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* There are multiple [[airlock]]s located around the vessel. The [[cargo hold]] is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp.

Revision as of 23:26, 18 March 2019

Fearless class Assault Transport
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Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: TA Auxiliary
Size 300 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Conical Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–10
Engineering
Computer Model/2
Jump J-0
Maneuver 5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 3
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 7
    Officers 2
    Enlisted 5
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 70 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr185.950 (base)
MCr148.760 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile TA-3A50
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration Yes
Source
Also see Spaceplane
Canon Published, non-canon design
Reference Ade Alagoric Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The Fearless class Assault Transport is a Transport Bigcraft.

Description (Specifications)

The Interface Lander is designed to ferry cargo and fuel between a world’s surface and close orbit. It is a common in-system transport vessel within the Distant Fringe and is frequently carried as a subcraft aboard large commercial vessels. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL-10 design.

Image Repository

J0 300dT Assault Transport.jpg
A Fearless class Assault Transport.

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 subcraft) 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 The Fearless class is constructed using a 300 dTon hull built in a flattened sphere-shaped configuration. The hull has an airframe constructions and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems.
  • Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls.
  • There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp.
  • The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: x7

Accommodations
There are 4 Staterooms.

  • 4 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The command crew have individual cabins: all other quarters are double occupancy.

There are 10 Low Berths.

Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.

  • The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 2 dTons.
  • 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 Maneuver-5 drive and a Power Plant-5, giving performance of 5-G acceleration and producing 15 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/1 Computer: no backup computer is installed.
5. Hardpoints x4 hardpoints.
6. Armament The Interface Lander is generally unarmed.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
8. Craft The vessel carries no subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 8 dTons.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr142.420.
  • 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 MCr113.936.
  • The vessel is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11. Construction Time 64 weeks (16 months) as standard.
  • Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional shipyard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12. Comments Standard cargo capacity amounts to 300 dTons.
  • The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.
  • Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Omicron class is an interface craft primarily designed to shuttle fuel, cargo and sundries between a worlds surface and close orbit. It is frequently used as an in-system transport, carrying equipment and supplies to secondary worlds within a system. 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.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Auxiliary - Interface Craft - Spaceplane

References & Contributors (Sources)

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  1. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  2. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  3. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  4. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak


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Description (Specifications)

The Assault Transport is a solid, reliable vessel designed to transport vehicles, supplies and equipment into dangerous areas. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL 10 design.

Selected Example Ships

Hull

The Assault Transport is constructed using a 300 dTon hull built in a flattened sphere configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, plated, and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 7.

  • 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 maneuver-5 drive and a power plant 5, giving performance of 5G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 5. There is fuel tankage of 15 dTons, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.

Main Section

The vessel is equipped with a computer model/2: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/2. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 1 dTon. There are 7 staterooms. All crewmembers receive individual quarters. Cargo capacity amounts to 70 dTons.

  • The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sensor array, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
  • No provision is made for passengers. Troops, if they are carried, remain in the cargo hold for the duration of their time aboard.

Crew

The Assault Transport requires 7 crew: 2x command, 1x engineering, 3x gunnery, and 1x service.

Weapons

The ship is fitted with 3 turrets. These are grouped into:

  • one sandcaster battery, consisting of 2 linked triple turrets
  • one missile battery, consisting of 1 triple turret

Subcraft

None.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel is MCr185.950.

  • The ship is a standard design. 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 MCr148.760.

History

Assault Transports are often deployed by vessels such as the Military Ship Transporter.

An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Assault Transport is durable and reliable. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems and onboard electronics.

See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe

References & Contributors / Sources

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