Phidippides class Fast Courier

Phidippides class Fast Courier
Type: SN Fleet Courier
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Airframe Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	6 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Processor
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	10
Personnel
Crew	9
Officers	6
Enlisted	3
High/Mid Passengers	4
Payload
Cargo	22.5 Tons
Fuel tank	80 Tons
Construction
Origin	Terran Confederation
Price
Cost	MCr150
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	Loren Wiseman
Design System	Interstellar Wars
Era	Interstellar Wars
Reference	Interstellar Wars 205-206.

The Phidippides class Fast Courier is an interstellar wars era communications ship in service to the Terran Confederation Navy.

Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

After the Third Interstellar War the Terran Confederation found itself maintaining significant military forces in star systems as far apart as Nusku and Mirabilis. The Terran Navy in particular saw the need to quickly move messages, critical personnel, and small cargoes among its various stations. The Phidippides-class, the leading military courier ships of the era.

The class was retired from active naval service after the Eighth Interstellar War, to be replaced by a variety of jump-3 courier types.

Many examples of the Phidippides-class found their way into private service, to be used as commercial courier ships or even refitted as private yachts.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: Ships in the Phidippides-class were named after famous message carriers from Terran history and legend.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

30 Representative Fleet Courier (SN) Classes

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Military Ship - Communications Ship - Type SN Fleet Courier

A

• Adlerstein class Fleet Courier
• Asia class Scout

B

• Barnett class Fleet Courier

C

• C-7 class Scout
• Caliphate class Scout
• Chercheur class Fleet Dispatch Courier

D

• Dark Spirit class Intelligence Vessel
• Dewclaw class Fleet Scout
• Dunkle class Fleet Scout

H

• Hunter class Armored Scout

• Huntress class Bounty Hunter

I

• Imperial Intruder class Scout

K

• KE2 Zerp class Battle Scout

L

• Last Line class Fleet Courier

M

• Marathon class Fleet Courier
• Militia class Military Scout

P

• Phidippides class Fast Courier
• Prata class Attack Scout
• Protective class Scout

S

• Saladin class Fleet Scout

• SH02A class Fleet Scout
• Skela class Attack Scout
• Starfarer class Scout
• Stayaow class Combat Scout
• Swift class Fleet Courier
• Switch Black class Intruder Scout

T

• Talon class Scout

V

• Vanguard class Attack Scout

W

• Wasp class Fleet Scout
• Wiesbaden class Military Scout

References

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This ship was originally designed using GURPS Traveller ship design rules. Loren Wiseman. GURPS Traveller Core Rules (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 149-162. Thomas L. Bont, Robert Prior, Christopher Thrash. Starships (Steve Jackson Games, 2003), 16-73.

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Interstellar Wars (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), 205-206.