Dromedary class Tanker/Replenishment Ship

Dromedary class Tanker/Replenishment Ship
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Type: QF Tanker/Replenishment Ship
Category	FCS
Size	300,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	No information yet available.
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3,000
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,974
Officers	198
Enlisted	1,776
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	586 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	No information yet available.
Price
Cost	MCr141,493.310 (base) MCr113,194.648 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Source
Canon	Published, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Dromedary class Tanker/Replenishment Ship is an Auxiliary starship.

• It is a military ship and an Auxiliary.

Description (Specifications)

The Dromedary class is a relatively common type of large auxiliary vessel operating within the Domain of Sylea. It carries a pair of 50 Ton Cutters as personnel transports and general utility craft. It is particularly notable for mounting a massive amount of Sandcasters for defense. The ship is designed to be capable of ocean refueling. The internal tanks have a total capacity of 222,000 Tons of fuel: the ship is 74% hydrogen tankage, by volume.

• The vessel is a TL-15 design.

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 craft) 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 Dromedary class is constructed using a 300,000 Ton hull built in a generally Flattened Sphere configuration, although the shape is more often referred to as a "teardrop". The hull is fully streamlined, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has hardened and contoured ventral surfaces, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x1,974 personnel. x198 Officers. x1,776 Enlisted, including 300 Security. Accommodations There are 987 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. 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 are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-4 drive, a Maneuver-4 drive, and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-4 and 4-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2 and an emergency agility of 4. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-4 and gives the power plant four weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9fib computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x3,000 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets. x10 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets. x10 triple Missile turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x2870 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into 287 batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. x10 100-Ton bays, mounting Repulsors.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x2 50 Ton Cutters. The Cutters are housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 130 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 222,000 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. 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 engineering crew. Refuelling Tankage 90,000 Tons of the internal tankage is set aside for refuelling operations.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr141,493.310 Architects Fee: MCr1,414.933
11.	Construction Time	227 weeks (53 months) as standard. 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 586.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Dromedary class Tanker sees service in Fleets across the Domain of Sylea and beyond. The class carries two 20-Ton Gigs for crew transport and weather reconnaissance.

• A number of examples of the class serve with the 146th Fleet, which operates in the Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• 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
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science