Lushina class Fast Cutter

Lushina class Fast Cutter
Type: A Trader
Category	Smallcraft
Size	50 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms
Seats	32
Personnel
Crew	1
High/Mid Passengers	32
Payload
Cargo	16 Tons
Fuel tank	3 Tons
Construction
Construction Time	6 Months
Origin	Third Imperium
Manufacturer	Ling-Standard Products
Price
Cost	MCr21.2275
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	A-5S60
Universal Ship Profile	A-0206621-000000-00003-0
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, non-canon design
Designer	Jordan Weisman
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 13.

The Lushina class Fast Cutter is a TL–15 noncombatant, utilitarian smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)

The Lushina fast cutter is designed for use aboard warships. It provides a less vulnerable form of transport than standard cutters, while still allowing a large number of persons or a large amount of cargo to be transported.

Image Repository

1. A Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser with a Lushina class Fast Cutter in orbit over a blue world.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

1. A top-down deck plan view of a Lushina class Fast Cutter.
   

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) when necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	50-tons. Streamlined Cone Hull.
2.	Crew	x2 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 NAFAL Boat Smallcraft 6-G acceleration Power Plant-D 3-EPs Agility-4
4.	Electronics	Model/2 ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: A single beam laser is normally equipped.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: A small Electronics Defensive Suite is normally equipped.
8.	Craft	None.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 3.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops No Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr28.02
11.	Construction Time	6 months to build, 4 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 16 tons. Ship's Locker The cargo bay is especially built to accommodate Modular Cutter Modules, a specialized kind of cargo container.

History & Background (Dossier)

Fast cutters are also commonly used as express transports in systems. Some even incorporate changable modules in their design.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

16 Representative Trader (A) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Civilian Ship - Trader - Smallcraft - Type A Trader

A

• Apollo class Runabout

B

• Bluestone class Cargo Barge

C

• Caccil class Merchant

D

• Damgarrii class Passenger Launch
• Darlene class Gig
• Delta Princess class Merchant

L

• Launch
• Liberty III class Independent Merchant
• Lushina class Fast Cutter

P

• Port of Nickle Eugenia class Bulk Container Vessel
• Pratt class Gig

R

• Refugee Pilgrim class Transport

• Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant
• Rhapsody class Merchant Trader

S

• Seragh class Cutter

T

• Type A class Free Trader

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

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.

• Jordan Weisman. Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 (FASA, 1982), 13, Poster.