Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier

Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier
TBD
Type: SC Scout/Courier
Category	ACS
Size	110 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	4
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1
Officers	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	2.1 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Talokan Armed Forces
Manufacturer	Petros Felix Electric Boat Werks, Inc, LLC
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr88.354 in quantity MCr70.683
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Scout Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier is a recon starship.

• It was originally an auxiliary warship: it is now more commonly seen as a commercial transport.
• It is a paramilitary ship and an Scout/Courier.
• The vessel is a TL-13 design.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-4 performance with a unstreamlined Dispersed Structure Hull. The Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier was intended as a low cost single ship. Built for long range scouting. They developed into first contact vehicles. Scouts and the diplomatic corps uses them. It is constructed as a long-range design.

• It carries light armament and a moderate defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones when needed.
• It has a 1 sophont crew and no marines.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier class is constructed using a 110 dTon hull built in a unstreamlined dispersed structure configuration. The hull is not streamlined, and it is incapable of independent wilderness refueling without its subcraft. x1 primary airlocks and x1 secondary service airlock are located aft. The cargo hold is accessed by a loading ramp/doors. The configuration of the hull is incapable of survivable surface landings.
2.	Crew	x1 personnel: Pilot Accommodations There is 1 stateroom for the single occupant. An additional person could be carried in theory. 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. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There is a small multiple emergency locker.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Cobalt Dynamics Jump 4 drive, a Magnum Flow Reactionless 1G drive, and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-4 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 1. It is a long-range design: the internal fuel tankage is sufficient for a single jump 4, with drop tanks for an additional jump 4 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is an efficient Model/4 computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple holo-dynamically reconfigurable Workstations. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an extensive passive and active EMS sensor arrays, and an avionics suite, with terrain following abilities. Vessels in military service have advanced sensors and are fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. They have system range laser, maser, and radio communication systems. Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensors include the following. • Active IR (infrared radiation, thermal imaging) (Active Sensor) • Laser / Light Sensors (Passive Sensor) • LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) – also called LADAR (Laser Detection and Ranging) (Active Sensor) • Prismatic (anti-laser) aerosol (countermeasure) • Magnetic Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Neutrino Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Passive IR (infrared radiation, thermal imaging) (Passive Sensor) • RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) (Active Sensor) • All-weather RADAR (improved function in a variety of environmental conditions) (Active Sensor) • RADAR Direction Finder (Passive Sensor) • RADAR Jammer (Active ECM) • Radiation Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Radio Detector (Communications Equipment) (Passive Sensor) • Radio Direction Finder (Passive Sensor) • Radio Jammer (Active ECM) • UV Detector (ultraviolet radiation) (Passive Sensor) Gravitic Equipment • Densitometer (gravitic sensor) (Passive Sensor) Navigational Aids • Inertial Locator (navigational aid, data improvement) It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	No weapons are usually mounted on this design.
7.	Defenses	None.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x1 10 dton Dinghy
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 48.4 dTons. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the crew member. Droptanks Examples of the class in military service are routinely fitted with Droptanks capable of supporting an additional jump-4 for extended range operations.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete without the subcraft, is MCr88.354. The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and a architectural fee of 0.884 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 the price per unit to MCr70.683 (not including subcraft).
11.	Construction Time	44 weeks individually, 35 weeks in bulk. 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 2.1 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built for the Talokan Armed Forces as a recon and picket boat asset. They have large solar panels, a tiny hydroponics bay, an observation bubble with powerful telescopes, and a huge over stuffed lounge chair. For a certain type of psychological profile this duty is a dream come true. Others find the quiet isolation uncomfortable. A ship's computer interface hologram is always ready to offer suggestions and reminders to help their carbon based friends.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Destroyer:

1. Type DD class Destroyer
   1. TBD class TBD

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (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 Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science