Gashka class Assault Craft

Gashka class Assault Craft
TBD
Type: UIB Assault Craft
Category	Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	Model/1 Flt
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	1
Enlisted	1
Marines	10
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	7.5 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Ziru Sirka
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr28.0
Architect fee	MCrDavid Pulver, Jon F. Zeigler
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	UIB-2S40
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Combat Transport - Boarding Craft - Smallcraft
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	Interstellar Wars
Reference	Interstellar Wars 202, 211.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Gashka class Assault Craft is a combatant smallcraft.

• It is a military ship, a boarding craft, and an Assault Craft.
• The version copied by the Terrans was known as the Agatha class Assault Craft.
• It was often carried by the Gashidda class Patrol Cruiser in the gig docking port.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 4-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined needle hull.

• It carries very light armament and a very small defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed.
• It has a 2 sophont crew and 10 marines.

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STANDARD 20-DTON ASSAULT CRAFT: This small craft was used by both Imperial and Terran forces for a particular mission: the “opposed boarding” of potentially hostile vessels. Patrol cruisers often used the assault craft to support customs inspections, while other vessels used them to deliver Marines to capture enemy ships in battle.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

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 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 / Hull	0-99 tons.
2.	Crew	x1 crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-0 NAFAL TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: #.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

While it was best known it its TL:10-12 versions, the Vilani of the Ziru Sirka even had an early TL-9 prototype version.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Military Auxiliary - Boarding Craft - Smallcraft:

1. Type UIB class Boarding Smallcraft
   1. Barrister's Gavel class Boarding Gig
   2. Gashka class Assault Craft AKA Agatha class Assault Craft
   3. Generic Modular Cutter with a Modular Cutter Module
   4. Great Eastern class Troop Transport
   5. Paulos class Troop Transport

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Interstellar Wars (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), 202, 211.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science, Emeritus