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Express Courier X-AU04 Express Boat MCr54.3 TL 13
Owner: Imperium Government
Disposition: In Service
Constructed using a 100 ton unstreamlined hull, this is the backbone of the Third Imperium's X-boat service, providing news and information transfer from one end of the Imperium to the other.
The ship is designed for operation by a single crewer, and the bridge is essentially located inside the main engine control compartment. Adjacent to the bridge is a standard computer Model 4.
The ship has two staterooms; one is necessary for the single crew member, while the other can carry a passenger. More often, the pilot uses the second room for additional living space. In an emergency the staterooms could be doubled up to carry a total of 3 passsengers.
Standard proceedure is for the pilots to rotate out after each jump.
There is a 1.5 ton cargo bay which is occasionally used to carry vital cargo such as vaccines or sophisticated repair parts.
It is equipped with Jump drive-B and Power Plant-B, and carries sufficient fuel for one Jump-4, and 1 month of operations, with additonal fuel for a Jump-1 in case of a misjump. There is no maneuver drive installed. The lifter system enables very small accellerations to assist docking maneuvers, and x-boats only land when carried by another vessel. Note that the ship when in Jump space can effectivly operate in low power mode thanks to the minimal systems needs and Fusion+ distributed power system.
The ship carries no weapons or hardpoints.
Transfer pumps enable double jumps via detachable drop tanks, which the X-boat service produces in a 'standard' 100 ton size to enable quick refueling and jump procedures for the normal X-boat fleet if the tender itself is too busy to dock with the X-boat.
The surface communicator is used to deliver messages directly to planetary locations while undergoing refueling from X-boat tenders.
Crew comfort: +0
Passenger demand: -5
This is the public compliment of my [FONT=arial,helvetica]XQ-AU06 Disguised High Performance Express Boat[/FONT].
Owner: Imperium Government
Disposition: In Service
Constructed using a 100 ton unstreamlined hull, this is the backbone of the Third Imperium's X-boat service, providing news and information transfer from one end of the Imperium to the other.
The ship is designed for operation by a single crewer, and the bridge is essentially located inside the main engine control compartment. Adjacent to the bridge is a standard computer Model 4.
The ship has two staterooms; one is necessary for the single crew member, while the other can carry a passenger. More often, the pilot uses the second room for additional living space. In an emergency the staterooms could be doubled up to carry a total of 3 passsengers.
Standard proceedure is for the pilots to rotate out after each jump.
There is a 1.5 ton cargo bay which is occasionally used to carry vital cargo such as vaccines or sophisticated repair parts.
It is equipped with Jump drive-B and Power Plant-B, and carries sufficient fuel for one Jump-4, and 1 month of operations, with additonal fuel for a Jump-1 in case of a misjump. There is no maneuver drive installed. The lifter system enables very small accellerations to assist docking maneuvers, and x-boats only land when carried by another vessel. Note that the ship when in Jump space can effectivly operate in low power mode thanks to the minimal systems needs and Fusion+ distributed power system.
The ship carries no weapons or hardpoints.
Transfer pumps enable double jumps via detachable drop tanks, which the X-boat service produces in a 'standard' 100 ton size to enable quick refueling and jump procedures for the normal X-boat fleet if the tender itself is too busy to dock with the X-boat.
The surface communicator is used to deliver messages directly to planetary locations while undergoing refueling from X-boat tenders.
Crew comfort: +0
Passenger demand: -5
Code:
Tons TN Component MCr Notes
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100 12 Unstreamlined Hull, lifters 6 U, lifters
0 15 Jump Grid 1
-0.5 15 No Landers 0
0 15 AV=15. 1 Rad Plate 0
50 12 Jump Fuel (5 parsecs) 0 J5, 10t/pc
4 12 Plant Fuel (one month) 0 one month
1 10 Fuel Transfer Pumps 1
15 13 Jump Drive-4 (B) 15 J 4
7 13 PowerPlant-4 (B) 7 P 4
0 13 DS Surf Communicator 3.5
4 17 Computer Model/4 std 18
6 15 Spacious Controls 0
0.5 15 Crew Shared Fresher 0.5 4 crew
4 13 Crew Stateroom (2) 0.2 2 crew, 4 double bunked
6 15 Crew Lounge 0
0.5 15 Medical Console 0.5
1 12 Life Support 1 10 person-months
1.5 13 Cargo Hold Basic 0
