[Shipyard] Solomani Fleet Courier

[Murdoc]

(Did I get the title right?)

Ok, this is my first crack at T5 ship making, and I used Rob's ship making program. I tried to stick to canon where I could, but I have three different designs for this ship (CT, MT, T20), and in some places they were very different, like with weapons. So I had to make some choices, see what you think:

Express Courier SX-BS34 Marathon MCr138.3

Owner: Solomani

Crew comfort: -1
Passenger demand: -3

    Tons  TN  Component                             MCr  Notes
--------  --  --------------------------------- -------  --------------------
     200  12  Streamlined Hull, lifters              16  S, lifters
       0  14  Jump Grid                               2  
       2  14  Landing legs with pads                  2  
       1  14  Fins                                  0.5  
      72  12  Jump Fuel (4  parsecs)                  0  J4, 18t/pc
     6.6  12  Plant Fuel (one month)                  0  one month
       1  8   Fuel Scoops 100t/hr                   0.1  100t/hr
       1  8   Fuel Purifiers 4t/hr                    1  4t/hr
      25  14  Imp Jump Drive-4 (D)                   25  J 4
     2.5  14  Adv Maneuver Drive-3 (C)               10  3 G
     6.5  14  Adv PowerPlant-4 (D)                   13  P 4
       0  14  Imp G Surf Densitometer               4.1  
       0  14  Imp DS Surf Neutrino Detector         3.5  
       0  14  DS Surf EMS                           3.5  
       3  16  Alt DS Ant Communicator               3.5  
       4  14  Imp G T3 Beam Laser                   8.5  
       4  14  Imp G T3 Hybrid L-S-M                   9  
       4  18  Computer Model/4 std                   18  
       6  14  Standard Controls                       0  
       1  14  Crew Shared Fresher (2)                 1  #2 4 crew
      14  14  Crew Stateroom (7)                    0.7  #7 1 crew
       8  14  Crew Lounge (2)                         0  #2 
       1  14  Mail Vault                              0  for express contracts
       1  14  Air Lock (2)                          0.2  #2 
    14.5  12  Cargo Hold Basic                        0  
       2  14  Standard Stateroom                    0.1  1 passenger
      20  13  Launch                                 16

A couple of the TLs got confused in the program and should be no higher than 14. I'll change it when it gets sorted out, or I'm shown to be wrong about something.

 

[Frankymole]

Looks interesting, thanks. I like Solomani ships.

Is Rob's program easy to find? I'll have a root around the files section... if it's on an external site, could you point me in the right direction. Many thanks in advance!

 

[Murdoc]

It's an on-line program, like a website. You do everything in your browser, then save the results to your computer. There's a whole thread about it here: http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=29971

 

[Vladika]

Jump fuel? 200dT ship at J4 using 72dtons fuel?

 

[Murdoc]

Yup: "Tons=P x H / 10" where P is the jump potential, and H is the Hull tonnage (p 339), exactly what it was in Classic Traveller. Of course that would make it 80 tons, but in this case this jump drive is Improved (Stage Effects), and thus has a fuel efficiency of 0.9, so 0.9 x 80 = 72.

 

[robject]

Jump fuel? 200dT ship at J4 using 72dtons fuel?

Vaguely similar to how fuel usage decreases in MegaTraveller as tech level goes up.

 

[Vladika]

Yup: "Tons=P x H / 10" where P is the jump potential, and H is the Hull tonnage (p 339), exactly what it was in Classic Traveller. Of course that would make it 80 tons, but in this case this jump drive is Improved (Stage Effects), and thus has a fuel efficiency of 0.9, so 0.9 x 80 = 72.

Thanks, I just got my T5 (an hour ago) and there is much to digest.

 

[SanDragon]

Only if you're a termite...