Dzen class Strike Cruiser

Dzen class Strike Cruiser
TBD
Type: CS Strike Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	17,600 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/7 fib
Jump	J-5
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	176
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	156
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	12 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Vargr Extents
Price
Cost	MCr15,673.687 Qty: MCr 12,538.95
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Cruiser
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Dzen class Strike Cruiser is a warship.

It is a military ship and a Strike Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

The hull is large by Vargr standards and the ship is more advanced than several classes of larger Vargr warships. The hull is a very lightly armored, streamlined needle/wedge fitted with fuel scoops and purification refineries for ocean refueling. Ship's vehicles include: two 25 ton Gigs which are occasionally replaced with light fighter/interceptors. There are twenty particle accelerator barbettes firing as two batteries, a light meson gun spinally mounted, eleven batteries of triple missile turrets for launching anti-shipping torpedoes, ten dual fusion gun turrets firing as a single battery, and twenty triple pulse laser turrets fire as two batteries. The screens are near maximum for this TL–14 design. There are 6 triple sand caster turrets in single battery to compensate for the thin armor (carbon nanotube mesh over forged aluminum and titanium platelets) on the hull. The jump 5 capacity is essential in its role as a light strike cruiser, however, it lumbers without agility and has only 3-G's acceleration. The smaller power plant, combined with the massive power draw of the meson gun are blamed. The Model/7 fib computer is slightly out of date, and it is fitted military grade sensors, adjacent to the bridge.

Image Repository

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	xTBD crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/7 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft / Subcraft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	No information yet available. Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Dzen class Strike Cruiser is a warship primarily serving within the Vargr Extents.

Serving with the Vargr Navy this design is a class of smaller strike cruiser, optimized for long range penetration raids. They are inexpensively built at a shipyard in the Ksethu (world) system. There has been no official explanation for the odd hull size. Rumors persist that it involved a labor dispute over hull grade metal ore refinery quotas versus foundry overtime pay.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Strike Cruiser:

Type CS class Strike Cruiser

References & Contributors (Sources)

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Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
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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.

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

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