Type TI class Merchant

Type TI class Merchant
The bridge of a Type TJ class Merchant.
Type: AH Merchant Vessel
Category	ACS
Size	2,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/6
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	20
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	20
Officers	6
Enlisted	14
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	194.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr587.9
Architect fee	MCrMarc Miller
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	AH-VS22
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Tramp Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Rebellion Sourcebook 84.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Type TI class Merchant is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship, a Merchant Vessel, and a Tramp Vessel.

Description (Specifications)

The Type TI class Merchant is a common sight throughout the Imperium, operating on trade and commerce missions to worlds off the main trade routes. Imperiallines is a tramp freighter operator with trade stations located at many Type C starports throughout the Imperium. The company maintains a low profile as the operator of a fleet of Jump-2 frontier transports carrying cargo from outlying systems to the major trade route worlds.

Image Repository

1. An air/raft returning to a Type TI class Merchant under a water landing.
   

1. A Type TI class Merchant. The vessel depicted could actually be a misidentified Type TJ class Merchant: the two classes are externally virtually identical.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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 subcraft) 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 / Hull	2,000 tons. Streamlined Cone Hull.
2.	Crew	Crew complement: x21. x2 bridge crew, x7 engineers, x10 gunners, and x2 ship's troops: individuals serve as flight crew and as a medic as required. There are x21 staterooms: all crew quarters are single occupancy. The Type TI normally carries no passengers. By crewmembers travelling double occupancy and hiring the services of a steward, up to 8 passengers may be carried. There are x10 low berths.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Type V Jump-2 Type V 2-G acceleration Type V Power Plant-2 40-EPs Agility-0, Emergency Agility-2.
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Bridge. Model/6 computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x20 hardpoints. 6 hardpoints are unused.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for the Type TI is: x3 Missile Turrets (grouped as 3 batteries) x3 Fusion Gun Turrets (grouped as 1 battery) x4 Beam Laser Turrets (grouped as 3 batteries)
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x4 Sandcaster Turrets (grouped as 2 batteries) The Type TI is not equipped with additional passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft / Drones	The Type TI carries a shuttle and an air/raft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel tankage: 440 tons. The vessel is fitted with fuel scoops. It is not equipped with fuel treatment equipment.
10.	Cost	MCr736.2 (including a 1% architect's fee, and a 10% volume production discount).
11.	Construction Time	32 months to build.
12.	Remarks	The Type TI carries 1114 tons of cargo. An additional 70 tons of cargo may be carried aboard the shuttle.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Vessel - Heavy Trader:

1. Type AH class Heavy Trader
   1. Dakaar class Freighter
   2. Dakaar class Merchant Transport
   3. Leviathan class Merchant Cruiser
   4. Type TI class Merchant
   5. Type TJ class Merchant

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 84.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science