Design is LBB2 2nd Ed. compliant aside from the drop tanks and fittings borrowed from LBB5. It is LBB5 compliant, and could save a few MCr by using a LBB5 hull if desired.
Regina Clipper (Fast Liner, Type MF): Using a 400-ton hull with 200-ton drop tanks, the Regina Clipper is intended to provide Jump-6 luxury transport into and out of Regina/Regina (SM1910), a destination with a distant 100-diameter Jump Limit due to the mainworld orbiting a gas giant. It is primarily used on the Efate-Regina run, as the other economically viable destinations from Regina (Rhylanor/Rhylanor and Mora/Mora) are equally accessible by Jump-5.
It has Jump Drive M, Maneuver Drive M, and Power Plant M, giving Jump-4 and 4G acceleration with the 200-ton drop tanks installed; Jump-6 with the drop tanks discarded during Jump; and a fuel-limited Jump-1 and 6G without the tanks.* Fuel tankage of 100 tons internal supports 6 weeks of power plant operation at Pn-4, and combined with the 200-ton drop tanks, also supports one Jump-4. Jump-6 requires the use of all 200 tons of fuel from the drop tanks -- which are then ejected -- plus 40 tons of fuel from the ship's internal tanks; power plant endurance is reduced to 4 weeks in this case due to the increased power plant rating in the smaller hull configuration.*
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/6. There are 13 crew staterooms, 16 passenger staterooms, and 10 low berths. Four turrets are installed; two mount triple beam laser turrets and two mount triple sandcaster turrets. One 20-ton lifeboat with emergency low berths is carried. Cargo capacity is three tons. The hull is streamlined.
The Regina Clipper requires a crew of 13: Pilot, Navigator, Medic, four Engineers, four Gunners, and two Stewards. It can carry 16 high passengers and 10 low passengers; fares are significantly higher than standard due to the ship's enormous operating costs.
The ship is TL-12 (for the computer, and drives under LBB2), and costs MCr 424.11 individually or MCr 381.699 in serial production. Replacement drop tanks cost Cr 200,000 per set, without fuel.
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*The increased power plant fuel consumption is an artifact of LBB2. Accepting the Trillion Credit Squadron/JTAS #14 power-down rule to run the power plant at Pn-2 leaves the ship enough fuel for 4 weeks of power plant operation and a Jump-2 on internal tanks, instead.
Regina Clipper (Fast Liner, Type MF): Using a 400-ton hull with 200-ton drop tanks, the Regina Clipper is intended to provide Jump-6 luxury transport into and out of Regina/Regina (SM1910), a destination with a distant 100-diameter Jump Limit due to the mainworld orbiting a gas giant. It is primarily used on the Efate-Regina run, as the other economically viable destinations from Regina (Rhylanor/Rhylanor and Mora/Mora) are equally accessible by Jump-5.
It has Jump Drive M, Maneuver Drive M, and Power Plant M, giving Jump-4 and 4G acceleration with the 200-ton drop tanks installed; Jump-6 with the drop tanks discarded during Jump; and a fuel-limited Jump-1 and 6G without the tanks.* Fuel tankage of 100 tons internal supports 6 weeks of power plant operation at Pn-4, and combined with the 200-ton drop tanks, also supports one Jump-4. Jump-6 requires the use of all 200 tons of fuel from the drop tanks -- which are then ejected -- plus 40 tons of fuel from the ship's internal tanks; power plant endurance is reduced to 4 weeks in this case due to the increased power plant rating in the smaller hull configuration.*
Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/6. There are 13 crew staterooms, 16 passenger staterooms, and 10 low berths. Four turrets are installed; two mount triple beam laser turrets and two mount triple sandcaster turrets. One 20-ton lifeboat with emergency low berths is carried. Cargo capacity is three tons. The hull is streamlined.
The Regina Clipper requires a crew of 13: Pilot, Navigator, Medic, four Engineers, four Gunners, and two Stewards. It can carry 16 high passengers and 10 low passengers; fares are significantly higher than standard due to the ship's enormous operating costs.
The ship is TL-12 (for the computer, and drives under LBB2), and costs MCr 424.11 individually or MCr 381.699 in serial production. Replacement drop tanks cost Cr 200,000 per set, without fuel.
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*The increased power plant fuel consumption is an artifact of LBB2. Accepting the Trillion Credit Squadron/JTAS #14 power-down rule to run the power plant at Pn-2 leaves the ship enough fuel for 4 weeks of power plant operation and a Jump-2 on internal tanks, instead.
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