Sabre Expediter Courier

BARD PAPER: SARA5080

Sabre Expediter Courier

The Sabre Expediter is a private design first built for a number of mid-sized courier companies operating in the Spinward Marches. Given the slow and arbitrary nature of the defunct Imperial X-Boat system, a booming market in quick data transference existed in many frontier areas. The Expediter served mostly in the rimward parts of the Marches, linking worlds like Trin and Glisten with the scattered Imperial outposts and industrial worlds of Trojan Reach. When the Aslan invaded during the Civil War period, the companies that owned or leased these vessels were driven deeper into the Domain of Deneb, and the ship became a common sight along many main trade arteries along the Midway and the Stronghold. The lower maintenance costs and greater flexibility of the design have subsequently made it a mainstay of the new X-Web, with several hundred working primarily in the interior of Deneb and along the Reft Highway.

The vessels main competitive edge over the old X-Boats was its J-5 ability, enabling to transfer data at a faster rate over long distances. Limited passenger and for high priority mail and freight made these ships even more valuable. The vessel was originally designed to be unarmed, but all examples of the class constructed in the last twenty years now carry two hardpoints. The gunner listed in the crew complement is usually not carried on unarmed versions, and the extra stateroom is freed up for additional passengers or cargo. Like most couriers, the vessel carries an additional computer for data handling and storage. The vessel has been a godsend for the Regency and its overstretched communications; the one complaint has centered around its limited reaction mass carriage and low Heplar endurance. Some crews have also complained about its inability to carry high impact weaponry.

Sabre Expediter Courier

General Data

Displacement: 200 tons	Hull Armor: 56
Length: 42.5 meters	Volume: 280 m³
Price: 130.53 MCr	Target Size: S
Configuration: SL Wedge	Tech Level: 15
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 1720.818 tons/1166.13 tons

Engineering Data

Power Plant: TL-15 264 MW Fusion (One Year Duration) (300 MW/Hit)

Jump Performance: 5 (168 m³ per parsec)

Jump Fuel: 840 m³

G-Rating: 2G Heplar (100 MW/G), CG Lifters (20 MW)

G-Turns: 42 (12.5 m³ each)

Maint: 46

Electronics

Computer: 4 TL-15St (0.55 MW each)

Commo: 1000 AU Radio (20 MW), 2x1000 AU Maser (0.6 MW each)

Avionics: IGS Positioning, Imaging EMS, 190 kph NOE

Sensors: PEMS 150,000 km Fixed Array (Range:5, 0.15 MW), AEMS 240,000 km (Range:8, 13 MW)

ECM/ECCM: None

Controls: Bridge with 3, plus 3 Normal

Armament

Offensive Fitted with two turret sized hardpoints (Loc:16,17, Arcs: All)

Defensive: None

Master Fire Directors: 300,000 km msl/bm MFD (Range:10, 0.06 MW)

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (0.56 MW)

Grav Compensation: 6Gs (14 MW)

Crew: 6-7 (2 Maneuver, 1 Gunnery/Electronics, 2 Engineering, 1 Steward/Electronics, 1 Commander

Crew Accommodations: Varies. When not carrying very many passengers, crew uses single occupancy in 6-7 small staterooms, leaving 5-6 for passengers. The crew will only use double occupancy for peak revenue purposes.

Passenger Accomadation: 5-8 Small Staterooms (Varying Occupancy)

Other Facilities: None

Cargo: 457.29 m³ 2 Small Cargo Hatches

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: None

Air Locks: 2

Notes

Fuel Scoops (5%, 1.22 hours), Fuel Processing Plant (23.4 hours, 0.35 MW)
9.922 MW shortfall (alleviated by not running the radio and CG lifters at the same time)

Damage Tables


System Damage Tables

 JD: 4H      LS: 3H    All Others: 1h
 MD: 1H     ELS: 2H
 PP: 1H      AG: 1H
 CG: 1H     SSR: 2h
FPP: 2H     MFD: 2h

Damage Location Table

Location      External      Internal

1             1-17:Ant      1-10:Elec, 11-20:Qtrs
2-5           AL            1-11:Qtrs, 12-20:Hold
6-9           CH            Hold
10            1-3:Ant       Hold
11            CG            1-5:Qtrs, 6-10:Elec,
11-20:
                            Hold
12-15                       Hold
16-17                       1-6:HP, 7-20:Hold
18-20                       1-17:Eng, 18-20:Hold