Convoyer class Close Escort
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| Convoyer class Close Escort | |
|---|---|
 Non-canon fan design. | |
| Type: ECE Close Escort | |
| Category | [[ACS]] |
| Size | 1,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[Needle Hull]] |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | 6 fib |
| Jump | J-3 |
| Maneuver | 6 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 10 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 49 with 24 Marines |
| Marines | 24 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 11 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Anubian Trade Coalition |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr1,033.639 Qty: MCr 826.911 |
| Architect fee | MCr10.336 |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| 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 Convoyer class Close Escort is a warship.
- It is a military ship and a Close Escort.
Description (Specifications)
This design can escort friendly merchants and conduct commerce raiding when needed. It is not intended to stand against ships of the line.
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) where necessary. [1]
| #. | Category | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tonnage | 1,000 |
| 2. | Crew | 49 |
| 3. | Performance | It is capable of a single Jump-3 and 6-Gs acceleration with a streamlined needle/wedge hull. |
| 4. | Electronics | It carries a model 6 fib computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | It is equipped with ten turrets. |
| 6. | Armament | A dual fusion gun turret provides point defense. Four triple missile turrets fire as a single battery and four triple beam laser turrets are grouped into two batteries. |
| 7. | Defenses | There is a single triple sand caster turret for defense. |
| 8. | Craft | It carries a pair of light fighters to scout systems and to enhance its firepower. They can also be used to support the small marine platoon. The marines are equipped with drop capsules and a pair of 20 ton recovery boats for dust off and retrieval. There is a 4 ton air raft as well. |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | It is fitted with fuel scoops and fuel purification refineries. |
| 10. | Cost | 1,033.639 |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD |
| 12. | Comments | The hangar deck can be used for cargo when the fighters are not required. |
History & Background (Dossier)
Built for the Anubian Trade Coalition, this multi-role design serves in all five fleet squadrons.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:
- Type EC class Close Escort
- Athune class Close Escort
- Breaker class Corvette
- Bunker class Close Escort
- Convoyer class Close Escort
- Cozzi class Corvette
- Durt class Escort Corvette
- Egek'aa class Corvette
- Emerald class Escort Corvette
- Eradicator class Escort Corvette
- Esqua class Escort Corvette
- Gazelle class Close Escort
- Gem class Close Escort
- Grisha class Corvette
- Hatchet class Light Corvette
- Hopkins class Escort Corvette
- Javelin class Escort Corvette
- Jimenez class Escort Corvette
- KE8 Blockade class Lancer
- KE9 Unleashed class Escort Corvette
- Kotaka class Escort Corvette
- Lancer class Corvette
- Malcolm class Corvette
- Mongoose class Close Escort
- Patrol class Close Escort
- Qatan class Escort Corvette
- Risa class Close Escort
- Shalis class Patrol Corvette
- Sieno class Close Escort
- Sii'kha class Escort Corvette
- Stalwart class Corvette
- Sultanhisar class Escort Corvette
- TC9 Forgald class Escort Corvette
- Toad SR7T class Yacht / Warsloop
- Type CE class Close Escort
- Type EC class Corvette
- Vaward class Close Escort
- Wasinki class Corvette
- Wyvern class Escort Corvette
- Xebec class Explorer
References & Contributors (Sources)
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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- 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.