Ulysses class Long-Range Scout

Ulysses class Long-Range Scout
Distant Fringe vessel
Type: SL Exploration Vessel
Category	ACS
Size	600 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	6
Accommodations
Staterooms	20
Low Berths	20
Personnel
Crew	20
High/Mid Passengers	0
Low Passengers	20
Payload
Cargo	25 Tons
Fuel tank	267 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr413.848
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SL-FS32
Universal Ship Profile	SL–6223332–050000–40003-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart]

The Ulysses class Long-Range Scout is a TL–11 science research starship.

• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description

It is a vessel with 3-G and J-2 performance. The Ulysses class is a survey vessel occasionally encountered within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Research Ship and is constructed as a long-range design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

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1. A Ulysses class Long-Range Scout.
   

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	The Long-Range Scout is constructed using a 600 dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving a good atmospheric performance that is entirely reliant on its gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are x4 airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 20 x9 Command, x2 Engineering, x5 Gunnery, x3 Service, and x1 Medic. Accommodations There are 20 Staterooms. x12 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The officers have individual cabins: all other quarters are double occupancy. x8 Staterooms are given over to a galley, a large common room, a medical bay, laboratories and workstations. No staterooms are available to paying passengers, though provision can be made for additional specialists if necessary. There are 20 Low Berths, typically used for specimen storage. The Low Berths may also be used to place the crew into hibernation when the vessel is required to remain on station for extended periods. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. The vessel has a secure locker with a capacity of 2 dTons. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-3 drive and a Power Plant-3, giving performance of 3-G acceleration and producing 18 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 3. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 6 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/3 Computer: the vessel has a backup Model/3 Computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, jamming equipment, and has an Avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x6 hardpoints. The listed weapons systems are typical for the design. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Long-Range Scout is: x2 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into one battery of 2 linked turrets x2 triple Missile turrets, grouped into one battery of 2 linked turrets Each missile rack mounts x3 standard Anti-Shipping Missiles.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x2 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into one battery of 2 linked turrets The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 267 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr413.848. If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr331.079. The vessel is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	96 weeks (24 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 25 dTons. The cargo hold can be subdivided into sections using removable partition walls. It has independent life support and environmental systems. It can be sealed and isolated.

History & Background

The Ulysses class is classified as a Research Ship and is typically employed in commercial planetary surveys and resource exploration as well as astrographic exploration. It is also used to support military operations and conduct espionage. The Ulysses is broadly representative of the type and has a typical fit out of weapons systems and onboard electronics.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

A number of companies manufacture ships equivalent to the Ulysses class. They vary in hull shape and internal layout but all share the same basic design and all have very similar capabilities and performance characteristics.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

11 Representative Exploration Vessel (SL) Classes

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

Civilian Ship - Science Ship - Type SL Exploration Vessel

E

• Elson class Explorer Vessel
• Explorer class Survey Cruiser

L

• Louis & Clark class Scout Surveyor

P

• Pytheas class Exploratory Cruiser

S

• Sci-Eye class Observatory Ship
• Starleaper class Exploration Vessel

T

• Type HL class Research Cruiser
• Type HX class Explorer

U

• Ulysses class Long-Range Scout

V

• VCS 889 class Survey Ship

W

• Worldbooker class Survey Ship

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) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS