Suluru class Mercantile Carrier
| Mercantile Carrier | |
|---|---|
| Type: TB Commercial Mercantile Ships | |
| Size | 20,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-1 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 200 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 99 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 14,000 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Distant Fringe |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr 12,935.163 Qty: MCr10,348.131 |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Description / Specifications
The Mercantile Carrier is a large commercial transport typically encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is characterised as a Bulk Cargo Carrier.
Hull
The Mercantile Carrier is constructed using a 20000 dTon hull built in a close structure configuration. The hull is sufficiently streamlined to allow gas giant refuelling: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops and a purification plant.
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. There is fuel tankage of 2200 dTons, sufficient for one jump-1 and giving the power plant four weeks duration.
Main
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 2 dTons. There are 70 staterooms and 100 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Cargo capacity amounts to 14000 dTons. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. There is sufficient accommodation for 13 passengers.
- The Heavy Freighter requires 195 crew: 18x command, 39x engineering, 30x gunnery, 2x passenger stewards, 1x medical, and 105x service, of which 27 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required.
Weapons
The ship has 100 turrets grouped into three batteries of 10 triple beam lasers, three batteries of 10 triple missiles, and four batteries of triple sandcasters: there are 100 unused hardpoints and 100 tons of space is set aside for fire control.
Subcraft
The ship carries a 1200 dTon Heavy Landers and a 40 dTon Ship’s Boat, each housed in a dedicated hanger.
Cost
The vessel, complete with all of its subcraft, costs MCr12935.163. All the craft are standard designs and all qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the total price to MCr10348.131.
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science