Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant
Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant | |
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Distant Fringe vessel. | |
Type: TC Bulk Transport | |
Category | BCS |
Size | 7,000 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Close Structure Hull |
Streamlining | Partially Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–12 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/4 fib |
Jump | J-1 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 70 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 53 |
Officers | 11 |
Enlisted | 42 |
Marines | 7 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 4,000.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr1,984.116 (base) MCr1,587.293 (quantity) |
Architect fee | MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr. |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | Not applicable |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | No |
Source | |
Also see | Transport |
Canon | Published, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Ron Kline Design |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance. |
The Reynolds Meyers Briggs class Heavy Merchant is a commercial starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a merchant vessel.
Description (Specifications)
Designed and built in the Ras Tennol (world) system, the Reynolds Meyers Briggs Class Heavy Merchant is a heavy merchant vessel built under license to local companies. It can carry fifty high passengers and fifty middle passengers, as well as forty low berths. The massive four thousand ton cargo bay is the true money maker.
Image Repository
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General Description & Deck Plans
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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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | TBD tons. |
2. | Crew | xTBD crew. |
3. | Performance / Engineering | Propulsion:
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4. | Main Section / Electronics | Model/TBD fib computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | xTBD hardpoints. |
6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | No information yet available. |
8. | Craft / Subcraft | TBD |
9. | Fuel Treatment | TBD |
10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
12. | Remarks | No information yet available.
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Hull & Engineering Specifications
Designed around a 7,000 dTon partially streamlined close structure hull and is is fitted with fuel scoops and onboard fuel purification for wilderness refueling. The class is a long-range design: They carry enough internal fuel for two consecutive jump 1s and have sufficient capacity to run the power plant for 2 weeks. They are capable of 1G constant acceleration and have no agility rating.
- Droptanks: The class is fitted with Droptanks capable of supporting an additional Jump-1 for extended range operations.
Main Section Specifications
The design is equipped with an efficient model model/4 computer adjacent to the bridge. The fifty-three crew members include eleven in command functions, five engineers, three gunners, lucky thirteen in the flight department, fourteen overworked in the services and seven security operators. There are 153 staterooms on multiple decks and forty low berths adjacent to the medical center. The crew and passengers enjoy uncrowded single occupancy rooms, with connected suites possible for high passengers travelling together.
The class carries four pinnaces for flexibility in cargo handling and refueling if needed.
Armament Specifications
Fitted with a single plasma cannon to “blast space rocks” which pose a navigational menace to the vessel and a single battery of nine triple sand caster turrets to deter hostile fire.
History & Background (Dossier)
It is a popular design used for commercial operations in the wilder, more hostile portions of the Sena Subsector of Halcyon Sector. They frequently serve as merchant transports for large cargoes.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
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Selected Variant Types & Classes
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.