Tadpole class Fuel Shuttle
| Tadpole class Fuel Shuttle | |
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 Homegrown subsector navy fuel shuttle. | |
| Type: UF Fuel Shuttle | |
| Category | Smallcraft |
| Size | 60 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Sphere Hull |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–14 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 5 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 3 |
| Officers | 2 |
| Enlisted | 1 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 1.0 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr239.115, Qty: MCr191.292 |
| Architect fee | MCrJames Kundert |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | UF-6S50 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Utility Craft |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Fan: James Kundert |
| The original design of the Tadpole was done in MegaTraveller | |
The Tadpole class Fuel Shuttle is a noncombatant auxiliary smallcraft.
- It is a military ship and a Fuel Shuttle.
- It is a fueler version of the Wart class Heavy Fighter.
- It functions as part of the Inar SysDefCom.
Description (Specifications)
It is a vessel with 5-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined sphere hull.
- It carries light armament and a defensive suite.
- It ordinarily carries no subcraft nor drones.
- It has a 3 sophont crew and no marines.
The Wart is the basic heavy fighter of the Inar SysDefCom and has several variants, including non-combat models (the Tadpole class Fuel Shuttle for instance), and the fusion-armed Wart-F.
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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 in the sidebar. 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. [1]
History & Background (Dossier)
The Duchy of Inar based out of Inar (world) has a vibrant TL-14 or TL-E ship building industry, known for innovative designs and clever Naval Architecture. They are best known for their unstreamlined cylinder hull tail-sitter ship designs and sphere hulled smallcraft specialized for star system defense. They also build some of the finest fusion guns and ECM systems in Imperial Space.
The Tadpole is one of the well known 60-ton sphere designs of Inar (Deneb 1213).
The cost below is according to standard rules, but Inar has been building spherical small craft for so long that the actual price per hull is about 63% of normal. The high cost of the ship computer and power plant in the Wart, is not a factor in this design.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Most of the fighters and other small craft serving in the Inar system have only tail numbers officially, though squadrons of fighters will often have informal nicknames, and the subcraft compliment of a tender may also acquire informal names.
No further information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Utility Craft - Smallcraft - Fuel Shuttle:
References & Contributors (Sources)
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This ship was originally designed using MegaTraveller ship design rules.
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- Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 56-89. (Design Sequence Used)
- EXTERNAL LINK: GypsyComet's Shipyard
- Author & Contributor: James Kundert
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.