TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship

TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship
Trooles Confederation Ship
Type: MN Naval Transport
Category	Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Airframe Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Seats	18
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	18
Payload
Cargo	0.1 Tons
Fuel tank	1 Tons
Construction
Origin	Trooles Confederation
Price
Cost	MCr20.375
Architect fee	MCr0.204
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	MN-0103322-000000-00002-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.

The TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship is a TL–11 Troop Transport.

• Its full designation is the TC02a Grave Endeavor class.

Description (Specifications)

The 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.

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TC02 / TC02a Grave Endeavor class Dropship

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

Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Trooles Confederation are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. TC refers to Trooles Confederation (a designation applied to all Confederation combat units), 04 is a combat smallcraft designation, and when it is used 'a' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level. Type codes will often repeat: 'Grave Endeavor', often shortened to 'Endeavor', is an easy to remember class name to identify the specific type of vessel.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

11 Representative Troop Transport (MN) Classes

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

Military Ship - Liner - Troop Transport - Type MN Troop Transport

A

• Aekguthang class Assault Cutter
• Assault Lander class Marine Gig

C

• Coeus class Assault Pinnace

G

• Gallant class Assault Shuttle

• Great Eastern class Troop Transport

R

• Raptor class Combat Lander

T

• TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship
• TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship

X

• Xiong class Drop Boat

Y

• Yawl class Troop Carrier

Z

• Ziiguysna class Pinnace

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.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy