Gem class Close Escort

Gem class Close Escort
TBD
Type: ECE Close Escort
Category	ACS
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	5
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	12
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	TBD Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Mische Conglomerate
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCrTBD
Architect fee	MCrEmoki
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Gem class Close Escort is a light warship.

• It is a military ship.

Description (Specifications)

They are typical close escorts and armed with pulse lasers and fusion weapons. They are typically found in a squadron of 2 to 4 ships escorting smaller Mische merchant ships between systems.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics

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 subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	500 tons.
2.	Crew	12.
3.	Performance	TBD.
4.	Electronics	TBD.
5.	Hardpoints	5 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	TBD.
7.	Defenses	TBD.
8.	Craft	TBD.
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD.
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months.
12.	Comments	None.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Mische Conglomerate has 38 of these ships in service and builds 2 or 3 per year.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:

1. Type EC class Close Escort
   1. Athune class Close Escort
   2. Breaker class Corvette
   3. Bunker class Close Escort
   4. Convoyer class Close Escort
   5. Cozzi class Corvette
   6. Durt class Escort Corvette
   7. Egek'aa class Corvette
   8. Emerald class Escort Corvette
   9. Eradicator class Escort Corvette
   10. Esqua class Escort Corvette
   11. Gazelle class Close Escort
   12. Gem class Close Escort
   13. Grisha class Corvette
   14. Hatchet class Light Corvette
   15. Hopkins class Escort Corvette
   16. Javelin class Escort Corvette
   17. Jimenez class Escort Corvette
   18. KE8 Blockade class Lancer
   19. KE9 Unleashed class Escort Corvette
   20. Kotaka class Escort Corvette
   21. Lancer class Corvette
   22. Malcolm class Corvette
   23. Mongoose class Close Escort
   24. Patrol class Close Escort
   25. Qatan class Escort Corvette
   26. Risa class Close Escort
   27. Shalis class Patrol Corvette
   28. Sieno class Close Escort
   29. Sii'kha class Escort Corvette
   30. Stalwart class Corvette
   31. Sultanhisar class Escort Corvette
   32. TC9 Forgald class Escort Corvette
   33. Toad SR7T class Yacht / Warsloop
   34. Type CE class Close Escort
   35. Type EC class Corvette
   36. Vaward class Close Escort
   37. Wasinki class Corvette
   38. Wyvern class Escort Corvette
   39. Xebec class Explorer

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Enoki
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science