Eakhau class Trader

Eakhau class Merchant
Sometimes the quickest route to 100 diameters come close by a sun for an Eakhau class Merchant.
Type: RT Merchant
Category	ACS
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Accommodations
Staterooms	13
Personnel
Crew	5
High/Mid Passengers	8
Low Passengers	16
Payload
Cargo	164.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Aslan Hierate
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr98.0 - 124.26
Architect fee	MCrJ. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	A-DS12
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Liner / Merchant Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Aslan TBD.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Eakhau class Merchant is an aslan starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a merchant vessel.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-2 performance with a streamlined Cone Hull.

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

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Using a 400-ton streamlined hull, the Eakhau-class Aslan trader is a basic interstellar merchant ship, carrying a mix of cargo and passengers. It is equipped with the Ieya-2 Grid C2 jump drive, the Faleiyeea 117m maneuver drive, and the Fesaie 2na.C power plant, giving performance of Jump-2 and 1G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports the powerplant and one jump-2. On the bridge is a computer Model/2. There are 13 staterooms and 16 low berths. There are four hardpoints but no weapons mounted. There are no ship's vehicles. Cargo capacity is 164 tons. The ship has fuel scoops for gas giant refueling.

The trader requires a crew of five: pilot, astrogator, two engineers, and purser/steward. A medic and gunners are sometimes carried. It can carry up to eight passengers and 16 low passengers.

Image Repository

1. An Eakhau class Merchant on route to destination with a crew of crafty Aslan females.
   
2. Eakhau class Merchants are beautiful streamlined and sometimes attract attention at a downport.
   

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics

#.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	400 tons. The ship is streamlined.
2.	Crew	x5 crew. The trader requires a crew of five: pilot, navigator, two engineers, and purser. A steward, medic. and up to four gunners are sometimes carried.
3.	Performance	Fuel tankage of 100 tons support the power plant and one Jump-2.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/2.
5.	Hardpoints	There are four hardpoints and four tons set aside for fire control.
6.	Armament	No weapons are mounted.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: #.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr124.26
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

The Aslan Trader is a very common ship, intended as an interstellar merchant. It is capable of carrying both passengers and cargo, and this coupled with its Jump-2 drives and four hardpoints make it a highly versatile ship. The EAKHAU class Trader is a standard design, available throughout Aslan space, and thus includes a price discount of 10%.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: Eakhau means day, in Trokh a period of time involving one revolution of a planet on its axis.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Subsidized Merchant - Merchant Liner:

1. Type RT class Trade Liner AKA Trade Liner
   1. Eakhau class Merchant
   2. Gold of Zurrian class Long Liner
   3. Margaret class Longliner
   4. Petty class Subsidized Merchant
   5. Pride of Vland class Long Liner
   6. Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant
   7. Shianjo class Liner
   8. Stubbie class Subsidized Merchant
   9. Tukera class Longliner
   10. Type RT class Longliner
   11. Virtue class Light Freighter

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)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
• Mike Jackson. Third Imperium 02 (Galaxy Games, 1986), 6-7.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 31.
• Gareth Hanrahan. Aslan (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 33, 82.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science