Ballista class Solar Sailor

Ballista class Solar Sailor
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Type: EEM Escort Solar Sailor
Category	ACS
Size	700 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	0.1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	7
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	206
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	200
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	54.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Taa Navy
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr304.488 in quantity 243.59
Architect fee	MCr3.045
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Escort
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 Ballista class Solar Sailor is used as an escort and are dispatched in small groups to handle patrol and border enforcement duties.

• They are mobile and visible to dissuade piracy and commerce raiding.

Description (Specifications)

Locally built, these ships are a class of sleek, streamlined needle wedges. They are equipped with fuel scoops for ocean refueling and they have a purification refinery. They can carry two companies of marines. This design relies on its missile arsenal, it has seven triple missile turrets. The model 2 computer handles fire control, target lock and sensor sweeps. They use 700 square km of solar sails and rigging. Near a star they are capable of 0.1 G acceleration and carry enough fuel for two jumps.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Taa (world) navy has a flotilla of twelve of these Destroyer Escorts stationed at the Starport. They form the backbone of the Taa Navy.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Missile Escort:

1. Type EEM class Missile Escort
   1. Admiral Gorshkov class Missile Corvette
   2. Ballista class Solar Sailor
   3. Barnard's Star class Missile Boat
   4. Berghoff class Missile Boat
   5. Black Rock class Missile Frigate
   6. C-9 class Missile Corvette
   7. Jaradin class Missile Corvette
   8. Kalaron class Missile Sloop
   9. Kyle Strum class Missile Corvette
   10. Malory Francis class Missile Corvette
   11. Richtofen class Missile Corvette
   12. Silversun class Missile Corvette
   13. Type 056 Jiangdao class Missile Corvette
   14. Type ECM class Missile Corvette
   15. Valor class Missile Corvette

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