Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner

Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner
Type: M Liner
Category	ACS
Size	5,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/4
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	1 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	50
Accommodations
Staterooms	346
Low Berths	100
Personnel
Crew	71
Officers	11
Enlisted	60
High/Mid Passengers	300
Low Passengers	64
Payload
Cargo	310 Tons
Fuel tank	2,200 Tons
Carried craft	39 10t lifeboats
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Manufacturer	Ling-Standard Products
Price
Cost	MCr2,531.11
Architect fee	MCr25.31
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	M-E241442-090000-00007-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Jon Schattke
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Jon Schattke

The Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner is a TL–15 luxury passenger Liner.

Description

The Shuvalvashtu class is a limited run Luxury Liner, used primarily on routes between industrial worlds and rich worlds. The fast jump capacity satisfies the demands of their clientele to waste as little of their valuable time as possible. The lifeboats can carry the entire ships' passenger and crew complement.

The crew is typically Captain, First Officer, two Seconds officers (one for each shift), two Navigators, one pilot (generally, the captain and first officer will spell the pilot if long maneuvers are needed), a medic, a gunnery command officer, two gunnery weapons masters, a missile battery gunner, a sandcaster battery gunner, chief engineer, three engineering mates, 15 service personnel and 39 stewards. Crew are housed in 1 stateroom and 70 half staterooms.

Passenger accommodations amount to 310 equivalent staterooms, most as doubles with a 4 person maximum occupancy, but 30 set aside as 3 room suites which can nominally house 12 people but usually are rented by a single person. 100 low berths are provided, for bodyguards or other personnel that the rich might want along on a voyage who would have no purpose during the voyage. Generally, the three bays are set up as viewing lounges and casino floors; the blisters are easily modified based on current trends in travelling fashion, for instance, roller blading had a resurgence in the mid 870s and many a Shuvalivashtu outfitted one of the bays with a roller race complete with DJ booth and snack bar.

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 / Hull	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	x71 crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-4 1-G acceleration 2,200.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-Y 200-EPs Agility-1
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/4 ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x50 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	x39 10-ton Lifeboats
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and Fuel Purifiers
10.	Cost	MCr2531.11
11.	Construction Time	30 months to build, 22 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 300 tons.

History & Background

Economics: Salaries are 188,100 per month. Life support is 702,000 per trip. The mortgage (or profit after paid off) is 10,546,292 per trip. Two trips a month gives 12,138,392 to be covered. 70% occupancy gives a cost of 2700 for a low berth, and 27,000 per equivalent stateroom. Suites are charged out at 81,000 per trip no matter how many people share it, double staterooms at 54,000, and singles at 27,000. If the turnaround can be dropped to 3 days, so 3 trips may be made a month, the cost can drop to just double normal fares.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

36 Representative Liner (M) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Liner - Type M Liner

B

• Besouro Valente class Personnel Transport
• Brilliance class Long Liner

C

• Camel class Medical Launch
• Celestial Star class Luxury Liner
• Codori Prime class Luxury Liner
• Condor class Subsidized Liner
• Coyotl class Bulk Hauler

E

• Excellence class Fast Shuttle

G

• Gaia class Luxury Liner
• Giiphicih class Liner
• Glimmerdrift class Subsidized Liner
• Gold of Zurrian class Long Liner

H

• Horizon class Passenger Liner

I

• Independence of the Stars class Interstellar Liner

K

• K'Bam class Assault Lander
• Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter
• King Richard class Interstellar Liner

L

• Longevity class Lifeboat
• Lord Somerset class Subsidized Liner

M

• Mal'Gnar class Assault Skiff
• Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat
• Model 292 class Life Boat

N

• Nebula class Starliner

O

• Olympian class Cruise Liner

• Orowani Deep Space class Light Liner

P

• Pride of Vland class Long Liner

R

• Royal class Interstellar Liner

S

• Sapphire Moon class Moduleship
• Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner
• Songbird class Ship's Boat
• Star class Merchant Liner
• Stellar class Liner

T

• TC00a Porter class Gig
• Type RT class Longliner

X

• Xeekr'kir! class Merchant

Y

• Yaeai class Recon Pinnace

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: Jon Schattke (via Facebook)