Esqua class Escort Corvette

Esqua class Escort Corvette
Firstworlds
Type: ECE Escort Corvette
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	800 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	Model/4 fib
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	8
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	22
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	6
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Firstworlds
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr699.718 in quantity=559.774
Architect fee	MCr6.997
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Destroyer
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 Esqua class Escort Corvette is a light warship.

It is a military ship and a Escort Corvette.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

It is an streamlined, conical structure hull fitted with scoops and on board fuel purification. The bridge is supported by a Model/4 fib ship computer, and the engines are capable of 5G acceleration and have 3-Agility. These ships carry enough internal fuel for four jumps. The design is capable of ocean wilderness refueling unassisted.

They carry a triple sand caster turret, two triple beam laser turrets, two plasma guns firing in a point defense role, and four triple missile turrets for offense. For defense, the hull is armored to resist minor surface explosions.
It has no subcraft. Billeted aboard is a boarding party of six marines.
It has a crew of 22 sophonts.

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans[edit]

Widely regarded as a beautiful design even among admiring enemy crews. They are majestic and proud, streamlined combat hulls in a livery of black, green and bold yellow stripes over ablative and energy absorbent armored platelets. There are six forward hunter-killer torpedo tubes and another six more aft. The triple sand casters are in a tail gunner pod packed with jammers and ECM counter measures. The massive maneuver drive nacelles are swept outriggers under each wing. There are sentinel dorsal and ventral remote triple beam laser turrets for anti-shipping fire missions. The angry plasma guns are tucked under the chin for furious, high intensity point defense fires. The matte black nose is a crooked needle hiding a fire control sensor farm of antennae and synthetic aperture EMS doppler arrays. Crew morale is generally very good and most love these vessels and are fiercely loyal to them.

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]
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	800 tons.
2.	Crew	22 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-1 5-G acceleration 360.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-5 40-EPs Agility-3
4.	Electronics	Model/4 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x8 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: factor 3 Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr699.718.
11.	Construction Time	112 weeks to build, 90 weeks in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

This design is a product of the orbital boatyards of Garin (Far Home 0910), and represent one of the minor combatants of their fleet. This design serves with the Firstworlds fleet. Two of these ships can be carried aboard Garin class Light Carriers, for extended range scouting far beyond the border. In Service: 100.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:

Type EC class Close Escort

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.

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

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