Class/Model/Name: |
Explorer (3026R) |
Tech: |
Inner Sphere / 2703 |
Vessel Type: |
JumpShip |
Rules: |
Level 1, Standard design |
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Mass: |
50,000 tons |
Length: |
205 meters |
Sail Diameter: |
740 meters |
Power Plant: |
Standard |
Safe Thrust: |
0 |
Maximum Thrust: |
0 |
Armor Type: |
Standard |
Armament:
None
Overview:
Though many have regarded the Scout-class JumpShip as the smallest in use today, such claims have long overlooked the tiny Explorer-class, a civilian JumpShip that enjoyed a long--if uncelebrated--history in almost every Successor State. Massing a mere 50,000 tons and reliant on small craft for in-system flight, the Explorer was introduced at the peak of the Star League era, primarily as a touring craft to ferry VIPs or the wealthy elite when DropShips weren't required. In its heyday, there wasn't a major corporation or important dignitary in any realm who didn't have access to one of these reliable vessels. The passage of time and the ravages of the Succession Wars, however, winnowed these vessels to a mere few handfuls. Today, Irian Technologies maintains the largest concentration of the remaining Explorers, a minor surprise considering that their Clipperton factory once produces this humble spacecraft.
The Explorer was actually designed along utilitarian lines rather than luxury travel, catering to the practical as well as the affluent. Built as small as possible to minimize cost and unarmed so as not to appear a threat to hostile traffic, this JumpShip relies on a quartet of shuttlecraft for in-system transit, saving the tonnage normally allocated to a DropShip's docking collar for cargo space and passenger quarters. An 80-meter grav deck allows shipboard personnel and passengers alike the comforts of home, and can adjust its rotation to that of the local planet, which greatly aids acclamation to alien worlds. The vessel also features a number of fully automated systems that can--in a pinch--allow a skeleton crew to operate it during long voyages. Indeed, Irian Technologies has often done just that over the years, sometimes dispatching Explorers with a mere four crewmen on board during the leaner years.
A single variant emerged during the closing years of the Star League mounting an HPG. This exuberant cost was incurred only by large corporations, the ultra rich and in many cases, government diplomats.
Class/Model/Name: |
Explorer (3026R) |
Mass: |
50,000 tons |
Equipment: |
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Mass |
Power Plant: |
Standard |
600.00 |
K-F Hyperdrive: |
Standard (Integrity = 2) |
47,500.00 |
Jump Sail: |
(Integrity = 3) |
37.00 |
Structural Integrity: |
1 |
333.50 |
Safe Thrust: |
0 |
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Maximum Thrust: |
0 |
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Heat Sinks: |
79 Single |
.00 |
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: |
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75.00 |
Bridge & Controls: |
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125.00 |
Armor Factor: |
22 Standard |
27.00 |
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Armor Value |
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(Capital Scale) |
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Fore: |
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7 |
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Fore Left / Right:
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3 / 3 |
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Aft Left / Right: |
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3 / 3 |
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Aft: |
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3 |
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Equipment & Options: |
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Cargo: |
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Bay 1: |
Cargo (1) with 1 door |
278.50 |
Bay 2: |
Small Craft (4) with 2 doors |
800.00 |
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Grav Decks: |
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Grav Deck #1: |
(80-meter diameter) |
50 |
Escape Pods: |
3 (7 tons each) |
21 |
Crew and Passengers: |
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1 Officers (1 minimum) |
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0.00 |
8 Crew (8 minimum) |
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0.00 |
5 1st Class Passengers |
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0.00 |
5 2nd Class Passengers |
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0.00 |
20 Bay Personnel |
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0.00 |
Weapons & Equipment: |
Loc |
SRV |
MRV |
LRV |
ERV |
Heat |
Mass |
TOTALS: |
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0 |
50,000.00 |
Tons Left: |
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.00 |
Calculated Factors: |
Total Cost: |
181,177,875 C-Bills |
Battle Value: |
424 |
Cost per BV: |
427,306.31 |
Weapon Value: |
0 (Ratio = .00) |
Damage Factors: |
SRDmg = 0; MRDmg = 0; LRDmg = 0; ERDmg = 0 |
Maintenance Point Value: |
MPV = 11,375 (5,160 Structure, 5,425 Life Support, 790 Weapons) |
Support Points: |
SP = 19,350 (170% of MPV) |
BattleForce2: |
(Not applicable) |