Fringian Shuttle
Shuttle | |
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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Canon | Unpublished, fan design |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 each vessel in the production run qualifies for a 20% discount, which reduces the price of each ship 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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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