Hummingbird class skiff
The United Worlds Commonwealth
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The Hummingbird class skiff is a small craft designed to be carried as a starship's auxiliary. It is powered by a L-Hyd burning MHD turbine with an on board oxygen supply, as such its endurance is very limited, but it is adequate for passage between a world's surface and an orbiting vessel.


General Data
Displacement: 10 tons Hull Armour: 20
Length: 14 meters Volume: 140 cubic meters
Price: MCr 7.969709 Target Size: VS
Configuration: Cylinder SL Tech Level: 11
Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 111.39/104.088 tons
 
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 21MW MHD Turbine (21Mw/hit), 4 hours duration (8 in an oxygen atmosphere, 0.0316Mw surplus)
G-Rating: 2G (5Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters
G Turns: 8, 0.625 cubic meters each
Maintenance: 3
 
Electronics
Computer: 2xTL11 St (0.35Mw each)
Commo: 30,000km Radio (1 hex; 1Mw), 1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw)
Avionics: TL10+ Avionics
Sensors: 30,000km Passive EMS Fixed Array (1 hex; 0.04Mw), 300km ActiveEMS (0 hexes; use extreme range for task difficulty in same hex; 8Mw), 3xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw ea.)
ECM/ECCM: None
Controls: Flight deck with 2xWorkstations
 
Armament: None
 
Accommodations
Life Support: Basic (0.0101Mw), Gravitic Compensators (2G; 0.507Mw)
Crew: 2 (1xElectronics, 1xManuever)
Crew Accommodations: 2xWorkstations
Passenger Accommodations: 8xSeats (cramped)
Cargo: 4.6 cubic meters, one small cargo hatch
Air Locks: 1
Additional Fittings: None
 
Notes

Passenger seats may be removed, each adding 2.5 cubic meters to the cargo capacity. No fuel purification equipment fitted. No fuel scoops are fitted. Life support and inertial compensation does not extend to fuel spaces.


DAMAGE TABLES
Area Surface Hits Internal Explosion Systems
1 Elec PP-1H,
2-5 1-8:Ant 1-17:Elec,18-20:Qtrs LS-(4h),ELS-(2h),
6-7 1-17:Qtrs,18-20:Hold All others-(1h)
8 1-4:AL 1-17:Qtrs,18-20:Hold
9 CH 1-17:Qtrs,18-20:Hold
10 1-3:Eng,4-20:Hold
11-14 Hold
15 1-3:CH Hold
16-20 Eng
Hummingbird class skiff