Narva class Pinnace

Narva class Pinnace
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: U Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Conical Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1
Officers	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	6/11 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Year Operational	No information yet available.
Price
Cost	MCr13.550 (base) MCr10.840 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	K-2A40
Images
Blueprint	No
Source
Also see	Pinnace
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Reference	Ade Alagoric Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The FNarva class Pinnace is a noncombatant smallcraft with a utility role.

• It is a Civilian Ship and an Auxiliary.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The Pinnace is designed to rapidly ferry passengers and incidental cargoes between locations. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled. The design is occasionally designated as a Lifeboat.

• This vessel is a TL-9 design.

Image Repository

Narva class Pinnace.

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	The Pinnace is constructed using a 20 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving improved atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. The vessel has an airlock. The vessel has sturdy retractable landing legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 1 x1 pilot. If the vessel is carried as a subcraft, this individual serves as service crew aboard the parent vessel when not required for piloting duties. Accommodations There are x10 passenger acceleration couches. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. The vessel has full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are multiple small emergency lockers, built into the structure of the couches.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-4 drive and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of 4-G acceleration and producing 0.8 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 4. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 7 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4.	Electronics	The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/1 Computer: no backup computer is installed. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and has an Avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The Pinnace is generally unarmed.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x1 triple Sandcaster turret, forming its own battery. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1 dTon. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr13.550. The ship is a standard design. 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 of each unit to MCr10.840.
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard. 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	Cargo capacity amounts to 6 dTons. If the passenger couches are removed the craft has a cargo capacity of 11 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Pinnace is durable and reliable. Its small size makes it a popular subcraft for smaller starships. 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.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Different examples of the design are known by many different names but all have very similar performance characteristics and capabilities.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Smallcraft - Pinnace:

• Type U class Auxiliary
  • Narva class Heavy Pinnace

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science