Goblin class Gig
Goblin class Gig | |
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Distant Fringe vessel | |
Type: UM Smallcraft | |
Category | Smallcraft |
Size | 10 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Cone Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–9 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/1 |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 2 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 0 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Seats | 12 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 1 |
High/Mid Passengers | 10 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 1 Tons |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 5.5 Months |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Price | |
Cost | MCr6.160 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | M-1A20 |
Universal Ship Profile | M–0202210–030000–00000-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ade Stewart |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ade Stewart |
The Goblin class Gig is a TL–9 noncombatant Gig.
- Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description
The Gig is designed to ferry passengers and incidental cargoes between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
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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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | The Gig is constructed using a 10 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined with limited airfoil surfaces, giving average atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 1
Accommodations The main compartment has x10 passenger acceleration couches. The vessel is fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. It has full life support and environmental systems.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of 2-G acceleration and producing 0.2 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 4 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 Computer: no backup Computer is installed.
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5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoint. |
6. | Armament | The Gig is unarmed. |
7. | Defenses | The hull is unarmored.
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8. | Craft | The vessel carries no subcraft. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1 dTon.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr6.160.
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11. | Construction Time | 24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard.
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12. | Comments | If the passenger couches are removed the craft has a cargo capacity of up to 5 dTons. |
History & Background
An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Gig is simple, durable and robust. 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.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
6 Representative Smallcrafy (UM) Classes
References
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.