Fringian Heavy Pinnace
| Heavy Pinnace | |
|---|---|
| Type: U Civilian Smallcraft | |
| Size | 30 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 4 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 1 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 10 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Distant Fringe |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr18.450 (base) MCr14.760 (discounted) |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
The Heavy Pinnace is a fast general purpose craft able to carry out a variety of roles.
Description / Specifications
Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL 9 design.
Hull
The Heavy Pinnace is constructed using a 30-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-4 drive and a power plant 4, giving performance of 4G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 4. There is fuel tankage of 1 dTon, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.
Main Section
The vessel is equipped with a computer model/1 and a pilot’s acceleration couch. There are eight passenger acceleration couches located in the main body of the craft, plus an additional acceleration couch located in the cockpit adjacent to the pilot's position, and three small staterooms. The craft has a cargo capacity of 10 dTons.
- The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and an avionics suite.
Crew
The Heavy Pinnace requires 1 crew: a pilot. If the vessel is carried as a small craft, this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.
Weapons
The ship has one triple sandcaster turret.
Subcraft
None.
Cost
The basic cost of the vessel is MCr18.450.
- 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 per unit to MCr14.760.
History
An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe. 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
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