Aspirant class Provincial Carrier

Aspirant class Provincial Carrier
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: TC Transport
Category	BCS
Size	9,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	90
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	63
Officers	13
Enlisted	50
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	6,100.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr3,986.360 (base) MCr3,189.088 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Fringian Provincial Carrier
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Aspirant class Provincial Carrier is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Carrier.
• Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe

Description (Specifications)

The Provincial Carrier is a large commercial transport commonly encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

• The vessel is a TL-9 design.
• It is a generic class of civilian vessel.

Image Repository

1. An Aspirant class Provincial Carrier.
   

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Provincial Carrier is constructed using a 9,000 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving reasonable atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and hatches and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: x63 x11 Command, x12 Engineering, x12 Gunnery, and x27 Service Crew. If the Lander is carried as a subcraft, of which 2 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries a x2 passenger stewards. Accommodations There are x42 Staterooms. x32 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The captain has an individual cabin: all other crew quarters are double occupancy. x10 Staterooms are available to paying passengers: their needs are attended to by the vessel's stewards. There are x100 Low Berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 5 dTons. 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	Propulsion: The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-1 drive, a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-1 and 2-G acceleration and producing 180 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 2. The dedicated internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one jump-1 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a control room. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/3 Computer: the ship does not have a backup computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x90 hardpoints. The battery arrangement is considered standard for the class. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific routes.
6.	Armament	The normal fit-out for an Aspirant class is: x2 beam laser batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets x4 missile batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets Each missile rack mounts standard Anti-Shipping Missiles.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x3 sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 10 linked triple turrets The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The ship carries two 40-dTon Songbird class Ship's Boats, each housed in a dedicated hangar.
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr3986.360. All the craft are standard designs. 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 their price to MCr3189.088.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 6100 dtons. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 5 dTons.

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.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. 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.

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Vessel - Carrier:

1. Type TBD class Merchant Carrier
   1. Aspirant class Provincial Carrier

References & Contributors (Sources)

This article has metadata.

This article is missing content for one or more detailed sections. Additional details are required to complete the article. You can help the Traveller Wiki by expanding it.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

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