Malos Lobos class Battleship

Malos Lobos class Battleship
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: BM Battleship
Category	BCS
Size	100,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1,000
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,345
Officers	198
Enlisted	1,147 510 Marines
Marines	510
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	270 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Wolf Joint Military Command
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr120,638.387 (base) MCr96,510.71 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	Not Applicable
Images
Blueprint	No.
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battleship
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Malos Lobos class Battleship is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battleship.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 3-G and J-2 performance with a streamlined Sphere Hull. The Malos Lobos class Battleships are TL–12 heavily armored, partially streamlined sphere configuration hulls. This Battleship class is equipped for Jump-2 range and 3-G acceleration and 2-Agility. It carries enough fuel internally for a single Jump-2. They are fitted with a pair of model/6 fib ship computers adjacent to the bridge. It is equipped with fuel scoops and fuel purification for gas giant wilderness refueling. The 1,400,000 cubic meter hull requires 208 weeks singly and 167 weeks in quantity for additional unit orders.

• It carries very heavy armament and a massive military defensive suite. For defense, there are ten batteries of triple sand caster batteries, and ten repulsor bays. There is factor 12 hull armor cladding to defend against critical hits. For offense, there are ten batteries of triple beam laser turrets, twelve batteries of fusion guns, forty missile bays and ten particle accelerator bays.
• It ordinarily carries many subcraft, many ship's vehicles, and many drones. It can carry twenty 60 ton Cutters for ship to surface operations. One fighter squadron provides combat space patrols, to screen versus enemy fighters and missile strikes. The marine battalion can deploy from meteoric orbital assault and is recovered by the cutters. It has an armored cavalry troop with nine massive 10T Grav APCs.
• It has a # sophont crew and # marines.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Malos Lobos class is constructed using a 100,000 Ton hull built in a generally Spherical configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. There are 65 airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has hardened ventral surfaces, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	1,345 personnel. Staterooms: 675.5 double occupancy. 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 a Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-3 drive, and a Power Plant-5, giving performance of Jump-2 and 3-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2 and an emergency agility of 3. 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 lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/6fib: the vessel has a backup computer model/6fib. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivaed on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	1,000 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	x100 triple beam laser turrets, x120 dual fusion gun turrets, x10 particle accelerator bays, and x40 missile bays.
7.	Defenses	The hull is heavily plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 12. 10 100-Ton bays, mounting Repulsors. 100 triple sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into 10 batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. It is equipped with backup units.
8.	Craft	x20 60T Cutters, x10 20T Fighters, x9 10T Grav APC.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 25,000 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr120,638.387 Architects Fee: MCr1,206.384
11.	Construction Time	208 weeks (48 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 270.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Four in service.

History & Background (Dossier)

These four vessels are split into two battle squadrons, and serve as the main ships of the line for the Wolf (world) Navy under the auspices of the Wolf Joint Military Command. Hard to hurt, but not particularly hard to hit. These can hold their own versus most enemy lines of battle.

They serve the defense and deterrence mission of the Wolf System Navy and patrol in the Paradise Subsector. The defensive mindset means it carries less fuel and has less range than some more numerous competitive designs. It carries the same marine battalion as its larger brother, the Fenris class Dreadnought. They carry a massive number of heavy missile bays, and as a result some internal fuel supply was lost, curtailing operational range, without tanker support. They are slower, but just as agile as the larger Fenris class.

This class was commissioned as part of a massive expansion of fleet operational capacity. The new arms race demands worlds procure ships of the line as soon as possible to safeguard their sovereignty.

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.

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.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: The computer technology limits the vessel's size and the meson spinal mount is considered the most powerful available on the Distant Fringe.

Class Naming Practice/s: Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

• 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. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Medium Battleship:

1. Type BM class Medium Battleship
   1. Connecticut class Medium Battleship
   2. Cordell class Battleship
   3. Dauntless class Battleship
   4. Domain class Medium Battleship
   5. Grendal class Battleship
   6. Harp class Battleship
   7. Hedron class Battleship
   8. Howe class Battleship
   9. Illinois class Battleship
   10. Jeremiah O'Brien class Battleship
   11. Joyeuse class Battleship
   12. Kalere class Dreadnought
   13. Kearsage class Battleship
   14. Maine class Battleship
   15. Malos Lobos class Battleship
   16. Minsk class Medium Battleship
   17. Murrain class Medium Battleship
   18. Prince Colin III class Medium Battleship
   19. Sylea class Battleship
   20. Sylean class Battleship
   21. Tenjada class Battleship
   22. Vander class Battleship
   23. Virginia class Battleship

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