Small Merchanter v1.0 (TL 09)
Copyright (c) 1995 by Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de>
        
        In an evolved interstellar economy even tramp freighters like this may
    be non-landing - they dock and trade at orbital stations. Given the 'fixed
    costs' of any FTL ship, this 1,000-ton ship is at the lower margin for an
    economic design.
        The sensor suite contains thermographs (18 miles nominal range), a MAD
    (8 miles), radars (120 miles) and cameras. The ship has a single railgun
    (ver|cr|6d*20(3)|10|16|3 mi.|10 mi.|3|200|2 KWh), mostly for psychological
    reasons - it won't help much against nasty aliens or pirates. Notable is
    the rotating superstructure - a 'ring' with gravity where most activity and
    all off-duty time takes place. The ship carries some 150 tons of cargo.
        While the ship is a TL09 vehicle [Dec. 93 errata sheet] with parts from
    Space, many TL9 technologies are assumed to be unavailable.
    
    Structure:  50,000 cf expensive medium body (HT 15,000), seal, vertol lift
        system and a 30,000 cf full-traverse "turret" (HT 6,500).
    Propulsion:  Twin 100t fusion rockets (DR 5, HT 250) with 100,000 gallons
        water (DR 5, HT 4,000) for 882 minutes at full power and ten hyperdrive
        generators (DR 5, HT 125 each).
    Power:  Two 12 MW fusion plants (DR 5, HT 300) and a 100 MWh rechargeable
        power cell array (DR 5, HT 200). Excess power 19,096 KW.
    Accomodations:  Four roomy and 56 standard quarters, no windows.
    Crew Requirements:  About ten bridge stations and ten service/maintenance
        positions in each shift.
    Armor:  240 points advanced armor, F5/40 B5/40 R5/40 L5/40 T5/40 U5/40 and
        200 points advanced turret armor, TF5/40 TB5/40 TR5/40 TL5/40 TT5/40.
    Cargo:  20,000 cf cargo holds and 2,233 cf waste space in the body, 773 cf
        access space in the "turret".
    Accessories:  In the body - compact fire extinguisher, four radar locators,
        rad shielding, four long-range thermographs (scan 22, DR 3, HT 10,
        electronics), LR MAD (scan 18, DR 3, HT 50, electronics), four cheap LR
        radars with rangefinder (scan 25, DR 3, HT 20, electronics), four ALLTV
        (+6), 4-person and 12-person airlocks, four searchlights (DR 5, HT 8,
        exposed equipment). In the turret - compact fire extinguisher, triple
        60-person full lifesystems, rad shielding, four optical microframes
        (C5, DR 3, HT 12, electronics), four INS (DR 3, HT 6, electronics),
        four GPS, 60 man-years of provisions, ten secure long-distance radios
        (DR 3, HT 4, electronics), four transponders, two workshops (DR 5, HT
        200, equipment). Programs: Database (400 GB maps & recognition guides),
        datalink, sensor operation (C5, skill 17 or +6), gunner (skill 13 or
        +3), tactical vehicle operation (C5, skill 16), targeting (C4, +6).
    Weaponry:  Autostabilized 15mm railgun (DR 5, HT 40) with 200 APSSDU rounds
        in a front cyberslave.
    
    Statistics:  Cost $31,000,000, design mass 800 tons, maximum payload 200
        tons, maximum cargo 200 tons, current load 200 tons, loaded mass 1,000
        tons, size modifier +9, radar signature +9, IR signature +18 (+12 if
        coasting).
    
    Ground, Water and Air Performance:  None.
    Space Performance:  Acceleration from 0.2 G to 0.38 G, delta-V 140 km/s.
        Hyperdrive recharge time 314 minutes.