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* This component is considered to be [[Ship Equipment]]. | * This component is considered to be [[Ship Equipment]]. | ||
* It is also often known as a ''[[Cargo Bay]]'' or ''[[Cargo Loading Area]].'' | * It is also often known as a ''[[Cargo Bay]]'' or ''[[Cargo Loading Area]].'' | ||
− | * Specialized cargo holds for mining ships are called [[Ore Bay]]s and hold raw mineral | + | * Specialized cargo holds for mining ships are called [[Ore Bay]]s and hold raw mineral [[resource]]s, often from [[belter]]s. |
== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == |
Revision as of 02:25, 26 April 2019
A Cargo Hold is a location on a vessel used to transport equipment and goods.
- This component is considered to be Ship Equipment.
- It is also often known as a Cargo Bay or Cargo Loading Area.
- Specialized cargo holds for mining ships are called Ore Bays and hold raw mineral resources, often from belters.
Description (Specifications)
The cargo hold can usually be sealed. The hold is generally accessed by large doors or hatches. It may have a loading ramp or a cargo elevator.
- The interior surfaces of the cargo hold have multiple tethering and anchoring points.
- The hold generally has independent life support and environmental systems.
- Sections of larger holds may be isolated and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration or a different composition of atmospheric gases.
- The hold may utilize small vehicles, cranes and hoists, "walking floors", or gravitic devices to facilitate moving and handling cargo.
The cargo hold may be used to transport vehicles.
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History & Background (Dossier)
Some cargo holds are specifically designed to be environmental tanks.
These commonly include:
- Fluid tanks
- Gas tanks
- Hydrocarbon tanks
- Pumping equipment
References & Contributors (Sources)
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.
- Classic Traveller, Book 2 Starships (Game Designers Workshop 1977, 1981)
- Classic Traveller, Book 5 High Guard (Game Designers Workshop 1980)
- Jordan Weisman. "Book 2." Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 (1982): TBD.
- MegaTraveller, Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop 1987)
- Mongoose Traveller: High Guard (Mongoose Publishing 2008)
- T5 Core Rules, Far Future Enterprises 2013
- 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