Type RT class Longliner
| Type RT class Longliner | |
|---|---|
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| Type: M Liner | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 1,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Close Structure Hull |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–13 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/4 |
| Jump | J-4 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Fuel Treatment | Scoops, Purifier |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 5 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 50 |
| Low Berths | 6 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 14 |
| Officers | 5 |
| Enlisted | 9 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 36 |
| Low Passengers | 6 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 130 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 440 Tons |
| Carried craft | 1 20t launch |
| Construction | |
| Construction Time | 30 Months |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Manufacturer | Tukera Lines |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr528.4 |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | M-KS14 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Source | |
| Also see | Pride of Vland class Long Liner |
| Canon | Published, canon design |
| Designer | Loren Wiseman |
| Design System | Book 2 |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | The Traveller Adventure 138. |
The Type RT class Longliner is a TL–14 Longliner. This design has been copied across the Imperium by Tukera Lines as a workhorse of its fleet. In some places it has designed as the Tukera Long-liner, the Pride of Vland-class or the Margret-class liners.
Description
Using a 1000-ton streamlined hull, the Tukera Long Liner is a main-route passenger transport serving much of the Imperium. It mounts a jump drive V, maneuver drive E, and power plant V to supply power for one month of continuous operation, giving performance of Jump-4 and 1G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a month of operations and one Jump-4. On the bridge is a Model/4 computer. There are 50 staterooms and 5 emergency low berths.
The ship has five hardpoints. Only one triple turret is usually installed; it carries a heterogeneous mix of one beam laser, one missile rack, and one sandcaster.
The ship carries one vehicle: a 20-ton launch, grappled to the hull. Cargo capacity for the long-liner is 130 tons.
The Long Liner requires a crew of 14: captain/pilot, navigator, 6 engineers, medic, 3 stewards, and gunner. The pilot or astrogator operates the launch. The ship can carry up to 36 passengers.
Image Repository
- A Tukera Longliner by a highport space station.
History & Background
The workhorse and primary passenger transport for Tukera Lines.
It's assumed that Tukera will take advantage of having facilities at every starport en route, and always flying a fixed route (i.e., jump distance is known months in advance), designed their liners to use demountable fuel tanks in one of the holds to carry all the fuel necessary for Jump-4. Since not all jumps on the route are Jump-4, for lesser jumps the extra fuel tanks are demounted and replaced with cargo. It is assumed that with a ship and tanks designed for the purpose, and a trained maintenance crew at each port, demounting the fuel tanks does NOT take 2 weeks; more like 2 days.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
35 Representative Liner (M) Classes
B
C
- Camel class Medical Launch
- Celestial Star class Luxury Liner
- Codori Prime class Luxury Liner
- Condor class Subsidized Liner
- Coyotl class Bulk Hauler
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F
G
H
I
K
- K'Bam class Assault Lander
- Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter
- King Richard class Interstellar Liner
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M
N
O
P
R
S
- Sapphire Moon class Moduleship
- Shuvalivashtu class Luxury Liner
- Songbird class Ship's Boat
- Star class Merchant Liner
- Stellar class Liner
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References
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 138.
- Gary L. Thomas. The Travellers' Digest 04 (Digest Group Publications, 1986), 25-32,37-40.
- Marc Miller. Aramis (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), —.
- Adrian Ford. Fan deck Plans
- Cynthia C. Higginbotham. Republic of Newhome