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|name     = Constance class Launch
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|name         = Constance class Launch
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|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
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|image        = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|agility = X
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|caption      = Distant Fringe vessel
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|alsosee = [[Utility Craft]] - [[Smallcraft]]
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|tdes        = R
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|architect= [[Ade Stewart]]
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  |type        = Freighter
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|blueprint= No
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|canon    = No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
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  |size-cat    = Smallcraft
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|caption = [[Distant Fringe]] vessel.
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|size        = 50
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|cargo    = 40.0
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|hull        = Cone Hull
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|crew     = 1
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|aerodynam  = Streamlined Hull
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|cost     = 18.850 (base)<br>[[MCr]]15.080 (qty)
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|TL          = 9
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|enlisted = 0
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|EOS      = Still in active service.
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  |model      = Model/1
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|era      = 1105
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|jump        = 0
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|Book 5 High Guard]]
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|g          = 2
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|g       = 2
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|fuelTreatment =
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|hp      = 1
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|hpass   = 1
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|hp          = 1
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|hull     = Cone Hull
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|weapons     =
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|illustration= Yes
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|screens     =  
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|image   = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|
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|IOC      = Unknown
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|staterooms  = 1
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|jump    = 0
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|bunks      =  
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|lpass    = 0
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|seats      = 2
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|marines = 0
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|lowberths  =  
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|model   = [[Model/1]]
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|  
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|officers = 1
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|crew       = 1
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|origin   = Distant Fringe
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|officers    =
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|QSP     = U-5A20
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|enlisted   =
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|ref      = Ade Alagoric Stewart
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|pilots      =
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|size    = 50
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|marines     =
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|size-cat = Smallcraft
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|frozenwatch =
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|tdes     = UML
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|passengers  = 0
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|TL       = 9
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|steerage   =  
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|type    = Smallcraft
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|Lpass      =  
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|usp      = UM–0202210–030000–00000-0
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|manufacturer= Various
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|cargo      = 40
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|fuel        = 1
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|craft      =
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  |features    =
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|reserved   =  
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|construction =  
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|origin     = Distant Fringe  
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|manufacturer =
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|IOC        =
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|EOS        =
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|cost        = 18.850
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|architect  =
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|maintenance =
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|QSP         = R-5A20
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|USP        = R–0202210–030000–00000-0
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|blueprint  = No
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|illustration = Yes
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|alsosee     =
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|canon       =  
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|designer    = Ade Stewart
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|designSystem = High Guard
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|era        = 1105
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|ref        =  
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|footnote    =  
 
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The [[Constance class Launch]] is a noncombatant [[smallcraft]].
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The [[Constance class Launch]] is a {{TL|9}} cargo hauler smallcraft.
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* It is a [[Civilian Ship]] and an [[Auxiliary]].
 
 
* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
 
* Please also see [[AAB]] article: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
 
   
 
   
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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== Description ==
 
The Launch is designed to transport passengers in a variety of circumstances. It uses the same basic hull as the [[Fringian Lifeboat|Lifeboat]]. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
 
The Launch is designed to transport passengers in a variety of circumstances. It uses the same basic hull as the [[Fringian Lifeboat|Lifeboat]]. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
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* The vessel is a [[TL-9]] design.
 
  
 
=== Image Repository ===
 
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted [[Starship Weapon|weapons systems]], onboard [[electronics]], and the fit out of internal spaces.
 
The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted [[Starship Weapon|weapons systems]], onboard [[electronics]], and the fit out of internal spaces.
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=== Distant Fringe Vessels ===
 
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The [[Distant Fringe]] is said to be a far [[spinward]]-[[rimward]] area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on [[Terra (world)|Terra]]. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of [[Charted Space]] by vast, almost uncrossable [[rift]]s that were once broached by a system of [[calibration Point]]s and the use of [[tanker]]s. 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.{{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
 
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[[Vessel]]s originating within the [[Distant Fringe]] are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, [[misjump]]s do occur and [[Astrographic Phenomenon|anomalies]] with bizarre [[spacetime]] and [[Jumpspace]] effects exist: as such, [[Vessel|craft]] of this type are not entirely unknown within [[Charted Space]].{{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
 
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=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities ===
 
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Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.
 
  
 
=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
 
=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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{{Ship referral tree|name=Freigher | tdes=R}}
 
{{:Referral-Tree-UML-Launch}}
 
{{:Referral-Tree-UML-Launch}}
  
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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== References ==
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
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{{CT-Ship-Design}}
 
{{Sources
 
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= High Guard |page= 20-37 |version= Classic Traveller}} (Design Sequence Used)
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| Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
 
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|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
 
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|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
 
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[[Category: Distant Fringe]]
 
 
[[Category: Distant Fringe Ship]]
 
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{{LEA|Ships|Smallcraft}}

Revision as of 11:09, 6 December 2022

Constance class Launch
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Distant Fringe vessel
Type: R Freighter
Category Smallcraft
Size 50 Tons
Hull Configuration Cone Hull
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–9
Engineering
Computer Model/1
Jump J-0
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 1
Accommodations
Staterooms 1
Seats 2
Personnel
Crew 1
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 40 Tons
Fuel tank 1 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Price
Cost MCr18.850
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile R-5A20
Universal Ship Profile R–0202210–030000–00000-0
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration Yes
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Designer Ade Stewart
Design System High Guard
Era 1105

The Constance class Launch is a TL–9 cargo hauler smallcraft.

Description

The Launch is designed to transport passengers in a variety of circumstances. It uses the same basic hull as the Lifeboat. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Image Repository

  1. A Constance class Launch.
    J0 50dT Launch.jpg

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull The Launch is constructed using a 50 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 1
  • x1 Pilot. If the vessel is carried as a subcraft, this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.

Accommodations

There is 1 small stateroom. This serves as an office, galley or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher.

Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. The vessel has 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 are x3 small emergency lockers.
3. Performance The vessel mounts a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1 Energy Point. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4. Electronics The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 Computer: no backup Computer is installed.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
  • There is one unused hardpoint and 1 dTon is set aside for fire control.
6. Armament The Launch is unarmed.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
  • The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8. Craft The vessel carries no subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1 dTon.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr18.850.
  • The ship is a standard design. 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 the price of each unit to MCr15.080.
11. Construction Time 24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard.
  • Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12. Comments Cargo capacity amounts to 40 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.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

51 Representative Freigher (R) Classes

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

Type R Freigher


Civilian Ship- Smallcraft - Utility Craft:

  1. Type UML class Launch
    1. Constance class Launch
    2. Damgarrii class Passenger Launch
    3. Generic Launch / Lifeboat
    4. Gillow class Launch
    5. Last Armada class Launch
    6. Rodgers class Skiff
    7. Stead class Modular Launch
    8. Venters class Launch


References

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Classic Traveller This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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