Yetsabl class Courier

Yetsabl class Courier
Type: XC Courier
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	6.4 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	9
Personnel
Crew	6
High/Mid Passengers	4
Payload
Cargo	11 Tons
Fuel tank	60 Tons
Carried craft	1 1T air/raft
Special features	Sickbay
Construction
Origin	Zhodani Consulate
Price
Cost	MCr55.5348
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	David Pulver
Design System	GURPS Traveller
Era	1105
Reference	Alien Races 1 54-55.

The Yetsabl class Courier is a TL–15 Zhodani-designed communications starship.

• Some reports record this as the Yetsasl-class Courier.

Description (Specifications)

A recent design (based on traditional prototypes) from the TL–15 shipyards in the Zhodani core, this swift and elegant starship is a private vessel used by senior government officials for travel and diplomatic purposes. It is named after a racing beast found on Zhdant.

The Yetsabl-class Zhodani courier is a sleek space-plane design, created for the interstellar transport of important personnel, and used primarily by government officials for diplomatic purposes. It is easily recognizable by it’s delta wing and canard foreplanes (which aid in high speed atmospheric maneuvering). The placement of the fuel tanks is believed to be an augmentation to the ship’s standard skin radiation shielding.

History & Background (Dossier)

It is a ship serving with the Zhodani Navy.

Zhodani couriers are a separate design from Zhodani scout vessels, unlike the Imperial practice of using the same hull for both. Zhodani couriers are larger than Zhodani scouts, and contain more and better passenger staterooms and fittings.

The vessel’s mission often takes it outside the Consulate, and it is the Zhodani vessel most commonly encountered in Imperial space. Couriers are normally considered civilian vessels, and as such no special military escort is required. As a courtesy, however, Zhodani vessels check in with Imperial authorities at all major starports (class C or larger), especially if there is a Naval or Scout base present.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

38 Representative Courier (SC) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Science Ship - Courier - Type SC Courier

A

• Afterthought class Scout

C

• Chatl class Leader Scout

G

• Gepard class Express Courier
• Giciifichu class Dispatcher

H

• Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier

I

• Inchworm class Scout/Courier
• Iyeliy class Messenger

J

• Jump-Boat
• Jumpmax class Courier

K

• Khadumir class Fast Courier
• Ktiyhui class Courier

L

• Lance Marcus class Scout

M

• Magash class Heavy Scout

• Mercury class Long Range Fleet Courier
• Messenger class Commercial Courier
• Midlothian A5 class Dispatch

P

• Pathway class Scout

R

• Ranger class Courier
• Rapid class Fleet Courier
• Royal class Dispatch Vessel

S

• Scybria class Scout
• Sering class Scout
• Serpent class Scout/Courier
• Sulieman class Scout/Courier
• Swift Missive class Courier

T

• Tathoe class Scout/Courier

• Type VX class Courier
• Type X class Express Boat
• Type ZC class Courier

U

• Unity class Scout

V

• Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier
• Vega class Scout

W

• Wanderer class Scout/Courier
• Wind class Scout/Courier

X

• Xavier class Express Boat

Y

• Yetsabl class Courier
• Yetsabl class Courier

Z

• Zofagic class Utility Vessel

References

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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.

• David L. Pulver. Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 54-55.
• Robert Pearce, Yetsabl with deck plans