Pelican class pinnace
The United Worlds Commonwealth Le Royaume des Etoiles du Cygne
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The Pelican class pinnace is in widespread service both with military and civilian users. Production of the type is still underway in various locations, and the craft is often utilised as an away craft by medium and larger vessels.

Numerous variants of the Pelican also exists, the statistics below are for the original type.


General Data
Displacement: 40 tons Hull Armour: 20
Length: 20.8 meters Volume: 560 cubic meters
Price: MCr19.513064 Target Size: VS
Configuration: Cylinder AF Tech Level: 10
Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 500.61/360.81 tons
 
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 100MW Fusion Power Plant (50Mw/hit), 1 year duration (31.7427Mw surplus)
G-Rating: 2G (20Mw/G), Improved Contra-Grav Lifters (8Mw)
G Turns: 90, 2.5 cubic meters each
Maintenance: 19
 
Electronics
Computer: 2xTL10 St (0.3Mw 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; 0.06Mw), 300km ActiveEMS (0 hexes; use extreme range for task difficulty in same hex; 15Mw), 3xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw ea.)
ECM/ECCM: None
Controls: Flight deck with 2xWorkstations, plus 1xOther Workstation
 
Armament: None
 
Accommodations
Life Support: Basic (0.056Mw), Gravitic Compensators (1G; 2.8Mw)
Crew: 3 (1xEngineering, 1xElectronics, 1xManuever)
Crew Accommodations: 3xWorkstations
Passenger Accommodations: 20xSeats (adequate)
Cargo: 123 cubic meters, one small cargo hatch
Air Locks: 1
Additional Fittings: None
 
Notes

Passenger seats may be removed, each adding 3.5 cubic meters to the cargo capacity. No fuel purification equipment fitted. Fuel scoop capacity is 112 cubic meters per hour (2 hours for full load excluding power plant fuel).


DAMAGE TABLES
Area Surface Hits Internal Explosion Systems
1 1-9:Ant Elec PP-2H,
2 1-2:AL,3-11:Ant 1-2:Qtrs,3-9:Elec,10-20:Hold LS-1H,ELS-1H,
3-4 Qtrs AG-(3h),CH-(2h),
5-6 1-12:Qtrs,13-20:Hold All others-(1h)
7-13,16-17 Hold
14-15 1-5:CH 1-4:Eng,5-20:Hold
18-19 1-9:Eng,10-20:Hold
20 Eng
Pelican class pinnace