Bubble class Fuel Cutter

Bubble class Fuel Cutter
Homegrown industrial smallcraft serving as a utility craft. A thumbnail image of a Bubble class Fuel Cutter.
Type: UF Fuel Cutter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	60 Tons
Hull Configuration	Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	3
Officers	2
Enlisted	1
Marines	X
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	40.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	1042
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr18.4687 Qty: MCr 14.77492
Architect fee	MCrJames Kundert
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	UF-6U20
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Utility Craft - Fuel Cutter
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: James Kundert
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Bubble class Fuel Cutter is a noncombatant smallcraft.

• It is a civilian ship and a Fuel Cutter.
• It functions as part of the Inar SysDefCom.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 2-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined sphere hull. The Bubble and its related designs are all tail-sitters, with their internal decking perpendicular to the direction of thrust. Unlike the later Bathysphere class Prospector's Cutter, the Bubble cannot spread its upper hemisphere to increase its cargo capacity. It serves as both fuel and cargo cutter, utilizing Collapsible Tanks in a 40-ton cargo bay.

• It ordinarily carries no armament and no defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft nor drones.
• It has a three sophont crew and no marines.

Image Repository

1. A Bubble class Fuel Cutter cruising through the icy debris of a gas giant's planetary ring.
   

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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Bubble class is constructed using a 60 dTon hull built in a sphere configuration. The hull is streamlined and has good atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are entirely reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There is an airlock. The cargo hold is accessed by a door. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: x1 x1 Pilot. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have 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 is an Emergency Locker.
3.	Performance	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-6 drive and a Power Plant-6, giving performance of 6G acceleration and producing 3.6 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 3 and an emergency agility of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the pilot's position.
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	Offensive Equipment: The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available. No additional information yet available.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	None
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Other Equipment: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Duchy of Inar based out of Inar (world) has a vibrant TL-14 or TL-E ship building industry, known for innovative designs and clever Naval Architecture. They are best known for their unstreamlined cylinder hull tail-sitter designs specialized for star system defense. They also build some of the finest fusion guns and ECM systems in Imperial Space.

It is one of the well known 60-ton sphere designs of Inar (Deneb 1213). The Bubble class Fuel Cutter was first built in 1042.

Inar (Deneb 1213) produced 60-ton spherical subcraft in great numbers due to questionable Naval and planetary politics in the 1040s. The result was an experimental hull plate fabrication plant which traded versatility for economy. The Imperial Navy contracts tied to this "pilot project" never materialized, but the shipyards of Inar found a use for the odd equipment anyway. Within about 10 to 12 parsecs of Inar, the 60-ton (about 12 meters diameter) sphere is a common sight, serving as the basic hull for a dozen or more fairly standard designs, including the Wart class Heavy Fighter family. The Bubble fuel shuttle was the first Inari design on this hull. Serving the needs of their neighbors, the Inari have produced larger ships which complement the spheres and serve in a variety of roles. Most spheres built by Inar have been at TL–14, though a few have been specially built at lower tech levels for simpler maintenance by the purchasing world.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Utility Craft - Smallcraft - Fuel Cutter:

1. Type UF class Fuel Shuttle
   1. Bubble class Fuel Cutter
   2. Last Armada class Fuel Shuttle
   3. Louis & Clark class Fuel Pinnace
   4. Parthenopinnace Fuel Shuttle
   5. Sternplatz class Refueling Pinnace
   6. Tadpole class Fuel Shuttle
   7. Zheug class Fueling Shuttle

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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)
• EXTERNAL LINK: GypsyComet's Shipyard
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: James Kundert
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science