Corporate class Range Carrier

Corporate class Range Carrier
Distant Fringe ship
Type: RV Carrier Freighter
Category	BCS
Size	75,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	750
Accommodations
Staterooms	220
Low Berths	600
Personnel
Crew	378
Officers	76
Enlisted	302
High/Mid Passengers	12
Payload
Cargo	44,000 Tons
Fuel tank	16,500 Tons
Carried craft	2 1200t heavy landers, 2 50t lifeboats
Construction
Construction Time	42 Months
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr30,278.026.
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	RV–M721242–090000–80000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Corporate class Range Carrier is a TL–11 mercantile Range Carrier.

• Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description

The Range Carrier is a large commercial transport commonly encountered along Star Lanes within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Bulk Cargo Carrier and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled. It carries some armament and a light defensive suite.

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1. A Corporate class Range Carrier.
   

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
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Range Carrier is constructed using a 75,000 dTon hull built in a dispersed structure configuration. The hull is unstreamlined and has no capability to perform atmospheric operations. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The vessel is not capable of surface landings and risks catastrophic structural failure in significant gravity wells.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: x378 x38 Command, x83 Engineering, x28 Gunnery, and x225 Service, of which 34 double up as flight crew for the subcraft as required. In addition, the vessel carries x2 medics and x2 passenger stewards. Accommodations There are x220 Staterooms. x108 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The command crew have individual cabins: all other quarters are double occupancy. x12 Staterooms are available to passengers. There are x600 Low Berths. These are tended by the vessel's medical staff and properly trained service crew. 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 are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2, 1-G acceleration, and producing 1,500 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/5 computer: the vessel has a backup Model/5 computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a standard sensor array. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x750 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific routes. There are 550 unused hardpoints but no additional tonnage is set aside for fire control.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Range Carrier is: x4 100-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers. x60 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into six batteries each of 10 linked turrets.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x100 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into ten batteries each of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x2 1200-dTon Colossus class Heavy Landers x2 50-dTon Deliverance class Lifeboats. The subcraft are housed in dedicated interior hangers located at strategic points around the vessel: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 3,250 dTons. The vessel may also externally carry properly secured consignments of goods and freight: this cargo is in vacuum and must be protected accordingly.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 16,500 dTons. The hull is not fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its complement of subcraft, is MCr30,278.026. 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 per unit to MCr24,222.421. The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	167 weeks (42 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	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 44,000 dTons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background

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.

Overburden

The Range Carrier is capable of carrying "overburden" cargos: a payload of up to 69,000 dTons. The major limiting factor on overburdening a vessel is the capability of the ship's model/5 computer. If the total displacement tonnage of the vessel, including its overburden cargo, is 100,000 dTons or more, the computer cannot perform the calculations necessary to initiate a jump transition.

The overburden payload increases the ship's displacement tonnage – to an upper limit of 100,000 dTons – but any degree of overburdening reduces its performance to jump-1 and 0.5G acceleration. The payload must be fully contained within the jump bubble. The practice of overburdening a ship places extreme stresses and strains on the internal equipment and dramatically increases the chances of a catastrophic failure.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

A number of companies manufacture ships equivalent to the Corporate class. They vary in hull shape and internal layout but all share the same basic design and all have very similar capabilities and performance characteristics.

Each variant class is named by the company that produces it: these organizations generally draw on traditional naming protocols. It is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

Individual vessels within a class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes but traditionally are named by their first crew, though from a list of approved options. This is considered a serious affair and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

29 Representative Carrier Freighter (RV) Classes

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

Type RV Carrier Freighter

A

• Aurora class Multimission Clipper

B

• Brown class Jump Ship

C

• Clii Argu class Common Transport
• Conrad class Towing Vessel
• Corporate class Range Carrier

D

• Deneb class Modular Starship
• Distribution class Commercial Carrier
• Dwarf class Starport Lift Tug

E

• Endeavor class Ship Transporter

G

• Ghost Galleon class Carrier Liner

H

• Heyan Rose class Freight Tractor
• High Liner class Bulk Freighter

I

• Inthe class Modular Cutter

K

• K'Slice class Attacker Tender
• Kalaron class Assault Scout

L

• Leander class Space Tug

M

• Maggart class Clipper
• Marius class Ship Transporter
• Modular Cutter

N

• Nirvana class Modular Dropship

O

• Oukhaha class Bulk Hauler
• Owatarl class Tender

P

• Planetoid Hauler class Cargo Ship
• Purcell class Express Boat Tender

R

• Revolver class Modular Liner
• Roca Maestro class Modular Ore Hauler

S

• Sagacity class Bulk Freighter
• Sao class Heavy Merchant
• Smeeppi class Carrier

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) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS