Athelstan class Merchant
| Athelstan class Merchant | |
|---|---|
| Type: M Merchant | |
| Size | 400 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–11 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-1 |
| Maneuver | 2.26 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 4 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 11 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 102 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr157.06 |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
The Athelstan class merchant ships are presently being built by SIE at their corporate facilities at Grote/Glisten (Spinward Marches 1731). The unsettled situation in the Imperium has left SIE unable to procure ships from their usual suppliers at Glisten. The Athelstan is a modified Type R2 design, and is fairly typical of ships built in frontier areas with an integral refueling capability, a maneuver drive capable of making a landing while fully loaded on any inhabitable planet, and a full armament package.
Unlike many other SIE vessels, the Athelstan does not ordinarily carry a robotic crew supplement since the supply of cheap robots has also dried up.
Standard armament of an Athelstan is a triple missile turret, a triple beam laser turret and two triple sandcaster turrets.