Type TI class Merchant

Type TI class Merchant
Type: R Freighter
Category	ACS
Size	2,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/6
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	20
Accommodations
Staterooms	21
Low Berths	10
Personnel
Crew	21
Officers	7
Enlisted	14
High/Mid Passengers
Low Passengers	10
Payload
Cargo	1,114 Tons
Fuel tank	440 Tons
Carried craft	1 95t Shuttle, 1 4t air/raft
Construction
Construction Time	32 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Manufacturer	Imperiallines
Price
Cost	MCr736.2
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	R-VS22
Universal Ship Profile	R-B222262-050100-46004-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	Marc Miller
Design System	Book 2, MegaTraveller
Era	1105
Reference	The Traveller Adventure 139.

The Type TI class Merchant is a TL–15 Freighter. It is also known as a Frontier Transport or Frontier Merchant.

Description

The Type TI-class Merchant is a common sight throughout the Imperium, operating on trade and commerce missions to worlds off the main trade routes. Imperiallines is a tramp freighter operator with trade stations located at many Type C starports throughout the Spinward Marches. The company maintains a low profile as the operator of a fleet of Jump-2 frontier transports carrying cargo from outlying systems to the major trade route worlds.

Image Repository

1. An air/raft returning to a Type TI class Merchant under a water landing.
   
2. A Type TI class Merchant.
   
3. A clean view of a Type TI class Merchant.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

More than half of the interior is given over to cavernous cargo holds.

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	2,000 tons. Streamlined Cone Hull.
2.	Crew	Crew complement: x21. x2 bridge crew, x7 engineers, x10 gunners, and x2 ship's troops: qualified individuals serve as flight crew and as a medic as required. There are x21 staterooms: all crew quarters are single occupancy. The Type TI normally carries no passengers. By crewmembers travelling double occupancy and hiring the services of a steward, up to 8 passengers (typically company staff) may be carried. There are x10 low berths.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Type V Jump-2 Type V 2-G acceleration Type V Power Plant-2 40-EPs Agility-0, Emergency Agility-2.
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Bridge. Model/6 ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x20 hardpoints. 6 hardpoints are unused.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for the Type TI is: x3 Missile Turrets (grouped as 3 batteries) x3 Fusion Gun Turrets (grouped as 1 battery) x4 Beam Laser Turrets (grouped as 3 batteries)
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x4 Sandcaster Turrets (grouped as 2 batteries) The Type TI is not fitted with additional passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft / Drones	The Type TI carries a shuttle and an air/raft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel tankage: 440 tons. The vessel is fitted with fuel scoops. It is not equipped with fuel treatment equipment.
10.	Cost	MCr736.2 (including a 1% architect's fee, and a 10% volume production discount).
11.	Construction Time	32 months to build.
12.	Remarks	The Type TI carries 1114 tons of cargo. An additional 70 tons of cargo may be carried aboard the shuttle.

History & Background

The Type TI is operated by Imperiallines, a sector-wide shipping company with facilities throughout the Imperial-dominated regions of the Spinward Marches. Very similar vessels are operated by a number of other companies throughout Imperial space.

Although their machinery and equipment is kept in excellent running order, Type TI class merchants are dirty, shabby and patched, often sporting repairs, retrofitted parts, and replacement hull panels.

All crew who serve on Type TIs must be sanctioned by Imperiallines. This is company policy and is strictly enforced.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: The design is not fitted with inertial compensators. The vessel is not equipped with active sensors, entirely relying on passive sensor systems. The vessels are very secure: hijackings are almost unknown.

Class Naming Practice/s: Type TIs are not named; they carry only serial numbers. Some references to this class call it the Imperiallines-class Frontier Merchant, after the megacorporation that builds them.

Several ship building companies also build similar craft given the success of the Imperialines version. These variants are know as the either the Harshman-class Frontier Merchant or the Loren-class Frontier Merchant, depending on the area where they are constructed.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

54 Representative Freighter (R) Classes

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Civilian Ship - Freighter - Type R Freighter

A

• Aspirant class Provincial Carrier
• Average Cargo Ship class Cargo Ship

C

• Carrack class Tramp Liner
• Carrus class Shuttle
• Conveyor class Heavy Freighter
• Crawm class Shuttle

D

• Dakaar class Freighter

E

• Empress class Bulk Carrier

F

• Fornorb class Heavy Merchant

G

• Garrett Durant class Cargo Hauler

H

• Haddox class Merchant Cruiser
• Hercules class Cargo Transport
• Hummingbird class Courier
• Hummock class Replenishment Ship

J

• Jack Driscoll class Bulk Freighter
• Jade Serpent class Fleet Support Vessel
• Jembyra class Recovery Boat

K

• KU1a Fetch class Launch

• Kyan Maru class Freighter

L

• Last Armada class Heavy Transport
• Leo class Ship's Boat
• Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser
• Liz Zhorka class Light Trader
• Logos Minos class Fleet Scout

M

• Magnadon class Provincial Merchant
• Mariner class Frame Carrier
• Mountain class Replenishment Ship

O

• Orowani Deep Space class Commercial Tender

P

• Panam Ajax class Logistics Transport
• Panther class Repair Vessel
• Pegasus class Bulk Cargo Carrier
• Pinnace
• Prosperity class Freighter

R

• Runabout class Small Transport

S

• Ship's Boat
• Shuttle

• Siyuihwye class Armored Trader
• Slow Boat
• Slow Pinnace
• Solostar class Far Trader
• Suluru class Mercantile Carrier
• Susa class Cargo Carrier
• Swift Dreams class Colonial Transport

T

• Triad class Merchant
• Type AT class Freighter
• Type RAX class Protected Merchant
• Type TC(S) class Free Trader
• Type TI class Merchant
• Type TJ class Merchant

V

• Valiant Conveyor class Liberty Ship

W

• World class Transport

Y

• Yesta class Fleet Logistics Ship

Z

• Zip class Courier Drone
• Zoe Barrett class 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 ship was originally designed using MegaTraveller ship design rules. Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), .

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 139.
• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 84.
• Steve Daniels, Jim McLean, Christopher Thrash. Far Trader (Steve Jackson Games, 1999), 138.
• Artist: Riftroamer