Type TJ class Merchant

Type TJ 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-6
Maneuver	6 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	MCr816.2
Architect fee	MCrMarc Miller
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	AH-VS66
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Tramp Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	The Traveller Adventure 139.
The Starship was designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 2 Starships and updated using High Guard and MegaTraveller Referee's Manual.

The Type TJ class Merchant is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Merchant Vessel.

Description (Specifications)

The Type TJ class Merchant is externally identical to the Type TI Frontier Transport; internally, its only difference is the installation of Jump-6 drives and a reduced cargo capacity. While Type TI ships routinely cover backwater regions conducting trade and commerce, the Type TJ ships use their immense jump capacity to serve as clandestine Imperial couriers.

Note: The ship's transponder will show it to be a Type TI. Officially, the Type TJ does not exist.

Image Repository

1. A Type TJ class Merchant. The vessel could actually be a misidentified Type TI class Merchant: The two classes of vessel are externally virtually identical.
   
2. The rear of a Type TJ class Merchant on the screen of a ship computer.
   

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	2000 tons. Streamlined cone configuration.
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 x11 staterooms: the captain receives an individual cabin, all other crew quarters are double occupancy. The Type TJ carries no passengers. There are x5 emergency low berths.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Type Z Jump-6 Type Z 6-G acceleration Type Z Power Plant-6 120-EPs Agility-4, Emergency Agility-6.
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 TJ 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 TJ is also equipped with a nuclear damper.
8.	Craft / Subcraft	The Type TJ carries a shuttle and an air/raft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel tankage: 1320 tons. The vessel is fitted with fuel scoops. It is not equipped with fuel treatment equipment.
10.	Cost	MCr816.2 (including a 1% architect's fee, and a 10% volume production discount).
11.	Construction Time	32 months to build.
12.	Remarks	The Type TJ carries 194 tons of cargo. An additional 70 tons of cargo may be carried aboard the shuttle.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Type TJ is covertly operated by Imperiallines, a sector-wide shipping company with facilities throughout the Imperial-dominated regions of the Spinward Marches. Very similar vessels are operated by a number of other companies throughout Imperial space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: The design is not fitted with inertial compensators.

The vessel is not equipped with active sensors, entirely relying on passive sensor systems.

Class Naming Practice/s: Type TJs are not named; they carry only serial numbers.

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. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 9-21. (Design Sequence Used)
• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 139.
• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 85.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science