Wulf class Free Trader

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Wulf class Free Trader
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: AF Far Trader
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model 2
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Offensive	1 3x beam laser, 1 3x missile launcher
Accommodations
Staterooms	11
Low Berths	10
Personnel
Crew	7
Officers	1
Enlisted	6
High/Mid Passengers	6
Low Passengers	10
Payload
Cargo	60 Tons
Fuel tank	Tons
Construction
Construction Time	9 Months
Origin	Distant Fringe
Year Operational	Founding Era
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr107.2
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	AF-BS22
Universal Ship Profile	AF–2222221–000000–30002-0
Images
Blueprint	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ade Stewart
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart

The Wulf-class Free Trader is a TL–11 merchant.

Please also see article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description

The Wulf class Free Trader is a generic civilian vessel: it is a small commercial transport commonly encountered within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Commercial Vessel and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

Image Repository

The venerable Wulf class Free Trader.

General Description

The Wulf class is a streamlined, flattened ovoid cone with a mean width of 15 meters, a mean height of 9 meters, and a length of around 49 meters: a small superstructure with a height of 3 meters sits on the top of the vessel. The ship has a total enclosed volume of approximately 2,700 cubic meters. There are three decks: a superstructure deck containing passenger cabins, a split main deck with the forward section housing the bridge and the crew cabins and the aft section containing the upper cargo hold, and a lower deck given over to the main cargo hold and the low berths. The engineering section is located aft and the fuel tanks wrap around the stern. The avionics bay is spacious and can easily be accessed.

A basic deck plan of the vessel indicating the general layout and positioning of major elements.

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. ^[1]

Basic Ship Characteristics ^[2]
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Free Trader is constructed using a 200 dTon hull built in a generally conical configuration. The hull is streamlined and has good atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are heavily reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are 2 personnel airlocks. 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: x7 x2 Command, x1 Engineering, x2 Gunnery, x1 Service Crew, and x1 Steward. Accommodations There are x11 Staterooms. x4 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The captain receives an individual cabin: other quarters are double occupancy. x7 Staterooms are available to passengers. Typically, one of these staterooms is set aside as a comfortable lounge: it also serves as a galley, entertainment facilities, and office space. There are x10 Low Berths. They are tended by the vessel's steward. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There is a 1 dTon secure locker. 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 / Engineering	The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-2 drive and a Power Plant-2, giving performance of jump-2, 2-G acceleration and producing 4 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 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.	Main Section / Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 Computer: there is no backup computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a standard sensor array, and has an Avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x2 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific routes.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for a Wulf is: x1 triple Beam Laser turrets, firing as an independent battery. x1 triple Missile turret, firing as an independent battery. Each missile rack mounts x3 standard Anti-Shipping Missiles.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft / Subcraft	The vessel has no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 44 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr107.200. Both craft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable. 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 MCr85.760.
11.	Construction Time	44 weeks (9 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.	Remarks	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 60 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 Wulf class is a design that dates to the time of the Terran Confederation. It is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.^[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.^[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

A number of companies manufacture ships equivalent to the Wulf 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.

Each variant class is named by the company that produces it: these organizations generally draw on traditional naming protocols. It is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

Individual vessels within a class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes but traditionally are named by their owners. This is considered a serious affair and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

56 Representative Free Trader (AF) Classes

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

Type AF Free Trader

A

B

C

E

F

Fanzhhienz class Far Trader

G

H

I

Independent Hauler class Far Trader

J

K

Khershwan class Trader

L

Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader

M

N

P

Paya class Light Freighter

R

Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader

S

T

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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 & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS

↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[3] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[4] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

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