Eakhau class Trader
| Eakhau class Trader | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: A Trader | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 400 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Streamlined Hull |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–11 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/2 |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Fuel Treatment | SP |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 4 |
| Offensive | n/a |
| Defensive | n/a |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 13 |
| Low Berths | 16 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 5 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 8 |
| Low Passengers | 16 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 164 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 84 Tons |
| Carried craft | None |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Aslan Hierate |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr104 - 124 |
| Architect fee | MCrJ. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | A-DS12 |
| Universal Ship Profile | RT-4221221-000000-00000-0 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Trader |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Aslan 32. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard and Traveller5. | |
The Eakhau class Merchant is an aslan starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a merchant vessel.
Description
Using a 400-ton streamlined hull, the Eakhau class Trader is a basic interstellar merchant ship, carrying a mix of cargo and passengers. It is equipped with drives giving performance of Jump-2 and 1G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports the power plant and one jump-2. On the bridge is a computer Model/2. There are 13 staterooms and 16 low berths. There are no weapons mounted. There are no ship's vehicles. Cargo capacity is 164 tons. The ship has fuel scoops for gas giant refueling.
The trader requires a crew of five: pilot, astrogator, two engineers, and purser/steward. A medic and gunners are sometimes carried. It can carry up to eight high passengers and 16 low passengers.
Image Repository
- An Eakhau class Merchant on route to destination with a crew of crafty Aslan females.
- Eakhau class Merchants are beautiful streamlined and sometimes attract attention at a downport.
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) where necessary. [1]
| #. | Category | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tonnage | 400 tons. The ship is streamlined. |
| 2. | Crew | x5 crew. The trader requires a crew of five: pilot, navigator, two engineers, and purser. A steward, medic. and up to four gunners are sometimes carried. |
| 3. | Performance | Fuel tankage of 100 tons support the power plant and one Jump-2. |
| 4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/2. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | There are four hardpoints and four tons set aside for fire control. |
| 6. | Armament | No weapons are mounted. |
| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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| 8. | Craft / Drones | None |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
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| 10. | Cost | MCr124.26 |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | Other Equipment:
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History & Background (Dossier)
The Aslan Trader is a very common ship, intended as an interstellar merchant. It is capable of carrying both passengers and cargo, and this coupled with its Jump-2 drives and four hardpoints make it a highly versatile ship. The EAKHAU class Trader is a standard design, available throughout Aslan space, and thus includes a price discount of 10%. [3]
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.
Class Naming Practice/s: Eakhau means day, in Trokh a period of time involving one revolution of a planet on its axis.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Civilian Ship - Merchant Vessel - Subsidized Merchant - Merchant Liner:
- Type RT class Trade Liner AKA Trade Liner
- Eakhau class Merchant
- Gold of Zurrian class Long Liner
- Margaret class Longliner
- Petty class Subsidized Merchant
- Pride of Vland class Long Liner
- Queen class Modular Subsidized Merchant
- Shianjo class Liner
- Stubbie class Subsidized Merchant
- Tukera class Longliner
- Type RT class Longliner
- Virtue class Light Freighter
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
- Mike Jackson. Third Imperium 02 (Galaxy Games, 1986), 6-7.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 31.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Aslan (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 33, 82.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Mike Jackson. Third Imperium 02 (Galaxy Games, 1986), 6-7.