Freelance Traveller

designed by Peter Gray

Overview

A common example of space habitats formerly found throughout Imperial Space. The Eshpair station detailed below is actually the command version of a large family of different modules of 250 to 500 tons displacement. Whenever a world needed a cheap space station for freight handling, customs, refuelling or system defense, Imperial manufacturers could expeditiously provide the proper modules customly fitter to whatever the customers' needs were. Each module has two or more connectors that allowed them to be pieced together into larger space stations. These ranged from a single module of 500 tons, into the tens of thousands of tons in displacement.

The Command module is intended for a variety of roles ranging from static defense to traffic control to communications relay. Five small craft are fitted for emergency response or customs patrols. Normally a 150,000 km fixed array PEMS is the primary passive sensor, but during combat operations, a folding array can be deployed for longer range detection and tracking. Four 150 MJ laser turrets backed by a missle turret provide a means of deterrence against raiders and pirates. The module, like all Eshpair's, consists of a central dome for the bridge, cargo decks and small craft bays, surrounded by a ring of 3 or 4 smaller hemispherical modules for habitation, sensors and communication antennae. A 1050 m3 fuel compressor is fitted, providing 6428.57 m3 of refined H2 to passing ships. When the module is at full load its acceleration drops from 0G, to 0G.

The Eshpair is based upon the design in Adventure Ships 2 by J. Andrew Keith. Adapted from CT stats provided courtesy of Chris Keelan.

General Data

Engineering

Power Plant

TL-15 108 MW (One Year Duration) (300 MW/Hit)

Jump Performance

None

G-Rating

Station-keeping jets only

G-Turns

None

Fuel Tankage

10.8 m3 for power plant, plus 1050 m3 fuel compressor for station-keeping jets

Maint

435

Electronics

Computer

3xTL-15St (0.55 MW)

Commo

1000 AU Radio, 1000 AU Laser

Avionics

None

Sensors

150,000 km Fixed Array (Range:5, 0.15 MW), 180,000 km Folding Array (Range:6, 0.2 MW), AEMS 360,000 km (Range:12, 17 MW)

ECM/ECCM

None

Workstations

7 Bridge plus 4 Normal

Armament

Offensive

4x150 MJ Remote Laser Turrets (Loc: 2-5, Arcs: 1,2,3; 4.2 MW) arranged as two batteries

1xRemote Missle Barbette (Loc:11, Arcs:All; 2 Ready Missles, 0.15 MW)

Weapon Performance

150 MJ LT

10:1/10-31

20:1/10-31

40:1/10-31

80:1/10-31

Defensive

None

Fire Control

3xTL-15 msl/bm MFDs (Range:10, -6 DMs, 1 Crew, 0.06 MW)

Accomodations

Life Support

Extended (1.4 MW), AG/GC (6G, 35 MW)

Crew

(2 Electronics, 3 Gunnery, 1 Engineering, 3 Maintenance, 9 Small Craft, 3 Command)

Crew Accomodations

3 Small Staterooms (Single Occupancy), 9 Small Staterooms (Double Occupancy)

Passenger Accomodations

3 Small Staterooms (Single Occupancy)

Airlocks

5

Cargo

659.442 m3

Small Craft and Launch Facilities

50 ton Modular Cutter (Minimal Hangar) equipped with fuel module, 50 ton Modular Cutter (Docking Ring) equipped with cargo module, 2x30 ton Ship's Boats (Docking Ring), 95 ton Shuttle (Docking Ring), 3 Launch Ports

Other Fittings

None

Features

None

14.67 MW Surplus

System Damage Tables

Damage Location Table

Key: Locations 1, 10-11 and 20 are the central hub; 6-9 and 12-15 are the Docking Collars around the hub, 16-19 are the service area beneath the hub, and 2-5 are the habitation areas