Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 21:58:08 +0000 From: sma@kiel.netsurf.de (Stefan Matthias Aust) Subject: Two and a half civil ship designs I my opinion Traveller lacks civil ships, therefore I designed some interesting ones. The designs aren't 100% accurate, some numbers are guesswork. I mainly calculated displacement, ignoring exact mass of the ships. Comments are welcome. ELEPHANT slow ore freighter General Data Displacement: 10,044dt Hull Armor: 15/5 (crew and engines/cargo and fuel) Volume: 87m x 40m x 40m Price: about 1400MCr Configuration: Box US Tech Level: 11 Engineering Data Power Plant: 560 MW Fusion (20dt; 56 MCr) 2 years duration Jump Performance: 2 G-Rating: 0.1G (5000 MW/G); G-Turns: 10 (+166 using jump fuel) Electronics Computer: 2xTL11 St, 1xTL11 FB Controls: Bridge with 5xworkstation Sensors: the usual Armament Offensive: 8xHardpoint sockets Master Fire Director: 2xTL11 Accommodations Crew: 15 (2xManeuver, 1xElectronics, 5xEngineering, 2xMaintenance, 2xGunnery, 2xCommand, 1xSteward) Crew Accommodations: 10 small staterooms, 2 large staterooms, 10 low berth Cargo: 8000dt (112000 m3) Small crafts: 10dt launch with external dock port Airlocks: 2 Components 20dt hull 2012dt crew and engines space 300dt jump drive 1500dt jump fuel 20dt power plant 4dt power plant fuel 4dt HEPlaR drive 90dt HEPlaR fuel 28dt staterooms 20dt life support 12dt computer/controls 10dt bridge 24dt armament 8000dt cargo space segmented into 40 200dt-sections (38m x 8m x 9m) 10dt launch external Description Elephant class ships are designed for maximum cargo space. Only the 2000dt [displacement tons] crew and engine segment has life support and artificial gravitation. 20mm crystaliron hull plating protects the crew even in asteroid belts. Only 7mm crystaliron separates the freight from empty space. The crew segment has 5 decks each displacing 400dt. The first deck contains the drives and power plants. Deck 2-4 are fuel decks. The fifth deck contains bridge and staterooms (see below) SIDE FRONT 9m +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--*-+-+-+-+-* +--------+ |==|==|==|==|==|==|==|==| | | | |========|<5 container 40m|==|==|==|==|==|==|==|==|5|4 3 2|1| 40m|========| each 200dt |==|==|==|==|==|==|==|==| | | | |========| |==|==|==|==|==|==|==|==| | | | |========| * = turret +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--*-+-+-+-+-* +--------+ <--- 87m ---> 40m DECK PLAN UPPER HALF OF DECK 5 TT------------------TT B=Bridge, C=Controls T SSSCCCBBBBBCCC SSS T S=Staterooms | SSSCCCBBBBBCCC SSS | L=Life support 10m| @ A @=Lift to engines, A=Airlock |SSSS LLLLLLLLLL SSSS| T=Turrets |SSSS LLLLLLLLLL SSSS| 1 character = 2m x 2m <-- 40m --> The SEACOW is a variant design that has docking ports for two 400dt fuel shuttles, 6800dt fuel tanks and a special 400dt fighter hanger modul (see below). This makes a seacow class ship an ideal tanker and deep space refueling station. The Fighter support module has hangar space for 10 12dt WASP deep space fighters, repair facilities and life support and staterooms for flight and maintenance crew. WASP deep space fighter General Data Displacement: 12dt Hull Armor: 40 Volume: 21m x 6m x 3m Price: about 8 MCr Configuration: Needle US Tech Level: 11 Engineering Data Power Plant: 28 MW Fusion (2.8 MCr) 6 months duration Jump Performance: - G-Rating: 4G (20 MW/G); G-Turns: 17 (5m3/h) Electronics Computer: 1xTL11 St Controls: 1xcrewstation (TL11) Sensors: the usual Armament Offensive: 1xHardpoint socket (80 MJ TL11-laser turret 2.2 MW) Accommodations Crew: 1 (1xFlight & Gunnery) Life support & 2G compensator Components 1dt hull 1dt power plant 0.15dt power plant fuel 0.18dt HEPlaR drive 6dt HEPlaR fuel 1dt computer/controls/crewstations/life support 3dt armament Description The wasp class boot is a small, fast and cheap fighter that only lacks endurance. Its power plant has great reserves and the fighter should be equipped with a more powerful laser if available. ABOVE SIDE ^ | | _____ ___ | /|\ ----_====-/_// 3m 21m ||| -----/ | /|||\ <-- 21m --> v /|^^^|\ 6m WASP'S NEST hangar module Displacement: 400dt 6dt Hull (AV 40) 240dt Hangar (10 wasp fighter) 60dt staterooms (30x small) 4dt life support 60dt repair/maintenance facilities 1dt power plant (28 MW) 24dt armament (8xturrets) 3dt maneuver drives 2dt fuel (1 year) Tech Level: 11 Description This module is self contained, equipped with life support and power plant and heavily armed and armored. Usable as short time base. Regular crew is 20 pilots, 28 engineer, 8 marines, 4 command. IMPERIAL fast liner General Data Displacement: 4000dt Hull Armor: 16 Volume: 47m Price: about 990 MCr Configuration: Sphere US Tech Level: 13 Engineering Data Power Plant: 2200 MW Fusion (TL13), 2 years duration Jump Performance: 4 G-Rating: 1G (2000 MW/G); G-Turns: 10 (+33 using jump fuel) Life support (170 MW) Electronics Computer: 2xTL13 St, 1xTL13 FB Controls: Bridge with 5xworkstation Sensors: the usual Armament Offensive: 12xHardpoint barbettes Master Fire Director: 3xTL13 Accommodations Crew: 83 (2xManeuver, 2xElectronics, 15xEngineering, 10xMaintenance, 3xGunnery, 20xShip troops, 4xFlight Crew, 8xCommand, 10xSteward, 9xMedical) Crew Accommodations: 75 small staterooms, 10 large staterooms, 85 emergency low berth Passengers: 500 (50 high + 200 + 150 middle + 100 low) Passengers Accommodations: 25xluxory suite(8dt), 100xlarge stateroom (4dt), 150xsmall stateroom(2dt), 100x low berth, 400xemergency low berth(0.5dt), recreation area (200dt) Cargo: 140dt (1960 m3) Small crafts: 30dt ships boat internal hangar Airlocks: 10 Components 11dt hull 200dt jump drive 1250dt jump fuel 50dt power plant 10dt power plant fuel 15dt HEPlaR drive 360dt HEPlaR fuel 25dt life support 6dt computer/controls 100dt bridge/workstations 232dt crew staterooms 1400dt passenger staterooms 140dt cargo space 120dt internal hangar (2x 30dt ship's boat) 72dt armament Description The imperial liner can transport up to 500 passengers (plus additional 500 passengers in emergency low berths if needed). It's build for security. In case of a missjump, there are low berth for all passengers and the complete crew. The fuel tank contains enough fuel for a 4 parsec jump and an 1 parsec emergency jump. The ship is heavily armed and has 20 hands security forces on board. SIDE DECKPLAN DECK 6 .... .... ^ ... | ... *..SSSS..* 1 character = 10dt | .. | | ... ..SSS ss SSS.. : | | | ^ :SS ssS@ Sss SS: S=Staterooms 50m:9 8 7|6|5 4 3 21| 25m :SS sSSL SSSs SS* L=Life support : | | | | *SS sSSW SSSs SS: W=Workstations : | | | v :SS ssS @Sss SS: @=Lift | .. | | ... ..SSS ss SSS.. *=barbettes v ... | ... *..SSSS..* .... .... The ships looks like a big version of the old mercenary cruiser. There are nine decks. Counting from engines, the lower decks 1-4 hold drives, power plant and most fuel. The fifth deck contains crew staterooms, hangar and cargo. Deck 6-8 are the passenger decks, deck 9 contains the bridge. bye -- Stefan Matthias Aust // But it's gonna be really happening to ya