Entremis class Military Transport

Entremis class Military Transport
Unity of Sed vessel.
Type: AM Transport
Category	[[BCS]]
Size	8,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Cylinder Hull]]
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	80
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	125 (+65 Marines)
Officers	19
Enlisted	106
Marines	65
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1,300 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Unity of Sed
Price
Cost	MCr4,417.551 (base) MCr3,534.041 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	Not applicable.
Images
Blueprint	No.
Source
Also see	Merchant
Canon	Published, fan design
Reference	Ron Kline Design.
Seven in service

The Entremis class Military Transport is a armed logistical support vessel used to facilitate military operations on and around Entremis (world).

Description (Specifications)

A locally built vessel which has fallen under the influence of the Unity of Sed's expansion into the area knows as the Dependent Worlds, in the Halcyon Sector. this class is equipped for long range operations required along the Distant Fringe. The cargo bay can be converted to quarters or for lowberths to move military personnel. It can be used to deliver supplies into warzones and is armed and armored to protect itself.

• The vessel is a TL 11 design.

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics

No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Sutherland class is constructed using a 8000 dTon hull built in a cylindrical configuration. The hull is partially streamlined and has good atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are entirely reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple personnel airlocks. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	The Transport requires 125 crew: 11 command (7 officers and 4 ratings), 12 engineering (2 officers and 10 ratings), 9 gunnery (1 officer and 8 ratings), 12 flight (5 officers and 7 ratings), 16 service (2 officers and 14 ratings), and 65 marines (2 officers and 63 ratings).
3.	Performance	The extended jump 2 range is appreciated strategically. The vessel mounts a 2G maneuver drive, and a 40,000 MW fusion power plant. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 2. There is fuel tankage of 3,360 dTons, sufficient for two jumps on internal fuel. The power plant has a four week duration. Drop tanks for an additional month of power plant fuel and another jump 2 are fitted. The engineering section has a main control room. The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/5 fib. There are 125 staterooms, but no low berths. All staterooms are single occupancy for all crew, making it feel roomy and comfortable for long voyages. Double occupancy is possible for military applications. The cargo hold can hold additional modular barracks and lowberth racks, as needed. The Marine platoons have some orbital insertion capabilities, the rest rely on sub craft and grav vehicles. There are five drop capsule launchers and an additional thirty-four drop capsules ready to deliver a pathfinder platoon to scout and beacon mark LZs for the follow on lift infantry platoon. The vessel is fitted with radio, laser and maser system wide communications equipment, dedicated target acquisition LADAR, an advanced active and passive EMS sensor arrays, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
5.	Hardpoints	80 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The ship has 80 turrets with fire control. There are fifty triple missile turrets organized as five batteries, ten triple beam laser turrets in a single battery, ten dual plasma gun turrets in a single battery and ten triple sand caster turrets organized as a single battery. The hull features factor 3 armor to resist critical damage to vital systems which cripple ships. This weapons and defensive load out is for self defense and the vessel is not envisioned as an offensive weapons platform.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available. No additional information yet available.
8.	Craft	The ship carries four 60 dton shuttles, four 4dton Air/Rafts, and four 8dton G-Carriers.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 52,000 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 1300 tons.

History & Background / Dossier

With the expansion of the Unity of Sed this civilian design was appropriated. Seven of these redesigned "upgraded" merchant vessels were constructed and transferred to military control. The occupational forces have used them to ferry supplies to garrisons in the area of the Dependent Worlds. This takes advantage of the domestic shipbuilding abilities and shipyard capacity of Entremis. They are tough and durable vessels which have yielded dependable service thus far.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. 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.

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.

References & Contributors / Sources

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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.

• CT Book 5 "High Guard", GDW, 1980.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy