300 ton Far Trader (Traveller): 2D plans

[traq]

Hello all,

I'm working with Capt Dave on this; the Fat Cat class Far Trader for the Traveller universe. I'm working on the 2D plans now, which will lead to a 3D model later on.

He just wrote the specs and turned me loose (no, I don't know if he knows what he's in for ).

Here's the general design - 300 tons, the main hull is roughly 30m by 14m.




WIP shot - the bridge, located in the main hull on the underdeck.


I'll post some of the specs shortly. Look for updates every few days or so!

[Jenny]

Nice start. Remember that Traveller ships have huge fuel tanks.

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thanks. according to my specs, almost the forward half of each secondary hull is fuel tankage, plus a little extra in the main hull. A little less than 80 tons total.

This is my first Traveller ship, and I've never played - so comments are welcome!

[Capt Dave]

Worry not I will keep him in line.

Its a Jump 2 (parsecs per Jump), Thrust 2 (g's of acceleration), 300 ton Fat trader. It has a crew of 6, carries 8 passengers and 100 tons of cargo.

The concept behind the ship is that its a Fat trader built in the Versis Principalities (A stellar nation I'm writing for that exists within the HCS version of the Foreven Sector of the OTU). This ship, like many of their design, is designed to carry a good portion of cargo along with several passenger in descent comfort.

[Zoxesyr]

for a 300 ton ship, the flight deck is about 10x too big. Traveller flight decks were cramped, especially on civilian ships. it should just barely hold three people.

and you have a very nice ship started here!

[Capt Dave]

for a 300 ton ship, the flight deck is about 10x too big. Traveller flight decks were cramped, especially on civilian ships. it should just barely hold three people.

and you have a very nice ship started here!

This ship is designed according to the MGT rules. According to those rules a ship of 300 tons requires a 20 Ton bridge. Thats approximatively 280 m3. This space includes the ships fight controls, computer systems, and ships locker.

With a scale of one map square representing a valume of 1.5m(w) x 1.5m(L) x 3m(h) (6.75 m3), two map squares would represent a single displacement ton (13.5 m3). So the bridge would be 40 map squares.

The missing .25 m3 per square (or 11.11 tons over the hole ship) is simply glossed over and assumed to be between decks where the power conduits and the like are hidden.

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for clarification (I didn't print the map squares on the image above), the bridge, in its current WIP state, is about 95m^2 (285m^3 at 3m tall), so I am a little over. But I'm sure it'll work itself out (low ceilings, maybe? )

[Capt Dave]

for clarification (I didn't print the map squares on the image above), the bridge, in its current WIP state, is about 95m^2 (285m^3 at 3m tall), so I am a little over. But I'm sure it'll work itself out (low ceilings, maybe? )

Its nothing to really worry about as I have yet to see a published ship in any of the traveller materials that was truly accurate. The Broadsword class Merc Cruiser was clearly made by the Gallifreians as its internal volume is about 2.5 times (on the plans) what its stats say (and its canon).

And if anyone want to grognard about these little inconsistencies (and they will) they can email me and tell me all about it. Your customer feed back is always welcome. (can't seem to find the smily for round file...)

[Dannage]

"When I bought the ship, the first thing I did was strip out the crappy cramped bridge and installed a new one from a junked luxury cruise liner..."

There you go, now the pilots story is confirmed, whatever the fanboy rules monkeys think... Nice looking 2D plan. I assume this was done in illustrator as most of these deck plans seem to be. Guess only way I'm going to make deck plans is to buy that damned expensive application.... And a kitchen... and new roof... So, that's this years bonus spent, assuming I get one!

[traq]

dannage: nope, I use Inkscape. freeware. (I have Corel, too, there's a few things I need it for; but stuff like this is no problem.)

p.s. that's a big bonus if it'll cover illustrator and a new roof