150-dTon J2 M2 Pioneer Class Survey Ship

[Sageryne]

Hi all,

Robert Pearce from Yet Another Traveller Blog has been busy. Together we have been creating new vessels using his geomorph system. The most recent ship is a 150-dTon Pioneer Class Survey Ship. This an old Solomani class now out of service and found in large numbers on the used ship market.

You can find the PDF here: https://travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/pioneer-class-survey-ship.html

Enjoy

- Kerry

 

[Sageryne]

One person on Facebook asked "where is the fuel." This was my answer:

The central section of the ship (SC-13 in the geomorphs book) is 68 dTons. Dividing that by a 3m thick deck, you get 22.3 tons per metre of a 3m deck. If the fuel total is 32 tons and you subtract 7 tons for the taper between the main deck and the cargo deck (the triangular blue sections shown in this cross-section), then you still need 25 tons of fuel. I would add 0.4m of fuel (about 9 dTons) in a thin deck above the main deck, 0.4m of fuel between the main deck and the cargo deck (another 9 dTons), some in the wings like a plane (4 dTons), and some behind the fuel scoop (3 dTons).

The fuel is in blue.