Bluestone class Cargo Barge
Bluestone class Cargo Barge | |
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Distant Fringe vessel. | |
Type: A Trader | |
Category | BCS |
Size | 3,000 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Cone Hull |
Streamlining | Partly Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–7 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/2 |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 2 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 30 |
Offensive | 30 triple sandcaster turrets |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 34 |
Low Berths | 40 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 28 |
High/Mid Passengers | 15 |
Low Passengers | 40 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 2,300 Tons |
Fuel tank | 60 Tons |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 33 Months |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Price | |
Cost | MCr1,011.760 |
Architect fee | MCr10.117 |
Statistics | |
Universal Ship Profile | A–C202221–070000–00000–0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ade Stewart |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ade Stewart |
The Bluestone class Cargo Barge is a TL–7 mercantile Transport.
- Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description
The Cargo Barge is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
Image Repository
- A Bluestone class Cargo Barge in side view.
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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | The Cargo Barge is constructed using a 3,000 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has limited airfoil surfaces, giving acceptable atmospheric performance.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 28
Accommodations There are 34 staterooms.
There are 40 Low Berths. The ship does not have grav plates or inertial compensators: the interior of the ship is set up for zero-gee activity. The vessel has full life support and environmental systems.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts an extremely efficient reaction-based Maneuver-2 drive and a Fission Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 60 Energy Points. 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 4 weeks of operations.
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4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/2 Computer.
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5. | Hardpoints | x30 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament | The Cargo Barge is unarmed. |
7. | Defenses | The hull is unarmored.
x30 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into three batteries each of 10 linked turrets
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8. | Craft | The vessel carries no subcraft. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has an internal fuel tank containing 60 dTons of reaction mass for the Maneuver Drives.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr1,264.700.
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11. | Construction Time | 132 weeks (33 months) as standard.
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12. | Comments | Cargo capacity amounts to 2,300 dTons.
The ship carries a collapsible fuel tank with a capacity of 2,300 dTons and a stowed volume of 23 dTons. |
History & Background
The Cargo Barge 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.
- Cargo Barges are deployed by vessels such as the Civilian Ship Transporter.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
17 Representative Trader (A) Classes
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References
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.