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|name     = Apollo class Runabout
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|name         = Apollo class Runabout
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|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
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|image        = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|agility = 2
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|caption      = Distant Fringe Vessel
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|alsosee = [[Utility Craft]] - [[Smallcraft]]
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|tdes        = A
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|architect= [[Ade Stewart]]
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|type        = Trader
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|blueprint= No
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|canon    = No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
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|size-cat    = Smallcraft
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|caption = TBD
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|size        = 50
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|cargo    = 28.0
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|hull        = Cone Hull
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|crew     = 1
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|aerodynam   = Streamlined Hull
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|cost    = 22.200 (base)<br>[[MCr]]17.760 (qty)
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|TL          = 7
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|enlisted = 0
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|EOS     = Still in active service.
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|model      = Model/1
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|era      = 1105
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|jump        = 0
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|Book 5 High Guard]]
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  |g          = 2
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|g       = 2
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|fuelTreatment =
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|hp       = 1
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|hpass   = 11
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  |hp          = 0
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|hull    = Cone Hull
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|weapons    =
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|illustration= Yes
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|screens    =  
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|image    = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|  
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|IOC      = Unknown
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|staterooms  = 4
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|jump    = 0
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|bunks      =
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|lpass    = 0
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  |seats      = 8
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|marines = 0
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|lowberths  =  
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|model    = [[Model/1]] [[flt]]
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|
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|officers = 1
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|crew       = 1
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|origin  = Distant Fringe
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|officers    =
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|QSP     = UMC-5A20
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|enlisted   =
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|ref      = Fan: [[Ade Alagoric Stewart]]
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|pilots     =
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|size    = 50
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|marines    =
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|size-cat = Smallcraft
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|frozenwatch =
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|tdes     = UMC
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|passengers  = 12
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|TL       = 7
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|steerage    =  
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|type    = Runabout
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|Lpass      =  
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|usp      = UMC–0202210–020000–00000-0
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|manufacturer= Various
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|cargo      = 28
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|fuel       = 1
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|craft       =
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|features   =
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|reserved    =  
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|construction = 5.5
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|origin      = Distant Fringe
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|manufacturer =  
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|IOC        =
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|EOS        =  
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  |cost        = 22.200
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|architect  =  
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|maintenance =  
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|QSP         = A-5A20
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|USP        = A–0202210–020000–00000-0
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|blueprint  = No
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|illustration = Yes
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|alsosee     =
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|canon       =  
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|designer    = Ade Stewart
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|designSystem = High Guard
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|era        = 1105
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|ref        = Fan: Ade Stewart
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|footnote    =  
 
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The [[Apollo class Runabout]] is a utilitarian [[smallcraft]].
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The [[Apollo class Runabout]] is a {{TL|7}} utilitarian [[smallcraft]].
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* It is a [[Civilian Ship]], a [[Utility Craft]], and an [[Auxiliary]] [[Runabout]].
 
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* The vessel is a [[TL-7]] design.
 
 
* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
 
* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
  
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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== Description ==
 
The Runabout is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
 
The Runabout is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
  
 
=== Image Repository ===
 
=== Image Repository ===
 
# An [[Apollo class Runabout|''Apollo'' class Runabout]]. <br> [[File:J0 50dT Runabout.jpg|400px]]
 
# An [[Apollo class Runabout|''Apollo'' class Runabout]]. <br> [[File:J0 50dT Runabout.jpg|400px]]
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=== General Description & Deck Plans ===
 
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No information yet available.
 
  
 
=== Basic Ship Characteristics ===
 
=== Basic Ship Characteristics ===
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| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
 
| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
 
| The vessel mounts an extremely efficient rocket thrust-based [[Rocket Drive|Maneuver]]-2 drive and a [[Fission]] [[Power Plant]]-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1 [[Energy Point]]. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel supply]] provides reaction mass for the [[Rocket Drive|Maneuver]] drive and is considered sufficient to support approximately 3 [[week]]s of operations. Activity in significant gravity wells and [[atmosphere]]s exponentially reduces the vessel's [[maneuver]] endurance.
 
| The vessel mounts an extremely efficient rocket thrust-based [[Rocket Drive|Maneuver]]-2 drive and a [[Fission]] [[Power Plant]]-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1 [[Energy Point]]. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel supply]] provides reaction mass for the [[Rocket Drive|Maneuver]] drive and is considered sufficient to support approximately 3 [[week]]s of operations. Activity in significant gravity wells and [[atmosphere]]s exponentially reduces the vessel's [[maneuver]] endurance.
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* The [[Power Plant]] includes inherent fuel, consisting of a heavily shielded pellet of [[Radioactive|fissionable material]].
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* The [[Power Plant]] includes inherent fuel, consisting of a heavily shielded pellets of [[Radioactive|fissionable material]].
 
* The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
 
* The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
 
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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== History & Background ==
 
The Runabout is a low-tech design used for a variety of roles. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted [[Starship Weapon|weapons]] systems, onboard [[electronics]], and the fit out of internal spaces.
 
The Runabout is a low-tech design used for a variety of roles. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted [[Starship Weapon|weapons]] systems, onboard [[electronics]], and the fit out of internal spaces.
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=== Distant Fringe Vessels ===
 
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The [[Distant Fringe]] is said to be a far [[spinward]]-[[rimward]] area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on [[Terra (world)|Terra]]. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of [[Charted Space]] by vast, almost uncrossable [[rift]]s that were once broached by a system of [[calibration Point]]s and the use of [[tanker]]s. Those few academics within [[Charted Space]] who have found references to the [[Distant Fringe]] regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the [[Distant Fringe]] believe the existence of [[Charted Space]] to be mythical.{{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
 
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[[Vessel]]s originating within the [[Distant Fringe]] are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, [[misjump]]s do occur and [[Astrographic Phenomenon|anomalies]] with bizarre [[spacetime]] and [[Jumpspace]] effects exist: as such, [[Vessel|craft]] of this type are not entirely unknown within [[Charted Space]].{{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
 
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=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities ===
 
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Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities. The Apollo's are generally named after mythical beings from the histories and legends of the [[sophont]]s of the [[Distant Fringe]].
 
  
 
=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
 
=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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''[[Civilian Ship]] - [[Smallcraft]] - [[Utility Craft]] - [[Cutter]]:''
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{{Ship referral tree|name=Trader|tdes=A}}
 
{{:Referral-Tree-UMC-Cutter}}
 
{{:Referral-Tree-UMC-Cutter}}
  
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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== References ==
 
{{Metadata}}
 
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Revision as of 11:44, 14 November 2022

Apollo class Runabout
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Distant Fringe Vessel
Type: A Trader
Category Smallcraft
Size 50 Tons
Hull Configuration Cone Hull
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–7
Engineering
Computer Model/1
Jump J-0
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 0
Accommodations
Staterooms 4
Seats 8
Personnel
Crew 1
High/Mid Passengers 12
Payload
Cargo 28 Tons
Fuel tank 1 Tons
Construction
Construction Time 5.5 Months
Origin Distant Fringe
Price
Cost MCr22.200
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile A-5A20
Universal Ship Profile A–0202210–020000–00000-0
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration Yes
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Designer Ade Stewart
Design System High Guard
Era 1105
Reference Fan: Ade Stewart

The Apollo class Runabout is a TL–7 utilitarian smallcraft.

Description

The Runabout is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Image Repository

  1. An Apollo class Runabout.
    J0 50dT Runabout.jpg

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) when necessary. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull The Runabout is constructed using a 50 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 1
  • x1 Pilot. If the vessel is carried as a subcraft, this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.

Accommodations

There are 4 small staterooms. One typically serves as an office, galley or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher, while the remaining three are available to paying passengers.

There are x8 passenger acceleration couches.

The ship does not have grav plates or inertial compensators: all accessible areas of the ship are set up for zero-gee activity. The vessel has 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 small emergency lockers.
3. Performance The vessel mounts an extremely efficient rocket thrust-based Maneuver-2 drive and a Fission Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1 Energy Point. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel supply provides reaction mass for the Maneuver drive and is considered sufficient to support approximately 3 weeks of operations. Activity in significant gravity wells and atmospheres exponentially reduces the vessel's maneuver endurance.
  • The Power Plant includes inherent fuel, consisting of a heavily shielded pellets of fissionable material.
  • The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4. Electronics The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 flt ship computer: no backup computer is installed.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
6. Armament The Runabout is generally unarmed.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.

x1 triple Sandcaster turret, forming its own battery.

  • The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8. Craft The vessel carries no subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has an internal fuel tank containing 1 dTon of reaction mass for the Drives.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr22.200.
  • The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
  • 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 of each unit to MCr17.760.
11. Construction Time 24 weeks (5.5 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 Cargo capacity amounts to 28 dTons.

History & Background

The Runabout is a low-tech design used for a variety of roles. 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.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

16 Representative Trader (A) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Type A Trader


  1. Type UMC class Cutter
    1. Apollo class Runabout
    2. Diamond class Modular Cutter
    3. Garrag class Modular Cutter
    4. Generic Modular Cutter
    5. GX class III Modular Cutter
    6. Inthe class Modular Cutter
    7. Lushina class Fast Cutter
    8. Mineral class Cutter
    9. Mule class Modular Cutter
    10. Seragh class Cutter


References

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