AX-H class Modular Heavy Fleet Auxiliary

Modular Heavy class Fleet Auxiliary
TBD
Type: AMA Fleet Auxiliary
Size	10,000t + modules up to 10,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	100
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	65
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	7,058 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Principality of Caledon
Price
Cost	MCr3,622.25 in quantity 2,897.8
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
208 in service

The TBD class Attack Boat is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Merchant Vessel.

Description (Specifications)

The "AX-H" project - Caledonian fleet code for "General Auxiliary, Heavy"- is a class of modular, configurable fleet auxilaries.

Sometimes called "Storks", due to their appearance, the AX-H is essentially a long "spine" with a bridge and control space on the bow end, a power plant, jump and maneuver drives at the stern, and a long, slender "Neck" in between. The vessels are popular among their crews; the "Neck" offers accomodation space unheard of among other fleet auxiliaries, to say nothing of Caledonian warships.

Modules - up to 10,000 tons worth - can be attached. These modules can be changed - assuming the facilities of at least a C Starport are available, for a period of (generally) a month. However, about 80% of Storks are never reconfigured once commissioned.

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Types

AX-H (Generic Auxiliary, Heavy) is a place-holder name. Actual ships in service have type codes specific to their configuration.

Selected types include:

• Repair Ship, Heavy (AS-H) - Equipped with workshop, tractor and stores modules.
• Transport, Heavy (AD-H) - Equipped with fuel and accomodations modules.
• Refinery Ship, Heavy (AFR-H) - Equipped with refinery, fuel storage and fuel-lighter dock modules.
• Jump Drive Repair Ship, Heavy (ASJ-H) - Equipped with a large workshop module optimized for carrying out repairs to jump drives.
• Power Plant Repair Ship, Heavy (ASP-H) - Another large workship, with equipment and stores for maintaining, overhauling and repairing power plants.
• Tanker (AF-H) - Equipped with modular storage tanks and handling equipment. Can carry powerplant/jump fuel, water, beverages.
• Stores Ship (AM-H) - Equipped with dry-goods storage modules, and a small "office" module with inventory-management software and equipment.
• Station Ship (AU-H) - These ships serve as command posts and office space for stations, especially Forward Operating Bases. They include modules for office, accommodation, workshop and storage space.

Contruction

The AX-H is a dispersed structure vessel. AX-Hs are not streamlined, and have only defensive weapons.

Civilian Usage

In addition to large numbers in the Caledonian fleet train, a few Storks have found their way into civilian service.

• Several serve as mining support and mineral transport ships
• Two highly-renovated specimens are used as luxury liners between Caledon and the Imperium
• One was sold to an Aslan clan to serve as a colonization ship
• One exceptionally beautifully-renovated vessel serves as a mega-yacht - perhaps aptly described as a "Jump Palace" - for Ian Prestwick, Duke of Pengilly, patriarch of an extraordinarily wealthy trading family from Stirling.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Mitchberg
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science