Pyromancer
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A 600 dton yacht. Stats are for MgT2e, but the deckplans should be good enough for other editions, too:
http://randpatrouille.de/Downloads/600dton-yacht.pdf
http://randpatrouille.de/Downloads/600dton-yacht.pdf
600 dton yacht - deckplans
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Pyromancer
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What arouses your suspicion? The ship is designed to meet the requirement specifications provided by a reputable noble family. I doubt they have ulterior motives. If they had, I could build them a much better privateer.
6 gees of maneuver for one, your average civilian ship has one...
kilemall
SOC-14 5K
The original yacht had a high speed small craft, makes sense for a 'quick getaway' for high value owners and guests. Same thing would apply if you choose to make the whole ship that way.
AnotherDilbert
SOC-14 1K
30 Dt cargo makes you a privateer? That seems to be a stretch...
Pyromancer
SOC-10
Traditionally, yachts are fast. And I don't get the comparison with "average civilian crafts". Of course, a cargo ship optimized for cheap operation and efficiency will have other performance parameters than a luxury vessel made mostly to show off.
But surprisingly, the high-g m-drive isn't on the requirement list. That's a decision I made. Perhaps because if I would spend 300 MCr on a toy, I'd want a fast one!
But surprisingly, the high-g m-drive isn't on the requirement list. That's a decision I made. Perhaps because if I would spend 300 MCr on a toy, I'd want a fast one!
In Traveller 1g. At least in the 4 examples I just looked up.
In the real world they tend gravitate towards Hullspeed of the boat in question often in the range of 10 to 20 knots. Hull design and power is the big question here.
Pyromancer
SOC-10
If you change the design to thrust 1 and adjust the power plant and fuel tanks accordingly, you can go down to a 500 dton hull without losing anything else, and save around 100 MCr.
Of course, you wouldn't own the fastest (civilian) ship in the subsector, then. In this regard, bragging rights might be worth 100 MCr. But I can see a more modest person going down that route without any stretch of imagination.
Edit: Stats and deckplans for the Lame Yacht
Of course, you wouldn't own the fastest (civilian) ship in the subsector, then. In this regard, bragging rights might be worth 100 MCr. But I can see a more modest person going down that route without any stretch of imagination.
Edit: Stats and deckplans for the Lame Yacht
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Helps if I read the entire thread.
Or if you said this right off my further comments would have been curtailed.
Said certain Noble and his custom Yacht now that is a much different critter than a class of ships.
martletsquire
SOC-12
High-G and endurance would allow quicker travel times within a system, making knocking about or checking on company resources that much easier.
So, yes, I like yachts with high acceleration. And this is an interesting version.
So, yes, I like yachts with high acceleration. And this is an interesting version.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
It's a MgT ship with no armour - lousy privateer 
For a noble who owns an entire system a high g drive is a good way to zip around their holding...
For a noble who owns an entire system a high g drive is a good way to zip around their holding...
having the potential for a small bay or full spread of turrets as a retrofit means it is a ship pirates will want to nab and then so retrofit.
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