:HEADER Safari Ship Tarkine Centaur K-BA12, TL 15, 200 tons, MCr 86.4
:COMMENTS
Using a 200-ton hull, the safari ship is an excursion vessel intended for trophy-taking (real or photographic) expeditions to other worlds. It has jump drive-B, maneuver drive-A, and power plant-B, giving a performance of jump-2 and 1-G acceleration. Fuel tankage for 58 tons supports the power plant and one jump-2. Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/1 bis. There are eleven staterooms and no low berths. The ship has one hardpoint and one ton allocated to fire control. A double turret is installed; the turret is mounted with twin beam lasers.
There are two ship’s vehicles: an air/raft and a 20-ton launch. Cargo capacity is 6 tons. Two 7-ton capture tanks hold specimens, and two 4-ton lounges are combined into a trophy lounge, serving as a hunter’s recreation area. The hull is airframed, and can be submerged.
The safari ship requires a crew of five: pilot, astrogator, engineer, steward, and medic. A gunner and additional expedition personnel may be added. The pilot operates the launch; the steward operates the air/raft. The ship can carry a party of six (or up to 8 if the crew goes to double occupancy) on expeditions; it does not engage in commercial passenger service.
Launch (also called Lifeboat): Using a 20-ton hull, the launch is capable of 3-G acceleration, carries 1 ton of fuel tankage, and has a crew of two. The craft has 15 tons excess space available for custom use, and costs MCr16.
:HISTORY
:DATA
Vol No Label MCr Notes
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200 Airframe Hull 16 A
40 Jump Fuel (2 parsecs) 0 J2, 20t/pc
3.2 Plant Fuel (one month) 0 one month
2 Flotation hull 2
1 Fins 0.5
1 Fuel Scoops 100t/hr 0.1 100t/hr
1 Fuel Intakes 40t/hr 0.1 40t/hr
1 Fuel Purifiers 4t/hr 1 4t/hr
1 Vd T2 Beam Laser 1
0 AV=7. 1 Kinetic Organic 0
0 G Surf Life Detector 4.1
0 G Surf Activity Sensor 4.1
1 Luxury LS (10 high pass./week) 1 10 high pass./week
4 Air/Raft Enclosed 0.1
20 Launch 16
2 Air/Raft Cargo Lock 0
6 Cargo Hold Basic 0
14 2 Capture Tank 2 atmospheric controlled
2 2 Spacer Niche 0.2 1 crew
1 Launch Bracket 2
2 4 Crew Shared Fresher 2 4 crew
12 2 Luxury Suite 0.8 1 crew
14 7 Single Stateroom 0.7 1 crew
32 4 Crew Lounge 0
2 Life support (80 people/month) 2 80 people/month
2 Maneuver Drive-1 (A) 4 1 G
15 Jump Drive-2 (B) 15 J 2
4 Adv PowerPlant-2 (B) 8 P 2
1 Computer Model/1bis std 3
14 Spacious Controls 0
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198 TOTALS 86