Xebec class Explorer
Xebec class Explorer | |
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TBD | |
Type: EC Provincial Cruiser | |
Size | 1,000 Tons |
Hull Configuration | [[Sphere Hull]] |
Streamlining | Partially Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–13 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/2 |
Jump | J-2 |
Maneuver | 2 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 10 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 17 |
Officers | 5 |
Enlisted | 12 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 300.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Izrats Kriezhlas Unity |
Price | |
Cost | MCr394.649 Qty: 315.719 |
Architect fee | MCr3.946 |
Statistics | |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | No |
Source | |
Also see | Explorer Vessel |
Canon | Published, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. |
The Xebec class Explorer is an armed starship.
- It is a paramilitary ship and a heavily armed Scout Vessel or Provincial Cruiser.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Xebec class is an inexpensive, partially streamlined spherical hulled starship. There is a vast cargo hold for merchant trading and for extended scouting expeditions. Ship's vehicles include a pair of ten ton light fighters, two G-carriers, two air rafts, and two fifty ton cutters. The crew includes a pilot/captain, navigator, science/medical officer, six flight/vehicle crew, four engineers, and four gunners. It carries no marines. There are seventeen individual staterooms for crew comfort and to avoid crowding. The ship is equipped for wilderness refueling. Equipped with only a modest model/2 computer.
Although it is a TL–13 design it is limited to Jump-2 range, and has 2-Gs of acceleration and no agility. It is armed with four triple missile turrets, two triple beam laser turrets, two double fusion gun turrets, and two triple sand caster turrets for defense.
Image Repository[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 subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | 1,000 tons. |
2. | Crew | x17 crew. |
3. | Performance / Engineering | Propulsion:
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4. | Main Section / Electronics | Model/2 computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | x10 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | two triple sand caster turrets. |
8. | Craft / Subcraft | x2 50T Cutters, x2 8T G-Carriers, x2 4T Air Rafts, x2 10T Light Fighters |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification |
10. | Cost | MCr394.649. |
11. | Construction Time | 30 months to build, 24 months in quantity. |
12. | Remarks | No information yet available.
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
It was built for the Izrats Kriezhlas Unity, it carries a frozen watch, and it appears to be Vlazhdumecta crewed.
- Number in Class: 4
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:
- Type EC class Close Escort
- Athune class Close Escort
- Breaker class Corvette
- Bunker class Close Escort
- Convoyer class Close Escort
- Cozzi class Corvette
- Durt class Escort Corvette
- Egek'aa class Corvette
- Emerald class Escort Corvette
- Eradicator class Escort Corvette
- Esqua class Escort Corvette
- Gazelle class Close Escort
- Gem class Close Escort
- Grisha class Corvette
- Hatchet class Light Corvette
- Hopkins class Escort Corvette
- Javelin class Escort Corvette
- Jimenez class Escort Corvette
- KE8 Blockade class Lancer
- KE9 Unleashed class Escort Corvette
- Kotaka class Escort Corvette
- Lancer class Corvette
- Malcolm class Corvette
- Mongoose class Close Escort
- Patrol class Close Escort
- Qatan class Escort Corvette
- Risa class Close Escort
- Shalis class Patrol Corvette
- Sieno class Close Escort
- Sii'kha class Escort Corvette
- Stalwart class Corvette
- Sultanhisar class Escort Corvette
- TC9 Forgald class Escort Corvette
- Toad SR7T class Yacht / Warsloop
- Type CE class Close Escort
- Type EC class Corvette
- Vaward class Close Escort
- Wasinki class Corvette
- Wyvern class Escort Corvette
- Xebec class Explorer
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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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: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.