Exarch class System Defense Boat

Exarch class System Defense Boat
TBD
Type: HSVL System Defense Boat
Category	ACS
Size	300 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	Model/G Fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	12
Officers	4
Enlisted	8
Marines	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.45 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Jarnac Pashalic
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr504.95  in quantity 403.96
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	HSVL-CS60
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Defense Vessel
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 Exarch class System Defense Boat is a defensive warship.

• It is a paramilitary ship and a System Defense Boat.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 6-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined cone hull. This is a class of TL–13 System Defense Boat with the best armor available to take heavy punishment. It has the best 6-G maneuver drive and an oversized fusion power plant for maximum evasive agility.

• It carries medium armament and a military defensive suite. It is armed with a pair of short ranged fusion cannons in the nose, a triple beam laser turret and a triple missile turret.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones when needed.
• It has a 12 sophont crew and 1 marines. The crew includes a pilot/captain, a navigator/sensor ops, a medic/science officer, four engineers and four gunners and a single marine. The marine helps with damage control and routine maintenance (read cleaning). They have been pressed into service as cooks on occasion. During hostile action they conduct EVA, float over to enemy hulls, set charges to blow holes in enemy ships and conduct boarding actions.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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	300 tons.
2.	Crew	12 crew. 1 marine.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 6-G acceleration Power Plant-H 33-EPs Agility-6
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/G fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	3 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: Triple beam laser turret Energy Weapons: Dual fusion guns Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: Triple missile rack turret Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: Factor-13 armor. Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 33.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr504.95  in quantity 403.96
11.	Construction Time	21 months to build, 19 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.45 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Build at Jarnac for the Jarnac Pashalic which partially lies in the Spinward Drift Subsector of the The Beyond Sector. The Jarnac Pashalic Navy relies on this class to protect starports and native shipping in systems it controls. They can also provide close gunship support for marine units. There are 171 of these ships organized into 19 squadrons of 9 ships each. They are each assigned to a Jarnac class Dreadnought for inter-system transport and redeployment.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - Defensive Vessel (D) - System Defense Boat (DB):
Type HS(B) class System Defense Boat

1. Type HSVL class Very Light System Defense Boat (SB/SBL)
   1. Flash class System Defense Boat
   2. Reginald class System Defense Boat
   3. Roye class System Defense Boat
   4. Torch class System Defense Boat

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