Express Boat

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Express Boat

According to CT Supplement 7, the Xboat has a massive array of databanks. I read that as meaning "a *lot* of extra computers." Unfortunately, in any edition of Traveller, starship computers are too expensive to have a large number of them installed in a starship. (By "large," I mean "three or more times the usual number"; i.e., 10+ computers instead of just 3.) To get around this, I made an assumption: I assumed the Model Flight computers had approximately one-hundredth the storage capacity of Model Standard computers. (Mod Flt have 1/10 the volume, mass, and power usage, and 1/1,000 the cost.)

If my assumption was correct, I could have the storage capacity of five additional Mod Std computers for the price of 1/2 an additional Mod Std computer (but at the volume of 500 such computers).

Since the Xboat has *always* been a maneuver-less ship with minimal cargo, I felt justified in spending the ship's volume in this manner.

I made a further assumption: A computer could be a Model Flight computer *with* the Fiber-Optic backup otion (i.e., using *both* the "Mod Flt" modifiers *and* the "Mod FB" modifiers).

Express Boat

General Data

Displacement: 100 tons	Hull Armor: 28
Length: 14 meters	Volume: 1400 m³
Price: 93.828 MCr	Target Size: S
Configuration: Sphere USL	Tech Level: 15
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 565.867/457.167

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 72 MW TL-15 Fusion Power Plant, 1 year duration (0.258 MW surplus)

Jump Performance: 4

Jump Fuel: 350 m³

G-Rating: None

G-Turns: None

Maint: 23

Electronics

Computer: 5x TL-15 Mod Fb Computers (1.1 MW each)
500x TL-15 Mod Flt/Fb Computers (0.11 MW each; used as "databanks")

Commo: 1x TL-15 Radio, 30,000 km (1 hx; 1 MW)
3x TL-15 Laser-Commo, 1,000 AU (inf.; 0.3 MW each)
3x TL-15 Maser-Commo, 1,000 AU (inf.; 0.6 MW each)

Avionics: TL-10+

Sensors: 1x TL-15 Passive EMS array, fixed array, 90,000 km (3 hx; 0.06 MW)

ECM/ECCM: None

Controls: 2 Workstations

Armament

Offensive None

Defensive: None

Master Fire Directors: None

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (0.28 MW)

Grav Compensation: 6G (7MW)

Crew: 2: 1 Maneuver, 1 Electronics.

Crew Accommodations: 2 small statrooms (0.0005 MW each)

Passenger Accomadation: None

Other Facilities: None

Cargo: 84.2 m³ 1 small cargo hatch.

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: None

Air Locks: 1