Gunboat

Line Combatants (Primary - Capital)				Escort Combatants (Secondary - Subcapital)				Military Auxiliary (Tertiary)
B- Battleship	C- Cruiser	O- Ortillery	V- Carrier	D- Destroyer	E- Escort	F- Fighter	H- Defense/Security	I- Combat Transport	Q- Combat Support	S- Scout	U- Utility	X- Commo	Z- Special

Mercantile Commercial Ships (Trade & Profit)				Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships (Industry & Profit)					Non-Commercial Ships (Nonprofit)			System Craft (Intrastellar)
A- Tramp	M- Freighter	R- Liner	T- Transport	G- Industrial	J- Prospector	K- Expedition	P- Corsair	U- Utility	L- Science	N- Medical	Y- Private	WB- Barge	WA- Satellite	WO- Space Station

EG-class Gunboats are a kind of close escort and are generally a light warship platform.

• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
• It is a starship supraclass.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:

• Starship User Types
  • Civilian Ship
  • Military Ship
  • Non-Commercial Vessel
  • Paramilitary Ship

• Advanced Ship Classifications
  • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
  • Ship Type Code / Superclass
  • Ship Class Code / Class
  • Model (TL)
  • Bloc (Lot)

• Basic Ship Classifications
  • Adventure Class Ship
  • Battle Class Ship
  • Capital Ship
  • Fleet Class Ship
  • Size-Role Classification
  • Subcapital Ship
  • QSP
  • USP
  • World Class Ship

• Ships by Function
  • Bigcraft
  • Boat
  • Capital Ship
  • Largecraft
  • Non-starship
  • Smallcraft
  • Spaceplane
  • Spaceship
  • Starship
  • Subcapital Ship
  • Subcraft
  • System Craft
  • Warship

Speed of Travel

• Astronomical Unit (AU)
• FTL
• Light Speed (c)
• Light-week (lw)
• Light-year (ly)
• NAFAL (STL)
• Parsec (pc)

Description (Specifications)

Ultimately, the distinction between ground, air, and spacecraft disappears for military vehicles, and a single type of vehicle assumes all these roles for system defense. Called gunboats, they are capable of extended operations in vacuum, atmosphere, and water.

Image Repository

1. A Fiery class Gunned Escort in colorful livery.
   

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Individual vessels are strongly armed, and can fight enemy ships while later supporting ground forces or attacking enemy installations. Further, they can continue resistance for long periods, hiding in oceans or gas giants, and coming out only when there is the prospect of enemy losses.

Supraclass Roles

Gunboats typically serve the following roles:

1. Attack Boat (??)
2. Close Escort (ECE)
3. Corvette (EC)
4. Escort (E)
5. Frigate (EF)
6. Gunboat (??)
7. Gunship (??)
8. Light Attack Boat (??)
9. Missile Boat (ECM)
10. Missile Corvette (ECM)
11. Pursuit Ship (ECT)
12. Scout-Interceptor (??)
13. Sloop (ES)
14. System Defense Boat (HSB)

Supraclass Archtypes

Typically, gunboats are fast, well-armed, and well-armored. They are capable of a wide variety of military missions, and have a high survival potential. Mass displacement is generally in the order of 200 to 600 tons.

EG-class Gunboat Supraclass Archtypes
Archtype	Type Code	TL Range	Remarks
TBD	TBD	TBD	None

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Gunboat:

1. Type CE class Close Escort
   1. TBD class Gunboat

Ship Summary List

Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role or these roles include:

2 Representative Gunboat (EG) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Lancer class Corvette EG 12 200 3 4 Various Yes TBD Menace class Corvette EG 12 800 3 6 Old Worlds Navy No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.

11 Representative Gunship (PG) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Daring class Patrol Frigate PG 14 400 3 3 Third Imperium Yes PG-DA33 Grasp class Gunship PG 12 760 3 3 Mapepire Cluster No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Heroic Event class Light Attack Boat PG 7 200 0 2 Cambre Accord No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Heron class Scout-Interceptor PG 14 100 2 6 Federation of Heron No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Hornet class Gunship PG 15 600 2 6 Third Imperium No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Kalaron class Assault Scout PG 11 100 2 2 Union of Garth No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Oppressor class Gunboat PG 10 2,000 0 6 Third Imperium No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. SLC7 Dianist class Gunboat PG 13 1,800 4 4 Isaiat Dominate No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. VCS 894 class Missile Gunboat PGM 10 1,000 1 6 Viyard Concourse No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. VCS 904 class Gunboat PG 10 200 1 5 Viyard Concourse No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. Nexus Warspite class Intruder PG 12 200 2 3 Distant Fringe No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD

0 Representative Missile Boat (ECM) Classes
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• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (A-M) (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 22. (Classic Traveller Supplement 8)
• Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD. (Classic Traveller Supplement 9)
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), TBD.
• Bryan Steele. Traders and Gunboats (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), TBD.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science