Lifeboat (ISW Period)

Lifeboat
Type: tdes Lifeboat
Size	10 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–10 (GTL)
Engineering
Computer
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1.5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	0
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2 Officer
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr8.2
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
No internal life support

Many production variants exist in both Imperial and Terran vessels. This design was generally for smaller ships; larger ships often had especially designed lifeboats.

Normal capacity is 22 low berths, the last 2 berths reserved for the crew. When in use, the lifeboat generally had low power usage, a distress beacon and minimal power allocated to the low berths and computer. When the 2 days of internally stored air was exausted, the crew would take the last 2 low berths.

With no air lock, the lifeboat cannot take on more passengers in space or in hostile atmospheres unless everyone is in protective gear (a usual precaution on commercial ships is to have passengers wear vacc suits during high stress maneuvers).

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One of the most common lifeboats used throughout the Imperium is the KSbA Model A-23, manufactured by Kaufmann Sternschiffbau Amt.

The TL8 craft masses 19.6 metric tons and is capable of carrying three conscious passengers (including pilot) and an additional twenty in five cold sleep berths, for a total of twenty-three passengers.

The Model A-23 incorporates an ablative heat shield and simple retro-rocket for atmospheric entry under most conditions. In addition, fuel sufficient for a soft landing under all but the most extreme gravities and a parasail landing parachute permit a reasonable last minute choice of landing sites. A combination of extremely simple controls and a small onboard auto-pilot allow even the most inexperienced small craft pilots a good chance of safe planetfall.

The Model A-23 lifeboat costs Cr14,000,000.

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