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The [[Express Boat Network]] would not work without the express boat tender, a [[starship]] specifically designed to maintain the [[Express Boat Network]].  
 
The [[Express Boat Network]] would not work without the express boat tender, a [[starship]] specifically designed to maintain the [[Express Boat Network]].  
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* [[Type XT class Express Boat Tender]]
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* It is a [[tender]], a kind of [[starship]] [[supraclass]].
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[[File: Xboat-Tender-Keith-Supp7 Pg11-15 13-Jan-2019a.jpg|right]]
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Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
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'''[[Starship]]:'''
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* [[Ship Classification|Starship User Types]]
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** [[Civilian Ship]]
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** [[Paramilitary Ship]]
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** [[Military Ship]]
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* [[Ship Classification|Ships by Function]]
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** [[Bigcraft]]
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** [[Boat]]
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** [[Non-starship]]
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** [[Smallcraft]]
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** [[Spaceship]]
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** [[Starship]]
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** [[Subcraft]]
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** [[Warship]]
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* [[Ship Classification|Advanced Ship Classification]]s
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** [[Ship Mission Code]] / [[Supraclass]]
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** [[Ship Type Code]] / [[Superclass]]
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** [[Ship Class Code]] / [[Class]]
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** Model ([[TL]])
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** Bloc (Lot)
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* [[Ship Classification|Basic Ship Classifications]]
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** [[Adventure Class Ship]]
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** [[Battle Class Ship]]
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** [[Fleet Class Ship]]
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** [[Size-Role Classification]]
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** [[QSP]]
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** [[USP]]
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** [[World Class Ship]]
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* [[Drive|Speed of Travel]]
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** [[FTL]]
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** [[NAFAL]] ([[STL]])
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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No information yet available.
  
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== Description ==
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=== Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
 
Express Boat Tenders, stationed in each system that express boats stop at, serve two purposes.  
 
Express Boat Tenders, stationed in each system that express boats stop at, serve two purposes.  
 
* First, they tend express boats, recovering them when they arrive, refuelling them and repairing minor problems, and then sending them on their way.  
 
* First, they tend express boats, recovering them when they arrive, refuelling them and repairing minor problems, and then sending them on their way.  
 
* Second, they serve as a relay station between the planetary surface based message center and the express boat itself. Messages are forwarded to the tender for transmittal to the xboat just before it leaves for the next star system.
 
* Second, they serve as a relay station between the planetary surface based message center and the express boat itself. Messages are forwarded to the tender for transmittal to the xboat just before it leaves for the next star system.
  
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== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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=== Supraclass Archtypes ===
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No information yet available.
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=== Supraclass Roles ===
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[[Express Boat Tender]]s typically serve the following roles:
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* Communications Hub
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* [[Corsair]]
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* Repair Dock
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* [[Seeker]]
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* [[Tanker]] (refueler)
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* [[Tender]]
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* [[Transport]]
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
Express boat tenders are encountered anywhere that [[X-Boat]]s may be expected. High population, high technology systems will probably have several tenders operating in order to handle the flow of information. Express boat tenders are [[Jump Drive|jump]] capable, and each may carry up to four xboats in its cavernous ship bay. As a result, the tenders can be found in fringe or off-route systems ferrying extra xboats to areas that need them. They also undertake recovery missions to pick up damaged xboats or boats which have misjumped to off-route systems.
 
Express boat tenders are encountered anywhere that [[X-Boat]]s may be expected. High population, high technology systems will probably have several tenders operating in order to handle the flow of information. Express boat tenders are [[Jump Drive|jump]] capable, and each may carry up to four xboats in its cavernous ship bay. As a result, the tenders can be found in fringe or off-route systems ferrying extra xboats to areas that need them. They also undertake recovery missions to pick up damaged xboats or boats which have misjumped to off-route systems.
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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''[[Express Boat]]s:''
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* [[Type X class Express Boat]]
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** [[Xavier class Express Boat]]
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''[[Tender]]s:''
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* [[Type XT class Express Boat Tender]]
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** [[Lirshala class Express Boat Tender]]
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** [[Purcell class Express Boat Tender]]
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=== Ship Summary List ===
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{{Ship summary list|name=Express Boat|tdes=X}}
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=== Image Repository ===
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# A typical [[Purcell class Express Boat Tender]]. Black and white illustration by [[IISS]] artist. <br> [[File: Xboat-Tender-Keith-Supp7 Pg11-15 13-Jan-2019a.jpg]]
  
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= {{CT}} [[Traders and Gunboats|Supplement 7 Traders and Gunboats]]
 
|S1= {{CT}} [[Traders and Gunboats|Supplement 7 Traders and Gunboats]]
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|S3= {{TDref|1}}
 
|S3= {{TDref|1}}
 
|S4= [[TNE]] Purcell class Tender [[Hard Times]]
 
|S4= [[TNE]] Purcell class Tender [[Hard Times]]
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|S5= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S6= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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}}
  
  
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[[Category: Supraclass]]
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The Express Boat Network would not work without the express boat tender, a starship specifically designed to maintain the Express Boat Network.

Xboat-Tender-Keith-Supp7 Pg11-15 13-Jan-2019a.jpg

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

Description (Specifications)[edit]

No information yet available.

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)[edit]

Express Boat Tenders, stationed in each system that express boats stop at, serve two purposes.

  • First, they tend express boats, recovering them when they arrive, refuelling them and repairing minor problems, and then sending them on their way.
  • Second, they serve as a relay station between the planetary surface based message center and the express boat itself. Messages are forwarded to the tender for transmittal to the xboat just before it leaves for the next star system.

Supraclass Archtypes[edit]

No information yet available.

Supraclass Roles[edit]

Express Boat Tenders typically serve the following roles:

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Express boat tenders are encountered anywhere that X-Boats may be expected. High population, high technology systems will probably have several tenders operating in order to handle the flow of information. Express boat tenders are jump capable, and each may carry up to four xboats in its cavernous ship bay. As a result, the tenders can be found in fringe or off-route systems ferrying extra xboats to areas that need them. They also undertake recovery missions to pick up damaged xboats or boats which have misjumped to off-route systems.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Express Boats:

Tenders:

Ship Summary List[edit]

2 Representative Express Boat (X) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile
Type XUA class Armed Packet Ship XUA 12 300 3 3 Third Imperium Yes. Published, canon starship design. XU-CS33
Yetsabl class Courier XC 15 200 3 6 Zhodani Consulate Yes


Image Repository[edit]

  1. A typical Purcell class Express Boat Tender. Black and white illustration by IISS artist.
    Xboat-Tender-Keith-Supp7 Pg11-15 13-Jan-2019a.jpg

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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