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{{InfoboxShip
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|name= Fringian Shuttle
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|name     = Shuttle
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|tdes=U
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|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
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  |type=Auxiliary#U{{!}}Civilian Smallcraft
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|alsosee  = [[Fringian Fast Shuttle|Fast Shuttle]]
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|origin=Distant Fringe
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|architect= Ade Stewart
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|size=90
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|blueprint= No
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|TL=7
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|caption = Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
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|jump=0
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|cargo    = 70
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|g=2
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|crew    = 1
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|hp=1
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|cost    = 35.925 (base)<br>[[MCr]]28.740 (qty)
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  |cargo=70
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|IOC      = No information yet available.
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|crew=1
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|enlisted = 0
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|hpass=5
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|Book 5 High Guard]]
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|lpass=0  
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|g       = 2
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|cost= 35.925 (base)<br>MCr28.740 (discounted)
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|hp       = 1
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|hpass    = 4
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|hull    = [[Conical Hull]]
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|image    = Distant Fringe Logo.gif
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|jump    = 0
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|lpass    = 0
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|marines = 0
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|model    = Model/1
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|officers = 1
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|origin  = Distant Fringe
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|QSP      = U-9A20
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|ref      = Ade Alagoric Stewart
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|size    = 90
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|tdes    = U
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|TL      = 7
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|type    = Smallcraft
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|usp      = QY–0202210–020000–00000-0
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|manufacturer= Various
 
}}
 
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TBD
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The [[Fringian Shuttle|Shuttle]] is a [[smallcraft]].
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* It is a [[Civilian Ship]] and an [[Auxiliary]].
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* Please also see: [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]].
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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This is a generic class of [[smallcraft]].
  
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== Description / Specifications ==
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The Shuttle is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled.
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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.
 
* The vessel is a [[TL-7]] design.
  
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=== Hull ===
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=== Basic Ship Characteristics ===
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The Shuttle is constructed using a 90-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined.
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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]]. [[Ton]]nage on the [[universal ship profile]] is shown in [[kiloton]]s (thousands of tons) when necessary. {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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* Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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* The vessel is not fitted with artificial gravity equipment. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
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!colspan="3"|'''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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** A TL 8 variant of the Shuttle is available. It is effectively identical but the hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators.
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|-
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! No.
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! Category
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! Remarks
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|-
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| 1.
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| [[Ton|Tonnage]]
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| The Ship's Boat is constructed using a 90 [[Ton|dTon]] [[hull]] built in a generally [[Cone Hull|cone-shaped]] configuration. The [[hull]] is fully [[Streamlined Hull|streamlined]] and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] performance.
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* Individual sections of the ship are divided by [[Bulkhead Wall|bulkhead wall]]s.
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* The vessel has an [[airlock]].
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* The vessel has a sturdy retractable [[Landing Gear|wheeled undercarriage]], allowing surface landings.
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|-
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| 2.
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| [[Crew]]
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| Total Crew Complement: 1
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* x1 pilot. If the vessel is carried as a [[subcraft]], this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.
  
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=== Engineering ===
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''Accommodations''
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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.
 
  
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=== Main Section ===
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There is 1 small [[stateroom]]. This typically serves as an office, [[galley]] or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher. It is set up for zero-gee activity.
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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.
 
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* The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and an avionics suite.
 
  
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==== Crew ====
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There are x4 [[Middle Passage|passenger]] [[acceleration couch]]es, located in a compartment directly behind the cockpit.
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The Shuttle requires 1 crew: a pilot.
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* The ship does not have [[grav plate]]s or [[inertial compensator]]s. The vessel has full [[Life Support|life support]] and environmental systems.
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* There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
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* There are x5 small [[emergency locker]]s.
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|-
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| 3.
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| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
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| The vessel mounts a [[Maneuver Drive|Maneuver]]-2 drive and a [[Fission]] [[Power Plant]]-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1.8 [[Energy Point]]s. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel supply]] – largely consisting of heavy shielding surrounding a pellet of [[Radioactive|fissionable material]] – is sufficient to give the [[power plant]] approximately 3 [[week]]s duration.
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* The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
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|-
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| 4.
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| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
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| The cockpit contains x1 pilots [[acceleration couch]] and [[Control Panel|control equipment]]. The vessel is fitted with a [[Model/1]] [[computer]]: no backup computer is installed.
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* The vessel is fitted with [[Communications Equipment#Shipboard Communications|communications equipment]], a basic [[Ship Sensor Suite|sensor array]], and has an [[Avionics]] suite.
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* It has a [[transponder]] unit that can be deactivated on command.
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|-
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| 5.
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| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]]
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| x1 [[hardpoint]].
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|-
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| 6.
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| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]]
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| The Shuttle is generally unarmed.
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|-
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| 7.
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| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]]
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| The [[hull]] is [[Heavy Armor|unarmored]].
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* x1 triple [[Sandcaster]] [[turret]], forming its own battery.
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* The vessel is not fitted with [[screen]]s or other passive defensive systems.
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|-
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| 8.
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| [[Smallcraft|Craft]]
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| The vessel carries no [[subcraft]].
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|-
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| 9.
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| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
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| The vessel has internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tankage]] of 1.8 [[Ton|dTon]].
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* The [[hull]] is fitted with intrinsic [[fuel scoop]]s. These are routed into the [[Cargo Hold|cargo hold]], allowing the vessel to act as a small [[Tanker]] if required.
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* The vessel is not equipped with [[fuel purification]] equipment.
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|-
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| 10.
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| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
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| The basic cost of the vessel is [[MCr]]35.925.
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* The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
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* 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 of each unit to [[MCr]]28.740.
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|-
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| 11.
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| [[Naval Architecture|Construction Time]]
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| 36 [[week]]s (9 months) as standard.
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* Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
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|-
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| 12.
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| Comments
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| [[Cargo Hold|Cargo capacity]] amounts to 70 [[Ton|dTon]]s.
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|-
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|}
  
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=== Weapons ===
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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The ship has one triple sandcaster turret.
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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 [[Starship Weapon|weapons]] systems, onboard [[electronics]], and the fit out of internal spaces.
  
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=== Subcraft ===
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=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities ===
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None.
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Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.
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=== Cost ===
 
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The basic cost of the vessel is MCr35.925.
 
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* The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
 
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* 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.
 
  
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== History / Background ==
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
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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.
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''[[Smallcraft]]:''
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* [[Auxiliary|Shuttle]]
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** [[Carrus class Shuttle]]
  
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''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]
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=== Image Repository ===
  
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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
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|S1= CT Book 5 [[High_Guard_(book)|"High Guard",]] GDW, 1980.
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|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
  
 
{{LEA|Ship|Distant Fringe}}
 
{{LEA|Ship|Distant Fringe}}

Revision as of 22:31, 15 February 2019

Shuttle
Distant Fringe Logo.gif
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: U Smallcraft
Size 90 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Conical Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–7
Engineering
Computer Model/1
Jump J-0
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 1
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 1
    Officers 1
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 70 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr35.925 (base)
MCr28.740 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile U-9A20
Images
Blueprint No
Source
Also see Fast Shuttle
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Reference Ade Alagoric Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The Shuttle is a smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)

This is a generic class of smallcraft.

The Shuttle is a low-tech vessel designed to ferry cargo and passengers between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL-7 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) when necessary. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Ship's Boat is constructed using a 90 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 1
  • x1 pilot. If the vessel is carried as a subcraft, this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties.

Accommodations

There is 1 small stateroom. This typically serves as an office, galley or medical bay as necessary and contains a small fresher. It is set up for zero-gee activity.

There are x4 passenger acceleration couches, located in a compartment directly behind the cockpit.

3. Performance The vessel mounts a Maneuver-2 drive and a Fission Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 1.8 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel supply – largely consisting of heavy shielding surrounding a pellet of fissionable material – is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 3 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4. Electronics The cockpit contains x1 pilots acceleration couch and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 computer: no backup computer is installed.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
6. Armament The Shuttle is generally unarmed.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
  • x1 triple Sandcaster turret, forming its own battery.
  • 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 1.8 dTon.
10. 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 the price of each unit to MCr28.740.
11. Construction Time 36 weeks (9 months) as standard.
  • Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12. Comments Cargo capacity amounts to 70 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

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.

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

Smallcraft:

Image Repository

References & Contributors (Sources)

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