Hatchet class Light Corvette

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Fringian Light Corvette
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Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: EL Close Escort
Size 1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–11
Engineering
Computer Model/3
Jump J-2
Maneuver 4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 10
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 21
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 16
    Marines 27
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 10 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr1,008.709 (base)
MCr806.968 (qty)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile No information yet available.
Images
Blueprint No
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Reference None
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Book 5 High Guard

The Light Corvette is a Close Escort.

Description (Specifications)

A generic class of small warship, the Light Corvette is an escort vessel frequently encountered along Star Lanes within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a Close Escort and is constructed as a conventional design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

  • The vessel is a TL-11 design.

Image Repository

Light Corvette.
J2 1000dT Light Corvette.jpg

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]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Light Corvette is constructed using a 1,000 dTon hull built in a generally wedge-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems.
  • Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls.
  • There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp.
  • The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2. Crew 21 personnel.
  • 9x command, 3x engineering, 6x gunnery, 2x service, and 1x Flight.
  • The vessel typically carries 27 marines (26 troopers and an officer).

Accommodations

There are 30 Staterooms.

  • 15 Staterooms are given over to the crew. The command crew have individual cabins: all other crew quarters are double occupancy.
  • 14 Staterooms are available for ship's troops (who travel double occupancy), officers (who travel single occupancy) or important passengers.
    • The remaining one stateroom is fitted out as a medical bay.

There are 6 Low Berths, primarily used for emergency medical purposes.

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. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency.
  • There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3. Performance The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-4 drive, and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-2, 4-G acceleration, and producing 40 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2 and an emergency agility of 4. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
  • The jump drive utilizes a hull grid.
  • The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4. Electronics Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/3 computer: the vessel has a backup Model/3 computer.
5. Hardpoints x10 hardpoints.
  • The listed weapons systems are typical for the design. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific missions.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for a Light Corvette is:
7. Defenses The hull is plated and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 8.
8. Craft Flight Section

The subcraft is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 52 dTons.

9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 240 dTons.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr1008.709.
  • 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 MCr806.968.
  • The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11. Construction Time 120 weeks (30 months) as standard.
  • 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 10 dTons.
  • The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.
  • Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions.

History & Background (Dossier)

The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

The class are nicknamed "axeheads" due to their upright wedge-shaped configuration.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Close Escort

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