Biter class Close Escort

Biter class Close Escort
Type: EL Close Escort
Category	ACS
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	18
Officers	3
Enlisted	7
Marines	8
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	17.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Sword Worlds Confederation
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr653.534
Architect fee	MCr6.535
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	EL-ES22
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Escort
Canon	Unpublished, fan design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 Biter class Close Escort is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Close Escort.

Description (Specifications)

Although this ship was designed as a close escort, it is slow. It saving grace is that it carries heavy armor and can withstand more massive punishments than most ships of its class.

Image Repository

1. A fictional chit in the style of Fifth Frontier War representing a squadron of Biter class Close Escorts. The color of the counter indicates its allegiance to the Sword Worlds Confederation.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

It carries a squad of marines for boarding actions and an assault sled for ground attacks, which provides it with a more flexible mission profile.

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. Streamlined cone configuration.
2.	Crew	18 crew. x3 Officers, x7 Enlisted. x8 Marines. Accommodations x9 Staterooms.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 2-G acceleration Power Plant-2 20-EPs Agility-0, Emergency Agility-2
4.	Electronics	Bridge. Model/6 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x5 hardpoints. x5 dedicated to turrets.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for a Biter class is: Beam Lasers: x2 triple turrets forming 1 battery of two linked turrets. Plasma Guns: x2 dual turrets forming 2 batteries each of one turret. Missiles: x1 triple turret forming 1 battery of one turret.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Heavy Armor: factor 11. The vessel does not have screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft / Drones	x1 4-ton Grav Sled.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Tankage: 120 tons. Fuel Scoops. The vessel is not equipped with a Fuel Purification Plant.
10.	Cost	MCr653.534 MCr522.827 in quantity. Architect's Fee: MCr6.535
11.	Construction Time	20 months to build.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 17.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: The class are named for astrographic and geographical features within the Biter system.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Light Escort:

1. Type EL class Light Escort
   1. Biter class Close Escort
   2. C-4 class Interceptor
   3. Chasseur class Close Escort
   4. Cleaver class Close Escort
   5. Edinburgh class Light Frigate
   6. Eitehr class Frigate
   7. Ekawsiykua class Escort
   8. Freya class Patrol Cutter
   9. K'Thud class Warship
   10. Kalarak class Lancer
   11. Kalaron class Escort
   12. Kearsarge class Close Escort
   13. Lancer class Light Escort
   14. Oppenheimer class Light Escort
   15. Osa class Missile Sloop
   16. Plokl class Escort
   17. Primarch class Ketch
   18. Reckless Errand class Close Escort
   19. Rift class War Galley
   20. Samardin class Patrol Sloop
   21. Sargon class Close Escort
   22. Turku class Light Escort
   23. Type 043 Yuan class Mine Countermeasure Ship
   24. Type-21 class Missile Sloop
   25. Wolf class Strike Escort
   26. Yarra class War Sloop

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