Arden class System Defense Boat

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Arden class System Defense Boat
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Federation of Arden vessel.
Type: SB System Defense Boat
Size 2,900 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–8
Engineering
Computer Model/2 bis
Jump J-0
Maneuver 5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 29
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 54
    Officers 11
    Enlisted 43
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 50.0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Federation of Arden
Price
Cost MCr4,252.800 (base)
MCr3,402.240 (qty)
Architect fee MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile Not applicable
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration Yes.
Source
Also see System Defense Boat
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Reference Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Arden class System Defense Boat is a defensive warship and a bigcraft.

Description (Specifications)

This vessel is a streamlined needle/wedge configuration hull to provide defense versus meson armed combatants. The hull carries as much armor as possible the only other defense is four triple sand caster turrets grouped as a battery. A set of five triple pulse laser turrets can target up to fifteen targets to blunt missile strikes and fend off fighters. The major weaponry is a pair of massive weapon bays. One is allocated for missiles and the other is a particle accelerator. The 5G main drive allows fair agility. The model/2 bis computer is seen as a tactical limitation . There is a large fifty ton cargo bay that allows some flexibility. Extra troops, vehicles, and supplies can be moved around the system to support defensive operations needed to maintain the system's strict neutrality.

Image Repository

Arden class SDB.jpg
A heavily armored Arden class SDB.

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage 2900 tons. Streamlined wedge.
2. Crew Total Crew Complement: 54.
3. Performance The vessel mounts a Maneuver-5 drive and a Power Plant-7, giving performance of 5-G acceleration and producing 203 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 4 and an emergency agility of 5. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2bis Computer: there is a backup Model/2bis Computer.
5. Hardpoints x29 hardpoints.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for an Arden class is:

x1 100-Ton Bay mounting a Particle Accelerator.

x1 100-Ton Bay mounting a heavy Missile launcher.

x5 triple Pulse Laser turrets, arranged as five independent batteries each of a single turret.

7. Defenses The hull is plated and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 8.

x4 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into one battery of 4 linked turrets

The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.

8. Craft The vessel has no subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 203 dTons.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr4,252.800.
  • Architects Fee: MCr42.528
  • If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr3,402.240.
11. Construction Time TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12. Comments TBD
  • Standard cargo capacity amounts to 50.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Arden class System Defense Boat is a reliable System Defense Boat that has seen much action. The Federation of Arden builds and maintains as large a system defense force as it can afford. The linchpin of the Federation Defense Fleet is a class of large system defense boats which strain the local TL–8 ship building capabilities. Despite it's lower Tech Level (TL-8), it often rebuilt with modernized ship weaponry (...typically to a TL:13-15 standard) and are still often a potent threat, even to top-of-the-line warships.

The Federation of Arden is believed to operate at least four of these intrasystem boats.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Arden-class vessels are typically named after great generals or admirals from nearby mainworlds.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - System Defense Boat:

  1. Type SB class System Defense Boat
    1. Arden class System Defense Boat

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