TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship
TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship | |
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Type: MN Naval Transport | |
Category | Smallcraft |
Size | 40 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Wedge Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–11 |
Engineering | |
Computer | |
Jump | J-0 |
Maneuver | 3 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Seats | 36 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 1 |
High/Mid Passengers | 36 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 0.1 Tons |
Fuel tank | 1.2 Tons |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 6 Months |
Origin | Trooles Confederation |
Price | |
Cost | MCr29.735 |
Architect fee | MCr0.297 |
Statistics | |
Universal Ship Profile | MN-0103322-100000-02000-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Ronald B. Kline Jr. |
Design System | High Guard |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
The TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship is a TL–11 Troop Transport.
- Its full designation is the TC04a Valkyrie class.
Description (Specifications)
The TC04a Valkyrie class Dropship is an "express elevator to hell" as one unknown marine once famously quipped. They are deployed aboard vessels from the Trooles Confederation. Examples of the class can be encountered throughout the coreward parts of Theta Borealis Sector. The vessel has a fully streamlined needle/wedge configuration structure hull. It is fitted with fuel scoops and allowing it to perform wilderness ocean refueling.
Image Repository
TC04 / TC04a Valkyrie class Dropship
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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage | 40 tons. |
2. | Crew | x37 crew, the flight crew consists of a pilot/gunner who is usually an officer or commissioned specialist and a platoon of 36 marines, there is a small craft bridge with two acceleration couches and thirty-five addition life support couches in the troop bay. There are no staterooms nor lowberths. |
3. | Performance | 3-G acceleration, Power plant-3, EP-1.2, Agility-0. |
4. | Electronics | Model 2 computer |
5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoint. |
6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | Factor-1 hull armor |
8. | Craft | None |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fuel Scoops. |
10. | Cost | MCr29.735 (base) MCr23.788 (qty). |
11. | Construction Time | 24 weeks to build, 19 weeks in quantity. |
12. | Comments | Architects Fee: MCr 0.297
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History & Background (Dossier)
The TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship class is used by the Trooles Confederation. These are fully streamlined dual environment vehicles. Lifting, variable geometry wings and heavy grav modules make them stable firing platforms. They fly ballistic trajectories and lack the elusive maneuverability of their little brothers. Upon reentry, they bleed off so much heat their thermal signature is referred to as ringing the doorbell. Stealth is not their forte, they use many components in common with the other dropships in the inventory. As a result they are very reasonably priced considering their capabilities. They are still the preferred method for marine platoon extraction. The marines use assault capsules to deploy and these beasts' arrival mean its time to go home. They can also be called upon for direct fire support. The plasma gun will demolish any enemy ground vehicles arrayed against them. Its power requirements drain the agile from the design. Their hull armor is sufficient against most ground fire but is less helpful against fire from enemy capital ships. Smaller fleet vessels typically carry this design's little brother the 20 dton TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Trooles Confederation are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. TC refers to Trooles Confederation (a designation applied to all Confederation combat units), 04 is a combat smallcraft designation, and when it is used 'a' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level. Type codes will often repeat: 'Valkyrie' is an easy to remember class name to identify the specific type of vessel.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
11 Representative Troop Transport (MN) Classes
References
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.