Rock class Touring Ship
| Rock class Touring Ship | |
|---|---|
| Type: MY Touring Ship | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 300 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Planetoid Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/2 |
| Jump | J-1 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Fuel Treatment | Refinery |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 3 |
| Offensive | L-M-M |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 5 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 2 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 3 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 11 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 96 Tons |
| Carried craft | Ship's Boat |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr63.6 |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | K-CP11 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Source | |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Designer | Marc Miller |
| Design System | Classic Traveller, Traveller5 |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Expedition to Zhodane 22-29. |
The Rock class Touring Ship is a non-standard 300-ton Touring Ship ship used for touring interstellar space.
Description[edit]
Touring Ship: Using a 300-ton nickel-iron asteroid as the hull, the asteroid ship is a minimal configuration ship intended as an economical transportation system between stars, and is ideal for the the wanderer, the researcher, the casual traveller, and the clandestine observer. It mounts drives capable of jump-1, maneuver-1, and power plant-1. A fuel purification plant is installed on the drive deck. There is fuel tankage for 96 tons, sufficient for three consecutive jumps of jump-1 and for running the power plant and maneuver drive for two months. Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/2. Five staterooms provide quarters for the crew and non-commercial passengers. One triple turret mounts one beam laser and two missile racks. The ship has one custom-designed 25-ton ship's boat which serves as a refueling shuttle and allows access to world surfaces. There is cargo space for 11 tons; in addition, 4.5 tons of cargo can be routinely carried aboard the ship's boat.
The asteroid ship requires up to five crew: pilot, astrogator, engineer, medic, and gunner. The pilot also operates the ship's boat.
The boat well is a transverse shaft cut through the nickel-iron of the planetoid itself; it holds the ship's boat firmly in place with heavy bolts when the ship is in motion. Shutters above and below close off the length of the shaft and conceal its presence. With the boat in place, entry is impossible because the craft seals the shaft.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
Rock is laid out on two levels: an upper quarters and bridge deck, and a lower drive deck. The orientation of both decks is perpendicular to the direction of the ship's maneuver drive thrusters, thus placing less strain on the internal grav plates when acceleration occurs.
When completely buttoned up, the entire ship appears to be an ordinary nickel-iron asteroid. Carefully sculpted shutters close off the boat well openings and the turret location; even the maneuver drives are covered by camouflaged shutters. If the ship has been powered down, the only way that it can be identified as a ship is by close inspection of the exterior by individuals in vacc suits actually on the asteroid surface. Of course, clues that the asteroid is a ship can be gotten by a good navigator based on the asteroid's course or orbit, or by the fact that the asteroid is unusual in its current location.
History & Background[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
15 Representative Touring Ship (MY) Classes[edit]
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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This ship was originally designed using Traveller 5th edition ship design rules.
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- Marc Miller. Expedition to Zhodane (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 22-29.
- Marc Miller. Starships and Spacecraft (Far Future Enterprises, 2014), 69.