Penta, Scout/Courier class type
S (FF&S v2)
Designed by Greg Svenson, Svenson Small Craft LIC
Statistics
| Tons: 100std (Streamlined Wedge Hypersonic) | Crew: 1/2 |
| Cargo: 12std (1/0 /Handler: 1x12ton0) | Volume: 1400m3 |
| Passengers High/Med: 0/8 | Cost: 26.002 MCr |
| Mass (L/C): 1378t/1092t | Passengers Low: 0 |
| Maintenance Points: 38 | Dimensions: 35m x 24m x 10m |
| Troops/Science: 0/0 | Tech Level: 11 |
| Size: 8 | Frozen Watch: 0 |
Electronics
| Controls: | Dynamic, High automation. 3xFiberoptic Computer (CM: 0.5 CP: 2.0). No bridge. |
| Communications: | 1xRadio (5,000km, 0MW). 1xLaser (1,000AU, 0MW). |
| Sensors: | 1xSci PEMS (12.5 [1.6mkm], 0MW). 1xSci AEMS (11 [.16mkm], 0.5MW). |
| Survey/Science: | |
| ECM: | 1xRadio Jammer (50,000km, 0.03MW). |
| Signatures: | Visible: -1, IR: -0.5 (-0.5 at 51MW, -1 at 5MW), Active: 0, Neutrino: -2, Gravitic: -2 |
Weaponry
| 1xEmpty Turret (3std ea.) |
Performance
| 2 | Jump (10std/pc fuel) |
| 0/0 | Maneuver |
| 2/2.5 | Contra-grav (38MW) |
| 544kph/640kph | Atmosphere (/Cruise: 408kph/480kph) |
| 1 | Power (/Fusion: 51.7MW, 1 year) |
| 0 | Battery |
| 20 | Fuel (/Scoops: 2 hours /Purifier: 8 hours,1MW) |
| 0/10/0/0/0 | Accommodations |
| 130 | Life Sup. (/Type: Extended, Good /'St) |
| 2 | G-Comp |
| 10 [40] | Armor, 9 Structure |
Features
| 1xDecontamination Airlock | 1xShip's locker (0.05std ea.) |
| 1xArmory (0.07std ea.) | 1xLounge(2.5std ea.) |
| 1xStorage(0.65std ea.) | 1xOrdinary Galley (Cap:10) |
| 5xFreshers | 1xExtra Workstation (Medical/Gunnery) |
Small Craft
| 1xMinHgr (2std, 1 hatches) for air raft |
Backups
| Power & Fuel: | 10.78MW surplus |
Crew Details
| 1xManeuver. 1xMedic. |
Design Notes
The Penta is a standard TL 11 type S scout/courier. The Penta
class is built at our shipyards on Porozlo/Rhylanor/Spinward Marches and Capitol/Core/Core
(M0: Sylea). She is similar in design to the Scout/Courier's built by many corporations
through out known space. With a crew of two, provisions for 8 passengers, 12 tons of cargo
and an empty turret socket she is highly customizable and capable of many tasks.
The empty turret socket can either be equipped with a turret or a lifeboat. The turret usually contains multiple weapon systems, such as, a short range laser, two missile canisters and a small sandcaster. A standard 2.75 ton life boat can be installed in the turret socket, such as the LB12/C or LB12/L produced by SSC. If no lifeboat is installed then Imperial regulations require that the air raft be capable of serving in that capacity.
An extra workstation is installed. This can be used either as a gunnery workstation to operate the turret or as a medic/stewards workstation. Part of the on board storage area can be used to house an MFD and/or LIDAR for the weapons systems. There is plenty of surplus power to operate the weapons systems (over 10MW).
The Penta has fuel scoops and can purify a full load of unrefined fuel in just over 8 hours. This makes the Penta ideal for use in situations where there are no sources for refined fuel.
This design includes several optional features: a radio jammer, drive masking and neutrino masking. If these are not installed the price drops to 21.811 MCr and the storage increases to 1.02 tons. The Neutrino signature drops to -1 and the speeds increase by 1 kph.
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