Congo class Cargo Barge

Congo class Cargo Barge
Type: AK Trader
Category	ACS
Size	50 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	0
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Seats	8
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	8
Payload
Cargo	30 Tons
Fuel tank	1 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr12.025
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	AK-5S11
Universal Ship Profile	AK-0201101-000000-00000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Adie Alegoric Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Adie Stewart

The Congo class Cargo Barge is a TL–9 smallcraft.

Description

A Congo class is a streamlined conical structure. Fitted for cargo and with couches for eight short duration passengers.

Image Repository

1. A Congo class Cargo Barge in side view.
   

General Description

The Congo class is a streamlined cone with a mean radius of 4.5 meters and a length of around 32 meters, giving it a total enclosed volume of approximately 1,350 cubic meters. A small enclosed compartment containing the bridge, x8 passenger acceleration couches and a stateroom is located forward, while the machinery and fuel tanks are located aft. The rest of the vessel is given over to cargo space: there is a loading ramp in the bow and large side hatches.

A basic deck plan of the vessel indicating the general layout and positioning of major elements.

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
#.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	50 tons.
2.	Crew	x1 Pilot.
3.	Performance	1-G.
4.	Electronics	There is no ship's computer only a standard small craft bridge. A computer must be installed before weapons can be mounted.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	None typically mounted.
7.	Defenses	None.
8.	Craft	None.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Integral Scoops.
10.	Cost	MCr12.025 and 9.62 in quantity.
11.	Construction Time	1 month.
12.	Comments	There is a small stateroom to provide the crew with extended life support.

History & Background (Dossier)

It is a light interface vessel for moving cargo and eight passengers from orbit to the surface and back.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

42 Representative Trader (AK) Classes

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

Type AK Trader

A

• Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
• Amkarim class Trade Liner
• Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
• Anhk class Merchant

B

• Bloodwell class Merchant
• Borazio class Heavy Freighter

C

• Cihzicih class Transport
• Congo class Cargo Barge

D

• Dhaztuen class Far Merchant
• Doji Hoturi class Bulk Freighter

F

• Freespace Gateway class Freighter

G

• Gamma Haden class Liner
• Ghent class Subsidized Merchant
• Goliath class Provincial Freighter

• Guilder class Subsidized Merchant

J

• Jasper class Provincial Merchant
• Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
• Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier

K

• Khtukhao class Clan Transport
• Kolomyia class Fast Liner

L

• Last Armada class Launch
• Last Armada class Survey Shuttle
• Lightning class Frontier Merchant

M

• Maru class Merchant
• Mauripo class Subsidized Merchant
• Mavuzo class Super Freighter
• Mora class Freighter

P

• Palatine class Merchant Trader

• Petty class Subsidized Merchant

Q

• Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant

R

• Rodgers class Skiff

S

• Seeker class Armored Merchant
• Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
• Star*mart class Provincial Merchant
• Swordfish class Merchant

T

• Trader class Provincial Transport
• Type CT class Cargo Carrier
• Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
• Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
• Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
• Tyrfing class Freighter

V

• Virtue class Light Freighter

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

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.

• Author: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy