Gimel class Battle Rider

Gimel class Battle Rider
TBD
Type: BRM Battle Rider
Category	BCS
Size	28,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	280
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	373 with 28 marines
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	X
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	16 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Dysprosuk Enclave
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr37,915.938 Qty: 30,332.75
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	BRM-TBD
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battleship
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Number in Class: 8

The Gimel class Battle Rider is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battle Rider.

Description (Specifications)

Built for the Dysprosuk, the Gimel Class Battle Rider is a streamlined needle/wedge hull structure fitted with fuel scoops for ocean refueling. and a fuel purification plant. The hull has some armor and the vessel is capable of 6 Gs of acceleration, but has limited agility. It carries light meson screens and a nuclear damper system. A platoon of 28 marines is carried with drop capsules.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

Tonnage: 28,000 tons (standard), 392,000 cubic meters.

Crew: 37 officers, 336 ratings

Performance: No Jump. 6-G acceleration. Power plant-7. 3,640 EP. Agility 6.

Electronics: (2) Model 6/fib computers

Hardpoints: One spinal mount. (16) 100-ton bays. forty hardpoints.

Armament: Spinal mount meson gun (factor-K). One 100-ton particle accelerator bay. Fourteen 100 ton missile bays. Ten dual fusion gun turrets firing as one battery. Twenty triple beam laser turrets firing as two batteries.

Defences: One 100-ton repulsor bay. Ten triple sand casters firing as one battery. Meson screen (factor-1). Nuclear Damper (factor-1). Armored hull (factor-6).

Craft: 2 x 30 ton Ship's Boats, 18 x 10 ton fighters organized into two squadrons.

Fuel Treatment: fuel scoops

Cost: MCr 37,915.938 standard. MCr 30,332.75 in quantity.

Construction Time: 174 weeks singly; 139 weeks in quantity

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration #.0 tons of fuel. 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	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
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.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Warship - Non-starship - Boat - Medium Battle Rider:

1. Type BRM class Medium Battle Rider
   1. Anzha class Battle Rider
   2. Gimel class Battle Rider
   3. Iprtsielezhdr class Battle Rider
   4. Supremacy class Battle Rider

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