Danzig class Battlecruiser

Danzig class Battlecruiser
Type: CL Light Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	45,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	450
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,037
Officers	160
Enlisted	877
Marines	500
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	130 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Four Worlds
Price
Cost	MCr52,320.089 (base) MCr41,856.072 (qty)
Architect fee	MCr523.201
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Light Cruiser
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Danzig class Battlecruiser is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Light Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

These TL–11 vessels are deployed from the shipyards of Uldor (world) to form the backbone of the naval forces of the Four Worlds. They operate from the Naval Base at Uldor (world) and are, as yet, the major combatants of their 1st CruRon. They are fast but unarmored. They carry heavy missile batteries and a TL–11 meson gun spinal mount to take on enemy ships of the line. They have secondary roles as a light carrier with four squadrons of snub fighters and a full marine assault battalion. As a result they have an oversized crew for a vessel of their tonnage.

General Description & Deck Plans

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	45,000 tons (standard), 630,000 cubic meters. Fully streamlined needle/wedge structure hulls.
2.	Crew	1,037 which includes: 23 command, 171 engineering, 152 gunnery, 101 flight, 500 marines, and 90 services. There are 521.5 double occupancy staterooms.
3.	Performance	Jump-2, 6-G acceleration. Power plant-6. 2,700 EP. Agility-4. They carry 11,700 tons of fuel internally. This is enough for a single jump 2 and 28 days of power plant operation.
4.	Electronics	A Model 5 fib computer is mounted adjacent to the bridge.
5.	Hardpoints	450 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	Factor B meson gun spinal mount, thirty 100 ton missile bays, two 100 ton particle accelerator bays, ten dual fusion gun turrets, ten triple beam laser turrets.
7.	Defenses	The defenses include ten triple sand caster turrets, two 100 ton repulsor bays.
8.	Craft	1 x 30T Ship's Boat, 6 x 50T Assault Boats, 40 x 10T Fighter.
9.	Fuel Treatment	They are equipped with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness refueling.
10.	Cost	MCr52,320.089 Qty: MCr41,856.072
11.	Construction Time	183 weeks standard. 147 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	130 tons of cargo.

History & Background (Dossier)

These are new vessels and are intentionally misnomered for propaganda reasons. They are the size of Imperial light cruisers, medium cruisers at best. However, they have a battlecruiser approach. They are as heavily armed as possible, fast, and agile -- and yet utterly lacking in defensive armor, so they have to outmaneuver anything they cannot out gun. Thirty heavy missile bays and a factor B meson gun can go a long way to destroying typical escorts and light warships. Enemy ships of the line are another matter.

The carrier and troop transport functions are half steps at best to expand the design's versatility and flexibility for mission selection. Internal security and border patrol for the Four Worlds are within its capabilities at present. It has yet to be tested in open warfare in the Far Frontiers Sector.

The entire marine battalion can perform an orbital assault with their individual Drop Capsules, but recovery is hampered by a relative lack of recovery boats. The prototype of the class was considered overpriced. The production models are considered moderately priced by military analysts. They are being delivered in a reasonable amount of construction time without significant delays. The total number of vessels in the class is currently unknown. It could be considerable in light of Uldor's industrial ship building capacity.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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 - Light Cruiser- Prototype Ship:

1. Type CL class Light Cruiser
   1. Danzig class Battlecruiser

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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 Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science