Senator class Battle Tender

Senator class Battle Tender
Fleet Tender
Type: VTB Battle Tender
Category	ACS
Size	20,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Dispersed Structure Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	200
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	162 with 23 marines
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	High Senate
Price
Cost	MCr8,416.638 Qty: MCr 6,733.31
Architect fee	MCr84.166
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Subcraft Carrier
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
5 in service

The Senator class Battle Tender is a warship.

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

Description (Specifications)

Designed and built at Denirad for the High Senate. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector. The TL–11 unstreamlined dispersed structure hulls carry enough fuel, internally for a single jump 2, with a jump 2 reserve for strategic withdrawal. They can carry drop tanks for an additional jump 2 as needed. There are in service with the High Senatorial Navy. They are equipped with on board fuel purification for wilderness refueling but can not scoop their own fuel. They carry a squadron of ten light fighters, a section of 23 marines and two Val Marin Class System Defense Boats. The weapons include two particle accelerator bays, ten dual plasma gun turrets for point defense, ten triple beam laser turrets, and twelve missile bays for offense. The defenses include two repulsor bays, and twenty triple sand caster turrets. They have a pair of model 5 fib computers mounted adjacent to the bridge and are capable of 2 G acceleration and have a 1 agility rating. There are five of these tenders in the fleet, so far and more are planned.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

Tonnage: 20,000 tons (standard), 280,000 cubic meters.

Crew: 11 command, 28 engineering, 37 gunnery, 40 services, 23 marines

Performance: Jump 2, 2G acceleration. Power plant-2. 400 EP. Agility 1.

Electronics: (2) Model 5 fib computers.

Hardpoints/Armament: Two particle accelerator bays, 12 missile bays, 10 dual fusion gun turrets, 10 triple beam laser turrets.

Defenses: Two 100 ton repulsor bays, 20 triple sand caster turrets

Craft: 10 x 10 Ton Fighters, 2 x 3,000 Ton Light Battle Riders

Fuel Treatment: On Board Fuel Purification

Cost: MCr 8,416.638 standard. MCr 6,733.31 in quantity.

Construction Time: 174 weeks standard. 140 weeks in quantity.

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

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

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: No information yet available.

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 - Battle Tender:

1. Type VTB class Battle Tender
   1. Aatsdivr class Battle Tender
   2. Auliaau class Battle Carrier
   3. Cleon class Battle Tender
   4. Daprolix class Battle Tender
   5. Maggart class Battle Tender
   6. Merant class Fleet Tender
   7. Mie class Fleet Tender
   8. Monica class Battle Tender
   9. Oni class Fleet Tender
   10. Senator class Battle Tender
   11. Triumph class Battle Tender

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