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{{InfoboxShip
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|name= Macropan Screamer class Attack Shuttle
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|name     = Macropan Screamer class Attack Shuttle
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  |tdes=U
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|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
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|type=Auxiliary#U{{!}}Civilian Smallcraft
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|alsosee =
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  |origin=Distant Fringe
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|architect= 1.165
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|size=90
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|blueprint= No
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|TL=9
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|canon    = No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
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|jump=0
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|caption = [[Distant Fringe]] vessel.
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|g=6
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|cargo    =
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|hp=1
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|crew    =
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  |cargo=0.3
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|cost    =
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|crew=1
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|enlisted = TBD
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|hpass=0
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|era      = 1105
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|lpass=0
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard Shipyard]] v1.13 written by [[Andrea Vallance]].
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|cost= 116.45 (base)<br>MCr93.16 (discounted)
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|g       =  
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|hp       =
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|hpass    =
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|hull    = [[Cone Hull]]
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|illustration= No
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|image    = Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
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|IOC      = TBD
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|jump    =
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|lpass    =  
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|marines = TBD
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|model    = [[Model/3]]
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|officers = TBD
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|origin  = Third Imperium
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|QSP      = TBD
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|ref      = Fan: [[Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]]
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|size    =
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|size-cat = [[Smallcraft]]
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|tdes    = FA
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|TL      = 9
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|type    = Attack Shuttle
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|usp      = TBD
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|manufacturer= Various
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|cargo    = 0.3
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|crew    = 1
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|cost     = 116.45 (base)<br>MCr93.16 (discounted)
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|IOC      = TBD
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|enlisted = 0
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard Shipyard]] v1.13 written by [[Andrea Vallance]].
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|g        = 6
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|hp      = 1
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|hpass    = 0
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|image    = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|jump    = 0
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|lpass    = 0
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|marines  = TBD
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|model    = 3
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|officers = 1
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|origin  = Salatho National Military Force
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|QSP      = TBD
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|size    = 90
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|usp      = QY–0206630–700000–30000-0
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|manufacturer= Various
 
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The [[Macropan Screamer class Attack Shuttle]] is a combatant [[smallcraft]].
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* It is a [[military ship]] and a [[Attack Shuttle]].
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* Please also see [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
  
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== Description / Specifications ==
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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The Attack Shuttle is a multi-role craft used in a variety of circumstances. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.  This is an armed and armored version of the design produced locally on [[Salatho (world)]].
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The Attack Shuttle is a multi-role craft used in a variety of circumstances. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.  This is an armed and armored version of the design produced locally on [[Salatho (world)]].  They serve among a variety of nations as part of the [[Salatho National Military Force]]s.
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* The vessel is a TL 9 design.
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* The vessel is a [[TL-9]] design.
  
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=== Hull ===
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=== Image Repository ===
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The Attack Shuttle is constructed using a 90-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined.
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No information yet available.
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=== General Description & Deck Plans ===
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No information yet available.
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=== Basic Ship Characteristics ===
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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]]. [[Ton]]nage on the [[universal ship profile]] is shown in [[kiloton]]s (...thousands of [[ton]]s) where necessary. {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!colspan="3"|'''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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|-
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! No.
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! Category
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! Remarks
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|-
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| 1.
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| [[Ton|Tonnage]] / [[Hull]]
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| 90 [[ton]]s. The Attack Shuttle is constructed using a 90-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and fitted with fuel scoops for ocean refueling.
 
* Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
 
* 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.
 
* The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
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|-
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=== Engineering ===
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| 2.
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The vessel mounts a maneuver-6 drive and a power plant 6, giving performance of 6G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. There is fuel tankage of 5.4 dTons, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.
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| [[Crew]]
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| The Attack Shuttle requires 1 [[crew]]: a Pilot/Weapons Officer
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=== Main Section ===
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|-
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The vessel is equipped with a bridge mounted computer model/3 and a pilot’s acceleration couch: there is an additional cockpit couch. There is one small stateroom for extended life support.  s: six of these are designated as crew quarters, while the remaining two serve as a kitchen and a fresher respectively. Cargo capacity amounts to 30 dTons.
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| 3.
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| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
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| The vessel mounts a maneuver-6 drive and a power plant 6, giving performance of 6G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. There is fuel tankage of 5.4 dTons, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.
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|-
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| 4.
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| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
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| The vessel is equipped with a bridge mounted computer model/3 and a pilot’s acceleration couch: there is an additional cockpit couch. There is one small stateroom for extended life support.   
 
* The vessel is fitted with system range laser, maser and radio communications equipment, a military grade target tracking fire control sensor array, and an stealthed avionics suite.
 
* The vessel is fitted with system range laser, maser and radio communications equipment, a military grade target tracking fire control sensor array, and an stealthed avionics suite.
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|-
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==== Crew ====
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| 5.
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The Attack Shuttle requires 1 crew: a Pilot/Weapons Officer
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| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]]
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| x1 [[hardpoint]].
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=== Weapons ===
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|-
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The ship has one triple beam laser turret, firing as a single battery.
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| 6.
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| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]]
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=== Subcraft ===
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| The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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None.
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* The ship has one triple beam laser turret, firing as a single battery.
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|-
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=== Cost ===
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| 7.
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The basic cost of the vessel is MCr116.45 (base)<br>MCr93.16 (discounted).
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| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]]
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| Factor 7 hull armor.
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|-
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| 8.
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| [[Smallcraft|Craft]]
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| None.
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|-
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| 9.
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| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
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| Fuel Scoops 
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|-
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| 10.
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| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
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| The basic cost of the vessel is MCr116.45 (base)<br>MCr93.16 (discounted).
 
* The ship is a modification of a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are not widely available and a MCr. 1.165 design fee is chargeable.
 
* The ship is a modification of a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are not widely available and a MCr. 1.165 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 MCr93.16.
 
* 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 MCr93.16.
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|-
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| 11.
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| [[Naval Architecture|Construction Time]]
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| TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
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|-
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| 12.
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| Comments
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| Local manufacture.
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* Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.3 [[ton]] equipment locker.
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|-
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|}
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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A relatively low-tech design used throughout the [[Salatho (world)]] system by a variety of nations. Its 6G speed is useful for interception of civilian craft, but it lacks the turn and burn agility of a true dog fighter.  Small squadrons of these craft harry would be invaders and act as system defense craft.  The single crew member has excellent factor 7 armor protection and a powerful triple beam laser battery to destroy enemy fighters.  The advanced model 3 computer drains power as do the lasers, which is what limits the agility from what designers had hoped for.  Doubling the size of the drives and fusion power plant, and the layers of thick hull armor plating dramatically increases the unit price for this design.
  
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== History / Background ==
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=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities ===
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A relatively low-tech design used throughout the [[Salatho (world)]] system by a variety of nations. Its 6G speed is useful for interception of civilian craft, but it lacks the turn and burn agility of a true dog fighter.  Small squadrons of these craft harry would be invaders and act as system defense craft.  The single crew member has excellent factor 7 armor protection and a powerful triple beam laser battery to destroy enemy fighters.  The advanced model 3 computer drains power as do the lasers, which is what limits the agility from what designers had hoped for.    
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No information yet available.  
  
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''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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''[[Smallcraft]] - [[Attack Shuttle]]:''
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# [[Type S class Scout/Courier]]
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## [[Asia class Scout]]
  
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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
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|S1= CT Book 5 [[High_Guard_(book)|"High Guard",]] GDW, 1980.
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= High Guard |page= 20-37 |version= Classic Traveller}} (Design Sequence Used)
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect [[Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]
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|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
}}
 
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{{LEA|Ship|Distant Fringe}}
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[[Category: Distant Fringe]]
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[[Category: Distant Fringe Ship]]
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[[Category: Ron Kline Design]]
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[[Category: Salatho National Military Force]]
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[[Category: Salatho National Military Force Ship]]
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[[Category: Smallcraft]]
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{{LEA|Ship|}}

Latest revision as of 06:27, 13 December 2023

Macropan Screamer class Attack Shuttle
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: FA Attack Shuttle
Category [[Smallcraft]]
Size 90 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Cone Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–9
Engineering
Computer 3
Jump J-0
Maneuver 6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 1
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 1
    Officers 1
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0.3 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Salatho National Military Force
Price
Cost MCr116.45 (base)
MCr93.16 (discounted)
Architect fee MCr1.165
Statistics
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 Macropan Screamer class Attack Shuttle is a combatant smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The Attack Shuttle is a multi-role craft used in a variety of circumstances. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled. This is an armed and armored version of the design produced locally on Salatho (world). They serve among a variety of nations as part of the Salatho National Military Forces.

  • The vessel is a TL-9 design.

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans[edit]

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]

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 / Hull 90 tons. The Attack Shuttle is constructed using a 90-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and fitted with fuel scoops for ocean refueling.
  • 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.
2. Crew The Attack Shuttle requires 1 crew: a Pilot/Weapons Officer
3. Performance The vessel mounts a maneuver-6 drive and a power plant 6, giving performance of 6G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. There is fuel tankage of 5.4 dTons, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.
4. Electronics The vessel is equipped with a bridge mounted computer model/3 and a pilot’s acceleration couch: there is an additional cockpit couch. There is one small stateroom for extended life support.
  • The vessel is fitted with system range laser, maser and radio communications equipment, a military grade target tracking fire control sensor array, and an stealthed avionics suite.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
  • The ship has one triple beam laser turret, firing as a single battery.
7. Defenses Factor 7 hull armor.
8. Craft None.
9. Fuel Treatment Fuel Scoops
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr116.45 (base)
MCr93.16 (discounted).
  • The ship is a modification of a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are not widely available and a MCr. 1.165 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 MCr93.16.
11. Construction Time TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12. Comments Local manufacture.
  • Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.3 ton equipment locker.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

A relatively low-tech design used throughout the Salatho (world) system by a variety of nations. Its 6G speed is useful for interception of civilian craft, but it lacks the turn and burn agility of a true dog fighter. Small squadrons of these craft harry would be invaders and act as system defense craft. The single crew member has excellent factor 7 armor protection and a powerful triple beam laser battery to destroy enemy fighters. The advanced model 3 computer drains power as do the lasers, which is what limits the agility from what designers had hoped for. Doubling the size of the drives and fusion power plant, and the layers of thick hull armor plating dramatically increases the unit price for this design.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Smallcraft - Attack Shuttle:

  1. Type S class Scout/Courier
    1. Asia class Scout

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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