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Judges Guild: Crucis-class Colonial Mercenary Cruiser

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This ship is a militarized variant of the Colonial Merchant Cruiser, which replaces all of the military trappings for passenger and freight space.

Colonial Mercenary Cruiser CPF-KU44 Crucis MCr397.7

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Using a 1000-ton, TL13 hull, the Crucis-class Colonial Mercenary Cruiser mounts jump drive-V, maneuver drive-V, and power plant-V, giving a performance of jump-4 and 4G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports a 4 parsec jump, at 100t per parsec, and one month of operations. Attached to the bridge is a Computer Model/4 std. There is one captain's suite, 8 crew staterooms, 8 crew niches, a barracks for gunners and troops, and 8 emergency low berths. Installed weaponry include 1 Bay Missile Launcher, 2 B2 Particle Accelerators, 4 B2 Beam Lasers, 1 B2 Sandcaster, and 2 B2 DataCasters. Bolted-in defenses include one meson screen and one nuclear damper. Cargo capacity is 20 tons. The ship has an unstreamlined hull, and cannot enter an atmosphere.

Carried craft include 1 Fuel Boat (carries 29t fuel) and 3 Gigs. These craft are grappled to the hull. The ship has two pilots, two astrogators, one steward, three medics, four engineers, 15 gunners, and up to 7 ship's troops.

Overtonnage: 15 tons
Crew comfort: +0

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   Tons     Component                                MCr    Notes
-------     -----------------------------------    -----    --------------------
   1000     Unstreamlined Hull, lifters, 10 a/l       32    U, lifters, 10 a/l free
     -5     No Landers                                 0
     40     AV=56. 2 Blast Charged                     0
      0     AV=0. c Slick                              0
    400     Jump Fuel (4  parsecs)                     0    4 parsec jump, at 100t per parsec
     36     Plant Fuel (one month)                     0    one month
    105     Jump Drive-4 (V)                         105    J 4
   30.5     Mod PowerPlant V (R4)                   30.5    R4
   19.5     Mod Maneuver Drive V (R4)                 39    R4
      1     Fuel Transfer Pumps                        1
      0     AR Surf Communicator                       2
      0     AR Surf Jammer                             2
      0     AR Surf Scope                              2
      1     AR Ant Neutrino Detector                 1.5
      1     AR Ant EMS                               1.5
      0     AR Surf Stealth Mask                       2
     22     22x Magazine                               0    #22 50 x Size-5
     50     AR Bay Missile                           5.2
     20     2x LR B2 Particle Accelerator             29    #2
     20     4x Vd B2 Beam Laser                       18    #4
      5     Vd B2 Sandcaster                         4.1
     10     2x Vd B2 DataCaster                       10    #2
      2     B Meson Screen                             2
      3     B Nuclear Damper                           2
      4     Computer Model/4 std                      18
      2     Life Support Long Term                     2    40 person-months
      1     Life Support Adaptable                     1    10 sophonts
      1     Life Support Luxury                        1    10 high passengers
      2     Clinic                                     1
      1     Medical Low Berth                        0.5
      2     Counsellor                               0.2
     18     Gunner and Troop Barracks                  1    (22) 4 sq + R4 O1/O2
      8     8x Emergency Low Berth                     4    #8 4 individuals
     20     Spacious Bridge                          1.2    3cc 6op 1ws
      6     Officer Suite                            0.4    fresher + safe
      2     2x Crew Common Fresher                     2    #2 10 crew
     16     8x Crew Stateroom                        0.8    #8 1 crew
      8     8x Drive Tech and Medic Niches           0.8    #8 1 crew
     40     10x Crew Commons                           0    #10
     20     Cargo Hold Basic                           0
     35     Fuel Boat (29t fuel)                      13    m1 C
     60     3x Gig                                    54    #3 m2 B C
      8     8x Grapple                                 8    #8 1 pair per 35t
 

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Subsidized?
Good question - the merchant variant (in my mind) probably is subsidized.

The original, however, is a Colonial Fleet Cruiser, from Ley Sector book, page 21. I've followed it closely, except for the bay missile launcher. I did that because I didn't think a large cargo hold made sense.
 
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