Microliner class Gig
| Microliner class Gig | |
|---|---|
| Type: UMG Gig | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 5 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Cylinder Hull |
| Streamlining | Airframe Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Fuel Treatment | scoops |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 firmpoint |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 1 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 4 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 1.925 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0.025 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Construction Time | 0.007 Months |
| Origin | unknown |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr0.21 |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | UMG-15A10 |
| Universal Ship Profile | UMG-95601A |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Designer | Adrian Tymes |
| Design System | Mongoose 2nd |
| Reference | Fan: Adrian Tymes |
The Commuter class Gig is a civilian gig.
Description
The Microliner class Gig is a solution for those travelling to and from orbital colonies and the moons of a world. It competes with the ubiquitous air/raft, although its more complex controls (designed for smallcraft operation, as opposed to grav vehicle) limits its popularity outside of sophonts used to space travel.
Being cheap, the Microliner class Gig is often flown by those with low skill. In an attempt to improve the safety record of an earlier variant, the vessel has aerofins and improved streamlining, which have been shown to aid the pilot and thereby reduce the number of crashes.
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. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | Tonnage: 5 tons (standard). 67.5 cubic meters. Airframe Cylinder Hull.
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| 2. | Crew | Crew: 1 Pilot. |
| 3. | Performance | Acceleration: 1-G maneuver drive installed.
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/1 ship computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | No hardpoints, 1 firmpoint. |
| 6. | Armament | None. |
| 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 fuel scoops but no fuel purification plant. |
| 10. | Cost | MCr0.21 (no architect's fees, those having long since been paid). MCr0.189 in quantity. Usually only manufactured in quantity. |
| 11. | Construction Time | 5 hours standard, 4 in quantity. Usually only manufactured in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | A smallcraft version of the air/raft. |
History & Background
It is known to essentially be an Airframe Hull variant of the Commuter class Gig. Beyond that, as with the Commuter, its origins are lost to time, and it is common enough to escape notice.
Technically the name "Microliner", as in one-one millionth of a liner, is incorrect. It would be closer to call it a "Milliliner". It is a mark of those who typically manufacture this, and those who purchase it, that there does not appear to have been any widespread urge to fix the name.
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
0 Representative Gig (UMG) Classes
References
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This ship was designed using Mongoose 2nd ship design rules.
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- Author: Adrian Tymes
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.