Vary Kaye class Outreach Shuttle

Vary Kaye class Outreach Shuttle
Type: UY Private Smallcraft
Category	ACS
Size	30 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	1 firmpoint
Accommodations
Staterooms	2
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers
Payload
Cargo	4.05 Tons
Fuel tank	1 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	0.367 Months
Origin	unknown
Price
Cost	MCr10.5225
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	UY-3S10
Universal Ship Profile	UY-C3701S
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Farrago Fox
Design System	Mongoose 2nd
Reference	Fan: Farrago Fox

The Vary Kaye class Outreach Shuttle is a civilian smallcraft.

Description

This vessel is awarded to successful participants in the Vary Kaye multi-level marketing scheme. So-called "Independent Operators" are assisted by the ship's brain and Model/2 ship computer, enabling continuous conversational analysis, scripted interaction support, and behavioral optimization. The briefing facilities and common areas reinforce the smallcraft's primary function of a mobile presentation environment, while the automation systems quietly manage tone, pacing, and next-step recommendations during interpersonal exchanges. The Vary Kaye promises comfort, visibility, and continuity of contact.

For these reasons and more, including the standard pink hull coloration (officially because it serves as an identifier: just its being in port - where it is highly visible - can reduce the merchants' trust that the Third Imperium runs on), some Subsector Dukes have issued seize-or-destroy-on-positive-identification orders for this class, citing its interference in free trade. The following is one such proclamation.

Proclamation 217-1102-C
On the Suppression of Systemic Commercial Fraud

In the interest of preserving the time-honored commercial traditions cherished across our worlds, let it be known that the continued operation of vessels of the Vary Kaye class has resulted in demonstrable harm to interstellar commerce, disruption of legitimate trade, and the erosion of contractual confidence within the Duke's demesne.

Investigations conducted under the authority of the Office of the Subsector Duke, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and representatives of the Imperial Interstellar Commerce Authority, have established that vessels of this class are purpose-built and awarded as instrumental components of a recurring fraudulent enterprise commonly presented as a "distributed sales organization".

Such enterprises have been shown to rely upon systematic misrepresentation, the deliberate exhaustion of participants' capital, and the subsequent relocation of operators across multiple systems to evade redress, thereby exporting economic harm throughout Imperial space.

Accordingly, vessels of the Vary Kaye are hereby reclassified within this subsector as inherently engaged in hostile commercial activity.

Effective immediately:

Any vessel positively identified as belonging to this class is subject to interdiction, seizure, and forfeiture.

Any such vessel refusing inspection, attempting flight, or operating without explicit Imperial warrant shall be treated as a hostile actor.

Subsector Naval and Patrol forces are authorized to employ all necessary measures, up to and including destruction, to prevent the continued operation of these vessels.

This order is issued in defense of free commerce, the stability of trade routes, and the protection of Imperial citizens. It shall remain in force until such time as the Duke determines that the threat has been conclusively abated.

Issued under my hand and seal,
Dagalu Kiinlarsuush Rikhummi, Duke of Perite
In the 1102nd Year of the Imperium

Image Repository

Not available at this time.

General Description & Deck Plans

Not available at this time.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	Tonnage: 30 tons (standard). 405 cubic meters. Streamlined Wedge Hull. Dimensions: Maximum: ? meters long by ? meters wide by ? meters tall.
2.	Crew	Crew: 1 Pilot. Ship's brain lacks means to control the ship.
3.	Performance	Acceleration: 1-G maneuver drive installed. No jump drive.
4.	Electronics	Model/2 ship computer and a ship's brain.
5.	Hardpoints	No hardpoints, 1 firmpoint.
6.	Armament	None, unless one counts the extreme pinkness.
7.	Defenses	None.
8.	Craft	None (aside from itself). Vacc suits required for EVA (extra-vehicle activity). Rescue Balls for crew escape normally carried.
9.	Fuel Treatment	It is typically equipped with a fuel purification plant and fuel scoops.
10.	Cost	MCr10.5225 (no architect's fees, those having long since been paid). MCr9.47025 in quantity.
11.	Construction Time	11 days standard, 7 in quantity.
12.	Remarks	An excessively pink smallcraft renowned for its use in a multi-level marketing scheme.

History & Background

Not available at this time.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Ship Interior Details: Not available at this time.

Class Naming Practice/s: Being so common, most do not have names.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

1 Representative Private Smallcraft (UY) Classes

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Civilian Ship - Private Smallcraft - Type UY Private Smallcraft

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References

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This ship was designed using Mongoose 2nd ship design rules. Matthew Sprange. High Guard (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 8-22.

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: Farrago Fox