Fringian Bulk Carrier

Bulk Carrier
Type: TB Commercial Mercantile Ships
Size	75,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	750
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	348
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	55,600 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr20,549.372 (base) MCr16,439.498 (discounted)
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design

Description / Specifications

A generic class of civilian vessel, the Bulk Carrier is a large commercial transport commonly encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

• The vessel is a TL 11 design.

Hull

The Bulk Carrier is constructed using a 75000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined.

• 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 DeVoss-type jump-1 drive, a maneuver-1 drive, and a power plant 1, giving performance of jump-1 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. There is fuel tankage of 8250 dTons, sufficient for one jump-1 and giving the power plant four weeks duration.

• The engineering section has a main control room.
• The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel.
• The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.

Main Section

Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/5: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/5. There are 200 staterooms and 500 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 7 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 55600 dTons.

• The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a sensor suite.

Crew

The Bulk Carrier requires 348 crew: 38x command, 53x engineering, 30x gunnery, and 225x service, of which 33 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries a passenger steward and a medic.

Weapons

The ship is fitted with 4x 100 dTon bays and 160 turrets. These are grouped into:

• four missile batteries, each consisting of a single bay weapon
• twelve sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets
• seven beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets

There are 520 unused hardpoints but no additional space is set aside for fire control.

Subcraft

The ship carries two 1200 dTon Heavy Landers and a 40 dTon Ship’s Boat, each housed in a designated berthing position.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr20549.372.

• All the craft are standard designs. 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 MCr16439.498.

History / Background

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.

See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe

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