Launch

Generic Launch / Lifeboat
Published, canon design.
Type: U Auxiliary
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Cylinder Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	13 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr14
Architect fee	MCrPublished, canon design with Keith illustration.
Statistics
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard generation.

A Launch (also called Lifeboat) uses a 20-ton hull, is capable of 1-G acceleration, carries one ton of fuel tankage, and has a crew of two.

• It is also known as the Type U class Launch. It typically comes in a 20 ton smallcraft variation, but other variations are possible including larger bigcraft.
• It is a smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)

A launch may mount missile racks and sandcasters; it may not mount lasers as weapons. The craft has thirteen tons excess space available for custom use, and typically cost MCr14.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (of ten craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics

No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available. No additional information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available. No additional information yet available.
8.	Craft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

Most Common Standardized Smallcraft Types

1. Cutter (50-ton)
2. Fighter (10-ton)
3. Launch (20-ton)
   1. Hunting Launch
   2. Modular Launch
4. Pinnace (40-ton)
5. Ship's Boat (30-ton)
6. Shuttle (95-ton)
7. Slow Boat (30-ton)
8. Slow Pinnace (40-ton)

History & Background (Dossier)

Even the smallest ships carry Lifeboats or Launches. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space.

Selected Launch Classes

1. TL-7 Launch
2. TL-8 Launch
3. TL-9 Launch
4. TL-10 Launch
5. TL-11 Launch
6. TL-12 Launch
7. TL-13 Launch
8. TL-14 Launch
9. TL-15 Launch

References & Contributors (Sources)

This article has metadata.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 78.
• Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 8.
• SGS: Imperial Small Craft
• SGS: Imperial Small Craft Vol. 2
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science