Difference between revisions of "Suluru class Mercantile Carrier"
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| + | * The Mercantile Carrier is constructed using a 20,000 dTon hull built in a close structure configuration. The hull is sufficiently streamlined to allow gas giant refuelling: 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. | ||
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* Agility-TBD | * Agility-TBD | ||
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| + | 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 2200 dTons, sufficient for one Jump-1 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. | ||
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| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]] | | [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]] | ||
| [[Model/TBD]] [[fib]] [[computer]]. | | [[Model/TBD]] [[fib]] [[computer]]. | ||
| + | * Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 2 dTons. There are 70 staterooms and 100 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. There are sufficient accommodations for 13 passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 14000 dTons. | ||
| + | * The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor suite. | ||
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Revision as of 19:21, 25 February 2019
| Fringian Mercantile Carrier | |
|---|---|
 Published, canon starship design. | |
| Type: TB Transport | |
| Size | 20,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[TBD Hull]] |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | TBD |
| Jump | J-1 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 200 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 99 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 14,000 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Distant Fringe |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr6,064.175 (base) MCr4,851.340 (discounted) |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
The Suluru class Mercantile Carrier is a mercantile starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a Carrier.
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe
Description (Specifications)
A generic class of civilian vessel, the Mercantile Carrier is a large commercial transport commonly encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL-9 design.
Image Repository
A blocky Suluru class Mercantile Carrier.
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. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage | TBD tons.
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| 2. | Crew | xTBD crew. |
| 3. | Performance | Propulsion:
The vessel mounts a 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 2200 dTons, sufficient for one Jump-1 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel is fitted with a fuel purification plant.
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/TBD fib computer.
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| 5. | Hardpoints | xTBD hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | No information yet available. |
| 8. | Craft | TBD |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | TBD |
| 10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Comments | TBD
|
Crew
The Mercantile Carrier requires 99 crew: 11x command, 14x engineering, 14x gunnery, and 60x service, of which 19 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries 2 passenger stewards and a medic.
Weapons
The ship is fitted with 100 turrets. These are grouped into:
- four sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
- three beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
- three missile batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
There are 100 unused hardpoints and 100 tons of space is set aside for fire control.
Subcraft
The ship carries three 400 dTon Interface Landers and a 40 dTon Ship's Boat, each housed in a dedicated hanger.
Cost
The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr6064.175.
- All the craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
- If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr4851.340.
History & Background (Dossier)
The Mercantile Carrier is considered underpowered and suffers performance issues in a high gravity environment. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
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
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.