X-Boat Station

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An X-Boat Station is a facility for handling xboats at a star system.

• They are typically Space Stations.
• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
• It is a starship supraclass.

Logo of the IISS X-Boat Service.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:

• Starship User Types
  • Civilian Ship
  • Paramilitary Ship
  • Military Ship
• Advanced Ship Classifications
  • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
  • Ship Type Code / Superclass
  • Ship Class Code / Class
  • Model (TL)
  • Bloc (Lot)

• Basic Ship Classifications
  • Adventure Class Ship
  • Battle Class Ship
  • Capital Ship
  • Fleet Class Ship
  • Size-Role Classification
  • Subcapital Ship
  • QSP
  • USP
  • World Class Ship

• Ships by Function
  • Bigcraft
  • Boat
  • Capital Ship
  • Largecraft
  • Non-starship
  • Smallcraft
  • Spaceplane
  • Spaceship
  • Starship
  • Subcapital Ship
  • Subcraft
  • System Craft
  • Warship
• Speed of Travel
  • Astronomical Unit (AU)
  • FTL
  • Light Speed (c)
  • Light-week (lw)
  • Light-year (ly)
  • NAFAL (STL)
  • Parsec (pc)

Description (Specifications)

At each system served by the xboat network, an express boat station is maintained to handle the message traffic and to manage incoming and outgoing xboats. Usually located near the edge of a star system, the station picks up messages beamed to it by incoming xboats and relays the data to the local world for delivery. Messages destined for worlds farther down the line are transmitted to a waiting xboat which then jumps for the next world in the network. The xboat station contains receiving and retransmission equipment; refueling and support facilities for the local staff and waiting crew are also provided. The xboat station maintains a local office on the system's major world for the acceptance of xboat messages, as well as to handle delivery of the messages to addresses on the world.

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

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Supraclass Roles

TBDs typically serve the following roles:

• TBD

Supraclass Archtypes

TBD Supraclass Archtypes
Archtype	Type Code	TL Range	Remarks
TBD	TBD	TBD	None

History & Background (Dossier)

The express boat (abbreviated X-boat) system, established originally in 624 and expanded to cover the entire Imperium by 718, cuts this communication time by nearly 75 percent. Selected locations along major trade routes are established as sites for express stations, which are orbital facilities which service and refuel the X-boats on their communications runs.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Ship:

1. Type A class Free Trader
   1. Beowulf class Free Trader

Ship Summary List

Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role or these roles include:

8 Representative Space Station (WO) Classes

Class Superclass Tons Category TL Origin Jump G Image Canon Class Superclass Tons Category TL Origin Jump G Image Canon Anchorage class Orbital Station WO 45,000 BCS 10 Distant Fringe 0 0.5 Yes No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Bowman class Mining Platform WO 5,000 ACS TBD Third Imperium 0 TBD No Yes. Published, canon starship design. Dee Six class Downport WOD 1770 ACS 13 Third Imperium 0 0 No No. Unpublished, non-canon fan downport design. Eshpadir class Orbital Installation WO X ACS X Third Imperium 0 TBD No Yes. Published, canon starship design. Gaesh class Prison Hulk WOP 1,200 ACS 15 Third Imperium 0 0 No Yes. Published, canon starship design. Dee Six class Downport WOD 1770 ACS 13 Third Imperium 0 0 No No. Unpublished, non-canon fan downport design. Gunsan class Orbital Dockyard WO 90,000 BCS 11 Distant Fringe 0 0.5 Yes No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Harbor class Orbital Station WO 95000 BCS 11 Distant Fringe 0 0.5 No No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

The IISS operates facilities across the Third Imperium and in many Client States around the Imperial fringe.

World Listing: 1105

The IISS operates in the following systems and worlds:

No worlds with a X-Boat Station

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• Classic Traveller Library Data (N-Z) (Supplement 11)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science