Xebec class Explorer

Xebec class Explorer
TBD
Type: EC Provincial Cruiser
Size	1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Sphere Hull]]
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	10
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	17
Officers	5
Enlisted	12
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	300.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Izrats Kriezhlas Unity
Price
Cost	MCr394.649 Qty: 315.719
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Explorer Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Xebec class Explorer is an armed starship.

• It is a paramilitary ship and a heavily armed Scout Vessel or Provincial Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

The Xebec class is an inexpensive, partially streamlined spherical hulled starship. There is a vast cargo hold for merchant trading and for extended scouting expeditions. Ship's vehicles include a pair of ten ton light fighters, two G-carriers, two air rafts, and two fifty ton cutters. The crew includes a pilot/captain, navigator, science/medical officer, six flight/vehicle crew, four engineers, and four gunners. It carries no marines. There are seventeen individual staterooms for crew comfort and to avoid crowding. The ship is equipped for wilderness refueling. Equipped with only a modest model/2 computer.

Although it is a TL–13 design it is limited to Jump-2 range, and has 2-Gs of acceleration and no agility. It is armed with four triple missile turrets, two triple beam laser turrets, two double fusion gun turrets, and two triple sand caster turrets for defense.

Image Repository

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

History & Background (Dossier)

It was built for the Izrats Kriezhlas Unity, it carries a frozen watch, and it appears to be Vlazhdumecta crewed.

• Number in Class: 4

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:

1. Type EC class Close Escort
   1. Athune class Close Escort
   2. Breaker class Corvette
   3. Bunker class Close Escort
   4. Convoyer class Close Escort
   5. Cozzi class Corvette
   6. Durt class Escort Corvette
   7. Egek'aa class Corvette
   8. Emerald class Escort Corvette
   9. Eradicator class Escort Corvette
   10. Esqua class Escort Corvette
   11. Gazelle class Close Escort
   12. Gem class Close Escort
   13. Grisha class Corvette
   14. Hatchet class Light Corvette
   15. Hopkins class Escort Corvette
   16. Javelin class Escort Corvette
   17. Jimenez class Escort Corvette
   18. KE8 Blockade class Lancer
   19. KE9 Unleashed class Escort Corvette
   20. Kotaka class Escort Corvette
   21. Lancer class Corvette
   22. Malcolm class Corvette
   23. Mongoose class Close Escort
   24. Patrol class Close Escort
   25. Qatan class Escort Corvette
   26. Risa class Close Escort
   27. Shalis class Patrol Corvette
   28. Sieno class Close Escort
   29. Sii'kha class Escort Corvette
   30. Stalwart class Corvette
   31. Sultanhisar class Escort Corvette
   32. TC9 Forgald class Escort Corvette
   33. Toad SR7T class Yacht / Warsloop
   34. Type CE class Close Escort
   35. Type EC class Corvette
   36. Vaward class Close Escort
   37. Wasinki class Corvette
   38. Wyvern class Escort Corvette
   39. Xebec class Explorer

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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science