Emerald class Escort Corvette

Emerald class Escort Corvette
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: ECE Escort Corvette
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	5
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	13
Officers	3
Enlisted	10
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	8 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Pador Military Forces
Price
Cost	MCr595.392 (base) MCr477.114 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Destroyer Escort
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 Emerald class Escort Corvette is a light warship.

It is a military ship and a Escort Corvette.
Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

These are lightly armored, streamlined needle/wedge configuration hulls fitted with fuel scoops and on board purification for wilderness ocean refueling operations. She is rated for 6 G acceleration and has 4 agility with a model 6 fib computer mounted adjacent to the bridge. She carries enough internal fuel capacity for a jump2 with a jump 1 reserve and is routinely fitted with a jump 2 drop tank for extended raiding operations.

Armed with two triple missile turrets, two triple beam laser turrets, and a dual fusion gun turret, it can deal with fighters and lighter enemy vessels.

Image Repository[edit]

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General Description & Deck Plans[edit]

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]

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]
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	500 tons.
2.	Crew	13 crew, A lieutenant and a pair of ensigns command.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 6-G acceleration Power Plant-7 35-EPs Agility-4
4.	Electronics	Model/6 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x5 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	One battery of beam lasers, one battery of missiles and two batteries of energy weapons.
7.	Defenses	Factor 2 hull armor.
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Scoops and fuel purification refinery
10.	Cost	MCr596.392.
11.	Construction Time	20 months to build, 16 months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 8.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Designed and built by Pador. A Pador Military Forces destroyer escort design, built at the famous orbital shipyards of Pador. It took 80 weeks to build the prototype, and the production models require 64 weeks to fit out and test.

They typically conduct system patrols, escort minor trade conveys, pursue pirate corsairs, and conduct reconnaissance missions.

Distant Fringe Vessels[edit]

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.^[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.^[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

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[edit]

Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:

Type EC class Close Escort

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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

↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[3] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[4] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

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