Editing Dal Hallen class Light Transport

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{{InfoboxShip
 |name=Dal Hallen Class Free Trader
 |image=
 |caption=
 |tdes=AM|type=Auxiliaries#AM{{!}}Replenishment Ship
 |TL=10
 |origin=Rimward Federation
 |size=600
 |jump=1
 |g=1
 |hp=6
 |crew=7 
 |cargo=230
 |hpass=0
 |lpass=16
 |cost=257.045 (base)<br>MCr205.636 (discounted)
 |footnote=Nine in service
}}
== Description / Specifications ==
The Free Trader is a military transport vessel that sees service within the [[Rimward Federation]] and among the rimward worlds of the [[Distant Fringe]]. It is classified as a Replenishment Vessel and is constructed as a [[Long-Range Pattern Starships|long-range]] design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
* The vessel is a TL 10 design.

=== Hull ===
The Free Trader is constructed using a 600 dTon hull built in a wedge configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops.
* Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
* The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.

=== Engineering ===
The vessel mounts a [[DeVoss Drive|DeVoss]]-type jump-1 drive, a maneuver-1 drive, and a power plant 1, giving performance of jump-1 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. There is fuel tankage of 246 dTons, sufficient for four jump-1s and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel is fitted with a fuel purification plant.
* The engineering section has a main control room.
* The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid.
* The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.

In military service, the class may be fitted with collapsible or dis-mountable fuel tanks, allowing them to perform as [[X-Range Starships|extended range]] vessels.

=== Main Section ===
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4 fib. There are 7 staterooms and 16 low berths, primarily used to transport wounded personnel or prisoners. Cargo capacity amounts to 230 dTons. Individual accommodations are provided to all crew: if the crew go double occupancy up to 3 staterooms are available to paying passengers.
* The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sensor suite and an avionics suite.

==== Crew ====
The Free Trader requires 7 crew: 1x Pilot, 1x Navigator, 2x Engineers, 2x Gunners, and 1x Medic.

=== Weapons ===
The ship is fitted with 6 turrets. These are grouped into:
* one sandcaster battery, consisting of 2 linked triple turrets
* one beam laser battery, consisting of 4 linked triple turrets

=== Subcraft ===
The ship carries a 2-ton [[Rimward Federation 2T Air Raft|air-raft]], housed in a dedicated hanger.

=== Cost ===
The basic cost of the vessel, complete with an air-raft, is MCr257.045.
* The design is exclusive to the armed forces of the [[Rimward Federation]]. Architectural plans for privately constructed vessels must be drawn up, at a cost of MCr2.58.
* If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr205.636.

Construction Time: 96 weeks for a single unit, 77 weeks in quantity.

== History / Background ==
Designed and built at [[Dal Hallen (world)|Dal Hallen]] for the [[Rimward Federation]]. They are posted in several systems to support fleet elements for coordinated defense of the [[Rimward Federation|Federation]].

The [[Rimward Federation Navy]] uses the ''Dal Hallen'' class for limited logistical support of deployed troop units and to bring supplies to major combatants. A large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the fuel tankage and cargo storage, allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.
* These vessels are much sought after by freelance traders. 
* Each crew member has their own private cabin, a rare luxury in the military. With double occupancy, up to 3 passengers can be carried.

''See also'': [[Rimward Federation Navy]]

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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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{{Sources
|S1= CT Book 5 [[High_Guard_(book)|"High Guard",]] GDW, 1980.
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect [[User:Ronald B. Kline, Jr.|Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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