Harp class Battleship

Harp class Battleship
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: BM Battleship
Category	BCS
Size	100,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1,000
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	766 100 Marines
Officers	153
Enlisted	613
Marines	100
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.95 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr111,373.134 (base) MCr89,098.507 (qty)
Architect fee	MCr1,113.731
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	BM-0KS42
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battleship
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 Harp class Battleship is a heavy 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)

It is a vessel with 4-G and J-2 performance with a streamlined hull. The fully streamlined, and armored needle/wedge structure hull is fitted with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness ocean refueling. It has jump 2 range and 4 G acceleration with a 2 agility rating. It carries enough internal fuel for a jump 2 with a jump 1 reserve. They can carry a jump 2 drop tank as well for long range strikes into Sath Alliance territory when needed. It is tanker dependent for longer range fleet maneuvers. It carries a model 6 fib computer, a back up computer and extra screen generators in the event of battle damage.

• It carries heavy armament and an extensive defensive suite. They are armed with two particle accelerator bays, two repulsor bays, five hundred triple sand caster turrets, one hundred and twenty triple beam laser turrets, and one hundred and twenty dual fusion gun turrets. There are fourteen heavy missile bays and the most powerful meson spinal mount in the sector.
• It carries one company of 100 rapid response jump troops. It carries two 20 ton recovery boats to transport troops. They are supported by a squadron of ten 10 ton light fighters and a platoon of 4 dton Grav tanks.
• It has a 766 sophont crew and 100 marines.

Image Repository

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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	100,000 tons.
2.	Crew	x866 crew. x100 marines
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-2 4-G acceleration Power Plant-4 5,000-EPs Agility-4
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/6 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1,000 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: 120 triple beam laser turrets, 12 Factor-8 batteries Energy Weapons: 120 dual fusion gun turrets, 12 Factor-8 batteries Particle Accelerators: two large Factor-8 particle accelerator bays Meson Guns: Factor K spinal mount Missiles: fourteen Factor-9 large missile bays Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: factor 9 armor Meson Screens: x1 Factor-1 Meson Screen Nuclear Dampers: x1 Factor-1 Nuclear Damper Repulsors: two large Factor-6 repulsor bays Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	x10 10T Light Fighters, x2 20T Recovery Boats, x4 4T Grav Tanks, x70 Drop Capsules
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 35,000.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr111,373.134
11.	Construction Time	48 months to build, 44 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.0 tons. Many Ship's Lockers

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built by Pador after 208 weeks for the prototype and 167 weeks for the production models at huge expense. They are half the size of their big brothers the Pador class Dreadnoughts. In keeping with the Pador Military Forces fleet's internal security mission, this class was designed with a defensive mindset. 9 in service. Built to be the ships of the line for combat duty in the Far Home Sector, capable of acting as a strategic deterrent in the Distant Fringe.

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

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

• 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, Emeritus