Orrimot Logistics Ship

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Orrimot Logistics Ship

design by Alvin Plummer

Every starfleet needs a vast number of these unglamourous ships - although you never seem to see them in "Imperial Stars", "Strike Fleet", or any of the other popular VR entertainment programs in the Imperium. Never mind that: without thousands and thousands of glorified cargo barges like these, the Imperial Navy would swiftly grind to a halt.

First built in 138, these flying bricks perfectly reflect the big, bulky and dour design philosophy of the Vilani. They also happen to be quite capable in their work: after all, 1000 years later they still serve in innumerable frontier fleets, as tankers and second-tier naval logstics vessels.

(In a pinch they can support Marine contigments, but lack the armour to serve in any more hostile environment than your typical bushfire rebellion. They also lack sufficent on-board cargo shuttles, and the Marines get to sleep in the cargo hold - hopefully modified to house them, rather than sleeping on the bare floor.

The Orrimot DOES at least have CG lifters, unlike most dedicated space tankers/freighters. So it can lift off, as well as land...)

These ships are rarely seen in civilian service: the two large hamster cages used to mimic gravity is rather unpopular among merchants, and civilian fuel stations have rendered tanker jumpships a poor economic gamble. Also, most merchants find the additional cost to maintain the inefficent dual fusion plants not worth the greater safety margin. And the 10 lifeboats are SO passe, and an unnecessary expense - although the crews doesn't seem to mind.

Well, the Orrimot is just the oldest and the most primitive of the vast (an I mean VAST) array of cargo/refuelers that has been built for the Imperial Navy over the centuries. "Ugly, stinky, and full of odd grinding noises" is the usual shorthand description. Cheap, also, for it's purpose: discounts on the price may hit 80%, since the basic model's so well known. Even it's base price is quite reasonable for a tanker of it's type, as it lacks expensive artificial gravity. For the cash-strapped colonial and planetary navies which need a handy jump-3 tanker/cargo ship, this is the way to go.

I would feel that it's unpopularity would stem from the hard-to-find part's and supplies it needs, as it was designed before most of the modern Imperial Naval Part's spec's were set. Fortunately, the Orrimot spec's are usually ancient ancestors to today's spec's, and the relationship is close enough so that, even if you can't find exactly what you're looking for, you can jury-rig something fairly easily.

Just don't expect to win any popularity contest with the Orrimot. Even the crew of Morraine free traders - who's TL A design isn't exactly cutting edge technology - enjoy sneering at the Orrimot's obvious hamster cages

"Ten liferafts? Obviously, you don't QUITE trust your pilot - not that I blame you, seeing the sorry excuse of a landing approach you made..." and overall cheapness."

"Yeah, just look for the Orrimot. You know, the building with the stubby wings slapped on it's sides. Watch out though, the crystaliron (giggleSNORT) hull's a bit rusty, chunks of it might lick your head if you bang on it too hard..."

However, Vilani with a sense of history and tradition (ie: all Vilani) will get a kick of crewing a Orrimot, extolling it's solid, no-nonsense stability and falling in love with it's profoundly ancient control interfaces

"Well, I don't know about this software..."

"What? WRITTEN CODE?" Shoves doubtful captain aside, look over code "Yes! Hold on a minute... maybe it's..." Praticaly explodes with joy on the bridge "JUMP TAPES! Genuine JUMP TAPES, without any of those cheap modern upgrades!"

Captain turns ashen. "You mean we have to buy blindingly expensive jumptapes for *every* *single* *system* we want to visit?" The Vilani engineer - with a delighted gleam in her eye - replies "Absolutely! Just like in The Good Old Days!"

Captains' eyes roll into her head as she crumples to the floor.

Actually, until Norris upgraded so many systems, there were several areas within the Spinward Marches where the Orrimot's technology and weaponry was actually superiour to anything locally produced (speaking of civilian ships, of course). Which goes to show why Marchmen were considered the poor and violent hicks of the Third Imperium - any system that can be dominated by an Orrimot is DEFINITELY out of the loop.

"The Spinward Marches are so poor, you could conquer half the worlds with nothing but a few Orrimot's and ten FGMP-15's."

"The Zho's seem to have a rough time of it..."

"No FGMP-15's."

In the Spinward Marches (pre-Rebellion), there were far more Orrimot's being used as refuellers to support C- and D-level ports then were actually used as cargo ships. (Sometimes, the only difference between them was that if the Orrimot's fuel refining equipment still worked, the port was cassified "C": if not, then it was "D")

Orrimot Logistics Ship

General Data

Displacement: 2500 tons	Hull Armor: 10
Length: 107 meters	Volume: 35,000 m³
Price: 756.483 MCr	Target Size: M
Configuration: Slab SL	Tech Level: 12
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 26,564/15,929

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 2 * 1250 Mw fusion (89 Mw/hit), 1 yr duration (174 Mw surplus)

Jump Performance: 3

Jump Fuel: 7000 m³

G-Rating: 1 (2000 Mw/g), CG lifters

G-Turns: 30.1 (51.2 w/jfuel, 77.5 w/jfuel, cargo fuel) 332.2 kl of fuel each G-turn

Maint: 1258

Electronics

Computer: 3 Standard TL-12 Computers (.4 Mw)

Commo: 1000 AU MAser (.6 Mw), 1000 AU Laser (.3 Mw), 30,000 Radio (1 Mw)

Avionics: TL 10+ Avionics

Sensors: 1000 AU MAser (.6 Mw), 1000 AU Laser (.3 Mw), 30,000 Radio (1 Mw)

ECM/ECCM: None

Controls: Bridge w/11 wstations, Engineering * 29

Armament

Offensive 5 * 120 Mj laser turrent (4: 1/9-27, 8:1/9-27, 16:1/6-9, 32:1/3-9) (Loc: 10 Arc: all 3.3 Mw, 1 Crew ea.)

Defensive: 5 * sandcasters (Loc:11 Arc:All 1 Mw, 1 Crew ea. 30 Cann., 1D10*5)

Master Fire Directors: None

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (4 MW)

Grav Compensation: 1 G in 2 hamster cages (600 kl each)

Crew: 53 (Engineer 29, Manuver 2, Electronics 2, Maintence 3, Gunnery 10, Command 7)

Crew Accommodations: 30 Small Staterooms

Passenger Accomadation: None

Other Facilities: None

Cargo: 8728 m³ (Usually used for fuel). Two fuel bladders: each holds 8720 kl. Folded, each takes up 436 kl. One's backup.

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 10 docking rings, each with a 5-ton liferaft

Air Locks:

Notes

Damage Tables



Surface Area
1       1-5   Radio Ant
          6  1 Maser Ant
             2 Laser   
             3-4 A-EMS
             5   P-EMS

Damage Area

1-5 Hold (Cargo or fuel)
6-7 Hold (Fuel)
8-9  1-4  Hold (Fuel)
     5-8  Hold (Liferaft)
     9-12 Hold (Cargo/Fuel, fuel bladder 1)
    13-16 Hold (Cargo/Fuel, fuel bladder 2)
    17-20 Hold (Fuel)

10-11  1-2  Wpns (10: Laser, 11: Sandcaster)
       3-14 Eng (fuel purifier)
      15-18 Eng (CG lifter)
      19-20 Hold (Fuel)
12-15 Hold (Fuel)
16-17  1-3 Elect
       4-8 Quarters
      9-20 Hold (Fuel)
18-19  1-7 Eng (power plant #1 in 18, #2 in 19)
      8-20 Eng (jump drive)
20     1-2 Eng (HEPlaR)
      3-20 Hold (Fuel)

System Damage

Elect
  Maser, Laser, Radio, A-EMS P-EMS      (1h) ant (1h)
Hold
  Cargo 88H (if loaded with cargo, rather than fuel)
Quarters
  Sm. Stateroom * 30       (2h) ea. 
  Life Support              15H
  Emergency L.S.             7H
Engineering    
  Jump Drive                35H ea.
  Power Plant * 2            7H
  HEPlaR                     2H
  ContraGrav                 8H
  Fuel Processing           38H
Weapons
  Laser * 5                  1H ea.
  Sandcasters * 5            1H ea.