Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleship

Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleship
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: BM Battleship
Category	BCS
Size	118,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Sphere Hull]]
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib.
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1180
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,028 120 Marines
Officers	91
Enlisted	817
Marines	120
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	300 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Sudi Verisian Navy
Year Operational	No information yet available.
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr119,022.055 (base) MCr95,217.644 (qty)
Architect fee	MCr1,190.221
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Images
Blueprint	No.
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battleship
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleship is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battleship.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleships serve with the navy of Sudi Verisia, an important world lying within the Distant Fringe region.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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	The Jeremiah O'Brien class is constructed using a 118,000 Ton hull built in a generally Spherical Configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. There are 86 airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has contoured and hardened ventral surfaces, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x1,028 personnel, including 120 Marines. x91 Officers, plus 5 Marine Officers. x817 Enlisted. Accomodations There are 514 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. There are 4 Low Berths. These function as a part of the ship's medical section. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-4 drive, and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-2 and 4-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 4. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and one additional consecutive Jump-1 (an "emergency retreat") and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive creates a jump bubble around the vessel. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/6fib: the vessel has a backup computer Model/6fib. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	1180 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Jeremiah O'Brien class is: x1 Type K spinal meson gun. x10 100-Ton bays, mounting Particle Accelerators. x40 100-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers. x200 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into 20 batteries of 10 linked turrets. x100 dual Plasma Gun turrets, typically grouped into 10 batteries of 10 linked turrets.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 10. x200 triple sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into 20 batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. It carries a backup nuclear damper and meson screen. x10 100-Ton bays, mounting Repulsors.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x4 30-Ton Ship's Boats x12 10-Ton Light Fighters The subcraft are housed in dedicated hangers: the hangers are sealable compartments with a total volume of 212 Tons. Vehicles x4 4-Ton Grav APCs. The APC hanger is a sealable compartment with a volume of 20.8 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 40,120 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr119,022.055 Architects Fee: MCr1,190.221
11.	Construction Time	211 weeks (49 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 300 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleships are part of the Sudi Verisian Navy, a part of the military forces of the world of Sudi Verisia. They can carry a platoon of four SV Warrior class 4T Grav Tanks.

Distant Fringe Vessels

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.

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.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

The vessels in the class are named for former First Admirals of the Sudi Verisian Navy and are numbered non-sequentially. They are the Jeremiah O'Brien (BB-02), the Chester G Morant (BB-05), the Ignasia de Socado (BB-06), and the Emilius Drakken (BB-08).

• 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. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Medium Battleship:

1. Type BM class Medium Battleship
   1. Connecticut class Medium Battleship
   2. Cordell class Battleship
   3. Dauntless class Battleship
   4. Domain class Medium Battleship
   5. Grendal class Battleship
   6. Harp class Battleship
   7. Hedron class Battleship
   8. Howe class Battleship
   9. Illinois class Battleship
   10. Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleship
   11. Joyeuse class Battleship
   12. Kalere class Dreadnought
   13. Kearsage class Battleship
   14. Maine class Battleship
   15. Malos Lobos class Battleship
   16. Minsk class Medium Battleship
   17. Murrain class Medium Battleship
   18. Prince Colin III class Medium Battleship
   19. Sylea class Battleship
   20. Sylean class Battleship
   21. Tenjada class Battleship
   22. Vander class Battleship
   23. Virginia class Battleship

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science