Jasper class Provincial Merchant
Jasper class Provincial Merchant | |
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Type: AK Subsidized Trader | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 900 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Cone Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–9 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/2 |
Jump | J-1 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Fuel Treatment | Scoops |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 9 |
Offensive | 4 3x Sandcasters, 4 3x Missile Launchers |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 28 |
Low Berths | 17 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 17 |
High/Mid Passengers | 17 |
Low Passengers | 17 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 540 Tons |
Fuel tank | 99 Tons |
Carried craft | 1 40t Ships Boat |
Construction | |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Price | |
Cost | MCr277.404 |
Statistics | |
Universal Ship Profile | AK–9211121–040000–00003-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | yes |
Source | |
Also see | Distant Fringe |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Adie Alegoric Stewart |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Distant Fringe |
The Jasper class Provincial Merchant is a mercantile starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a Provincial Merchant.
- The vessel is a TL-9 design.
- Please also see: Ships of the Distant Fringe
Description
It is a generic class of civilian vessel, the Provincial Merchant is a commercial transport typically encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Commercial Mercantile Ship and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
The Provincial Merchant is constructed using a 900-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
The Provincial Merchant requires x17 crew: x5 command, x1 engineering, x5 gunnery, and x3 service, of which one serves as flight crew for the Ship's Boat when required. In addition, the vessel carries x3 passenger stewards.
The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type jump-1 drive, a maneuver-1 drive, and a power plant 1, giving performance of jump-1 and 1G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. There is fuel tankage of 99 dTons, sufficient for one jump-1 and giving the power plant four weeks duration. The vessel is fitted with a purification plant.
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/2: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/2. There is a secure locker with a capacity of 3 dTons. There are 28 staterooms and 20 low berths, primarily used to transport livestock. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. 17 staterooms are available to paying passengers. Cargo capacity amounts to 540 dTons.
The ship is fitted with 8 turrets. These are grouped into two sandcaster batteries, each consisting of 2 linked triple turrets and two missile batteries, each consisting of 2 linked triple turrets. There is one unused hardpoint and 1 dTon is set aside for fire control.
The ship carries a 40 dTon Ship's Boat housed in a dedicated hangar.
Image Repository
A Jasper class Provincial Merchant.
History & Background
The Provincial Merchant is considered underpowered and suffers performance issues in a high gravity environment. 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
42 Representative Subsidized Trader (AK) Classes
Civilian Ship - Trader - Subsidized Trader - Type AK Subsidized Trader
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- Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
- Amkarim class Trade Liner
- Andrew class Commercial Shuttle
- Anhk class Merchant
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C
D
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G
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- Jasper class Provincial Merchant
- Jelmirt Marquis class High Liner
- Jose Cadiz Royal Galleon class Cargo Carrier
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L
M
- Maru class Merchant
- Mauripo class Subsidized Merchant
- Mavuzo class Super Freighter
- Mora class Freighter
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Q
R
S
- Seeker class Armored Merchant
- Sirocco class Merchant Freighter
- Star*mart class Provincial Merchant
- Swordfish class Merchant
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- Trader class Provincial Transport
- Type CT class Cargo Carrier
- Type R2 class Subsidized Merchant
- Type RL class Subsidized Merchant
- Type RL2 class Subsidized Merchant
- Tyrfing class Freighter
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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