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A Lifeboat is a type of smallcraft found operating within the Distant Fringe region.

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

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Within the Distant Fringe, a lifeboat is usually identified as a general purpose utility smallcraft. Lifeboats most commonly serve as emergency subcraft on a larger parent vessel and are typically housed within a specialized easy to access hangar.

While aboard a parent vessel and not active as flight crew, the lifeboat's personnel may be assigned alternate duties such as service crew.

Lifeboats – usually rebranded as passenger transports – may also be encountered operating as in-system transports, ferrying personnel between outposts and settlements located on different worlds within a system.

Selected Example Ships[edit]

Smallcraft - Lifeboat:

Type U class Auxiliary

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The convention of declaring a smallcraft a lifeboat is common practice. In reality there is no discernible difference between a lifeboat and any other smallcraft fitted out for short- to medium-duration passenger transportation.

Image Repository[edit]

A variety of smallcraft commonly encountered within the Distant Fringe region.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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-{{InfoboxShip
+[[File: Distant Fringe Logo.gif|right]]
- |name= Fringian Lifeboat
+A [[Fringian Lifeboat|Lifeboat]] is a type of [[smallcraft]] found operating within the [[Distant Fringe]] region.
- |tdes=U
+* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
- |type=Auxiliary#U{{!}}Civilian Smallcraft
- |origin=Distant Fringe
+== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
- |size=50
+Within the [[Distant Fringe]], a lifeboat is usually identified as a general purpose utility [[smallcraft]]. Lifeboats most commonly serve as emergency [[subcraft]] on a larger parent vessel and are typically housed within a specialized easy to access [[hangar]].
- |TL=9
+* While aboard a parent vessel and not active as flight crew, the lifeboat's personnel may be assigned alternate duties such as service crew.
- |jump=0
- |g=2
- |hp=1
- |cargo=0
- |crew=1
- |hpass=85
- |lpass=0
- |cost= 20.90 (base)<br>MCr16.72 (discounted)
-}}
-TBD
-== Description / Specifications ==
-The Lifeboat is designed to transport passengers in a variety of circumstances. It uses the same basic hull as the [[Fringian Launch|Launch]]. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
-* The vessel is a TL 9 design.
-=== Hull ===
-The Lifeboat is constructed using 50-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined.
-* 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.
-=== Engineering ===
-The vessel mounts a maneuver-2 drive and a power plant 2, giving performance of 2G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2. There is fuel tankage of 1 dTon, giving the power plant four weeks duration.
-=== Main Section ===
-The vessel is equipped with a computer model/1 and a pilot’s acceleration couch. There are 85 passenger acceleration couches.
-* The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and an avionics suite.
-==== Crew ====
-The Lifeboat requires 1 crew: a pilot. If the vessel is carried as a small craft, this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.
-=== Weapons ===
-None.
-=== Subcraft ===
-None.
-=== Cost ===
+Lifeboats – usually rebranded as passenger transports – may also be encountered operating as in-[[system]] transports, ferrying personnel between outposts and settlements located on different [[world]]s within a [[system]].
-The basic cost of the vessel is MCr20.90.
-* The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no 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 MCr16.72.
-== History / Background ==
+=== Selected Example Ships ===
-The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.
+''[[Smallcraft]] - [[Lifeboat]]:''
+* [[Type U class Auxiliary]]
+** [[Caroline class Heavy Pinnace|''Caroline'' class Heavy Pinnace]]
+** [[Constance class Launch]]
+** [[Deliverance class Lifeboat]]
+** [[Marrel Veckor class Lifeboat|''Marrel Veckor'' class Lifeboat]]
-''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]
+== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
+The convention of declaring a [[smallcraft]] a lifeboat is common practice. In reality there is no discernible difference between a lifeboat and any other [[smallcraft]] fitted out for short- to medium-duration passenger transportation.
-{{Metadata}}
+=== Image Repository ===
+[[File:Assorted Small Craft.jpg]] <br>A variety of [[smallcraft]] commonly encountered within the [[Distant Fringe]] region.
-== References & Contributors / Sources ==
+== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 {{Intermediate}}
 {{Detail}}
 {{Sources
-|S1= CT Book 5 [[High_Guard_(book)|"High Guard",]] GDW, 1980.
+|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
-|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
+|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
-|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
+|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
-|S4=
-|S5=
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-{{LEA|Ships|Distant Fringe}}
+{{LEA|Distant Fringe}}