Beowulf Free Trader, Step 11: Payload

[robject]

Payload (p. 347)

Room for six high passengers, at 5 tons per passenger, takes 30 tons. Twenty low berths are also installed. There is enough space left over for an 80 ton cargo hold. The passenger space works out to be:

6 Passenger Staterooms, 12t, MCr 0.6
2 Shared Freshers, 1t, MCr 1
Clinic, 2t, MCr 1
Passenger Common Area, 15t, no cost
20 Low Berths, 10t, MCr 2

A-BS11 (Beowulf-class Free Trader) TL 10

Volume	Component		MCr	Notes
(200)	Hull B, SL		14	
-	Plate structure		-	AV 10
-	Landing Skids		-	Flat surfaces
10	Jump Drive A		10	Jump-1
20	Jump Fuel		-	1 parsec
2	Maneuver A		4	1G accel
4	Power Plant A		4	1 month = 2t fuel
2	P-Plant Fuel		-	1 month
1	Fuel Scoops		0.1	200t/hr
1	Fuel Intakes		0.1	40t/hr
-	Default Sensors		-
1	Life Support		1	10 people/1 month
1	Luxury LS		1	Fancy stuff
8	Bridge			0.6	Spacious Ctl x 2, Op x 2
2	Model/2bis		7.5
6	Engineering		0.3	Spacious Op x 3
1	Steward's Console	0.05	Workstation
1	Medic's Console		0.05	Workstation
8	4 x Std Staterooms	0.4
1	2 x Shared Freshers	1
10	Crew Common area	-
12	6 x Pass Staterooms	0.6
1	2 x Shared Freshers	1
2	Clinic			1
15	Pass. Common area	-
10	20 x Low Berths		2
81	Cargo Hold		-

NOTE For passengers, that's 30 tons for only MCr 2.6 -- still close to Classic Traveller standards. Accommodations for 6 passengers in CT would run 24 tons and would cost MCr 3. If I were in a hurry, I could use the Classic Traveller standard measurement, noting that the volume is cramped, or (for a bit more space) 5 tons living space per person at MCr 0.5 per person.

 

[Vladika]

I'm missing something?

2 common freshers, 2t, MCr 2 (Crew)
2 common freshers, 1t, MCr 1 (Passengers)

Was this correct or was one example or the other in error?

 

[Vladika]

Also, by the example, low passage berths are "free tonnage"?

If, by the example, they are "free tonnage", what then is the maximum number allowed?

 

[robject]

I'm missing something?

2 common freshers, 2t, MCr 2 (Crew)
2 common freshers, 1t, MCr 1 (Passengers)

Was this correct or was one example or the other in error?

The Common Freshers are 1t/MCr1 each, while the Shared Freshers are half that.

 

[robject]

Also, by the example, low passage berths are "free tonnage"?

Whoops, forgot to add that line item in, thanks.

 

[Vladika]

robject

I think we are all muddling our way through this.

Thank you for taking the time to work the process through in stages.

 

[robject]

I found an error... the crew should have two Shared Freshers, not Common Freshers. That saves 1 ton, which I can shift to cargo.

 

[robject]

Here's a slight reworking of the Beowulf.

* omit the default components
* change the computer to a Model/1
* group all consoles into a "bridge" (even tho some of them may be remote)
* add a couple of consoles

Swapping out the computer dropped the price significantly, and helps recover two unallocated tons for mounting gear on hardpoints later.



Far Trader A-S211 Beowulf MCr41.9 [Clan Severn]

Owner: A. Jamison
Disposition: In Service
Actual volume: 198 tons
Crew comfort: +0
Passenger demand: +0

    Tons  TN  Component                             MCr  Notes
--------  --  --------------------------------- -------  --------------------
     200  12  Streamlined Hull                       14  S
       0  10  AV=10. 1 Kinetic Plate                  0  
      20  12  Jump Fuel (1  parsec)                   0  J1, 20t/pc
       2  12  Plant Fuel (one month)                  0  one month
       1  8   Fuel Scoops 100t/hr                   0.1  100t/hr
       1  8   Fuel Intakes 40t/hr                   0.1  40t/hr
       4  10  PowerPlant-1 (A)                        4  P 1
      10  10  Jump Drive-1 (A)                       10  J 1
       2  10  Maneuver Drive-1 (A)                    4  1 G
       1  11  Computer Model/1 std                  1.5  
       1  10  Luxury LS (10 high passengers)          1  
       1  10  Life support (10 people/month)          1  10 people/month
      18  12  Spacious bridge                       1.2
      10  10  Crew Common Area                        0  
       8  10  Crew Single Stateroom (4)             0.4  #4 1 crew
       1  10  Crew Shared Fresher (2)                 1  #2 4 crew
      80  12  Cargo Hold Basic                        0  
      10  10  Low Berth (20)                          2  #20 1 passenger
      15  10  Passenger Common Area                   0  
       1  10  Passenger Shared Fresher (2)            1  #2 4 passengers
      12  10  Standard Stateroom (6)                0.6  #6 1 passenger

 

[Vladika]

LS for 10 passengers but what about the crew? Or do you recharge LS every two weeks or so?

 

[robject]

LS for 10 passengers but what about the crew? Or do you recharge LS every two weeks or so?

LS for 10 people (4 crew, 6 passengers) for a month. But: I don't know the recharge cost for life support.

 

[Vladika]

Here's a slight reworking of the Beowulf.

* omit the default components
* change the computer to a Model/1
* group all consoles into a "bridge" (even tho some of them may be remote)
* add a couple of consoles

Swapping out the computer dropped the price significantly, and helps recover two unallocated tons for mounting gear on hardpoints later.



Far Trader A-S211 Beowulf MCr41.9 [Clan Severn]

Owner: A. Jamison
Disposition: In Service
Actual volume: 198 tons
Crew comfort: +0
Passenger demand: +0

    Tons  TN  Component                             MCr  Notes
--------  --  --------------------------------- -------  --------------------
     200  12  Streamlined Hull                       14  S
       0  10  AV=10. 1 Kinetic Plate                  0  
      20  12  Jump Fuel (1  parsec)                   0  J1, 20t/pc
       2  12  Plant Fuel (one month)                  0  one month
       1  8   Fuel Scoops 100t/hr                   0.1  100t/hr
       1  8   Fuel Intakes 40t/hr                   0.1  40t/hr
       4  10  PowerPlant-1 (A)                        4  P 1
      10  10  Jump Drive-1 (A)                       10  J 1
       2  10  Maneuver Drive-1 (A)                    4  1 G
       1  11  Computer Model/1 std                  1.5  
       [B][U]1  10  Luxury LS (10 high pass./week)          1  
       1  10  Life support (10 people/month)          1  10 people/month[/U][/B]
      18  12  Spacious bridge                       1.2
      10  10  Crew Common Area                        0  
       8  10  Crew Single Stateroom (4)             0.4  #4 1 crew
       1  10  Crew Shared Fresher (2)                 1  #2 4 crew
      80  12  Cargo Hold Basic                        0  
      10  10  Low Berth (20)                          2  #20 1 passenger
      15  10  Passenger Common Area                   0  
       1  10  Passenger Shared Fresher (2)            1  #2 4 passengers
      12  10  Standard Stateroom (6)                0.6  #6 1 passenger

OK I see where I went wrong. Thanks.