Tequila class Free Trader

Tequila class Free Trader
Type: AF Free Trader
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Partly Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	10
Low Berths	10
Personnel
Crew	4
Officers	3
Enlisted	1
High/Mid Passengers	6
Low Passengers	10
Payload
Cargo	82 Tons
Fuel tank	30 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	11 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr43
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	A-BS11
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Leo Knight
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan Design

The Tequila class Free Trader is a TL–10 civilian Free Trader.

Description

Using a 200-ton, TL–10 hull, the Tequila class Free Trader is an elementary interstellar merchant ship plying the space lanes carrying cargo and passengers. It mounts jump drive-A, maneuver drive-A, and power plant-A, giving a performance of Jump-1 and 1G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a 1 parsec jump, at 20t per parsec, and one month of operations. Attached to the bridge is a Computer Model/1 std. There are 9 staterooms, an owner's suite, and 20 low berths. There are two single turrets, but without weapons installed. Cargo capacity is 82.0 tons. The ship has a streamlined hull, with scoops and intakes for frontier refueling.

The ship has four crew, and can carry six passengers and 20 low passengers.

The free trader requires a crew of four: pilot/astrogator, engineer, medic, and steward.

Image Repository

1. A crewsophont's sketch of a tail-sitter spheroid Tequila class Free Trader.
   
2. A tail-sitter Tequila class Free Trader landed upon the surface of a mountainous desert world.
   

History & Background

The free trader is an elementary interstellar merchant ship plying the space lanes carrying cargo and passengers. The Type A becomes a popular cornerstone of interstellar commerce by the end of TL:7-9 in Vilani society. It is continually upgraded by the Vilani Bureaux. It is near ubiquitous throughout Vilani Space by the Vilani TL:10-12.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

56 Representative Free Trader (AF) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Trader - Type AF Free Trader

A

• Akkigish class Far Trader
• Alexandria class Free Trader
• Anjou class Freighter
• Aoa'iw class Light Trader
• April Hare class Far Trader
• Athelstan class Merchant
• Avian class Far Trader

B

• Basil class Merchant
• Beowulf class Free Trader
• Bremen class Caravel
• Burning Sky class Merchant Schooner

C

• Caroline class Heavy Pinnace
• Ciigusna class Pinnace
• ColonyCord class Fast Trader
• Consul class Provincial Trader
• Coriander class Free Trader

E

• Eakhau class Trader
• Empress Marava class Far Trader

F

• Fanzhhienz class Far Trader

• Farrou class Far Trader
• Fat Cat class Far Trader

G

• Garu class Far Trader
• Gizicih class General Trader

H

• Hero class Far Trader
• Hnneshant class Trade Boat

I

• Independent Hauler class Far Trader

J

• Jayhawk class Far Trader
• Joshim P. Stone class Provincial Trader

K

• Khershwan class Trader

L

• Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader

M

• Maada class Fast Trader
• Manta class Small Merchant
• Moraine class Free Trader

N

• Narva class Pinnace
• Noql class Free Trader
• Nye class Caravel
• Nymph class Provincial Merchant

P

• Paya class Light Freighter

• Perseus class Free Trader
• Princess Gunnhilde class Far Trader

R

• Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader

S

• Salamander class Far Trader
• Soho class Light Freighter
• Stage class Far Trader
• Star class Armored Merchant
• Sundowner class Free Trader

T

• Tachyon class Light Trader
• Tequila class Free Trader
• Treader class Free Trader
• Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader
• Type Aj class Free Trader
• Type HR class Trader
• Type RX class Merchant Trader

U

• Unholy Exile class Trader

V

• Vanguard class Shuttle

W

• Wulf class Free Trader

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: Leo Knight