Beacon class Gun Boat
| Beacon class Gun Boat | |
|---|---|
 Distant Fringe vessel. | |
| Type: FH Heavy Fighter | |
| Category | [[Smallcraft]] |
| Size | 80 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[Needle Hull]] |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/TBD |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 5 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 2 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 0.2 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Nexus Fleet Forces |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr168.250 (base) MCr134.600 (qty) |
| Architect fee | MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr. |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Gun Boat |
| 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 Beacon class Gun Boat is a combatant smallcraft.
- It is a military ship and a Fighter.
Description (Specifications)
Beacon class Gun Boat are a large, expensive, fighters.
- It is a smallcraft.
They have a streamlined needle/wedge hull capable of atmospheric operations and is fitted with fuel scoops for ocean refueling. They offer 5G acceleration, but lack agility. This, despite the large power plant. Power goes to the fusion guns and the computer. They are armed with a pair of fusion guns. The two man crew share a small craft stateroom for extended life support on long system patrols. They are part of the Nexus Fleet Forces and mount a model 6 computer adjacent to the bridge. Although they have been pressed into service as close air support for marine units, their lack of hull armor leaves them vulnerable to ground fire. These are not the preferred dog fighter in the fleet.
Image Repository
No information yet available.
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. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | TBD tons. |
| 2. | Crew | TBD crew. |
| 3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/TBD fib computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | xTBD hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | No information yet available. |
| 8. | Craft | TBD |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | TBD |
| 10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Comments | TBD
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History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
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.[3]
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.[4]
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Individual vessels are generally named by their crews.
- 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. Spacefarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Paramilitary Vessel - Scout/Courier:
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), 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
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak