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Line 1: {{InfoBoxDropShip {{InfoBoxDropShip − | image = Jumbo Dropship HRW.jpg + | image = Jump.jpg − | name = ''Jumbo'' + | name = Jumbo | manufacturer = Various | manufacturer = Various − | production year=2423 (see Notes) + | production year=2343 | year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4410/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref> | year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4410/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref> | Use = Cargo Ship | Use = Cargo Ship − | Type = Civilian Spheroid + | Type = Civilian Spheriod | Tech Base = Inner Sphere | Tech Base = Inner Sphere | Mass = 14,800 | Mass = 14,800 | Structural Integrity = 11 | Structural Integrity = 11 − | Length = 94 + | Length = 94 meters − | Width = 82 + | Width = 82 meters − | Height = 89 + | Height = 89 meters − | Drive System = [[Fusion engine]] + | Drive System = [[Fusion Engine]] | Safe Thrust = 1.5 g | Safe Thrust = 1.5 g | Maximum Thrust = 2.5 g | Maximum Thrust = 2.5 g | Fuel (tons) = 400 tons | Fuel (tons) = 400 tons | Fuel (days) = 4.22 | Fuel (days) = 4.22 − | Armament = <span></span> + | Armament = 4 x [[AC/5]] <br/> 12 x [[Medium Laser]] <br/> − * 4x [[AC/5]] − * 12x [[medium laser]] | Armor = 32.5 Tons Standard Armor | Armor = 32.5 Tons Standard Armor − | Crew = 9 officers <br/> 36 enlisted/non-rated <br/> 7 gunners <br/> 10 bay personnel + | Crew = 9 Officers <br/> 36 Enlisted/Non-rated <br/> 7 Gunners <br/> 10 Bay personnel − | Passengers = <br/> 8 second class <br/> 10 steerage + | Passengers = <br/> 8 2nd-Class Passengers <br/> 10 Steerage Passengers | Heat Sinks = 67 | Heat Sinks = 67 | BV (1.0) = ??? | BV (1.0) = ??? | BV (2.0) = 1,857 | BV (2.0) = 1,857 }} }} − In its original [[2423]] version, the ''Jumbo'' could have been neither a [[Dropshuttle]] nor a [[DropShip]] in the technical sense; see [[Jumbo#Notes|Notes]] below.+ ==Description== ==Description== − First introduced by the [[Terran Hegemony]] in the early decades of the [[twenty-fifth century]], '''''Jumbo''''' soon became the name of a general [[DropShip]] concept rather than the name of a specific DropShip class, as manufacturers in every interstellar nation began to design and build their own versions. The ''Jumbo'' was born out of a combination of the rapid maturation of naval technologies and design philosophies that the colonization boom of the [[twenty-second Century|twenty-second]] and [[twenty-third Century|twenty-third centuries]] had seen along with the spiraling demand to move ever-increasing quantities of cargo to more and more worlds. The ''Jumbo'' would answer the escalating shipping costs that a constantly expanding human sphere was generating.<ref name="H:RWp218">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 218–219: "''Jumbo''-class DropShip"</ref> + First introduced by the [[Terran Hegemony]] in the early decades of the 25th century, '''Jumbo''' soon became the name of a general [[DropShip]] class rather than the name of a specific DropShip, as manufacturers in every interstellar nation began to design and build their own versions. The ''Jumbo'' was born out of a combination of the rapid maturation of naval technologies and design philosophies that the colonisation boom of the 22nd and 23rd centuries had seen along with the spiralling demand to move ever-increasing quantities of cargo to more and more worlds. The ''Jumbo'' would answer the escalating shipping costs that a constantly expanding human sphere was generating.<ref name="H:RWp218">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 218-219, "''Jumbo''-class DropShip"</ref> Capable of moving more than ten thousand metric tons of cargo, the ''Jumbo'' represented the pinnacle of civilian engineering for the era and would rule the interstellar space lanes for more than 200 years, until they were eventually replaced with the more modern ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip. Despite the debut of the ''Mule'', ''Jumbo''-class DropShips would remain in service until worn out, serving throughout the Succession Wars and into the modern era.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> Capable of moving more than ten thousand metric tons of cargo, the ''Jumbo'' represented the pinnacle of civilian engineering for the era and would rule the interstellar space lanes for more than 200 years, until they were eventually replaced with the more modern ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip. Despite the debut of the ''Mule'', ''Jumbo''-class DropShips would remain in service until worn out, serving throughout the Succession Wars and into the modern era.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> − Despite being designed for the civilian market, the ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips would move more than their share of military cargo as well during the closing years of the [[Age of War]] and the [[Reunification War]], as these hardy ships were capable of surviving limited combat operations and rough handling, and would appear at such events as the [[Malagrotta Affair|Malagrotta Incident]] and [[Case Amber|Case AMBER]].<ref name="H:RWp218"/><ref name="H:RWp67">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 67: "Malagrotta"</ref><ref name="H:RWp69">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 69: "Battle for Tentativa"</ref> + Despite being designed for the civilian market, the ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips would move more than their share of military cargo as well during the closing years of the [[Age of War]] and the [[Reunification War]], as these hardy ships were capable of surviving limited combat operations and rough handling, and would appear at such events as the [[Malagrotta Affair|Malagrotta Incident]] and [[Case Amber|Case AMBER]].<ref name="H:RWp218"/><ref name="H:RWp67">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 67, "Malagrotta"</ref><ref name="H:RWp69">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 69, "Battle For Tentativa"</ref> ==Armament & Capacities== ==Armament & Capacities== − The ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips mounts two [[medium laser]]s in every arc, with two [[AC/5|AC/5s]] mounted in the nose and another AC/5 in each of the forward arcs. Four tons of ammunition keep the AC/5s supplied for brief engagements, and the ship's hull is protected by 32.5 tons of standard armor. The ''Jumbo'' carries four [[Life Boat|Life Boats]] and two [[Escape Pod|escape pods]]. While the two small craft bays aboard the ''Jumbo'' were largely a holdover from previous DropShip designs that used small ships and cargo shuttles for unloading, these bays also give operators some flexibility when using a ''Jumbo''-class vessel.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> + The ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips mounts two [[medium laser|medium lasers]] in every arc, with two [[AC/5|AC/5s]] mounted in the nose and another AC/5 in each of the foreward arcs. 4 tons of ammunition keep the AC/5s supplied for brief engagements, and the ship's hull is protected by 32.5 tons of standard armor. The ''Jumbo'' carries four [[Life Boat|Life Boats]] and two [[Escape Pod|escape pods]]. While the two small craft bays aboard the ''Jumbo'' were largely a holdover from previous DropShip designs that used small ships and cargo shuttles for unloading, these bays also give operators some flexibility when using a ''Jumbo''-class vessel.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> ==Cargo== ==Cargo== − * Bay 1 - [[Small Craft]] (2) - 2 doors + *Bay 1 - [[Small Craft]] (2) - 2 doors − * Bay 2 - Cargo (1,331 tons) - 4 doors + *Bay 2 - Cargo (1,331 tons) - 4 doors − * Bay 3 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors + *Bay 3 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors − * Bay 4 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors + *Bay 4 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors − + − ==Notes== − *The ''Jumbo'' class DropShip as described is an anachronism, as its purported introduction year of 2423 predates the introduction of DropShips with [[K-F Booms]] by 39 years. Before that, DropShips did not exist as a class; their precursors were [[Dropshuttles]] which however were limited to a mass/size of no more than 5,000 tons as mandated by the maximum that the [[Dropshuttle Bay]]s on the primitive proto-JumpShips that carried them could handle. The ''Jumbo'' is described to have almost three times the maximum mass for a Dropshuttle.<br />A possible explanation could be that ''Jumbo''s existed as in-system vessels that were incapable of traveling or being carried to other star systems, but would be retrofitted into a proper DropShip design at some point once the technology became available after 2460. − ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> Line 53:
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{{InfoBoxDropShip | {{InfoBoxDropShip | ||
| − | | image = | + | | image = Jump.jpg |
| − | | name = | + | | name = Jumbo |
| manufacturer = Various | | manufacturer = Various | ||
| − | | production year= | + | | production year=2343 |
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4410/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref> | | year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4410/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref> | ||
| Use = Cargo Ship | | Use = Cargo Ship | ||
| − | | Type = Civilian | + | | Type = Civilian Spheriod |
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere | | Tech Base = Inner Sphere | ||
| Mass = 14,800 | | Mass = 14,800 | ||
| Structural Integrity = 11 | | Structural Integrity = 11 | ||
| − | | Length = 94 | + | | Length = 94 meters |
| − | | Width = 82 | + | | Width = 82 meters |
| − | | Height = 89 | + | | Height = 89 meters |
| − | | Drive System = [[Fusion | + | | Drive System = [[Fusion Engine]] |
| Safe Thrust = 1.5 g | | Safe Thrust = 1.5 g | ||
| Maximum Thrust = 2.5 g | | Maximum Thrust = 2.5 g | ||
| Fuel (tons) = 400 tons | | Fuel (tons) = 400 tons | ||
| Fuel (days) = 4.22 | | Fuel (days) = 4.22 | ||
| − | | Armament = | + | | Armament = 4 x [[AC/5]] <br/> 12 x [[Medium Laser]] <br/> |
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| Armor = 32.5 Tons Standard Armor | | Armor = 32.5 Tons Standard Armor | ||
| − | | Crew = 9 | + | | Crew = 9 Officers <br/> 36 Enlisted/Non-rated <br/> 7 Gunners <br/> 10 Bay personnel |
| − | | Passengers = <br/> 8 | + | | Passengers = <br/> 8 2nd-Class Passengers <br/> 10 Steerage Passengers |
| Heat Sinks = 67 | | Heat Sinks = 67 | ||
| BV (1.0) = ??? | | BV (1.0) = ??? | ||
| BV (2.0) = 1,857 | | BV (2.0) = 1,857 | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | First introduced by the [[Terran Hegemony]] in the early decades of the | + | First introduced by the [[Terran Hegemony]] in the early decades of the 25th century, '''Jumbo''' soon became the name of a general [[DropShip]] class rather than the name of a specific DropShip, as manufacturers in every interstellar nation began to design and build their own versions. The ''Jumbo'' was born out of a combination of the rapid maturation of naval technologies and design philosophies that the colonisation boom of the 22nd and 23rd centuries had seen along with the spiralling demand to move ever-increasing quantities of cargo to more and more worlds. The ''Jumbo'' would answer the escalating shipping costs that a constantly expanding human sphere was generating.<ref name="H:RWp218">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 218-219, "''Jumbo''-class DropShip"</ref> |
Capable of moving more than ten thousand metric tons of cargo, the ''Jumbo'' represented the pinnacle of civilian engineering for the era and would rule the interstellar space lanes for more than 200 years, until they were eventually replaced with the more modern ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip. Despite the debut of the ''Mule'', ''Jumbo''-class DropShips would remain in service until worn out, serving throughout the Succession Wars and into the modern era.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> | Capable of moving more than ten thousand metric tons of cargo, the ''Jumbo'' represented the pinnacle of civilian engineering for the era and would rule the interstellar space lanes for more than 200 years, until they were eventually replaced with the more modern ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip. Despite the debut of the ''Mule'', ''Jumbo''-class DropShips would remain in service until worn out, serving throughout the Succession Wars and into the modern era.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> | ||
| − | Despite being designed for the civilian market, the ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips would move more than their share of military cargo as well during the closing years of the [[Age of War]] and the [[Reunification War]], as these hardy ships were capable of surviving limited combat operations and rough handling, and would appear at such events as the [[Malagrotta Affair|Malagrotta Incident]] and [[Case Amber|Case AMBER]].<ref name="H:RWp218"/><ref name="H:RWp67">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 67 | + | Despite being designed for the civilian market, the ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips would move more than their share of military cargo as well during the closing years of the [[Age of War]] and the [[Reunification War]], as these hardy ships were capable of surviving limited combat operations and rough handling, and would appear at such events as the [[Malagrotta Affair|Malagrotta Incident]] and [[Case Amber|Case AMBER]].<ref name="H:RWp218"/><ref name="H:RWp67">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 67, "Malagrotta"</ref><ref name="H:RWp69">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 69, "Battle For Tentativa"</ref> |
==Armament & Capacities== | ==Armament & Capacities== | ||
| − | The ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips mounts two [[medium laser]] | + | The ''Jumbo''-class of DropShips mounts two [[medium laser|medium lasers]] in every arc, with two [[AC/5|AC/5s]] mounted in the nose and another AC/5 in each of the foreward arcs. 4 tons of ammunition keep the AC/5s supplied for brief engagements, and the ship's hull is protected by 32.5 tons of standard armor. The ''Jumbo'' carries four [[Life Boat|Life Boats]] and two [[Escape Pod|escape pods]]. While the two small craft bays aboard the ''Jumbo'' were largely a holdover from previous DropShip designs that used small ships and cargo shuttles for unloading, these bays also give operators some flexibility when using a ''Jumbo''-class vessel.<ref name="H:RWp218"/> |
==Cargo== | ==Cargo== | ||
| − | * Bay 1 - [[Small Craft]] (2) - 2 doors | + | *Bay 1 - [[Small Craft]] (2) - 2 doors |
| − | * Bay 2 - Cargo (1,331 tons) - 4 doors | + | *Bay 2 - Cargo (1,331 tons) - 4 doors |
| − | * Bay 3 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors | + | *Bay 3 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors |
| − | * Bay 4 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors | + | *Bay 4 - Cargo (4,400 tons) - 2 doors |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
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[[Category:DropShip classes]] | [[Category:DropShip classes]] | ||