The first Herstron class survey/contact ship was built more than 40 years ago by Granville Brothers, a small Kelnee aerospace company. Over the next ten years Granville Brothers would go on to produce a total of 32 Herstrons. Initially, the Herstrons were built for the Kelnee government to explore the worlds of the Draconis Cluster, but as time went by, the Kelnee government replaced all of its Herstrons with more advanced ships. Most of the ships of the Herstron class are still in service and are being used by less advanced worlds and private companies.

Ship's Specifications

General

• Displacement: 200 tons
• Hull Armor: 20
• Length: 26 meters
• Volume: 2,800m3
• Price: MCr 101.9
• Target Size: M
• Configuration: Disk, AF
• Tech Level: 12
• Mass Loaded: 1,266 tons

Engineering Data

• Power Plant: 1x100MW & 1x50MW Fusion Power Plant (50MW per hit), Fuel 18.2Kl; duration: 1 year
• Jump Performance: 2 (1,120kl fuel; 560kl per Parsec)
• G-Rating: 1 (56 MW/G) uses Thruster Plates
• Maint: 270

Electronics

• Computers: 3xTL-12 Std Mod (0.4 MW ea.)
• Commo: 1x3,000km radio (1 MW), 1x1000AU laser (0.3 MW)
• Avionics: TL-10+ avionics
• Sensors: 1x Passive EMS 120,000km (3 hexes, 0.1 MW), 1x Active EMS 300,000km (1 hexes, 11MW)
• Controls: Dynamic Linked, 7x Workstations

Armament

• Offensive: 1xTL-12 95-Mj Laser Turret (Loc: 10; Arcs: All; 2.64 MW)

                        Very Short  Short      Medium     Long
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150-Mj Laser Turret     10:1/8-24   20:1/4-13  40:1/2-7  80:1/1-3

Accommodations

• Life Support: Extended (14 MW), Gravitic Compensators (6G; 350MW)
• Crew: 4 (1x Pilot/Navigator; 1xEngineer, 1x Steward, 1x Medic)
• Crew Accommodations: 7x LArge Stateroom
• Passenger Accommodations: 8x Large Staterooms
• Cargo: 434m3, 2 large cargo hatches
• Air Locks: 2

Other

• Sick bay
• Laboratory

Damage Tables

Area  Surface Hits  Internal Damage          Systems
(1D20)
1     1-9: Ant,     Hold                     JD-3H   LS-3H
      10-12 Hatch                            MD-2H   ELS-1H
2-3   1-5: Ant      1-6: Elec, 7-12: Hold,   PP-3H   LSR-16x1H
                    13-20 Qrts               AG-1H   AEMS-2h
4-5                 Hold                     FPP-1H  LT-1H
6-7                 1-16: Hold, 17-20: Qrts  All Others-1h
8                   1-14: Hold, 15-20: Qrts
9     1: AL         1-14: Hold, 15-20: Qrts
10                  1-14: Qrts, 15-20: Laser Turret
11                  1-6: Hold, 7-14: Qrts, 15-20 Eng
12-13               1-13: Hold, 14-20: Qrts
14-15               Qrts
16    1: AL         1-14: Hold, 15-20: Qrts
17                  1-14: Hold, 15-20: Qrts
18-19               1-8: Eng, 9-20 Qrts
20                  Eng

Marc Miller's Traveller's Stats (a.k.a. T4)

Granville Brothers - Herstron class Survey/Contact Ship (Type SC)
QSDS 1.5

Tons: 200dtons (Streamlined) Volume: 2,8000 m^3           Cost: 101.9MCr
Crew: 7                     High/Mid Pass: 8/0           Low: 0
Cargo: 31dtons              Controls: Std                TL: 12

8 Size                                2 Jump Drive (20 Std/Pc Fuel)
                                      1 Maneuver (Thruster, 56 Mw)
1xLaser turret (+0) 1/1-0-0-0         1.5 Power Plant (150Mw)
                                      41dtons Fuel (S40, R8)
                                      A10 P4 J0 Sensors
                                      10 Armor, 6 Structure

Crew Detail:1xCommander, 1xPilot 1xAstrogator, 2xEngineer, 1xGunner
1xSesors Operator
Note: The ship has 15 Large staterooms, a Sick bay and a Laboratory.

Centerline Cross Section

Deck Plans

The deckplans use 2meter squares and each deck is 3 meters tall

Lower Level: Hold, Quarters, Engineering

more detailed view of the lower level 1,119x1,119 138K

Upper Level: Fuel, Cockpit, Sickbay, Lab, Laser Turret, Quarters

more detailed view of the upper level 1,119x1,119 142K

Notes

This ship was built for the January '97 TML Starship contest using Dave Golden and the GDW-beta list's SSDS.