Paschendale Class Transport

Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 01:27:49 +0800
From: pd82495@wapol.gov.au (Michael Bailey)
Subject: Paschendale Class Transport

600T TL-11 Transport ("Paschendale" Class)

General Data

Displacement:   600 tons                Hull Armour:    28
Length:         50  m                   Volume:         8400 m^3
Price:          MCr 307.42              Target Size:    S
Configuration:  Cylinder AF             Tech Level:     11
Mass:           8432.26/3297.26 (without drop tanks)
                8695.78/3560.78 (with drop tanks)

Engineering Data

Power Plant:    600 MW Fusion Power Plant (50 MW/hit), 1 year duration
                (63.34 MW excess power)
Jump Perf.:     Jump-2 without drop tanks (630 m^3 fuel)
                Jump-1 with drop tanks (341 m^3 fuel)
G-Rating:       1-G (300 MW/G), Contra-grav lifters (120 MW)
G-Turns:        20 (39 with jump fuel), 75 m^3 each (without tanks)
                36 (54 with jump fuel), 81.25 m^3 each (with drop tanks)
Maint:          406

Electronics

Computer:       3 x TL-11 Mod Fb Computers (0.7 MW each)
Commo:          300,000km radio (10 hexes, 10 MW), 1000 AU maser
                (infinite, 0.6 MW)
Sensors:        Passive EMS fixed array 90,000km (3 hexes, 0.15 MW),
                Active EMS 60,000km (2 hexes, 30 MW)
Controls:       Bridge with 4 workstations)

Armament

2 x turret hardpoint sockets installed (Loc 10,11; 2,3,4)

Accomodations

Life Support:   Extended (1.68 MW)
Crew:           14 (8 x Engineering, 1 x Electronics, 2 x Maneuver, 
                2 x Maintenance, 1 x Command)
Crew Accom.:    8 x Large Stateroom (0.001 MW ea.), double occupied 
                where necessary
Passenger Acc.: 2 x Large Staterooms (0.001 MW ea)
Cargo:          5135 m^3, 12 large cargo hatches (see notes)
Air Locks:      6

Notes

The large cargo space can accomodate a large variety of payloads.  Power
couplings are available, and the area receives full life support.  See
beclow for details of various cargo palettes.  The cargo hatches at the rear
of the ship fold open to allow roll on-roll off (RO-RO) operations, making
vehicle disembarkation a simple procedure ( The entire bottom rear of the
ship opens up).

The "Paschendale" Class Transport has it's origins in the mists of
antiquity. The original design was produced by the Terran Confederation from
AD 2110 (-2411 Imperial).  The "Paschendale" was the first of a series of
transport starships designed and built by the Starbus-Lockheed Consortium
for the Terran Confederation Navy and commercial interests.  A relict
"Paschendale" (the "Meekatharra") was discovered in an underground storage
facility in 1179 by Medoci archeologists.  The facility is believed to part
of the orignal naval base established by the Terran Confederation during the
Interstellar Wars.  The "Meekatharra", although lacking jump drives, served
as the pattern craft for the "Paschendale".

The class has been built in considerable numbers in the Commonwealth.  It's
drop tanks allow two jumps totalling three parsecs between refuelling stops,
giving the transport enough 'legs' to venture outside the Commonwealth,
making it a viable Free Trader in this part of the Solomani Rim.