Inquiry class Lab Ship

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Inquiry class Lab Ship
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: L Lab Ship
Size 400 Tons
Hull Configuration [[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer 2
Jump J-2
Maneuver 1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 2
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 8
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 7
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 60 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin [[]]
Price
Cost MCr153.824
in quantity MCr123.059
Architect fee MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Inquiry class Lab Ship was originally an auxiliary warship: it is now more commonly seen as a commercial transport.

Description (Specifications)

The Inquiry class Lab Ship was originally designed as an armored transport for service with operating within Halcyon Sector: the commercial variant has become an ubiquitous commercial vessel. It is classified as a Cargo Transport and is constructed as a long-range design. Broadly similar designs of vessel have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled. The vessel is a TL-11 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) where necessary. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Inquiry class Lab Ship class is constructed using a 400 dTon hull built in a asteroid configuration. The hull is unstreamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance largely reliant on its onboard gravitic systems.
  • x2 primary airlocks and x5 secondary service airlocks are located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors.
  • The configuration of the hull prevents surface landings.
2. Crew x36 personnel: x11 command, x7 engineering, x6 gunnery, x1 steward, x2 service, x8 flight (who generally serve as additional service crew when not required for small craft operations), and x1 medic, primarily overseeing the cryo section.

Accommodations

  • There are 30 staterooms. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. Six staterooms are available to paying passengers.
  • The cryo section contains 146 Low Berths, primarily used on commercial vessels for transporting livestock. Vessels in military service officially use the cryo section for troop transportation and casualty evacuation. It is rumored that low berths aboard military Inquiry class Lab Ship have been used to store prisoners over extended periods. Such actions contravene the Rissa Accords.

Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.

3. Performance The vessel mounts a Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-2 drive, and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of Jump-2 and 2G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 2. It is a long-range design: the internal fuel tankage is sufficient for two consecutive jump-2s and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
  • The jump drive utilizes a hull grid.
  • The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is an efficient Model/5 computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple Workstations.
5. Hardpoints x50 hardpoints.
  • The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for a Jack Driscoll class is:
7. Defenses The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and fitted with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 1.
8. Craft Flight Section

The Jack Driscoll carries an unusually large number of subcraft in order to facilitate cargo handling operations in remote areas. All subcraft are housed in dedicated hangers:

Some commercial Inquiry class Lab Ships sell off surplus subcraft, with hanger space generally being converted into auxiliary cargo holds. Some hangers are fitted out with additional passenger staterooms or leisure facilities. When staterooms are added, any associated reduction in flight crew is generally offset by the necessary increase in stewards.

9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 2,100 dTons.
  • The hull is fitted with fuel scoops.
  • The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.

Droptanks

Examples of the class in military service are routinely fitted with Droptanks capable of supporting an additional jump-2 for extended range operations.

10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel, complete with a full complement of subcraft, is MCr2,315.455.
  • The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. 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 per unit to MCr1,852.364 (including subcraft).
11. Construction Time 144 weeks (35 months) individually.
  • 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 1,000.0 dTons.

Variant Models

Fat Jack Variant: Some variants of the class reduce the internal fuel tankage to 1,100 dTons, sufficient for one jump 2 and giving the power plant four weeks duration – the cargo capacity is increased to 2,000 dTons. Such vessels are referred to as "Fat Jacks". The Fat Jack has conventional performance.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built in the Nexus system, the Inquiry class Lab Ship Class Bulk Freighter is a versatile transport well suited to operations in remote areas. The Inquiry class Lab Ship was originally developed for service with the. It proved versatile and was used in a variety of roles, including private enterprise when the opportunity arose. Their rugged construction and excellent endurance made them incredibly popular with their crews and commercial variants (albeit with downgraded sensor and defensive systems) soon began to be manufactured, both at and other rival shipyards. The Inquiry class Lab Ship class operates throughout the Distant Fringe region.

  • The military variant of the vessel, considered to be of a superior build quality and with the advantage of improved sensors, continues to be highly sought after by both commercial and private interests.

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