Fringian Shuttle

Shuttle
Type: U Civilian Smallcraft
Size	90 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–7
Engineering
Computer
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	70 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	[[Distant Fringe]]
Price
Cost	MCr35.925 (base) MCr28.740 (discounted)
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design

Description / Specifications

The Shuttle is primarily designed to transport cargo. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

• The vessel is a TL 7 design.

Hull

The 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 vessel is not fitted with artificial gravity equipment. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
  • A TL 8 variant of the Shuttle is available. It is effectively identical but the hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators.

Engineering

The vessel mounts a maneuver-2 drive and a power plant 2, giving performance of 2G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2. There is fuel tankage of 1.8 dTons, 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 four additional passenger acceleration couches and a small stateroom. Cargo capacity amounts to 70 dTons.

• The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and an avionics suite.

Crew

The Shuttle requires 1 crew: a pilot.

Weapons

The ship has one triple sandcaster turret.

Subcraft

None.

Cost

The basic cost of the vessel is MCr35.925.

• 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 MCr28.740.

History / Background

A basic low-tech 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

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