Launch

Generic Launch / Lifeboat
TBD
Type: UML Utility Craft
Category	Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cylinder Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	13 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr14
Architect fee	MCrPublished, canon design with Keith illustration.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Utility Craft
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Starships 18.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard generation.

A Launch (...also called Lifeboat) uses a 20-ton hull, is capable of 1-G acceleration, carries one ton of fuel tankage, and has a crew of two.

• It is also known as the Type U class Utility Craft. It typically comes in a 20 ton smallcraft variation, but other variations are possible including larger bigcraft.
• It is generally a civilian ship] and a noncombatant smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)

A launch may mount missile racks and sandcasters; it may not mount lasers as weapons. The craft has thirteen tons excess space available for custom use, and typically cost MCr14.

Image Repository

1. A stock Launch image by a famous starcraft artist.
   

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	20 tons.
2.	Crew	x2 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 Boat 1-G acceleration Power Plant-1 TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/1 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: None.
7.	Defenses	No defensive equipment normally carried.
8.	Craft	None.
9.	Fuel Treatment	None.
10.	Cost	MCr14.
11.	Construction Time	6 months to build, 4 months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

Most Common Standardized Smallcraft Types

1. Cutter (50-ton)
2. Fighter (10-ton)
3. Launch (20-ton)
4. Pinnace (40-ton)
5. Ship's Boat (30-ton)
6. Shuttle (95-ton)
7. Slow Boat (30-ton)
8. Slow Pinnace (40-ton)

History & Background (Dossier)

Even the smallest ships carry Lifeboats or Launches. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Smallcraft - Launch:

1. Hunting Launch
2. Modular Launch
3. Type U class Launch
   1. Camel class Medical Launch
   2. Damgarrii class Passenger Launch
   3. Fringian Launch
   4. Gillow class Launch
   5. Last Armada class Launch

Smallcraft - Life Boat:

1. Type U class Auxiliary
   1. Interstellar Lifesaver class Lifeboat
   2. KSbA Model A-23 class Lifeboat
   3. Lifeboat (ISW Period)
   4. Longevity class Lifeboat
   5. Model 292 class Life Boat
   6. Reprieve class Escape Pod
   7. SK-3 class Lifeboat

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. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), TBD.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 78.
• Rob Caswell, William W. Connors, Joe Fugate, Gary L. Thomas. Starship Operator's Manual (Digest Group Publications, 1988), 58.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 46.
• Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 8.
• S.R. Greene. SGS: Imperial Small Craft (Seeker Gaming Systems, 1992), TBD.
• S.R. Greene. SGS: Imperial Small Craft Vol. 2 (Seeker Gaming Systems, 1992), TBD.
• Michael Taylor, Ron Vutpakdi. Archaic Small Craft, Shuttles, and Gigs (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), TBD.
• Loren Wiseman. 20-ton Launch Deckplans (Loren Wiseman, 2007), TBD.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science