Fringian Range Carrier

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Range Carrier
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: TB Transport
Size 75,000 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Dispersed Structure Hull]]
Streamlining Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer 5
Jump J-2
Maneuver 1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 750
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 378
    Officers 76
    Enlisted 302
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 44,000 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Price
Cost MCr30,278.026 (base)
MCr24,222.421 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile Not applicable
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration Yes
Source
Also see Carrier
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Era 1105
Reference Ade Alagoric Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Range Carrier is a mercantile starship.

Description (Specifications)

This is a generic class of civilian vessel.

The Range Carrier is a large commercial transport commonly encountered along Star Lanes within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL-11 design.

Image Repository

J2 75000dT Range Carrier.jpg
A Corporate class Range Carrier.

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Range Carrier is constructed using a 75,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and has no capability to perform atmospheric operations.
  • Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls.
  • There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel.
  • The vessel is not capable of surface landings and risks catastrophic structural failure in significant gravity wells.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 378
  • x38x Command, x83 Engineering, x28 Gunnery, and x225 Service, of which 34 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries 2x passenger stewards and 2x medics.

Accommodations

There are 220 Staterooms.

There are 600 Low Berths. These are tended by the vessel's medical staff and properly trained service crew.

Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.

  • There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
  • There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3. Performance The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2, 1-G acceleration, and producing 1,500 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
  • The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel.
  • The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/5 computer: the vessel has a backup Model/5 computer.
5. Hardpoints x750 hardpoints.
  • The listed weapons systems are typical for the design. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific routes.
  • There are 550 unused hardpoints but no additional tonnage is set aside for fire control.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for a Range Carrier is:
  • x4 100-Ton bays, mounting [|Anti-Shipping Missile|Heavy Missile Launcher]]s.
  • x60 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into six batteries each of 10 linked turrets.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
  • x100 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into ten batteries each of 10 linked turrets.
  • The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8. Craft Flight Section

The subcraft are housed in dedicated interior hangers located at strategic points around the vessel: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 3,250 dTons.

The vessel may also externally carry properly secured consignments of goods and freight: this cargo is in vacuum and must be protected accordingly.

9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 16,500 dTons.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr30,278.026.
  • If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr24,222.421.
  • The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11. Construction Time 167 weeks (42 months) as standard.
  • Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12. Comments Standard cargo capacity amounts to 44,000 dTons.
  • The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.
  • Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background (Dossier)

The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Overburden

The Range Carrier is capable of carrying "overburden" cargos: a payload of up to 69,000 dTons. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/5 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is 100,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.

  • The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 100,000 dTons – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration.
  • The payload must be fully contained within the jump bubble.
  • The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Transport:

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