Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier

Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier
Distance Fringe vessel
Type: SC Scout/Courier
Category	ACS
Size	100 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Aerodynamic Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	6 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	2
Personnel
Crew	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	26 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	9 Months
Origin	Nist Military Forces
Manufacturer	Schweres Produktherstellung
Price
Cost	MCr103.888
Architect fee	MCr1.039
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SC-AS26
Universal Ship Profile	SC-1116631-000000-00002-0
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Canon	Unpublished, fan design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 Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier is a TL–9 Scout and Courier.

• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

Construction: The Henrick Krueden class is produced using a lifting body hull and has decent atmospheric performance. It is capable of surface landings and has a wheeled undercarriage. Around half the interior space is given over to machinery and a quarter to fuel tankage. Sections of the hull are divided by bulkhead walls. Accessible areas of the hull have life support and environmental systems, grav plates, and inertial compensators.

Image Repository

1. A Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier in orbit around a gas giant.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

Around 50% of the hull is taken up with machinery and heavy equipment, including the drives, the bulky purification plant, the powerful computer and the turret mountings. Around 26% is occupied by the fuel tanks, while the remainder is occupied by the bridge and its electronics and a single stateroom divided into two separate cabins.

Within the hull there is one narrow deck running from the bridge, situated in the forward part of the vessel to the drive compartment, located at the center of the ship. The vessel has two personnel airlocks: one close to the bridge and computer and one located ventrally, giving access to the engineering space. The turret is accessed from the engineering control room. While the bridge takes up a fifth of the interior space, the majority of it is occupied by powerful sensor systems, commo gear and an avionics suite: crew space is limited to the connecting corridor, a pair of acceleration couches, and a number of access spaces.

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 / Hull	100 tons. Lifting body wedge configuration.
2.	Crew	x2 crew. Pilot/Astrogator, Weapons Officer/Engineer. x1 stateroom divided into two separate small cabins.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-1 The drive is fitted with a jump governor, allowing it to perform microjumps. 6-G acceleration Standard Agility-5, Emergency Agility-6 Power Plant-6 Producing 6-EPs
4.	Electronics	Bridge. Model/3 computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Henrick Krueden class is: x1 triple missile turret, firing as a single battery. Each rack is fitted with x3 Anti-Shipping Missiles
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel does not carry any subcraft or vehicles and has no hangar facilities.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel tankage amounts to 26 tons, sufficient for x2 jump-1s and giving the power plant four weeks duration at maximum output. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	MCr103.888 Cost in Quantity: MCr83.110 Architect's Fee: MCr1.039
11.	Construction Time	40 weeks (9 months) as standard.
12.	Comments	The vessel does not have a cargo hold. Supplies and equipment are stowed in any available empty space.

History & Background (Dossier)

The class of vessel was developed and produced by Schweres Produktherstellung GmbH and sees service with the Nist Military Forces.

Commercial variants are available (generally with the fuel tankage reduced to 16 tons, 10 tons of cargo storage, and a downgraded sensor package). They are most commonly used as fast in-system couriers, utilizing the faster of maneuver acceleration or microjumping to deliver supplies and small packages to secondary worlds within a system, though a number are operated as independent couriers within the Nist Cluster. These variants are extremely expensive compared to other forms of in-system transport and do not sell well.

The Model/3 computer has large data banks, allowing storage of vast amounts of communications data.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: While the vessel has excellent fuel endurance, very little consideration is given to crew comfort. Space aboard the vessel is extremely limited (restricted to the bridge acceleration couches, the cramped crew quarters, airlocks and various access spaces, the turret interior, and the control room within the drive compartment).

It is normal practice for the crew to "hotbunk" in one cabin, while turning the other over to service as an all-in-one office, galley, supply store and lounge.

Class Naming Practice/s: The class are named for historical figures originating on Nist: Henrick Krueden was the founder and first commander of an elite reconnaissance unit during the Scybrian Wars.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

38 Representative Courier (SC) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Science Ship - Courier - Type SC Courier

A

• Afterthought class Scout

C

• Chatl class Leader Scout

G

• Gepard class Express Courier
• Giciifichu class Dispatcher

H

• Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier

I

• Inchworm class Scout/Courier
• Iyeliy class Messenger

J

• Jump-Boat
• Jumpmax class Courier

K

• Khadumir class Fast Courier
• Ktiyhui class Courier

L

• Lance Marcus class Scout

M

• Magash class Heavy Scout

• Mercury class Long Range Fleet Courier
• Messenger class Commercial Courier
• Midlothian A5 class Dispatch

P

• Pathway class Scout

R

• Ranger class Courier
• Rapid class Fleet Courier
• Royal class Dispatch Vessel

S

• Scybria class Scout
• Sering class Scout
• Serpent class Scout/Courier
• Sulieman class Scout/Courier
• Swift Missive class Courier

T

• Tathoe class Scout/Courier

• Type VX class Courier
• Type X class Express Boat
• Type ZC class Courier

U

• Unity class Scout

V

• Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier
• Vega class Scout

W

• Wanderer class Scout/Courier
• Wind class Scout/Courier

X

• Xavier class Express Boat

Y

• Yetsabl class Courier
• Yetsabl class Courier

Z

• Zofagic class Utility Vessel

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
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS