TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship

TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: UIT Dropship
Category	Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	19 with 18 marines
Officers	2
Enlisted	17
Marines	18
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.1 missile magazine Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Trooles Confederation
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr20.375 (base) MCr16.3 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	UIT-TBD
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
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 TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship is a specialized warship.

• It is a military ship and a Troop Transport.

Description (Specifications)

The TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship is an "express elevator to hell" as one unknown marine once famously quipped. They are deployed aboard vessels from the Trooles Confederation. Examples of the class can be encountered throughout the coreward parts of Theta Borealis Sector. The vessel has a fully streamlined needle/wedge configuration structure hull. It is fitted with fuel scoops and allowing it to perform wilderness ocean refueling.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	20 tons.
2.	Crew	x19 crew, the flight crew consists of a pilot/gunner who is usually an officer or commissioned specialist and a squad or section of 18 marines, there is a small craft bridge with two acceleration couches and seventeen addition life support couches in the troop bay. There are no staterooms nor lowberths.
3.	Performance	3-G acceleration, Power plant-3, EP-0.6, Agility-3.
4.	Electronics	Model 2 computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: x3 missile launchers firing as a single factor 2 battery
7.	Defenses	None
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops.
10.	Cost	MCr20.375 (base) MCr16.3 (qty).
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks to build, 19 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	Architects Fee: MCr 0.204 Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.1 tons. Typically this is a dedicated missile magazine.

History & Background (Dossier)

The TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship class is used by the Trooles Confederation. These are fully streamlined dual environment vehicles. Lifting, variable geometry wings and heavy grav modules make them very maneuverable and they are legendary for their ability to "drop in on a small denomination metal coin." The bridge can not support a fiber optical back up system and larger computers were rejected because of the power drain, which this reactor could not sustain. Fire control is adequate for ground support roles, but this craft is not expected to engage enemy fleet combatants. The size of the marine squad deployed varies from vessel to vessel. Larger ships typically carry this design's bigger brother the 40 dton TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship. Power restrictions also lead to the cancellation of a pulse laser installation project. The 3-G acceleration and agility is considered just enough to get in and get out of hot LZs on contested border worlds without losing room for marines in the troop bay. The armored hull variant, popular with marine brass, was rejected for that reason as well. It would have curtailed speed and lowered the troop capacity.

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 - Military Auxiliary - Combat Transport Smallcraft:

1. Type UI class Combat Transport Smallcraft
   1. Aekguthang class Assault Cutter
   2. Assault Lander class Marine Gig
   3. Coeus class Assault Pinnace
   4. Gallant class Assault Shuttle
   5. Great Eastern class Troop Transport
   6. K'Bam class Assault Lander
   7. Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter
   8. K'Slice class Attacker Tender
   9. Lowalaa class Assault Cutter
   10. Mal'Gnar class Assault Skiff
   11. Nirvana class Modular Dropship
   12. Paulos class Troop Transport
   13. Raptor class Combat Lander
   14. Slicer class Assault Shuttle
   15. Steffern class Assault Lander
   16. Sturmge class Assault Shuttle
   17. TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship
   18. TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship
   19. Type-1112 class Landing Boat
   20. Ziigusna class Military Pinnace

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• 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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science