Gionetti class Light Cruiser

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Gionetti class Light Cruiser
GionettiThumbnail.png
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Type: CM Light Cruiser
Category BCS
Size 30,000 Tons
Hull Configuration Needle Hull
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–15
Engineering
Computer 9 fib
Jump J-5
Maneuver 5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 285
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew x35 officers, x176 ratings, x20 Marines
    Officers 35
    Enlisted 176
    Marines 20
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Third Imperium
Price
Cost MCr22,883.04
Qty: MCr18,306.428
Architect fee MCrTimothy B. Brown
Statistics
Images
Blueprint Yes
Illustration Yes
Source
Also see Cruiser
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Gionetti class Light Cruiser is a light warship.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Comments: Originally intended as a fast-reacting fighting ship, its actual use has evolved with experience. The ship is currently in favor as a flagship for many minor operations. Its high jump capability make it extremely responsive to most situations, and it is possible to displace troops or service crew (or both) to provide quarters for command and staff personnel[1].

Originally designed in 982 to replace the Inmiarar class Light Cruiser, as part of the Imperial Navy's TL15 fleet modernization program of the 980s. The Gionetti's focus on jump capability affords it strategic mobility greater than that of nearly any enemy ship but it pays for this with its thin defences, having flimsy armour, no meson screens, and fairly light defensive armament. At the time of design, critics claimed the Navy policy of always having an operationally fast ship "within calling distance" of any hot spot meant the Gionetti wouldn't survive going into harm's way, with experience during the Fifth Frontier War demonstrating the class to be vulnerable to ships half their tonnage, such as the Zhodani Zhdavldlits class Light Cruiser[2].

Its practically non-existent armour made it a liability in fleet actions, which combined with its naming scheme exclusively after posthumous recipients of the Starburst for Extreme Heroism, led to a recurring joke that its crews would soon be 'posthumous' as well[3].

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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary. [4]

Basic Ship Characteristics [5]
#. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage 30,000 tons (standard) or 30.0 ktons. 420,000 cubic meters. [6]
2. Crew x35 officers. x176 ratings. x20 Marines. [7] Total: 231 crew.
3. Performance Jump-5. 5-G. Power plant-9. 2,700-EP. Agility-5. [8]
4. Electronics x1 Model/9 fib computer. [9]
5. Hardpoints x1 spinal mount.
6. Armament One meson gun spinal mount (Factor-J). x200 triple missile turrets organized into x20 batteries. x50 triple beam laser turrets organized into x5 batteries. x6 dual fusion gun turrets organized into x3 batteries. [11]
7. Defenses x24 Triple sandcaster turrets organized into x8 batteries. One 100-ton repulsor bay. Nuclear damper (Factor-9). [12]
8. Craft x5 50-ton cutters. [13]
9. Fuel Treatment x1 On-board fuel scoops and fuel purification plant. [14]
10. Cost MCr22,883.04 standard. MCr18,306.428 in quantity. [15]
11. Construction Time 42 months singly; 30 months in quantity. [16]
12. Comments Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.0 tons.
  • Minimal dedicated cargo stowage.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

The Gionetti class light cruiser is named exclusively for posthumous recipients of the Imperial Starburst for Extreme Heroism[17].

Selected Class Members[edit]

Among the ships belonging to this class are:

Image Repository[edit]

  1. A pair of Gionetti class Light Cruisers during a fleet exercise.
    GionettiSquadronStrikeRescaled.png

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Military Ship - Warship - Medium Cruiser:

  1. Type CM class Medium Cruiser
    1. Addaran class Cruiser
    2. Aek Naz class Battlecruiser
    3. Alderbaran class Heavy Cruiser
    4. Antrim class Heavy Frigate
    5. Arliliushruu class Medium Cruiser
    6. Assassin class Light Cruiser
    7. Aurlikro class Light Cruiser
    8. Berserker class Light Cruiser
    9. Bullard Dempsey class Cruiser
    10. Dlevrrk class Light Cruiser
    11. Drag class Screening Cruiser
    12. Eso Ilian class Cruiser
    13. Eviscerator class Remote Offensive Unit
    14. Fearless class Medium Cruiser
    15. Forfar class Heavy Frigate
    16. Gallant class Light Cruiser
    17. Gionetti class Light Cruiser
    18. Hamidiye class Light Cruiser
    19. Harbinger class Medium Cruiser
    20. Heng-O class Small Cruiser
    21. Irloom class Light Cruiser
    22. Lord Adrian class Light Cruiser
    23. Lydia class Medium Cruiser
    24. MaKwaWo class Heavy Cruiser
    25. Moot Point class Light Cruiser
    26. Nara class Light Cruiser
    27. Nidashiajobr class Light Cruiser
    28. Rull class Light Cruiser
    29. Samuelson class Medium Cruiser
    30. SEH class Light Cruiser
    31. Starburst class Light Cruiser
    32. Sting class Medium Cruiser
    33. Sunderland class Heavy Frigate
    34. Tal Varisa class Light Cruiser
    35. Thin Red Line class Light Cruiser
    36. Tyrian Lordship class Light Cruiser
    37. Victory Complete class Cruiser
    38. Yesto class Light Cruiser
    39. Yiesieltsie class Light Cruiser

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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  1. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  2. ↑ Citation Missing - Squadron Strike: Traveller
  3. ↑ Matthew Sprange. High Guard Update 2022 (Mongoose Publishing, 2022), 238.
  4. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  5. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  6. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  7. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  8. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  9. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  10. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  11. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  12. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  13. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  14. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  15. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  16. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
  17. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 28.
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