Hellworld class Merchant Cruiser

Hellworld class Merchant Cruiser
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Type: MC Merchant Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	60,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Close Structure Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/8
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	600
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	904
Officers	104
Enlisted	800
Marines	500
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1,934.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Sath Alliance
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr39,287.33 Qty: MCr 31,429.864
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	MC-0FP22
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Freighter / Merchant Cruiser
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Hellworld class Merchant Cruiser is a mercantile starship.

• It is a civilian ship and a Merchant Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

These TL–11 partially streamlined close structure hulls are often repurposed for military use as an auxiliary. They have Jump-2 drives and carry enough internal fuel for two jumps. They are capable of 2G acceleration and have no Agility rating. They are fitted with drop tanks for an extra Jump-2 and 28 more days of power plant fuel. They are fitted with fuel scoops and have fuel purification for gas giant refueling. It carries a pair of Model/5 fib ship computers with an auxiliary bridge.

• It carries light armament and a defensive suite. They are designed with several redundant systems, and carry Factor-4 armor which allows them to absorb considerable punishment. They are fitted with the best particle accelerator spinal mounted weapon system available for ship killing. They are armed with four repulsor bays, seventeen heavy missile bays, two hundred triple sand caster batteries, five dual plasma guns, and one hundred and forty triple pulse laser turrets.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed. They carry a battalion of 500 marines with drop capsules. The marines are supported by a squadron of ten 30 dton Sath class Medium Fighters, a company of Sath Alliance Grav APCs, and two 20dton retrieval boats.
• It has a 904 sophont crew and 500 marines. They have a low watch to replace fallen crew or carry another battalion of troops.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	xTBD crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: #.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built for the Ka'sa Faction of the Sath Alliance Military Forces. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

• Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
• Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Civilian Ship - Merchant Ship - Cargo Freighter:

1. Type MC class Cargo Freighter
   1. Balaanii class Merchant Freighter
   2. Garrett Durant class Cargo Hauler
   3. Hellworld class Merchant Cruiser
   4. Hercules class Cargo Transport
   5. Pinyin class Treasure Galleon
   6. Prosperity class Medium Freighter
   7. Type AH class Heavy Merchant
   8. Valiant Conveyor class Liberty Ship

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science