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====== Jump Tender ======

Designed to carry other ships through jump space.

50,000t


^ MASS   | 50,000 ^ HULL | 27,500 ^ Armour | 0 ^
^ Thrust | 1      ^ Jump | 4      ^ Power  | 16,500 ^



^ TL 14            ^ Jump Tender                        ^ TONs   ^ Power    ^ MCr    ^
| **Hull**         | 50,000 tons, Close Structure       |      - |   10,000 |  2,500 |
| **M-Drive**      | Thrust 1 (-30% size)               |    350 |    5,000 |  1,500 |
| **J-Drive**      | Jump 4 (reduced fuel, -5%)         |  5,005 |   20,000 |  8,250 |
| **Power Plant**  | Fusion, (-20% size, 16,500)        |    880 |  -16,500 |  1,375 |
| :::              | High Efficiency Batteries (20,400) |    340 |        - |     68 |
| **Fuel**         | Jump Fuel, J-4                     | 19,000 |        - |      - |
| :::              | Power Planet Fuel, 4 weeks         |     88 |        - |      - |
| **Bridge**       |                                    |     60 |        - |    250 |
| **Staterooms**   | Standard x 160 (crew)              |    640 |        - |     80 |
| **Docking Bays** | Full Hanger, 10,000 of craft       | 20,000 |        - |  4,000 |
| **Cargo**        | 2,000t                             |  2,000 |        - |      - |


Total cost (so far): MCr18,023 (MCr1,500/month running costs)

190 Engineers
50 Mechanics
25 Administrators
3 Medics
20 officers

Crew costs: 959,500/month

==== Cost Effectiveness ====

Assume that it can buy fuel at half price because it's buying in bulk, and has its own fuel providers it can use at several worlds. For a J-4 trip, it's using 19,000t of fuel, at Cr250 - a total of Cr4,750,000.

It can carry 10,000t of craft, and assume it charges by the tonne, so at full load that's Cr475/t.

Let's say it charges Cr150/t/parsec. That's triple what a ship normally pays, but it's quicker.

It may also make money by taking freight. That's normally paid at Cr7,000/tonne. That's potentially MCr14. So even with half a cargo hold, it pays for travel and anything it makes from carrying ships is a bonus.

Ships it carry can also carry cargo, so though it's expensive, they can probably normally offset costs by taking freight themselves.

It stays 3 days at each port, refuelling and loading cargo and ships.