Maru class Merchant
| Maru class Merchant | |
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 Armed, heavy merchant vessel. | |
| Type: R Merchant | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 500 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–13 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/3 |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 5 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | |
| Low Berths | 14 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 9 |
| Officers | 5 |
| Enlisted | 4 |
| High/Mid Passengers | |
| Low Passengers | 14 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 190 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 110 Tons |
| Carried craft | L1 |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr125.4 |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | R-EU12 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Merchant |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Design System | Traveller5 |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 4. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Traveller 5. | |
The Maru class Merchant is a mercantile starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a Merchant.
Description
Using a 500-ton, TL13 hull, the Maru class Far Merchant mounts jump drive-E, maneuver drive-C, and power plant-E, giving a performance of jump-2 and 1G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a 2 parsec jump, at 50t per parsec, and one month of operations. Attached to the bridge is a Model/3 computer. There are 16 staterooms and 14 low berths. Installed weaponry include 2 triple turret Sandcasters and 3 triple turret Pulse Lasers. Cargo capacity is 190 tons. The ship has an unstreamlined hull.
Carried craft include a 10 ton Lifeboat. The ship requires 9 crew: captain/pilot, astrogator, two engineers, steward, medic, and three gunners. Additional gunners may be added. It can carry 7 high or medium passengers and 14 low passengers.
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Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
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Selected Variant Types & Classes
Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Far Trader:
- Type A2 class Far Trader
- Akkigish class Far Trader
- Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
- April Hare class Far Trader
- Avian class Far Trader
- Empress Marava class Far Trader
- Fanzhienz class Far Trader
- Farrou class Far Trader
- Garu class Far Trader
- Gizicih class General Trader
- Hero class Far Trader
- Hnneshant class Trade Boat
- Hugin class Trader
- Independent Hauler class Far Trader
- Jayhawk class Far Trader
- Khershawn class Trader
- Maru class Merchant
- Nymph class Merchant
- Princess Gunnhilde class Far Trader
- Salamander class Far Trader
- Soho class Light Freighter
- Solostar class Far Trader
- Stage class Far Trader
- Treader class Free Trader
- Type A2L class Far Trader
- Type HR class Trader
- Type VA class Trader
- Wulf class Free Trader
References & Contributors (Sources)
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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This ship was originally designed using Traveller 5th edition ship design rules.
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Jordan Weisman. Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 (FASA, 1982), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team