Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader
| Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader | |
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| Type: AF Free Trader | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 800 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Close Structure Hull |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/3 |
| Jump | J-3 |
| Maneuver | 2 G |
| Fuel Treatment | SP,IP,BP |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 8 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 13 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 8 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 4 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 250 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 261 Tons |
| Carried craft | B1 L1 V1 |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Manufacturer | Bilstein |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr253.1 |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | AF-HS23 |
| Source | |
| Also see | Exploratory Trader |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Starships and Spacecraft 19. |
The Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader is a Trader used for exploratory missions beyond the borders of civilization.
Description[edit]
Using an 800-ton streamlined hull, the Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader is intended for frontier speculative trade, with a strong emphasis on safety rather than profit-making. It is equipped with the LSP L/3 Starpoint jump drive, the Dupree 220m maneuver drive, and a Lesler-Khalan #155e power plant, giving performance of Jump-3 and 2G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports the power plant and one jump-3; fuel scoops and purification plants allow wilderness refueling. It has four triple turret beam lasers and two double turret sandcasters. A mining laser turret gives the ship flexibility to perform some prospecting. There are 250 tons of cargo.
The ship carries three craft: a fast boat and lifeboat in a hangar, and an air/raft stored in cargo.
The ship requires 8 crew: Pilot, Astrogator, 4 Engineers, Sensop, and Medic. A Steward and up to 4 Gunners may be added. Four luxury staterooms are set aside for high passengers, or more likely, senior merchants, negotiators and salespeople. A laboratory is supplied for immediate analysis of local products.
A variant is the Aslan “Spice Trader”: a long-range cargo hauler that travels from the Hierate states to distant source markets, such as the Aramis Trace in the Spinward Marches. The Spice Trader has a downgraded maneuver drive and power plant, and lacks the pinnace and extra appointments, to bring cargo space up to 400 tons.
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General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background[edit]
No information yet available.
Class Naming Practice[edit]
These ships are often named for flowering plants, though there are exceptions. Known ship names:
- Lanthium Petal
- Iridium Rose
- Shegar
- Wilderness Traveller
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
56 Representative Speculative Trader (AF) Classes[edit]
Civilian Ship - Trader - Type AF Speculative 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
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
P
R
S
- Salamander class Far 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
- Type RX class Merchant Trader
U
V
W
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using Traveller 5th edition ship design rules.
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- Marc Miller. Starships and Spacecraft (Far Future Enterprises, 2014), 19.