Pyracantha class Armored Merchant

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This is in response to the CT Mercenary Cruiser Design Derby proposal in message 1287 (yeah, from January 2000, but better late than never). This is an armored merchant that could carry a 40 member mercenary contingent.
Ship: Pyracantha
Class: Pyracantha
Type: Armored Merchant
Architect: Joseph Kimball
Tech Level: 13

USP
         MA-6632432-440000-54004-0 MCr 449.926 600 Tons
Bat Bear             1     11  1   Crew: 13
Bat                  1     11  1   TL: 13

Cargo: 10 Passengers: 20 Fuel: 204 EP: 24 Agility: 2
Craft: 1 x 20T Launch, 1 x 10T vehicle
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Backups: 1 x Model/3fib Computer 1 x Bridge

Architects Fee: MCr 4.359   Cost in Quantity: MCr 362.741


Detailed Description (High Guard Design)

HULL
600.000 tons standard, 8,400.000 cubic meters, Flattened Sphere Configuration

CREW
Pilot, Navigator, 3 Engineers, 3 Stewards, Medic, 4 Gunners

ENGINEERING
Jump-3, 2G Manuever, Power plant-4, 24.000 EP, Agility 2

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/3 Computer
1 Backup Bridge, 1 Model/3fib Backup Computer

HARDPOINTS
6 Hardpoints

ARMAMENT
2 Triple Missile Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4),
2 Triple Beam Laser Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-5),
1 Single Fusion Gun Turret organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4)

DEFENCES
1 Triple Sandcaster Turret organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4),
Armoured Hull (Factor-4)

CRAFT
1 20.000 ton Launch (Crew of 0, Cost of MCr 14.000),
1 10.000 ton vehicle (Crew of 0, Cost of MCr 0.000)

FUEL
204 Tons Fuel (3 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
30 Staterooms, 20 Low Berths, 20 High Passengers, 10 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
1 Medical Bay (2.000 tons, Crew 0, Cost MCr 2.000)

COST
MCr 440.285 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 4.359), MCr 348.741 in Quantity,
plus MCr 14.000 of Carried Craft

CONSTRUCTION TIME
99 Weeks Singly, 79 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS
The Pyracantha class armored merchant was designed as a more survivable 
variant of the Tanzanite class Type M subsidized liner (q.v.).  It uses the same 
hull form, and a generally similar deck layout.  The most obvious external 
difference between the Tanzanite and Pyracantha classes is the latter's 
substitutioin of a narrow, armored bridge window instead of the two deck tall 
"jewel" window for the Tanzanite's passenger lounge.

The addition of significant armoring on the Pyracantha class has resulted in the 
loss of stateroom windows all over the ship, a shifting inward of all habitable 
spaces, and moving some of the crew quarters from deck 2 to deck 4, and the 
substitution of a backup bridge where the passenger lounge is on the 
Tanzanites.  Stronger internal bracing and more comprehensive subdivision of 
the ship makes the Pyracantha class fell more cramped than the Tanzanites.

Pyracanthas have a dedicated "garage" on deck 1 for an vehicle of up to 10 
tons displacement.  The garage has a cargo door/ramp allowing the AFV to 
exit directly to the landing field.  The garage can be used for cargo if no craft is 
carried.  The cost of a vehicle for the garage is not included in the purchase 
price of the ship.  Pyracanthas also have a 2 ton medical bay on deck 1 which 
has a single operating table that the doctor is able to use to quickly stabilize 
most injuries that are not immediately fatal, and place the patient in either a low 
berth or in a stateroom (depending on type and amount of damage).  Small 
engineering areas, airlocks, and turrets are on the outriggers/wingtips which 
touch the ground outboard of the main deck 1 area.  There is a passage from 
each wingtip along the forward edge of the wing leading to the deck 3 
passenger areas.

Deck 2 is mostly crew quarters and engineering.

Deck 3 has the backup bridge, which is used to coordinate mercenary 
activities on the ground if the vessel is used by a mercenary company.  This 
deck also has passenger quarters, fuel, cargo space, the backup 
computer, the main engineering space, and the bay for the ship's Launch.  
One of the ship's crew is normally given a secondary job of piloting the 
Launch.

Deck 4 is mostly passenger quarters and fuel.

Deck 5 is the main bridge, the main computer, and the upper airlock.  There is 
also a small crawlspace leading back to an access to the ship's Launch bay.

Pyracanthas are used by some mercenary companies that feel the armor, 
Fusion turret, and streamlining make up for the otherwise somewhat less 
capable ship in comparison to the typical Type C mercenary cruiser.  In 
mercenary use, the three stewards are typically not employed, and the twenty
staterooms are used by up to 40 mercenaries.  Pyracanthas are also used by captains
that advertise a "get you there - guaranteed" type of service.  A small number of
Pyracanthas have been used as yachts for adventurous nobles.  There are also rumors
of its use by various intelligence services (both Imperial and megacorp).
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