Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle

Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle
Type: RG Tanker
Category	Smallcraft
Size	60 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cylinder Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Seats	2
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.1 Tons
Fuel tank	41.8 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	6 Months
Origin	Terran Confederation
Price
Cost	MCr36.225
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	RG–0303320–200000–00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	Interstellar Wars
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle is a TL–11 Auxiliary Fuel Shuttle.

Description (Specifications)

The Fuel Shuttle is a historical design produced in the Terran Confederation during the early 22nd century. Many example of the class were carried aboard the vessels of the Last Armada as they fled the Destruction of Terra at the hands of the Vilani Imperium in 2147AD. The class were sturdy and reliable and endured more than a century of hard service. They were typically used to ferry small quantities of fuel to ships.

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	The Fuel Shuttle is constructed using a 60 Ton hull built in a Cylinder configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. The ship does not have an airlock. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x1 crew. x1 Pilot/Commander. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There is an emergency locker.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-3 drive and a Power Plant-3, giving performance of 3-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 3. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the bridge.
4.	Electronics	There is a cockpit containing a pilot's acceleration couch and a Model/2 computer: no backup computer is installed. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a basic sensor array. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The Fuel Shuttle is not armed.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 2. 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 1.8 Tons. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment. Refuelling Tankage 40.0 Tons of the internal space is taken up by auxiliary fuel tankage.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr36.225 Architects Fee: MCr0.363
11.	Construction Time	27 weeks (6 months) 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	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.1 Tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Fuel Shuttles were carried by Frontier Tankers.

Fuel Shuttles were essentially a stripped down variant of the Survey Shuttle. They were constructed in great numbers at Terran-controlled shipyards throughout the Interstellar Wars period. Large numbers were transported to the Expedition's private port facilities in the empty systems lying to rimward of Terra. Once there, their fitting out was completed and they were laid up against the Expedition's future needs.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

38 Representative Tanker (RG) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Freighter - Smallcraft - Type RG Tanker

B

• Baleen class Heavy Tanker
• Bubble class Fuel Cutter

C

• Compassionate class Tanker

D

• Dromedary class Tanker/Replenishment Ship
• Duke class Jump Tanker

F

• Florence class Tanker
• Freshwater class Tanker
• Fuelbag class Fuel Depot Drone
• Furnish class Tanker

G

• Giant class Tanker

H

• Hong Cha class Tanker
• Hydrogen class Fleet Fuel Tanker

I

• Iadiadlsiz class Fleet Tanker

• Integrity class Tanker
• Ish'ka class Tanker

J

• Jolly Green Giant class Tanker

K

• KA25c Growler class Tanker
• Kandor class Tanker
• Kandor class Tanker
• Kleinnächster class Medium Tanker

L

• Last Armada class Frontier Tanker
• Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle
• Louis & Clark class Fuel Pinnace

M

• Monstrosity class Fleet Tanker

N

• Nimrod class Fuel Lighter

O

• Orowani Deep Space class Heavy Tanker

P

• Parthenopinnace Fuel Shuttle
• Provision class Medium Tanker

R

• Regent class Station Tanker
• River class Heavy Tanker

S

• S-92/3 class Fleet Tanker
• Sternplatz class Refueling Pinnace
• Sternplatz class Refueling Pinnace

T

• Tadpole class Fuel Shuttle
• Tango class Fleet Tanker
• Type 058A Fedko class Tanker

V

• Valdez class Fleet Tanker

Z

• Zheug class Fueling Shuttle

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