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Samson Class Clipper
design by Nick Bradbeer
Alright, here's the clipper. The dedicated fuel skimmer/power pack will be
along shortly.
This ship realls is a simple spine with grapples along it. There's a drive
pod at the back and a cockpit section at the front. The 'back of the neck'
is a hangar bay for a 20-ton gig, in addition to which it carries a 400-ton
fuel skimmer, 6x100-ton modules (flat modules shaped a bit like the
freighter cargo packs from Babylon 5), 4x50-ton modules and 4x20-ton small
craft, either cargo tugs, gigs or assault fighters.
The ship carries almost no fuel, relying on the skimmer and/or fuel modules.
The skimmer is enough to jump and manoevre on, but bolting on a few fuel
modules will dramatically increase its mission range.
Yes, I nicked a lot of stuff from the RC Clipper, but then my campaign
nicked a lot from the RC. The setting is essentially just how I'd have liked
the RC to have been. NB: the jump drive and laser turrets are savaged TL-13,
the remainder is new-built TL-11. The Samsons were all (probably 4, this
number may change) built at Cyrinia's recovered orbital shipyards.
Samson Clipper
General Data
| Displacement: 470 / 1750 tons |
Hull Armor: 10 |
| Length: 93 meters |
Volume: 6580 / 24,500 m3 |
| Price: 480.07 MCr |
Target Size: S / M |
| Configuration: Open USL |
Tech Level: 11 / 13 |
| Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 9,088 / 9,002 |
Engineering Data
- Power Plant: 1.59 GW Fusion Plant with 118.9 m3 fuel (6 months)
- Jump Performance: Relic TL-13 J4 Drive (at 470 tons) (drops to J1 with enough modules)
- Jump Fuel: 0 m3
- G-Rating: 1G (1,350 MW/G)
- G-Turns: 2 G-turns (168.8 m3)
- Maint: 431
Electronics
- Computer: 3xTL-11 Standard Computers
- Commo: 1xTL-11 Laser (1000 AU)
1xTL-11 Maser (1000 AU)
1xTL-11 Radio (10 hex, 300,000 km)
TL-11 Radio Receivers.
- Avionics: TL-10+
- Sensors: 1xTL-11 Active EMS (10 hex, 60 MW)
1xTL-11 Passive EMS (4 hex, fixed array)
1xTL-11 Densitometer
- ECM/ECCM: EM Masking
- Controls: Bridge with 11 workstations
19 Engineering Workstations
Armament
- Offensive 4x Relic TL-13 104-MJ Nongrav X-Ray Laser Turrets
- Defensive: None
- Master Fire Directors: 2xTL-11 MFD's (-3 DiffMods, 4 hex, 10 hex Msl)
| Name | Short | Medium | Long | Extreme |
| 104-MJ Laser Turret | 2 1/8 25 | 4 1/4 13 | 8 1/2 6 | 16 1/1 3 |
Accommodations
- Life Support: Extended
- Grav Compensation: 2Gs
- Crew: 42 : 5xCommand (CO, XO, Chf Eng, (Tech Officer, Payload Spec) 2xManoevre (Pilot, Jump Pilot)
2xElectronics (Sensors, Comms) 6xGunnery (2xMFD, 4xTurret) 19xEngineer (3xDrives, 7xJump, 7xPower) 4xFlight Crew (Plt, Cplt, 2xFlt Eng)
6xMaintenence/Loadmasters
- Crew Accommodations: 30xSmall Staterooms
- Passenger Accomadation: None
- Other Facilities: None
- Cargo: 52.2 m3 Large Cargo Hatches
- Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 1x20-ton Launch Hangar (Forward dorsal)
1x400-ton USL Skimmer Grapple (Aft dorsal)
6x100-ton USL Module Grapples (Aft sides)
4x50-ton USL Module Grapples (Fwd Sides)
4x20-ton USL Tug/Fighter Grapples (Ventral)
- Air Locks: 4
Notes
Fuel Purifier: 2.74 hours to refine 456.5 m3
2.6MW Power Surplus
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