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Revision as of 02:59, 2 December 2021
The Ships of the Distant Fringe is a listing of some of the more common starships and spacecraft operating within the Distant Fringe region.
- It primarily focuses on commercial vessels.
- Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.
Library Data Referral Tree
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Astronomical Unit (AU)
- FTL
- Light Speed (c)
- Light-week (lw)
- Light-year (ly)
- NAFAL (STL)
- Parsec (pc)
Description (Specifications)
General Overview
Each ship has a detailed description. The ship's tonnage is noted in "dTons", a contraction of Displacement Tons.
- Starships within the Distant Fringe utilize DeVoss-type jump drives, limited to a performance of jump-2 (the so-called Jump-2 Barrier).
- Some designs are noted as having a Secure Locker. This space can be secured with lockable bulkhead doors and has a controlled internal environment. It is, in all respects, usable as cargo storage.
Vessel Cost
The listed base cost for a ship represents the price for an individually constructed vessel of that type. The ship must be constructed in the appropriate type of shipyard at the appropriate TL. The base cost reflects the fees and costs associated with retooling the yard facilities and all of the associated planning, administrative and logistic processes.
- The listed base cost of a vessel includes the undiscounted base cost of any subcraft that it carries.
- The listed discounted cost also includes the discounted cost of any subcraft inherent in the design.
System Craft (Intrastellar)
Satellites and Stations
Image Repository
Examples of space stations found within the Distant Fringe.
Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships (Industry & Profit)
Smallcraft
Bigcraft
Type | Representative Class | TL | Tonnage |
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Bigcraft | Omicron class Heavy Lander | TL-9 | 400 dTons |
Bigcraft | Elysium class Passenger Barge | TL-9 | 1,000 dTons |
Bigcraft | Colossus class Heavy Lander | TL-9 | 1,200 dTons |
Bigcraft | Bluestone class Cargo Barge | TL-7 | 3,000 dTons |
Bigcraft | Nimrod class Fuel Lighter | TL-10 | 15,000 dTons |
Mercantile Commercial Ships (Trade & Profit)
Jump-1 Vessels
Type | Representative Class | TL | Tonnage |
---|---|---|---|
ACS | Tachyon class Light Trader | TL-9 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Liz Zhorka class Light Trader | TL-9 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Consul class Provincial Trader | TL-9 | 400 dTons |
ACS | Joshim P. Stone class Provincial Trader | TL-9 | 400 dTons |
ACS | Jasper class Provincial Merchant | TL-9 | 900 dTons |
BCS | Goliath class Provincial Freighter | TL-9 | 3,500 dTons |
BCS | Aspirant class Provincial Carrier | TL-9 | 9,000 dTons |
BCS | Valiant Conveyor class Liberty Ship | TL-11 | 15,000 dTons |
BCS | Suluru class Mercantile Carrier | TL-9 | 20,000 dTons |
BCS | Connestoga class Heavy Carrier | TL-10 | 45,000 dTons |
BCS | Empress class Bulk Carrier | TL-11 | 75,000 dTons |
Jump-2 Vessels
Type | Representative Class | TL | Tonnage |
---|---|---|---|
ACS | Messenger class Commercial Courier | TL-11 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Wulf class Free Trader | TL-11 | 200 dTons |
ACS | Starblade class Executive Yacht | TL-11 | 200 dTons |
ACS | Palatine class Merchant Trader | TL-11 | 700 dTons |
BCS | Codori Prime class Luxury Liner | TL-11 | 800 dTons |
ACS | Virtue class Light Freighter | TL-11 | 1,500 dTons |
BCS | Hercules class Commercial Tender | TL-11 | 3,500 dTons |
BCS | Sirocco class Merchant Freighter | TL-11 | 5,000 dTons |
BCS | Jack Driscoll class Bulk Freighter | TL-11 | 5,000 dTons |
BCS | Horizon class Passenger Liner | TL-11 | 6,000 dTons |
BCS | Provision class Medium Tanker | TL-11 | 8,000 dTons |
BCS | Olympian class Cruise Liner | TL-11 | 10,000 dTons |
BCS | Prosperity class Medium Freighter | TL-11 | 12,000 dTons |
BCS | Endeavor class Ship Transporter | TL-11 | 30,000 dTons |
BCS | Conveyor class Heavy Freighter | TL-11 | 35,000 dTons |
BCS | Baleen class Heavy Tanker | TL-11 | 40,000 dTons |
BCS | Corporate class Range Carrier | TL-11 | 75,000 dTons |
BCS | Mariner class Frame Carrier | TL-11 | 90,000 dTons |
Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships (Industry & Profit)
Scout Craft
Type | Representative Class | TL | Tonnage |
---|---|---|---|
ACS | Henrick Krueden class Scout/Courier | TL-9 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Tripwire class Early Warning Scout | TL-10 | 200 dTons |
ACS | Collective class Scout | TL-11 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Scybria class Scout | TL-11 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Kach'k class Scout | TL-11 | 200 dTons |
ACS | Ulysses class Long-Range Scout | TL-11 | 600 dTons |
ACS | Hive class Scout | TL-12 | 100 dTons |
ACS | Unity class Scout | TL-12 | 100 dTons |
History & Background (Dossier)
See also Distant Fringe Class A Starports, Recovery Trade, Gas Trader, Nomad Port, Conventional Pattern Starships, Long-Range Pattern Starships, X-Range Starships, Star Lanes, and Technology of The Distant Fringe.
Other basic vehicles can be reviewed at Vehicles of the Distant Fringe and Flying Craft of the Distant Fringe.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- 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