Taj-Mahal class
This beautiful starship might be a billionaire’s toy or a rich corporate yacht. Using a streamlined hull that masses 1,000 tons (SM +8) and reaches 90 meters long, no expense has been spared to create a private craft that’s both luxurious and powerful. It has a small ballroom, a pool, and even a garden. Habitat space includes both luxury cabins and plainer accommodations for crew or servants. The diamondoid armor of the hull makes the entire ship a glittering jewel and also gives its owner protection better than some naval frigates! Vessels are named after splendid works of architecture.
Front Hull System
- [1] Diamondoid Armor.
- [2] Open Space (garden).
- [3] Open Space (ballroom).
- [4] Habitat (three luxury cabins).
- [5] Habitat (bar, gym, briefing room, three offices).
- [6] Habitat (three luxury cabins).
- [core] Control Room (C9 computers, comm/sensor 8, four control stations).
Central Hull System
- [1] Diamondoid Armor.
- [2!] Medium Battery (one turret with 10 MJ rapid fire improved UV laser; 30 tons cargo).
- [3] Habitat (six cabins).
- [4] Habitat (three-bed automed sickbay, three bunkrooms).
- [5] Light force screen
- [6] Fusion Reactor (two Power Points).
Rear Hull System
- [1] Diamondoid Armor.
- [2-4!] Stardrive Engines (FTL-1.5 each).
- [5!] Hot Reactionless Engine(10G acceleration).
- [6] Engine Room (one workspace).
- [core] Fusion Reactor (two Power Points).
The vessel has artificial gravity and gravitic compensators.
The normal crew complement consists of three bridge crew (captain/navigator, pilot, and engineering officer), a gunner, a ship’s doctor, a gardener, and an engine-room technician. A chief steward and at least four attendants take care of the owner’s and guests’ needs. Some crew may be cross trained for security duties, or there may be a dedicated close protection team of bodyguards quartered with the crew and servants.
TL | Spacecraft | dHP | Hnd/SR | HT | Mv | LWt. | Load | SM | Occ | dDR | Spd | Cost | Prod/Inv | Notes |
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11 | Taj Mahal-Class | 70(50) | -1/5 | 13 | 10G | 1,000 | 30 | +8 | 36ASV | 40 +580 | 4.5x | $80.6M | 16k/78k | This is the ultimate new luxury yacht for the lesser noble houses and the lesser members of the great houses. |