:HEADER Merchant March Class Type-R R-DA11, TL 13, 400 tons, MCr 95.3
:COMMENTS
The March Class Subsidized Merchant is a common sight across the Third Imperium. Built on a TL 13, 400 ton Airframe hull, the ship has Drives and Plant-B, giving Jump-1 and 1G of accelleration. Fuel tankage is provided for one jump-1 and one month of operations. Fuel scoops and water intakes are available for wilderness refuelling. Two hardpoints are available but no weapons are installed.
The ship operates with a crew of 5: Pilot, Astrogator, Steward, Engineer, and Medic. Staterooms are available for up to 8 High Passengers, and there are 9 low berths. Adjacent to the bridge is a Computer Model 1/std.
The lower through-hull deck holds 200 tons of cargo, and landing legs allow both rough terrain landings and raising/lowering the cargo deck to meet loading ramps.
Attached to a streamlined bracket on top of the vessel is a standard 20 ton Launch.
:HISTORY
:DATA
Vol No Label MCr Notes
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400 Airframe Hull 30 A
40 Jump Fuel (1 parsec) 0 J1, 40t/pc
4 Plant Fuel (one month) 0 one month
0 Jump Grid 4
4 Landing legs with pads 4
7 PowerPlant-1 (B) 7 P 1
15 Jump Drive-1 (B) 15 J 1
3 Maneuver Drive-1 (B) 6 1 G
1 Fuel Scoops 100t/hr 0.1 100t/hr
1 Fuel Purifiers 4t/hr 1 4t/hr
1 Computer Model/1 std 1.5
200 Cargo Hold Basic 0
10 5 Crew Stateroom 0.5 1 crew
1 2 Crew Shared Fresher 1 4 crew
20 Launch 16
16 8 Standard Stateroom 0.8 1 passenger
1 2 Shared Fresher 1 4 passengers
2 2 Life Support Standard 2 10 crew
1 Streamlined Bracket 2
1 Luxury Life Support 1 10 passengers
0.5 Medical Console 0.5
18 Crew Lounge 0
30 Passenger Lounge 0
1 Fuel Intakes 40t/hr 0.1 40t/hr
0 AV=13. 1 Kinetic Plate 0
1 Hardpoint 0
1 Hardpoint 0
4.5 9 Low Berth 0.9 1 passenger
16 Spacious Controls 0
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400 TOTALS 94