Sacnoth class Battle Rider

Sacnoth class Battle Rider
Symbol of the Sword Worlds
Type: BRL Battle Rider
Category	BCS
Size	20,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/3 Flt
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	200
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	226
Officers	27
Enlisted	199
Marines	40
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Sword Worlds Confederation
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCrMCr 30,142.886
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	BRL-0BS30
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battle Rider
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 Sacnoth class Battle Rider is a heavy warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battle Rider.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 3-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined wedge hull. Designed to work in concert with fleet support elements, it is ill-suited to independent operations isolated from its' Sword of Vengeance class Battle Tender.

• It carries heavy armament and a military defensive suite. A heavy battle rider optimized to carry the best meson spinal mounted weapon available at TL–11. All other considerations were of secondary importance. This involves several trade-offs to fit a weapon system of that size in a hull this small.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, nor drones when needed.
• It has a 226 sophont crew which includes 40 marines. The crew includes 11 command, 40 engineers, 95 gunners, 40 service. They share the equivalent of double occupancy in 115.5 staterooms, crew bays and common bunk rooms not withstanding.

Image Repository

1. A fictional chit in the style of Fifth Frontier War representing a squadron of Sacnoth class Battle Riders. The color of the counter indicates its allegiance to the Sword Worlds Confederation.
   

General Description & Deck Plans

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	20,000 tons.
2.	Crew	226 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 3-G acceleration Power Plant-4 800-EPs Agility-0
4.	Electronics	Model/5 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x200 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: two factor 7, 100 ton bays Meson Guns: factor B spinal mount Missiles: 100 triple missile turrets organized into ten factor 6 batteries Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: factor 9 Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	800.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr30,142.886 MCr. 24,114.309 in quantity
11.	Construction Time	174 weeks to build, 139 weeks in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Once the decision to refit these hulls with the largest meson spinal weapon in place of a more compact and efficient particle accelerator, many things in the design were forced to adapt. Essentially a new ship from the first prototypes accepted for fleet trials, the hull armor was shed, and all minor secondary point defense batteries were lost in place of a total offensive package. They lost the back up model 5 fib computer. There are no subcraft left to service the marine platoon. The aggressive, some would say crazed marines, have been known to jump from airlock doors, hanging in low orbit without standard re-entry capsules, trusting grav chutes and disposable ablative re-entry heat shields. The survival rate for these maneuvers are less than optimal. More commonly fleet support vessels ferry the marines to and from surface operations or boarding actions. A pure predator, ambush kills are preferred. The fuel refinery was added so that they could scoop and refine fuel for their tender.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Warship - Non-starship - Boat - Light Battle Rider:

1. Type BRL class Light Battle Rider
   1. Ardi class Battle Rider
   2. Aulinu class Battle Rider
   3. Cleon class Battle Rider
   4. Dungfumbler class Heavy Battle Rider
   5. Houdini class Battle Rider
   6. Iingar class Light Battle Rider
   7. Joao class Battle Rider
   8. Joneslow class Battle Rider
   9. Lithos Mailed class Heavy Battle Rider
   10. Narsil class Battle Rider
   11. Nolikian class Battle Rider
   12. Nosea class Battle Rider
   13. Omega Supreme class Battle Rider
   14. Parasite class Battle Rider
   15. Perseus class Battle Rider
   16. Quiquilat class Battle Rider
   17. Reverent Prayer class Battle Rider
   18. Sacnoth class Battle Rider
   19. Trindel class Battle Rider
   20. Valhalla class Battle Rider
   21. Zero Karma class Heavy Battle Rider

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