Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat

Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat
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Type: HSVL System Defense Boat
Category	ACS
Size	2,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	7fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	20
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	88 with 50 marines
Officers	16
Enlisted	72
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	30.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Talokan Armed Forces
Manufacturer	Petros Felix Electric Boat Werks, Inc, LLC
Price
Cost	MCr2,792.675 in quantity MCr2,234.14
Statistics
Images
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat is a warship:

• It is a military ship and an System Defense Boat.

Description (Specifications)

The Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat is a heavily armored streamlined needle/wedge hull capable of wilderness ocean refueling. The vessel is a TL-13 design. The name of the class sprang from an overly optimistic marketing campaign. Seven of this class are carried into battle by the S-1a class Space Command Battle Tender.

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics

No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat class is constructed using a 2,000 dTon hull built in an streamlined needle/wedge configuration. x2 primary airlocks and x4 secondary service airlocks are located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by several large hatches with loading ramps. It has vacuum cargo transfer locks with grapples. The configuration of the hull typically stays in orbit and relies on service vessels.
2.	Crew	x88 personnel: 11 command, 8 engineering, 14 gunnery, 1 flight, 4 services, and 50 marines. Accommodations There are 47 staterooms. Double occupancy accommodations are available for all. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts six Magnum Flow Reactionless 1G drives, and a Power Plant-10, giving performance of 6G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6 and an emergency agility of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for the power plant to have 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 an efficient Model/7fib computer: with no backup computer installed. There are multiple holo-dynamically reconfigurable Workstations. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an extensive passive and active EMS sensor arrays, and an avionics suite, with terrain following abilities. Vessels in military service have advanced sensors and are fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. They have system range laser, maser, and radio communication systems. Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensors include the following. • Active IR (infrared radiation, thermal imaging) (Active Sensor) • Laser / Light Sensors (Passive Sensor) • LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) – also called LADAR (Laser Detection and Ranging) (Active Sensor) • Prismatic (anti-laser) aerosol (countermeasure) • Magnetic Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Neutrino Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Passive IR (infrared radiation, thermal imaging) (Passive Sensor) • RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) (Active Sensor) • All-weather RADAR (improved function in a variety of environmental conditions) (Active Sensor) • RADAR Direction Finder (Passive Sensor) • RADAR Jammer (Active ECM) • Radiation Sensor (Passive Sensor) • Radio Detector (Communications Equipment) (Passive Sensor) • Radio Direction Finder (Passive Sensor) • Radio Jammer (Active ECM) • UV Detector (ultraviolet radiation) (Passive Sensor) Gravitic Equipment • Densitometer (gravitic sensor) (Passive Sensor) Navigational Aids • Inertial Locator (navigational aid, data improvement) It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x20 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out is: x1 100 ton factor 9 missile bays. x6 triple Beam Laser turrets, 1 factor 7 battery. x2 double fusion gun turrets, 1 factor 5 battery.
7.	Defenses	Factor 13 integral hull armor, 1 x factor 3 Nuclear Dampers, and 1 x factor 3 Meson Screens. x2 triple Sand Caster turrets, 1 factor 5 battery.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x2 3 dton Air Rafts The Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat usually carries a section of small Grav APCs for the direct action team to deploy and ex-filtrate. The vehicles are housed in a dedicated hanger.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 200 dTons. Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete without the subcraft, is MCr2,792.675. The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and a 27.927 design fee is chargeable. 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 MCr2,234.14 (not including subcraft).
11.	Construction Time	132 weeks individually, 106 weeks in quantity. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 30 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built for Talokan Armed Forces these are massively armored streamlined needle/wedge hulls, capable of ocean refueling. The best protected vessels in the fleet. They have to trust their missile bay to kill most targets. They carry a marine platoon. They are fast and agile. They are most vulnerable when launching and recovering to their tender. They have scoops and fuel purification to help refuel their tender, a slow and laborious process. They can do orbital insertions but may have to land to recover troopers quickly. Their marine scouts are typically equipped with PGMP-13s, Grav Belts and TL–13 Battle Dress.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - Defensive Vessel - System Defense Boat:
Type HSB class System Defense Boat AKA Type SB class System Defense Boat

1. Type HSVL class Very Light System Defense Boat
   1. Avoram class System Defense Boat
   2. Caryatid class System Defense Boat
   3. Condor class System Defense Boat
   4. Dragon class System Defense Boat
   5. Drakkon class System Defense Boat
   6. Dzegkno class System Defense Boat
   7. Eclipse Serpens class Light System Defense Boat
   8. Exarch class System Defense Boat
   9. Farnex class System Missile Defense Boat
   10. Fazachu class System Defense Boat
   11. Flash class System Defense Boat
   12. Frundsberg class System Defense Boat
   13. Grunt class System Defense Boat
   14. Gundong class System Defense Boat
   15. Harrier class System Defense Boat
   16. Holdfast class Heavy System Defense Boat
   17. Jugendworld class System Defense Boat
   18. K1074 class Heavy System Defense Boat
   19. K282 class Heavy System Defense Boat
   20. K56 class System Defense Boat
   21. Khanate class System Defense Boat
   22. Kuomsi class System Defense Boat
   23. Nassin class System Defense Boat
   24. Penner class System Defense Boat
   25. Pounce class System Defense Boat
   26. Ramrod class Missile Boat
   27. Reginald class System Defense Boat
   28. Ronix class Asteroid Patrol Boat
   29. Roye class System Defense Boat
   30. Scorpion class System Defense Boat
   31. Sentry class System Defense Boat
   32. Shukugan class System Defense Boat
   33. Stedlas class System Defense Boat
   34. Thele class System Defense Boat
   35. Torch class System Defense Boat
   36. Wasp class System Defense Boat
   37. Wolvesbane class System Defense Boat
   38. Wyvern class System Defense Boat
   39. Wyrm class System Defense Boat
   40. Zhodatl class System Defense Boat
   41. Zhodq class System Defense Boat
   42. Zydpedallion class System Defense Boat
   43. Zydpharn class System Defense Boat

References & Contributors (Sources)

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