A-4 Voodi class Strike Bomber

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A-4 Voodi class Strike Bomber
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Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: FS Strike Bomber
Category [[Smallcraft]]
Size 0-99 Tons
Hull Configuration Conical hull
Streamlining Streamlined
Tech Level TL–9
Engineering
Computer 3(2)
Jump J-0
Maneuver 6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 1
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 1
    Officers 1
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0.5 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Third Imperium
Price
Cost MCr42.865
MCr.34.292 in quantity
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart, Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration No
Source
Also see Bomber
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The A-4 Voodi class Strike Bomber is a combatant smallcraft.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The A-4 Bomber is a sleek, expensive black beauty designed for dual environment, deep penetration raids over enemy territory to deliver nuclear ordnance.

They lack a bridge which reduces the efficiency of the model/3 ship computer. Extensive ECM and stealth is integrated into the streamlined conical hull. Lightly armored with EMS baffling armor platelets, it has a triple missile rail weapons array. The majority of the cost is associated with the massive power plant. They have a small craft stateroom for extended range life support.

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans[edit]

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (of ten craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics[1]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull 20 tons.
2. Crew x1 crew: pilot.
3. Performance Propulsion:
4. Electronics Model 3(2) computer.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
7. Defenses Factor-1 hull armor.
8. Craft None
9. Fuel Treatment Fuel Scoops
10. Cost MCr42.865
MCr.34.292 in quantity.
11. Construction Time 24 weeks to build, 19 weeks in quantity.
12. Comments There is a squadron of this fighter deployed in the Tsorva (world) system.
  • Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.5 ton missile magazine.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The Enchanted Nist Fighter Squadron 174nd NFS, are one of the only units to still operate this fighter. These craft have long been removed from front line service and are only deployed in the lowest readiness level reserve units. They were carried into battle aboard Hyperion class Escort Carriers or based on system defense outposts.

Distant Fringe Vessels[edit]

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.[2]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.[2]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

Individual vessels are generally named by their crews.

  • Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
  • Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Spacefarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Smallcraft - Bomber:

  1. Type FB class Bomber
    1. A-4 Voodi class Strike Bomber

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
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