Flying Deck class External Cargo Carrier
| Flying Deck class External Cargo Carrier | |
|---|---|
| Type: UY Private Smallcraft | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 20 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Open Frame Hull |
| Streamlining | Cluster Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Fuel Treatment | none |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 firmpoint |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 1 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 1 |
| High/Mid Passengers | |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 80 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 1 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Construction Time | 0.167 Months |
| Origin | unknown |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr5.234 |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | UY-2C10 |
| Universal Ship Profile | UY-92701C-D |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Designer | 51er |
| Design System | Mongoose 2nd |
| Reference | Fan: 51er |
The Flying Deck class External Cargo Carrier is a civilian smallcraft.
Description[edit]
The Flying Deck class External Cargo Carrier is designed to transport 80 tons of standard cargo containers, which can be as many as 40 if they are all of the 2 ton 4D standard, whether between a starport and a specific location on a planet or between space stations (potentially including belter facilities). The full stateroom allows pilots to be comfortable on extended trips, although the lack of any internal cargo volume means that food and other supplies must be stowed in the common areas, which is often the practical limit on maximum length of trip. The smallcraft possesses extensive machinery to load and unload cargo autonomously, though in some cases (assuming a prepared site and sufficiently durable cargo) it can simply fly upside-down and drop off (or, with magnetic or gravitic assistance, pick up) a full load of cargo right onto its cargo mounts.
The pilots of these craft pride themselves on their work and their lifestyle. Although its capabilities would classify it as some type of Multipurpose Utility Craft, its focus on cargo and usage independent of any larger spacecraft classify it as a Private Smallcraft in practice.
To some, a fully-laden Flying Deck class External Cargo Carrier with box-shaped cargo is the canonical example of a Cluster Hull. Since a Flying Deck class External Cargo Carrier ordinarily uses its external cargo mounts to the fullest, this article rates its cargo including those mounts.
Image Repository[edit]
Not available at this time.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
Not available at this time.
Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]
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: 20 tons (standard). 270 cubic meters. Cluster Open Frame 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 not typically equipped with a fuel purification plant or fuel scoops. |
| 10. | Cost | MCr5.234 (no architect's fees, those having long since been paid). MCr4.7106 in quantity. |
| 11. | Construction Time | 5 days standard, 4 in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | A cargo hauling, distinctly working-class Private Smallcraft. |
History & Background[edit]
Not available at this time.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
Ship Interior Details: Not available at this time.
Class Naming Practice/s: Being so common, most do not have names.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
1 Representative Private Smallcraft (UY) Classes[edit]
References[edit]
| This article has metadata. |
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This ship was designed using Mongoose 2nd ship design rules.
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- Author: 51er
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.