Telemon class Survey Scout

Telemon class Survey Scout
Type: S Explorer
Category	ACS
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/5
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	10
Low Berths	2
Personnel
Crew	9
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	47 Tons
Fuel tank	132 Tons
Carried craft	1 50t modular cutter, 1 30t fuel module
Special features	galley
Construction
Construction Time	20.5 Months
Origin	Fourth Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr261.498
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SR-DB23
Universal Ship Profile	S-4732351-030000-00000-0
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, canon design
Designer	Michael Taylor, Omer Golan
Design System	High Guard
Era	1248
Reference	Scout Ships 21-25.

The Telemon class Survey Scout is a TL–12 exploratory Survey Scout. It is a bi-hulled vessel, having been intentionally constructed from two smaller vessel hulls that have been attached to each other.

Description

Using a 400-ton, TL12 hull, the Telemon-class Survey Scout is a twin-hull design, made from fusing two smaller tube hulls together. It mounts jump drive-F, maneuver drive-D, and power plant-F, giving a performance of jump-3 and 2G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a 3 parsec jump, at 40t per parsec, and 2 months of operations. Attached to the bridge is an Early Computer Model/5. It mounts a standard array of sensors and is designed for stealth, allowing data to be gathered covertly. It is therefore also a good reconnaissance vessel. There are 10 staterooms and 2 low berths. There are two hardpoints; no armament is installed. Scout vessels normally carry a token armament only, as they are not expected to become involved in combat. Cargo capacity is 47 tons. The ship has a braced hull, with bins for frontier refueling.

The ship carries 1 Modular Cutter as a refueler. The ship requires 6 crew, and can carry up to 10.

Image Repository

1. The cobbled together but highly functional Telemon class Survey Scout.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

The port cylinder houses the bridge, computer system, avionics, staterooms and the port maneuver drive. A passageway links the port cylinder with the starboard cylinder, which houses the primary powerplant, starboard maneuver drive, Jump drive, Cutter module bay, a small 7 dton cargo bay and the observation lounge. The Cutter bay is normally empty because the fuel module is attached to the Cutter. In those circumstances, the Cutter bay is operated as an additional cargo bay. The observation lounge has a huge bubble window and doubles as a relaxation lounge, but its primary function is as a sensor suite, with three sensor workstations controlling the Model/5’s extensive sensor arrays.

B Deck, which is “below” the A deck, consists entirely of fuel, except for the starboard 40 ton cargo bay, which is accessed from A Deck’s lift. Loading and unloading is undertaken via an extendable iris airlock, allowing ship-toship transfer of cargo.

Transferring the Cutter module to the Cutter is a simple process. The Cutter module bay doors are opened, and small thrusters “push” the module clear of the Survey Scout. The Cutter then maneuvers to pick up the module. A similar process is undertaken when stowing the module. --Scout Ships

History & Background

The Telemon class Survey Scout descends from a common design of the early Third Imperium, which had been mostly replaced by the TL-15 Donosev-class survey scout.

For anticipated survey updates in far spinward space in the late 1000s, the IISS in the Spinward Marches sought a less sophisticated and less distinctive survey vessel than the Donosev, and settled on the older survey ship the Donosev had replaced, generally named for Knighted Scouts. An unknown number were built and dispatched during the closing years of the Second Survey, while a very few landed in civilian hands. One of the last built, named for Sir Dur Telemon, was dispatched to the Imperial core during the late stages of the Rebellion to collect intelligence on what was, to the Domain of Deneb, no longer friendly territory. The Telemon never returned.

Almost 120 years later, as the shattered remains of the Imperial core sought to fight wars it hadn't asked for, the Telemon was found drifting in Gushemege. The shipwrights of the new Fourth Imperium found the design easy to reproduce. and it quickly became the new standard for the fledging Scout Service of the Fourth Imperium, with the doomed Telemon giving its name to the new class of vessels.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Class Naming Practice/s: The original ship of the Third Imperium was generally named for Knighted members of the IISS. The naming practices of the Fourth Imperium ship are unclear, but likely similar.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

41 Representative Explorer (S) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Civilian Ship - Science Ship - Type S Explorer

B

• Baso Rita class Small Survey Ship
• Brilliant class Scout

C

• Collective class Scout
• Covenanter class Scout Cruiser

E

• Elbing class Scout

F

• Fairmile Model G class Scout

G

• Golf Ball class VIP Transport Scout

H

• Highlander class Exploratory Merchant
• Hive class Scout
• Hraye class Scout

I

• Inquiring Mind class Fleet Scout
• Ithilien class Scoutship

K

• Kach'k class Scout
• Kanllaz class Scout

• KE2d Zerp class Scout
• KE3d Korsu class Fast Scout
• Keyhole class Observatory Ship
• Kforuzeng class Scout
• Kr'ghrr class Courier

L

• Lake class Surveillance Vessel
• Last Armada class Scout

M

• Machii class Scout Cruiser
• Model 225 class Scout
• Mont-SC class Scout

N

• Ninz class Scout

P

• Pallad class Asteroid Scout
• Pathfinder class Fleet Scout

Q

• Qasar class Scout Cruiser

S

• S-223 Moon Raven class Covert Surveillance Scout
• Silver Spur class Scout
• Sixth Horizon class Fast Far Scout
• SLC2 Ahouhi class Scout

T

• TC3 Perx class Scout
• Telemon class Survey Scout
• Type JL class Espionage Vessel
• Type S class Science Scout SICP

V

• Void Camera class Deep Space Scout

W

• Wrathful class War Scout

X

• Xero class Scout

Y

• Yono class Scout

Z

• Zydmnar class Scout

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

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.

• Martin Dougherty. Scout Ships (Avenger Enterprises, 2007), 21-25. (Original ship, for TNE and CT)
• Michael Taylor. Spinward Salvage LIC (Avenger Enterprises, 2009), 15-19. (revised for Mongoose Traveller)