Euphrates River class bulk carrier
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The Euphrates River class of bulk carrier is an old design, dating back to the invention of the hyperspace translation drive. The vessel is an unstreamlined orbit to orbit craft relying on facilities to load and unload cargo, consequently this class of vessels is only found on scheduled runs along the major trade routes.


General Data
Displacement: 10,000 tons Hull Armour: 60
Length: 128 meters Volume: 140,000 cubic meters
Price: MCr5,997.913597 Target Size: L
Configuration: Cylinder USL Tech Level: 9
Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 132,791.8498/54,084.513 tons
 
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 200Mw Fusion Power Plant (50Mw/hit), 1 year duration (96.8536Mw surplus)
Faster than Light: TL9 Hyperspatial Translation Drive (9,840Mj Capacitor, 5.4445Mw required)
G-Rating: 1G (Fusion rocket, produces 2,500Mw power per G), No Contra-Grav Lifters
G Turns: 100, 312.5 cubic meters each
Maintenance: 7,419
 
Electronics
Computer: 3xTL9 St (0.25Mw each)
Commo: 300,000km Radio (10 hexes; 10Mw), 1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw)
Avionics: TL8 Avionics
Sensors: 30,000km Passive HRT Fixed Array (1 hex; 0.06Mw), 3,000km Radar (0 hexes; use long range for task difficulty in same hex; 3Mw), 12xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw ea.)
ECM/ECCM: None
Controls: Bridge with 12xBridge Workstations, plus 3xOther Workstations
 
Armament
None
 
Accommodations
Life Support: Extended (28Mw), Hamster Cage (13.6m radius producing 0.15G equivalant, and containing 40 Airlocks, 1 Large Stateroom, 32 Small Staterooms)
Crew: 59 (3xEngineering, 2xElectronics, 2xManeuver, 31xMaintenance, 12xFlight Crew, 8xCommand, 1xSteward)
Crew Accommodations: 1xLarge Stateroom (0.001Mw), 32xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each)
Passenger Accomodations: None
Cargo: 74,919.5 cubic meters, equivalant of 215 large cargo hatches
Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 4 50-ton Ariel class shuttles with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each.
Air Locks: 100
Additional Fittings: 2x10-ton Machine Shop (1 Mw each), 2x6-ton Electronics Shop (0.6Mw each)
 
Notes

Fuel purification equipment (46.8750Mw) is sufficient to purifiy 5,208.3 cubic meters in 6 hours (36 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel) No Fuel Scoops fitted.


DAMAGE TABLES
Area Surface Hits Internal Explosion Systems
1 1-3:Ant 1:Elec,2-20:Hold HTD-180H,MD-139H,
2-5 CH Hold LS-85H,FPP-63H,
6-7 1:AL,2-9:CH Hold Hanger-56H,
8-9 1-7:LP,8-20:CH Hold ELS-43H,PP-4H,
10 1:AL Hold Radar-1H,LSR-1H,
11 1:AL,2-20:CH Hold Elecshop-1H,
12-15 1:AL 1-3:Qtrs,4-20:Hold MachineShop-1H,
16-20 1-13:Eng,14-20:Hold AG-(2h),SSR-(2h),
All others-(1h)
Euphrates River class bulk carrier