Aethon class Light Fighter
Heavy Fighter | |
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Unpublished, non-canon smallcraft design. | |
Type: PH Heavy fighter | |
Size | 20 Tons |
Hull Configuration | [[Wedge Hull]] |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–9 |
Engineering | |
Computer | 2 |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 6 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 2 |
Officers | 2 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Distant Fringe |
Year Operational | None |
Price | |
Cost | MCr44.700 (base) MCr35.760 (discounted) |
Architect fee | MCrAde Stewart |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | PH-2A60 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | No |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Ade Alagoric Stewart |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. |
The Heavy Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.
- It is a paramilitary ship and a fighter.
- Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Description (Specifications)
The Heavy Fighter is a reliable vessel designed to mount energy weapons as its primary armament. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL-9 design.
Image Repository
A Firebolt class Heavy Fighter (top) and an Aethon class Heavy Fighter (bottom).
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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary. [1]
No. | Category | Remarks |
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1. | Tonnage | The Heavy Fighter is constructed using a 20 dTon hull built in a generally wedge-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving good atmospheric performance.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 2
Accommodations The cockpit is the only crew-accessible part of the ship: it is fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. The vessel has full life support and environmental systems.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a Maneuver-6 drive and a Power Plant-16, giving performance of 6-G acceleration and generating 3.6 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 4 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/2 Computer: no backup computer is installed.
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5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoint. |
6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for a Heavy Fighter is:
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7. | Defenses | The hull is unarmored.
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8. | Craft | The vessel carries no subcraft. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 3 Tons.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr44.700.
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11. | Construction Time | 24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard.
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12. | Comments | The vessel has no internal cargo capacity. |
History & Background (Dossier)
An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Heavy Fighter is durable and reliable. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems and onboard electronics. Despite their status as space fighters, designs of this type have airframe features, augmenting their handling characteristics within planetary atmospheres.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Individual designs of Heavy Fighter are named by the companies that produce them but these organizations generally draw on traditional naming protocols.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
- Heavy Fighter
- Bulwark class Heavy Fighter
- Esther class Heavy Fighter
References & Contributors (Sources)
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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) 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
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.