Modified IDP-9734 class Freighter

Modified IDP-9734 class Freighter (Civilian Spaceship)

The IDP-9734 (Imperial Data Package) is a standard design going back to pre-imperial times. It is a simple in-system freighter using fusion rockets for propulsion, and is very cost competitive with grav-driven vehicles of similar performance. The version shown below has been modified by the addition of a 5MW beam laser for support of asteroid mining and prospecting. Since the total output of the fission pile is 5MW, the laser can only be operated for limited periods, unless the crew is willing to rely on vacc suits for life support.

[Designed using rules found in Challenge #45]

CraftID: Modified IDP-9734 Freighter, TL9, Cr8,210,470
Hull: 81/203, Disp=90t, Config=4USL, Armor=40D, Loaded=1571t, Unloaded=526t
Power: 1/2, Fission=5MW, Endurance=10yrs
Loco: 1/2, Fusion Rocket, Thrust=390tons, Duration=150/450, MaxAccel(Loaded)=0.25G, MaxAccel(Unloaded)=0.74G
Comm: Radio=System
Sensors: Radar=Planetary, ActObjScan=Diff, ActObjPin=Diff
Off:
Hardpoints=1 Pen/ Max Auto Dngr Attn Dmg Range Tgts Spc Sig ROF 5MW Beam Laser 28/3 10 VDist(25) 2 - H 40
Def:
DefDM+1
Control: Computer Mod1*3, 70*CompLink
Accom: Crew=1 (Pilot/Engineer), Staterooms=2, Env=basic env, basic ls, extended ls
Other: Fuel=36kl, Cargo=1040kl, ObjSize=Avg, EmLevel=Faint Notes: Dow Rieder suggests that a more reasonable fusion rocket fuel consumption is about 100 times the current listed value. This would make the endurance 1.5 days, but additional fuel to return the vessel to reasonable endurance levels could easily be carried.

CraftID:	Modified IDP-9734 Freighter, TL9, Cr8,210,470
Hull:	81/203, Disp=90t, Config=4USL, Armor=40D, Loaded=1571t, Unloaded=526t
Power:	1/2, Fission=5MW, Endurance=10yrs
Loco:	1/2, Fusion Rocket, Thrust=390tons, Duration=150/450, MaxAccel(Loaded)=0.25G, MaxAccel(Unloaded)=0.74G
Comm:	Radio=System
Sensors:	Radar=Planetary, ActObjScan=Diff, ActObjPin=Diff
Off:	Hardpoints=1 Pen/ Max Auto Dngr Attn Dmg Range Tgts Spc Sig ROF 5MW Beam Laser 28/3 10 VDist(25) 2 - H 40
Def:	DefDM+1
Control:	Computer Mod13, 70CompLink
Accom:	Crew=1 (Pilot/Engineer), Staterooms=2, Env=basic env, basic ls, extended ls
Other:	Fuel=36kl, Cargo=1040kl, ObjSize=Avg, EmLevel=Faint Notes: Dow Rieder suggests that a more reasonable fusion rocket fuel consumption is about 100 times the current listed value. This would make the endurance 1.5 days, but additional fuel to return the vessel to reasonable endurance levels could easily be carried.

Author: R.S.Dean