Gepard class Express Courier
Gepard class Express Courier | |
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Type: SC Express Courier | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 200 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Wedge Hull |
Streamlining | Lifting Body Hull |
Tech Level | TL–13 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model 2/fib |
Jump | J-4 |
Maneuver | 4 G |
Fuel Treatment | scoops, purifier |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 2 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 2 |
Low Berths | 2 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 2 |
Officers | 2 |
Enlisted | 2 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 12 Tons |
Fuel tank | 96 Tons |
Construction | |
Construction Time | 9 Months |
Origin | Third Imperium |
Manufacturer | Ling-Standard Products |
Year Operational | 1112 |
Price | |
Cost | MCr109.110 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | XCF-BA44 |
Universal Ship Profile | XCF-21444B1-240000-40000-0 |
Images | |
Blueprint | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Designer | Tom Mouat |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Tom Mouat |
The Gepard class Express Courier is a TL–13 Express Courier.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The vessel has a lifting body hull and a modified wedge hull shape. It can accelerate at 4 G and conduct Jump-4 jumpspace transition. It is equipped with fuel scoops, a small fuel purification plant, and can perform wilderness refueling. It is equipped with a Model/2 fib ship computer, capable sensors, and an extensive military electronic suite.
- It carries a single triple Beam Laser turret, firing as an independent battery. It also carries a single triple Sandcaster turret as well as light titanium armor plating.
- There are no subcraft. It does have docking hatches for other craft or ships.
- There are four crew and no marines. The crew positions are pilot, navigator, medic/gunner, and engineer. The ship is sometimes used to transport small squads of operatives. [1]
Image Repository[edit]
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
- A deck plan schematic for a Gepard-class vessel.
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. [2]
Basic Ship Characteristics [3] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | The Gepard class is constructed using a 200-Ton hull built in a wedge configuration. The hull is a lifting body shape, giving excellent atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by the vessels onboard gravitic systems.
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2. | Crew | Total Crew Complement: 4
Accommodations
There are x2 Low Berths located in the main engineering space. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems.
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3. | Performance | The vessel mounts a Jump Drive-4, a Maneuver Drive-4 drive and a Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-4, 4-G acceleration and producing 8 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 2 and an emergency agility of 4. The dedicated internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one jump-4 and gives the power plant 2 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 fib computer with specialist upgrades allowing it to support performance of up to Jump-4: the ship does not have a backup computer.
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5. | Hardpoints | x2 hardpoints.
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6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for the Gepard class is:
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7. | Defenses | The hull is braced, structurally reinforced and has Titanium Steel plating.
x1 triple Sandcaster turret, firing as an independent battery.
The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems. |
8. | Craft / Drones | The vessel carries no subcraft and has no internal hangar space. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 96 Tons.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr109.110. |
11. | Construction Time | 44 weeks (9 months) as standard.
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12. | Remarks | Standard cargo storage amounts to 12 Tons.
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Not long after the end of the Fifth Frontier War, the IISS approached the Naval Architects at Ling-Standard Products about an upgrade to the standard Type-S Scout/Courier. The IISS was seeking an upgrade to the speed in-system as well as the jump range. The IISS wanted to expand the cargo hold from 4.0 tons to 12.0 tons for priority supplies, increase the ability to defend itself by doubling the hardpoints, increase the crew so a steady watch could be maintained and most importantly, veteran scouts wanted a ship that did not smell like roadkill if the air handling filters were not changed regularly. The end result was the Gepard class. [4]
Ling-Standard, along with Clan Severn signed a long-term contract in 1111. The first prototype was launched in Rhylanor by 1112. This design was transmitted to the rest of the LSP network immediately. By 1116, Gepard-class Courier production was in full swing. [5]
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
The ships of this class are named after swift animals (...usually pouncers) from around the Imperium. The ship class, Gepard, is named for a species of pouncer native to the Lamarck (Solomani Rim 3024). The word means "Cheetah" in the ancient German language of the Solomani of Terra. [6]
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
29 Representative Express Courier (SC) Classes[edit]
References[edit]
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This ship was designed using Mongoose 2nd ship design rules.
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- Author & Contributor: Tom Mouat
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Tom Mouat
- ↑ 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 Mark McCabe
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Mark McCabe
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Ade Stewart