Fearless class Assault Transport

Fearless class Assault Transport
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: TA Auxiliary
Size	300 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Conical Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	7
Officers	2
Enlisted	5
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	70 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Year Operational	No information yet available.
Price
Cost	MCr185.950 (base) MCr148.760 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	TA-3A50
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Spaceplane
Canon	Published, non-canon design
Reference	Ade Alagoric Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The Fearless class Assault Transport is a Transport Bigcraft.

• It is a Paramilitary Ship and a Utility Auxiliary.
• This is a generic class of vessel.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The Assault Transport is a solid, reliable vessel designed to transport vehicles, supplies and equipment into dangerous areas. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

• The vessel is a TL-10 design.

Image Repository

A Fearless class Assault Transport.

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	The Fearless class is constructed using a 300 dTon hull built in a flattened sphere-shaped configuration. The hull has an airframe constructions and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: x7 x2 Command, x1 Engineering, x3 Gunnery, x1 Service Crew. Accommodations There are x7 Staterooms. x7 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. All crewmembers have individual cabins. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 1 dTon. 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 Maneuver-5 drive and a Power Plant-5, giving performance of 5-G acceleration and producing 15 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 5. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 Computer: a backup Model/2 Computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x3 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for an Assault Transport is: x1 triple Missile turret, forming its own battery. Each missile rack mounts x3 standard Anti-Shipping Missiles.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x2 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into one battery of 2 linked turrets 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 15 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr185.950. 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 MCr148.760. The vessel is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	56 weeks (14 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional shipyard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 70 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.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Fearless class is an interface craft primarily designed to carry vehicles and equipment between close orbit and a worlds surface. It is also used as an in-system transport, carrying equipment and supplies to secondary worlds within a system. 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.

Assault Transports are often deployed by vessels such as the Marius class Ship Transporter.

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.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Auxiliary - Interface Craft - Spaceplane

• Type QT class Auxiliary
  • Colossus class Heavy Lander
  • Fearless class Assault Transport
  • Omicron class Heavy Lander

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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Description (Specifications)

• The vessel is a TL 10 design.

Hull

The Assault Transport is constructed using a 300 dTon hull built in a flattened sphere configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, plated, and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 7.

• Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
• The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.

Engineering

The vessel mounts a maneuver-5 drive and a power plant 5, giving performance of 5G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 5. There is fuel tankage of 15 dTons, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.

Main Section

The vessel is equipped with a computer model/2: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/2. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 1 dTon. There are 7 staterooms. All crewmembers receive individual quarters. Cargo capacity amounts to 70 dTons.

• The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sensor array, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
• No provision is made for passengers. Troops, if they are carried, remain in the cargo hold for the duration of their time aboard.

Crew

The Assault Transport requires 7 crew: 2x command, 1x engineering, 3x gunnery, and 1x service.

Weapons

The ship is fitted with 3 turrets. These are grouped into:

• one sandcaster battery, consisting of 2 linked triple turrets
• one missile battery, consisting of 1 triple turret

Subcraft

None.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel is MCr185.950.

• 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 their price to MCr148.760.

History

An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Assault Transport is durable and reliable. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems and onboard electronics.

See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe

References & Contributors / Sources

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• CT Book 5 "High Guard", GDW, 1980.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science