Furnish class Tanker

Furnish class Tanker
AAB Ship Reference File.
Type: TF Tanker
Category	BCS
Size	3,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	2x Model/3
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	30
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	32 / 40
Officers	10
Enlisted	22
Marines	0 / 8
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	20 (+1) Tons
Fuel tank	660 (+1,600) Tons
Construction
Origin	Unknown
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr1,458.140 (base) MCr1,166.512 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	TF
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Auxiliary
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Classic Traveller Book 5 High Guard.

The Furnish class Tanker is an auxiliary.

• It is a paramilitary ship and a Tanker.
• It is used by military forces and by commercial organizations.

Description (Specifications)

The Furnish class is a large tanker vessel. It collects and refines hydrogen fuel and either transports it to a starport or provides it directly to another vessel.

• It is a TL–11 design.
• There are many variants.

These large and generally grubby ships may be encountered almost anywhere. Their outer skins become stained and darkened by trace chemicals while skimming gas giant atmospheres and they frequently exhibit dents and scrapes resulting from poor maneuvering while vessels are coming alongside to refuel. Commercial tankers may serve an organisation, supporting its operational craft and providing them with refined fuel on demand, or may operate as independent gas traders, selling fuel directly from their tanks, particularly in systems with starports that do not provide local refuelling facilities. Military tankers will generally be accompanied by at least one escort vessel.

Image Repository

Furnish class Tanker

Servant class Launch

General Description

The Furnish class is an auxiliary tanker with performance of J-2 and 2-G acceleration. It is a relatively large, relatively slow ship, equipped with strong sandcaster defenses and laser turrets most commonly used in a point defense role. The design is fully streamlined, giving good atmospheric performance, allowing it to skim for fuel, and enabling it to perform surface landings.

The vessel is an unevenly shaped cone with an overall length of 113 meters, a mean diameter of 37 meters, and a volume of approximately 40,500 cubic meters. The ship has many pods, blisters, cowlings, recesses, housings, and protuberances over its surface. Despite this slightly irregular shape it is aerodynamic and may operate within planetary atmospheres.

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 subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Furnish class Tanker is constructed using a 3,000 dTon hull built in a generally conical configuration. The hull is streamlined and has good atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are improved by its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp. There are x3 personnel airlocks. The cargo hold can be used as an additional airlock. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x32 personnel (40 in military service). x7 command, x5 engineering, x7 gunnery, x4 flight, and x9 service. The command crew consists of the Captain, the Executive Officer, an electronics officer (commo and sensor ops), two pilot/navigators, a fuel control officer, and a medical officer. Each crew section has a senior officer. x8 marines serve aboard military vessels. Accommodations There are x25 Staterooms. x21 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. x10 rooms are single occupancy and are used by the captain and senior personnel: x11 other rooms are double occupancy. x4 Staterooms are available to paying middle passengers: no steward service is available. x8 Marines use these as double occupancy accommodations on vessels in military service. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-2 drive, and a fusion Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2 and 2-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/3 computer. A backup Model/3 is installed in engineering. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a standard sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x30 hardpoints. The listed weapons systems are typical for the class.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Furnish class is: x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, forming two batteries of 5 linked turrets.
7.	Defenses	The hull has no additional armor. x20 triple Sandcaster turrets, forming two batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	Flight Section: x2 10-dTon Servant class Launches. The subcraft are housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 40 dTons. 14 dTons of hangar space is unused, giving berthing space for up to 10 dTons of vessels.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 660 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant, capable of refining all onboard fuel (including commercial fuel tanks) in a few hours. The vessel has commercial / refuelling tankage of 1600 dTons. Fuel transfer is done via boom arms that extend from the hull. Vessels attach to these and draw fuel from the tanker's refuelling tanks. Up to four vessels can be refuelled simultaneously.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr1,458.140 Architects Fee: MCr14.582 If multiple examples of the design are ordered all vessels in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr1,166.512 The price does not include the cost of the launch: x2 Servant class Launches cost MCr12.32 (discounts for a bulk order immediately apply, reducing the cost to MCr9.856). With its subcraft, a discounted Furnish class costs MCr1,176.368
11.	Construction Time	135 weeks as standard, 108 weeks in bulk. 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	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 20 dTons. The hold has independent life support and environmental systems. The hold can be sealed and isolated. The vessel has a small secure locker with a capacity of 1 dTon.

History & Background (Dossier)

The design is representative of the class and large numbers of variants exist, particularly with regard to the accommodations, the fit out of internal spaces, the weapons systems, and the onboard electronics.

The boom arms that extend from the hull and transfer fuel to adjacent ships are easily damaged. The vessel carries multiple spares and extra components.

• Boom arm repair is one of the most unpopular jobs on the ship.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities:
The design is capable of independent operations and can transport incidental supplies in their holds. The Furnish class develops a characteristic judder during fuel skimming operations, when the main tanks reach 50% capacity and auxiliary pumping gear begins transferring fuel to secondary tanks.

• The refining plant and fuel pumping equipment are noisy. Engineering personnel wear ear protection and rely on personal communicators when working around them.

The class was originally designed to have three launches and adequate hangar space was provided for them. These subcraft were intended to transport personnel while the parent vessel remained in orbit providing refuelling services and to act as lifeboats in an emergency. The class was only ever issued with two launches as standard (likely as a result of corporate cutbacks and penny-pinching) resulting in inadequate escape facilities for the crew in the event of their needing to evacuate the vessel. Individual owners and captains may upgrade by purchasing an additional subcraft if desired, though more often the vacant hangar space is used as extra cargo storage.

Class Naming Practice/s:
Individual vessels are generally named by the organization that operates them. This is considered a serious affair and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky". Spacefarers tend to be superstitious and such vessels may find that they attract less commercial interest or are less favored for berthing slots, further adding to their unlucky reputation.

• Individual vessels are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Vessel - Tanker:

• Type T class Tanker
  • Furnish class Tanker

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Deekay Krause