Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 13:35:38 -0500 (EST) From: Alvin Plummer Subject: TL C Orrimot-class Logistics ship Every starfleet needs a vast number of these unglamourous ships - although you never seem to see them in "Imperial Stars", "Strike Fleet", or any of the other popular VR entertainment programs in the Imperium. Never mind that: without thousands and thousands of glorified cargo barges like these, the Imperial Navy would swiftly grind to a halt. First built in 138, these flying bricks perfectly reflect the big, bulky and dour design philosophy of the Vilani. They also happen to be quite capable in their work: after all, 1000 years later they still serve in innumerable frontier fleets, as tankers and second-tier naval logstics vessels. (In a pinch they can support Marine contigments, but lack the armour to serve in any more hostile environment than your typical bushfire rebellion. They also lack sufficent on-board cargo shuttles, and the Marines get to sleep in the cargo hold - hopefully modified to house them, rather than sleeping on the bare floor. The Orrimot DOES at least have CG lifters, unlike most dedicated space tankers/freighters. So it can lift off, as well as land...) These ships are rarely seen in civilian service: the two large hamster cages used to mimic gravity is rather unpopular among merchants, and civilian fuel stations have rendered tanker jumpships a poor economic gamble. Also, most merchants find the additional cost to maintain the inefficent dual fusion plants not worth the greater safety margin. And the 10 lifeboats are SO passe, and an unnecessary expense - although the crews doesn't seem to mind. TL C Orrimot-class Logistics Starship Disp 2500 Hull Armour 10 Len 107m Volume 35,000 Price MCr 756.483 Target M Config Slab SL TL C Mass 26,564/15,929 Power plant 2 * 1250 Mw fusion (89 Mw/hit), 1 yr duration (174 Mw surplus) Jump 3 (2333 kl fuel per parsec, 7000 kl total) G-rating 1 (2000 Mw/g), CG lifters G-turns 30.1 (51.2 w/jfuel, 77.5 w/jfuel, cargo fuel) 332.2 kl of fuel each G-turn Maintenance 1258 Computer 3 * st TL C (.4 Mw) Commo 1000 AU MAser (.6 Mw), 1000 AU Laser (.3 Mw), 30,000 Radio (1 Mw) Avionics TL A+ Sensors P-EMS (30,000, .3 Mw), A-EMS (3,000 km, 8 Mw) Controls Bridge w/11 wstations, Engineering * 29 Armarment 5 * 120 Mj laser turrent (4: 1/9-27, 8:1/9-27, 16:1/6-9, 32:1/3-9) (Loc: 10 Arc: all 3.3 Mw, 1 Crew ea.) 5 * sandcasters (Loc:11 Arc:All 1 Mw, 1 Crew ea. 30 Cann., 1D10*5) Extended Life Support (4 Mw, [rounded]) Crew 53 Engineer. 29 Man. 2, Elect. 2, Maint. 3, Gunnery 10, Command 7 Accomo Sm. stateroom * 30 Facilities 2 hamster cages (600 kl each) Airlocks 25 Cargo 8,728 kl. (Usually used for fuel). Two fuel bladders: each holds 8720 kl. Folded, each takes up 436 kl. One's backup. Sm Craft 10 docking rings, each with a 5-ton liferaft Combat move 153/6 Travel move 3300/240 Surface Area 1 1-5 Radio Ant 6 1 Maser Ant 2 Laser 3-4 A-EMS 5 P-EMS Damage Area 1-5 Hold (Cargo or fuel) 6-7 Hold (Fuel) 8-9 1-4 Hold (Fuel) 5-8 Hold (Liferaft) 9-12 Hold (Cargo/Fuel, fuel bladder 1) 13-16 Hold (Cargo/Fuel, fuel bladder 2) 17-20 Hold (Fuel) 10-11 1-2 Wpns (10: Laser, 11: Sandcaster) 3-14 Eng (fuel purifier) 15-18 Eng (CG lifter) 19-20 Hold (Fuel) 12-15 Hold (Fuel) 16-17 1-3 Elect 4-8 Quarters 9-20 Hold (Fuel) 18-19 1-7 Eng (power plant #1 in 18, #2 in 19) 8-20 Eng (jump drive) 20 1-2 Eng (HEPlaR) 3-20 Hold (Fuel) System Damage Elect Maser, Laser, Radio, A-EMS P-EMS (1h) ant (1h) Hold Cargo 88H (if loaded with cargo, rather than fuel) Quarters Sm. Stateroom * 30 (2h) ea. Life Support 15H Emergency L.S. 7H Engineering Jump Drive 35H ea. Power Plant * 2 7H HEPlaR 2H ContraGrav 8H Fuel Processing 38H Weapons Laser * 5 1H ea. Sandcasters * 5 1H ea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alvin Plummer "Preserve what we created, Norris, and remember what we stood for." - Strephon, 179-1126 Reply to: alvin.plummer@SHERIDANC.ON.CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------