High Liner class Bulk Freighter

High Liner class Bulk Freighter
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: TB Transport
Size	5,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Dispersed Structure Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	50
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	41
Officers	5
Enlisted	36
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	100.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr2,034.41 (base) MCr1,627.528 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	Not Applicable
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The High Liner class Bulk Freighter is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Transport.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The High Liner is a large Transport ship found operating within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a long-range design. They are fitted with an advanced Model/6 Computer. The dispersed structure hull is inexpensive but renders the vessel incapable of independent refueling operations.

• The vessel is a TL-12 design.

Image Repository

A High Liner class Bulk Freighter.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (of ten craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The High Liner class Bulk Freighter is constructed using an 5,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and has no capability to perform atmospheric operations. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The vessel does not have landing gear.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: x38 x11 Command, x6 Engineering, x6 Gunnery, x15 Service. Accommodations There are x25 Staterooms. x23 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The command crew have individual cabins: all other quarters are double occupancy. x2 Staterooms are available to paying passengers. The vessel does not offer steward service. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2, 1-G acceleration, and producing 100 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for two Jump-2s and gives the power plant 6 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/6 Computer: the vessel does not have a backup computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a standard sensor array. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x50 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific routes.
6.	Armament	The High Liner is unarmed.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x50 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into five batteries each of 10 linked turrets The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft. The Bulk Freighter has the capacity to carry up to 2,000 dTons of smaller vessels. There are large numbers of berthing points located across the hull, each connected to a crew access hatch. The vessel may also externally mount properly secured consignments of goods and freight: this cargo is carried in vacuum conditions and must be protected accordingly.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 2150 dTon. The hull is not fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr2,030.000. Architects Fee: MCr2.030 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 MCr1,624.000.
11.	Construction Time	112 weeks (28 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 43 dTons of internal (protected) volume. The internal cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the internal hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background (Dossier)

The design was commissioned for the Bright Conclave, in Halcyon Sector, and was originally conceived as a military ship transporter capable of carrying a pair of 1,000 dDon Rysos class Battle Barges. This carrying capacity can be dynamically reconverted to suit mission needs and parameters. Modular research labs, exploration vessels can be supported for university field research. Passenger modules, containing large numbers of Staterooms or Low Berths, may be carried. There are x20 currently in service.

Overburden

The Bulk Freighter is capable of carrying "overburden" cargos: a payload of up to 7,000 dTons. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's DeVoss Jump Drive. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is dTons or more, the volume prevents the drive making a jump-1 transition.

• The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 10,000 dTons – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration.
• The payload must be fully contained within the jump bubble.
• The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

A number of companies manufacture ships equivalent to the High Liner class. They vary in hull shape and internal layout but all share the same basic design and all have very similar capabilities and performance characteristics.

• Each variant class is named by the company that produces it: these organizations generally draw on traditional naming protocols. It is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.
• Individual vessels within a class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes but traditionally are named by their first crew, though from a list of approved options. This is considered a serious affair and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Vessel:

• Bulk Cargo Carrier
  • Fat Jack class Bulk Freighter
  • Jack Driscoll class Bulk Freighter
  • High Liner class Bulk Freighter
  • Sagacity class Bulk Freighter

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Book 5 High Guard GDW 1980 (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science