Seeker class Asteroid Prospector

Seeker class Asteroid Prospector
Distant Fringe vessel
Type: JJ Prospector
Category	ACS
Size	100 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Offensive	Mining Laser
Accommodations
Staterooms	2
Low Berths	1
Personnel
Crew	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	30 Tons
Fuel tank	22 Tons
Carried craft	4T air/raft
Construction
Construction Time	10 Months
Origin	Distant Fringe
Manufacturer	Various Nist Governmental Hull Fabrication Subcontractors
Price
Cost	MCr59.53
Architect fee	MCr0.595
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	JJ-1721231-030000-10001-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105

The Seeker class Asteroid Prospector is a TL–11 light prospecting starship.

Description

The dispersed structure hull is unstreamlined and is a chaotic array of gantries, modules and maneuver components. Antennae farms jut out at odd angles around a large central cargo bay. The bay is home to a small ore processing refinery. A pair of staterooms and a small medical bay, equipped with an emergency low berth form the foundation of a spin habitat module. There is an oxygen garden and hydroponics bay next to the carbon scrubbers, adjacent to the solar power array. It has a crew of two.

The ship has a powerful pulse mining laser for blasting and melting rocks in the search for rare elements and valuable minerals and ores. The free floating excess particulates resulting from its use would quickly obscure the digging site. Therefore these tiny rock bits are captured by the refinery and packed into 50kg canisters. This forms the basis for the PPES or Pez system. The prismatic particulates ejection system, happens to function as the equivalent of a defensive sand caster battery.

There is also a 50kg survey drone launcher which can be re-purposed to function as a missile launch rail.

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	100 tons.
2.	Crew	x2 crew: Pilot and gunner.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 1-G acceleration Power Plant-2 2-EPs Agility-0
4.	Electronics	Model 3 computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: x1 pulse mining laser equal to a factor 1 battery. x1 survey probe launcher equal to a factor 1 battery.
7.	Defenses	A PPES, or PEZ dispenser x1 sand caster equal to a factor 3 battery.
8.	Craft	x1 4T Harpy class Air/Raft
9.	Fuel Treatment	None
10.	Cost	MCr59.53. in Quantity 47.624
11.	Construction Time	Architect Fee 0.595, 40 weeks to build, 32 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to 30.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Another quality product of the shipyards on Nist (Halcyon 1616). Upon mustering out many local belters obtain these vessels once their production quotas have been satisfied and they are permitted to operate independently of centralized mining guild controls.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

14 Representative Prospector (JJ) Classes

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

Civilian Vessel - Resource Vessel - Prospector - Type JJ Prospector

A

• Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor
• Arzhent class Prospector/Surveyor

B

• Bowman class Mining Platform

I

• Icepick class Fuel/Ice Harvesting Drone

J

• Jackie class Seeker

K

• Kteiroa class Seeker

M

• Mint class Mining Drone

S

• Seeker class Asteroid Prospector

T

• Type J class Seeker
• Type VJ class Seeker

U

• Udzuekh class Mining Vessel

V

• VCS 891 class Resource Scout

W

• Wobbegong class Seeker

Z

• Zukseg class Seeker

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.

• Author: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy