F-102 Delta Dart class Fighter

F-102 Delta Dart class Fighter
Type: FL Fighter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	10 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Airframe Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	1
Enlisted	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.1 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Nauvoo Self Defense Squadron
Manufacturer	Nauvoo Fleet Systems LLC
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr17.8
Architect fee	MCr0.178
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	FL-0106
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Fighter
Canon	Published, non-canon design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The F-102 Delta Dart class Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.

• It is a military ship and a Fighter.

Description (Specifications)

It is a TL–11 vessel with 6-G and J-0 performance with a fully streamlined airframe needle hull. The F-102 Delta Dart class Fighter is a light anti-shipping fighter originally designed to operate throughout the remote regions of the Nauvoo (world) system. They are not equipped for extended voyages and must remain near their bases to rearm and recharge life support. Because of its size and cost, it is hoped more can be procured as budgets allow, in their light fighter role defending the sovereign independence of the home system.

• It carries very light armament and a military defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed. Drones replace ordinance in the weapon racks.
• It has a two sophont crew and no marines.

Image Repository

None

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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	10 tons. Airframe Needle Hull.
2.	Crew	2 crew a pilot and a gunner.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 NAFAL 6-G acceleration Power Plant-D EP-1.3 Agility-3
4.	Electronics	Model/1 ship computer, effectively zero because there is no bridge. Two acceleration couches with 24 hours of life support in the cockpit.
5.	Hardpoints	One hardpoint.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: one factor 1 battery of a single pulse laser Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: one factor 1 battery missile rack with a 3 smart missile payload Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: Crystaliron hull structure Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: one factor 3 sand caster with three cannisters
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 1.3 tons of fuel (One day operation). Fuel Scoops No Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr17.8.
11.	Construction Time	8 months to build, 6 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.1 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

The F-102 Delta Dart class Fighter is a small craft serving with the 1st self defense squadron of Nauvoo (world). To date only a single interceptor squadron of eight ships have been built thus far. Crewed by bold warrior heroes, who proudly defend their world against impossible odds. Due to their limited computational powers they are frequently vectored to their intercepts by deployed arrays of remote sensors which handle target acquisition and hand off firing solutions to the fighters. Designed for speed they are not nimble dog fighters, they are intended to rapidly interdict hostile craft and harass any assault or bombardment attempts. On the defensive they power down the pulse laser firing array and must rely on the sand caster and the rating 6 emergency agility this affords.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: Nose art was officially discouraged but during wartime patrols its use flourished anyway during the long periods between inspections from the top brass.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Smallcraft - Light Fighter:

1. Type FL class Light Fighter
   1. F-102 Delta Dart class Fighter

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)
• Bob McWilliams. Leviathan (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), TBD.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy