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The basic cost of the vessel is MCr49.260. | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr49.260. | ||
* The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable. | * 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 | + | * 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 MCr39.408. |
== History / Background == | == History / Background == |
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Fast Shuttle | |
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Type: U Civilian Smallcraft | |
Size | 90 Tons |
Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
Tech Level | TL–8 |
Engineering | |
Computer | |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 3 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 6 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 30 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | [[Distant Fringe]] |
Price | |
Cost | MCr49.260 (base) MCr39.408 (discounted) |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Description / Specifications
The Fast Shuttle is a multi-role craft used in a variety of circumstances. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL 8 design.
Hull
The Fast Shuttle is constructed using a 90-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined.
- 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-3 drive and a power plant 3, giving performance of 3G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 3. There is fuel tankage of 3 dTons, giving the power plant 5 weeks duration.
Main Section
The vessel is equipped with a computer model/1 and a pilot’s acceleration couch: there is an additional cockpit couch. There are fourty passenger acceleration couches and eight small staterooms: six of these are designated as crew quarters, while the remaining two serve as a kitchen and a fresher respectively. Cargo capacity amounts to 30 dTons.
- The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and an avionics suite.
Crew
The Fast Shuttle requires 6 crew: a Pilot and 5x Passenger Stewards
Weapons
The ship has one triple sandcaster turret.
Subcraft
None.
Cost
The basic cost of the vessel is MCr49.260.
- 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 MCr39.408.
History / Background
A relatively low-tech design used throughout the Distant Fringe. Its speed and the quality of onboard services make it a popular choice as an interface craft. 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.
See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe
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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