The Terran Mercantile Guild has finalized the design of it's new commercial jump carrier:
Holtzman class Heighliner 504,000 tons 4,193 Crew 35,049.8 BP TCS 10,080 TH 40,000 EM 0
3968 km/s JR 2-25(C) Armour 10-564 Shields 0-0 HTK 616 Sensors 14/18/0/0 DCR 11 PPV 0
MSP 2,043 Max Repair 1250 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 150,000 tons Cryogenic Berths 8,000
Admiral Control Rating 4 BRG AUX ENG PFC
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Flight Crew Berths 3,000
Guild JC504K Commercial Jump Drive Max Ship Size 504000 tons Distance 25k km Squadron Size 2
Guild Commercial Magnetic Fusion Drive EP5000.00 (8) Power 40000 Fuel Use 1.12% Signature 5000 Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 8,052,000 Litres Range 257.2 billion km (750 days at full power)
Guild CIWS-200 (8x10) Range 1000 km TS: 20,000 km/s ROF 5
Guild Active Search Sensor AS66-R100 (20%) (1) GPS 3600 Range 66.7m km Resolution 100
Guild Active Search Sensor AS14-R1 (20%) (1) GPS 36 Range 14.4m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
Guild Thermal Sensor TH1.0-14.0 (20%) (1) Sensitivity 14.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 29.6m km
Guild EM Sensor EM1.0-18.0 (20%) (1) Sensitivity 18.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 33.5m km
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
The new design is a bit more than twice the size of the previous class, with more than double the hangar capacity, four times the speed, and slightly improved range. Each ship requires about 40k tons of TN elements but are the largest ships produced by the Terran Mercantile Guild and are hugely important for interstellar commerce and military transport. Indeed, the new class will be the largest ever built in Guild space once completed. The keels of the first two ships of the new class, Princess Irulan and Lady Jessica, have just been laid down and construction will take about eight years to complete. At that point the long serving Pegasus and Stallion will be decommissioned and two additional Holtzmans will be constructed. Finally Bronco, the last ship of the Pegasus class, will be decommissioned once the two additional Holtzmans are complete. The previous Pegasus class served the Guild for nearly 400 years and it is hoped that the Holtzmans will last at least twice that long.
"A Heighliner is truly big. Its hold will tuck all our frigates and transports into a little corner - we'll be just a small part of the ship's manifest." - Duke Leto Atreides, Dune
