Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier

Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier
Type: SC Scout/Courier
Category	ACS
Size	110 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	Model/4
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	1 G
Fuel Treatment	Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	1
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	2.1 Tons
Fuel tank	48.4 Tons
Carried craft	1 10T Dingy
Construction
Construction Time	11 Months
Origin	Talokan Armed Forces
Manufacturer	Petros Felix Electric Boat Werks
Price
Cost	MCr88.354
Architect fee	MCr0.884
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SC-AU14
Universal Ship Profile	SC-1741441-000000-00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.

The Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier is a TL–13 recon starship. It was originally an auxiliary warship: it is now more commonly seen as a commercial transport.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-4 performance with a unstreamlined Dispersed Structure Hull. The Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier was intended as a low cost single ship. Built for long range scouting. They developed into first contact vehicles. Scouts and the diplomatic corps uses them. It is constructed as a long-range design.

It carries light armament and a moderate defensive suite. It has a crew of 1 .

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	The Valtos Niagra class Scout/Courier class is constructed using a 110 dTon hull built in a unstreamlined dispersed structure configuration. The hull is not streamlined, and it is incapable of independent wilderness refueling without its subcraft. x1 primary airlocks and x1 secondary service airlock are located aft. The cargo hold is accessed by a loading ramp/doors. The configuration of the hull is incapable of survivable surface landings.
2.	Crew	x1 personnel: Pilot Accommodations There is 1 stateroom for the single occupant. An additional person could be carried in theory. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There is a small multiple emergency locker.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Cobalt Dynamics Jump 4 drive, a Magnum Flow Reactionless 1G drive, and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-4 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 1. It is a long-range design: the internal fuel tankage is sufficient for a single jump 4, with drop tanks for an additional jump 4 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is an efficient Model/4 ship computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple holo-dynamically reconfigurable Workstations. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an extensive passive and active EMS sensor arrays, and an avionics suite, with terrain following abilities. Vessels in military service have advanced sensors and are fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. They have system range laser, maser, and radio communication systems. Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensors include the following. • Active IR (infrared radiation, thermal imaging) (Active Sensor) • Laser / Light Sensors (Passive Sensor) • LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) – also called LADAR (Laser Detection and Ranging) (Active Sensor) • Prismatic (anti-laser) aerosol (countermeasure) • Magnetic Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Neutrino Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Passive IR (infrared radiation, thermal imaging) (Passive Sensor) • RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) (Active Sensor) • All-weather RADAR (improved function in a variety of environmental conditions) (Active Sensor) • RADAR Direction Finder (Passive Sensor) • RADAR Jammer (Active ECM) • Radiation Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Radio Detector (Communications Equipment) (Passive Sensor) • Radio Direction Finder (Passive Sensor) • Radio Jammer (Active ECM) • UV Detector (ultraviolet radiation) (Passive Sensor) Gravitic Equipment • Densitometer (gravitic sensor) (Passive Sensor) Navigational Aids • Inertial Locator (navigational aid, data improvement) It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	No weapons are usually mounted on this design.
7.	Defenses	None.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x1 10 dton Dinghy
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 48.4 dTons. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the crew member. Droptanks Examples of the class in military service are routinely fitted with Droptanks capable of supporting an additional jump-4 for extended range operations.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete without the subcraft, is MCr88.354. The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and a architectural fee of 0.884 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 the price per unit to MCr70.683 (not including subcraft).
11.	Construction Time	44 weeks individually, 35 weeks in bulk. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 2.1 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built for the Talokan Armed Forces as a recon and picket boat asset. They have large solar panels, a tiny hydroponics bay, an observation bubble with powerful telescopes, and a huge over stuffed lounge chair. For a certain type of psychological profile this duty is a dream come true. Others find the quiet isolation uncomfortable. A ship's computer interface hologram is always ready to offer suggestions and reminders to help their carbon based friends.

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