Xeekr'kir! class Merchant

Xeekr'kir! class Merchant
Type: M Liner
Category	BCS
Size	6,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Flattened Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	12
Accommodations
Staterooms
Personnel
Crew	6
High/Mid Passengers	74
Payload
Cargo	34 Tons
Fuel tank	1,320 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	33 Months
Origin	Two Thousand Worlds
Price
Cost	MCr2,322.18
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	J. Andrew Keith
Design System	Book 2
Era	1105
Reference	K'kree 13.

The Xeekr'kir! class Merchant is a TL–11 K'kree designed Merchant Vessel.

Description

Using a 6000-ton hull, the K'kree merchant is typical of most commercial starships in the Two Thousand Worlds, and is frequently encountered as a vessel operated by a merchant family -- it is a standard mustering-out benefit for some K'kree merchants.

• It has jump drive-2, power plant-2, and maneuver drive-I, giving a performance of Jump-2 and 1-G acceleration.
• Fuel tankage of 1320 tons supports the power plant and allows one jump-2.
• Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model12.
• Accommodations for up to 80 individuals are available.
• There are 12 hardpoints and 24 tons set aside for fire control; no weapons are initially mounted.
• There are no ship's vehicles.
• Cargo capacity varies with crew size; 34 tons are always available, plus 48 tons per individual not carried on board.
• The ship is streamlined.

The merchant requires a crew of six: pilot, four engineers, and medic; retinues of these individuals can provide needed technicians, gunners, servant and stewards, etc. A total of 74 family members or passengers can be carried. The ship costs MCr2322.18 (including 10% discount for standard designs) and takes 33 months to build.

The ship design is a flattened sphere; the appearance is similar to a dome-shaped K'kree city. Within, there are 1 1/2 decks; the main, full deck where the crew lives and works, and a half deck only 1 meter tall into which all machinery and fuel is placed. Access to the drive spaces is exclusively from above. The living quarters area is 6 meters high.

Waste Disposal

The methods of waste removal on the Xeekr’kir! are at once primitive and highly sophisticated. No specific facilities are apparent for the removal of K’kree waste, which, over the period of a one week jump, can pile pretty high in the simulated meadowlands of the interior. Instead, there is a symbiotic relationship between the grasses of the floor and a bacterium designed to immediately decompose K’kree wastes. The bacteria is also airborne, and is carried by the simulated breezes to be distributed more evenly around the main compartment.

History & Background

This K'kree merchant is typical of most commercial starships in the Two Thousand Worlds, and is frequently encountered as a vessel operated by a merchant family.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

35 Representative Liner (M) Classes

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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

F

• Fortune class Merchant

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

• Type RT class Longliner

X

• Xeekr'kir! class Merchant

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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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• J. Andrew Keith, Loren Wiseman. K'kree (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 13.
• Loren Wiseman. "K'kree Starships: A Human Perspective & Xeekr'kir! class Merchant." Challenge 28 (1987): 22-25.