Qasar class Scout Cruiser

Qasar class Scout Cruiser
Type: S Explorer
Category	ACS
Size	1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	Model/4
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	2 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Offensive	2 triple laser turrets, 2 triple sandcaster turrets
Accommodations
Staterooms	16
Personnel
Crew	21
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	59 Tons
Fuel tank	492 Tons
Carried craft	1 100t Scout/Courier, 1 20t launch 1 5t ATV, 3 0.5t Grav Bikes
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	915
Price
Cost	MCr
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	S-A142442-040000-40000-0
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Machii class Scout Cruiser
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	Kevin Taylor
Design System	T20
Era	990
Reference	Scout Cruiser 10-13.

The Qasar class Scout Cruiser is a TL–13 Scout Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

Built to TL13 standard, the Qasar-lass is capable of jump-4 and 2-G acceleration. It has a backup jump-1 drive, and a backup 1-G maneuver drive. The ship also has two powerplants, one Model/4 computer and a Model/2 backup unit. The ship is streamlined (wedge) to allow skimming a gas giant and planetary landfall as well as fuel skimming in oceans. The Qasar Class was originally designed in a partially streamlined configuration, but Norton Qasar thought the flexibility of allowing planetfall and ocean refueling in uncharted territory justified the extra cost of streamlining the ship.

History & Background

In 911 the Exploration Office at Daramn (Ley 0812) issued a requirement for a Scout Cruiser specifically designed for long range cruises in uncharted territory outside the Imperium. The array of Scout/Couriers, Survey Scouts and ex-Imperial Navy warships currently in service were simply not suitable for the vast Jump distances, unexpected stellar phenomena and multiple levels of redundancy required to survive months or even years at a time out of contact with the Imperium.

Naval and Scout Architects on Daramm collaborated to produce a design with levels of redundancy and reliability rarely produced within the Imperium. The 1000 ton design took 4 years to perfect, and Doctor Norton Qasar, the half-Luriani, half-Solomani Chief Designer of the Ley Scout Architects Office, died before seeing his dream power out of the Daramm Naval Base Shipyard. Other Sector Scout Offices took up the design, and today (993), after 75 years of service, many Qasar Class Cruisers ply the unexplored reaches outside Imperial space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Class Naming Practice/s: The Class is named after famous explorers from Solomani, Luriani and Vilani history. The lead vessel, Qasar, is the sole exception, being named after its Luriani designer.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

39 Representative Explorer (S) Classes

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

Type S Explorer

B

• Baso Rita class Small Survey Ship
• Brilliant class Scout

C

• Collective class Scout
• Collective class Scout

E

• Elbing class Scout

F

• Fairmile Model G class Scout

H

• Highlander class Exploratory Merchant
• Hive class Scout
• Hraye class Scout
• Hunter class Armored Scout

I

• Inquiring Mind class Fleet Scout

K

• Kach'k class Scout
• Kanllaz class Scout

• KE2d Zerp class Scout
• KE3d Korsu class Fast Scout
• Keyhole class Observatory Ship
• Kforuzeng class Scout

L

• Lake class Surveillance Vessel
• Last Armada class Scout

M

• Machii class Scout Cruiser
• Motherscout class Probe Drone Carrier

N

• Ninz class Scout

P

• Pallad class Asteroid Scout
• Pathfinder class Fleet Scout

Q

• Qasar class Scout Cruiser

S

• S-223 Moon Raven class Covert Surveillance Scout

• Sering class Scout
• Silver Spur class Scout
• Sixth Horizon class Fast Far Scout
• SLC2 Ahouhi class Scout

T

• TC3 Perx class Scout
• Telemon class Survey Scout
• Type JL class Espionage Vessel

V

• Void Camera class Deep Space Scout

W

• Wrathful class War Scout

X

• Xero class Scout
• Xero class Scout

Y

• Yono class Scout

Z

• Zydmnar class Scout

References

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This ship was originally designed using Traveller D20 ship design rules. Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. The Traveller's Handbook (QuikLink Interactive, 2002), 253-279.

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.

• Michael Taylor. Scout Cruiser (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), 10-13.
• Contributor: FarScout275