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* [[Defender]]s | * [[Defender]]s | ||
* [[Fighter]]s | * [[Fighter]]s | ||
* [[Gunboat]]s | * [[Gunboat]]s | ||
* [[Missile Boat]]s | * [[Missile Boat]]s | ||
+ | * [[System Defense Boat]]s (Namesake) | ||
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == |
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Commercial Mercantile Ships | Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships | Non-Commercial Ships | Civilian Smallcraft | Highports & Satellites | ||||||
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Merchant | Liner | Transport | Commercial Industrial | Commercial Ships | General | Research | Private | Auxiliary | Orbital Complexes |
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A System Defense Boat is a spaceship supraclass.
- They are non-starships specifically intended for defensive operations inside a star system.
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Starship User Types
- Ships by Function
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Basic Ship Classifications
- Speed of Travel
Description (Specifications)
Most System Defense Boats (SDB's) range in size from 100 to 10,000 tons and are constructed at all tech levels from TL-8 to 15.
Strategy & Tactics
SDBs most often operate according to predetermined plans designed to optimize their defensive potential. SDBs are typically stationed at the vital points of a system including gas giants, asteroid belts, major worlds, and so on. Because SDBs usually have no jump drives, shifting them from system to system can be a problem. Some types have jump shuttles which fit to the craft and provide jump capability. Another method is simple transport in large bulk cargo containers; the SDBs are loaded into 10,000-ton or 20,000-ton bulk carriers for the multi-parsec journey. This method, of course, is not recommended if immediate combat is expected at the destination.
Supraclass Archtypes
There are hundreds of different types, depending upon the specific mission for which they are designed.
Supraclass Roles
System Defense Boats typically serve the following roles:
- Defenders
- Fighters
- Gunboats
- Missile Boats
- System Defense Boats (Namesake)
History & Background (Dossier)
SDB's were developed on the principle that a non-starship, because of the additional armament made possible by its lack of jump drives, can ordinarily defeat a jump-capable starship of equal tonnage.
Image Repository
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
- Type SB class System Defense Boat
- Able class War Rocket
- Arden class System Defense Boat
- B-46 class Attack Torpedo Boat
- Bandersnatch class System Defense Boat
- Bando class Attack Boat
- Caryatid class System Defense Boat
- Chiang class System Defense Boat
- Cudin class Attack Boat
- Dassa class Attack Boat
- Dragon class System Defense Boat
- Dzegkno class System Defense Boat
- Fazachu class System Defense Boat
- Flash class System Defense Boat
- Fringian System Defense Boat
- Frundsberg class System Defense Boat
- Gundong class System Defense Boat
- Holdfast class Heavy System Defense Boat
- Jugendworld class System Defense Boat
- Khanate class System Defense Boat
- Nassin class System Defense Boat
- Nexus Harrier class System Defense Boat
- Oromet class System Defense Boat
- Penner class System Defense Boat
- Roye class System Defense Boat
- Scorpion class System Defense Boat
- Sentry class System Defense Boat
- Sheppard class Patrol Rocket
- Shukugan class System Defense Boat
- Sirocco Converge class Attack Boat
- Temakurm class Attack Boat
- Thele class System Defense Boat
- Tigershark class Patrol Boat
- Tristar class System Defense Boat
- Val Marin class System Defense Boat
- Wolvesbane class System Defense Boat
- Wyvern class System Defense Boat
- Wyrm class System Defense Boat
- Yunus class System Defense Boat
- Zhodatl class System Defense Boat
- Zhodq class System Defense Boat
- Zydeterranal class System Defense Boat
- Zydpedallion class System Defense Boat
- Zydpharn class System Defense Boat
- Type TBD class Monitor
- Archipelago class System Monitor
- Cabon class System Monitor
- Colby class Monitor
- Donnager class Monitor
- Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor
- Guardian class Asteroid Monitor
- Guardian class Monitor
- Harris class Monitor
- Hukkert class Monitor
- Khaar's Will class System Monitor
- Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitor
- MacHeany class Monitor
- Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
- Nexus Warden class System Monitor
- Obsidian class Asteroid Monitor
- Peset class Asteroid Monitor
- Porton class Asteroid Monitor
- Quesha FR-6 class Buffered Asteroid Monitor
- Sable class Heavy System Defense Monitor
- SH2K Frost G class Medium Asteroid Monitor
- SH7K Fromaag class Heavy Asteroid Monitor
- Shiishu class Monitor]
- Sirocco Converge class Attack Boat
- Stormrider class Monitor
- Temarn class Asteroid Monitor
- Thaakh class Monitor
- Uffan class Monitor
- Type TBD class Tender
- Arachnae class System Defense Boat Tender
- Daprolix class Battle Tender
- Fringian Military Ship Transporter
- Garin class Light Carrier
- Jacent Capital class Fleet Tender
- Leset class Fleet Tender
- Merant class Fleet Tender
- Monica class Battle Tender
- Oromet Delight class Fleet Tender
- Saeda class Fleet Tender
- Syndrome class Fleet Tender
- Yedidah class Fleet Tender
Ship Summary List
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Supplement 9 Fighting Ships
- Deck Plan 6: Dragon-class SDB
- Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 9
- 'Technical Booklet' Brilliant Lances
- Traveller: The New Era Main Rulebook (pg. 373)
- Deck Plans Seeker Gaming Systems: System Defense Boat and Jump Shuttle
- Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 09
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science