Type R Transport

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.

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 & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS