Provision class Medium Tanker

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Provision class Medium Tanker
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: TF Transport
Size 8,000 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Cone Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer Model/4
Jump J-2
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 80
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 61
    Officers 16
    Enlisted 45
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0.0 Tons
Tankage: 4,200.0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Price
Cost MCr4,521.430 (base)
MCr3,617.144 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile Not applicable.
Images
Blueprint Yes.
Illustration Yes
Source
Also see Tanker
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Reference Ade Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Provision class Medium Tanker is a mercantile starship.

Description (Specifications)

A generic class of civilian vessel, the Medium Tanker is a large commercial hydrogen fuel transporter commonly encountered throughout the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Tanker and is constructed as a conventional design, although in all respects it qualifies as a long-range vessel. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Image Repository

J2 8000dT Tanker 2.jpg
A Provision class Medium Tanker.

General Description

The Provision class is a streamlined flattened cone with a mean diameter of 35 meters and a length of around 125 meters. In general the vessel is wider than it is tall and the midsection is bulkier, giving it a total enclosed volume of approximately 202,500 cubic meters. Three huge fuel tanks form the majority of the interior of the ship. The tanks are separated by service decks filled with ladders and gantries and are subdivided into smaller interlinked cells containing baffles, compressors and pumping equipment. The engineering section is located aft, within the core of the vessel, while the bridge and accessible sections of the ship such as the crew quarters are located forward. The main corridor, which is offset at its center to reduce the risks associated with accidents or damage, links the various decks and sections together.

J2 8000 dT Tanker Plan.jpg
A basic deck plan of the vessel indicating the general layout and positioning of major elements.

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 Provision class is constructed using an 8,000 dTon hull built in a conical configuration. The hull is streamlined and has good atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are heavily reliant on its onboard gravitic systems.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 61
  • x9 Command, x14 Engineering, x11 Gunnery, and x24 Service, of which x1 serves as Flight crew for the lifeboat when required. In addition the vessel has x3 specialist purification engineers.

Accommodations
There are x40 Staterooms.

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-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2 and 2-G acceleration and producing 160 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. The dedicated internal fuel tankage 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 utilizes a hull grid.
  • The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/4 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/4 Computer.
5. Hardpoints x80 hardpoints.
  • The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific routes.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for a Medium Tanker is:

x30 triple Beam Laser turrets, forming three batteries each of 10 linked turrets

7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.

x50 triple Sandcaster turrets, forming four batteries each of 10 linked turrets

The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.

8. Craft Flight Section

The subcraft is housed in a dedicated hangar located in the bows, close to the crew accommodations: the hangar can be sealed and has a total volume of 65 dTons.

9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has dedicated internal fuel tankage of 1,760 dTons.

The vessel has commercial fuel tankage of 4,200 dTons.

10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr4,521.430
  • 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 MCr3,617.144
11. Construction Time 152 weeks (38 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 The vessel does not have a cargo hold: it is standard practice to store supplies in unused staterooms.

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.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Bigcraft - Fuel Tanker:

Merchant Vessel - Tanker:

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