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Tukera Armed Stellar Subsidized Liner

design by Peter Gray


The Type M Subsidised Liner was once the staple of the spaceways. Though not as capacious as proprietary designs of the larger spacelines, its simplicity and abundant availability made it a favorite of smaller shipping companies and well heeled free traders. The concept behind a subsidised ship is fairly easy: in return for a stipend provided by either larger companies or planetary governments, the crews or owner/operators of these vessels were contractually obligated to service a particular trade route. On the mains the smaller Type R Fat Trader predominated, with the Type M taking cargo and passenger responsibilities in less dense stellar regions.

Three main classes existed: The TL-12 Bastien, the TL-13 Bertil and the TL-15 Stellar, the latter being the most popular and common. The main external difference between these classes were in the arrangement of the armament, and the stowage method for the ship's launch. On the Stellar, the launch is carried in a streamlined grapple along the ship's spine, while the others carried it in an internal hangar. The Stellars were most common in rimward sectors of the Third Imperium, such as Sol and Diaspora, and in coreward sectors like Deneb and Corridor, areas where few J-1 mains existed for the smaller Type R. The continuing popularity of this class is evident in the hundreds of unofficial conversions of older Stellars constructed since the Collapse, from pirate and smuggling vessels to the White Angel hospital and relief vessels.

This details the Tukera armed version, which is also operated by several smaller companies along the Regency Frontier. It is one of hundreds of potential conversions available commercially or derelict. This particular vessel, the Horned Owl, was recovered from an undisclosed part of the Great Rift by Navy Pathfinders in 1162. The vessel was infected by an early Doomslayer strain, whose mental instability caused it to jump and strand the vessel in the Rift, where the virus was successfully disabled by surviving crew and passengers. The survivors then interred themselves in the vessels available low berths, where most survived long enough to be rescued by the Navy. Tukera Type M's are generally named after birds, the armed models after raptors and birds of prey.



Tukera Armed Stellar Subsidized Liner

General Data

Displacement: 590/600 tons Hull Armor: 28
Length: 68.75 meters Volume: 8400 m3
Price: 212.498 MCr Target Size: S
Configuration: Slab SL Tech Level: 15
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 4868.846 / 2426.57 tons


Engineering Data

Power Plant: TL-15 510 MW Fusion, 51 m3 of fuel(One Year Duration), (300 MW/Hit)
Jump Performance: 3
Jump Fuel: 1680 m3 (560 m3 per parsec
G-Rating: 1G Heplar (300 MW/G), CG lifters (60 MW)
G-Turns: 48 (37.5) plus 11.2 for each "point" of jump fuel, for a total of 92.8
Maint: 184

Electronics

Computer: 3xTL-15St (0.55 MW)
Commo: 1000 AU radio (20 MW), 3x1000 AU Maser (0.6 MW)
Avionics: Imaging EMS, Grav/Inertial Positioning
Sensors: PEMS 150,000 km Fixed (Range:5, 0.15 MW), AEMS 240,000 km (Range:12, 13 MW)
ECM/ECCM: None
Controls: 4 Bridge plus 6 Normal

Armament

Offensive 3x210 MJ Remote Laser Turrets (Loc:1, Arcs:1,2; Loc:11, Arcs:All, Loc: 20, Arcs:4,5; 5 MW) arranged as a single battery, 2xMissle Tuurrets(Loc: 4,5; Arcs: All, 2 Ready Missles each, 0.15 MW)
Defensive: None
Master Fire Directors: 3x300,000 km MFD (Range:10, -5 DMs, 0.06 MW)

Name Short Medium Long Extreme
210 MJ Laser Turret 10:1/12-36 20:1/12-36 40:1/12-36 80:1/12-36

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (1.68 MW)
Grav Compensation: 6Gs (42 MW)
Crew: 16 (3 Maneuver, 1 Electronics, 3 Gunnery, 0-1 Screens, 3 Engineering, 1 Maintenance, 1 Command, 3 Steward/Small Craft, 1 Medic)
Crew Accommodations: 2 Small Staterooms (Single Occupancy), 7 Small Staterooms (Varying Occupancy)
Passenger Accomadation: 8 Large Staterooms (Varying Occupancy), 20 Small Staterooms (Varying Occupancy), 20 Low Berths
Other Facilities: Sickbay
Cargo: 2229.146 m3 4 Large Cargo Hatches
Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 10 ton launch (Streamlined Grapple)
Air Locks: 6

Notes

Fuel Scoops (5%, 1.83 hours), Fuel Processing Plant (24 hours, 19.25 MW) 13.401 MW Surplus

Damage Tables

System Damage Tables

 JD: 7H     LS: 4H     SSR: 2h
 MD: 1H    ELS: 2H    LwBt: 1h
 PP: 2H     AG: 1H    Grpl: 1H
 CG: 2H   PEMS: 1h    SkBy: 1H
FPP: 3H    LSR: 3h

Damage Location Table

Location       External       Internal

1              Ant            1-5:Elec, 6-7:LB, 8-20:Qtrs
2-3            1-4:Ant        Hold
4-5            1:AL           1-2:MB, 3-16: Qtrs, 17-20:Hold
6-9,10                        Hold
11             CH             1-2:LT, 3-20:Hold
12-15                         1-15:Qtrs, 16-20:Hold
16-17          1-13:Grpl      1-5:Eng, 6-20:Hold
18-19                         1-5:Eng, 6-20:Hold
20                            1:Elec, 2-18:Eng, 19-20:LB



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