KE10c Rapacious class Fleet Escort
KE10c Rapacious class Frigate | |
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Korsumug Empire vessel. | |
Type: EF Escort | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 1,000 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Cylinder Hull |
Streamlining | Partially Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–12 |
Engineering | |
Computer | 2x Model/4 Fib |
Jump | J-3 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 10 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 32 |
Officers | 6 |
Enlisted | 12 |
Marines | 14 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 3 Tons |
Fuel tank | 370 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Korsumug Empire |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr1,159.446 (base) MCr927.557 (qty) |
Architect fee | MCrAde Stewart |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | EF-KP13 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Also see | Escort |
Canon | Published, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Classic Traveller Book 5 High Guard. |
The KE10c Rapacious class Fleet Escort is a light warship.
- It is a military ship and a Frigate.
- It is a development of the earlier KE10 Rapacious class Fleet Escort.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Rapacious class is a combat vessel of the Korsumug Empire.
- The class is operated by the Imperial Korsumug Navy.
- The vessel is a Jansa design.
- It is typically crewed by Jaibok.
- It is a TL–12 design.
Examples of the class serve with the Glorious Triumph Fleet.
Image Repository[edit]
KE10c Rapacious class Fleet Escort.
General Description[edit]
The Rapacious class is a combat vessel with 1-G and J-3 performance. Its only armament is a powerful bay-mounted particle accelerator. It has a heavily armored hull, offering good protection. The hull has basic streamlining, allowing limited atmospheric operations and enabling it to perform surface landings.
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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | The KE10c Rapacious class Fleet Escort is constructed using a 1,000 dTon hull built in a cylinder configuration. The hull is partially streamlined and has moderate atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are improved by its onboard gravitic systems.
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2. | Crew | x32 personnel.
Accommodations
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-3 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a fusion Power Plant-7, giving performance of Jump-3 and 1-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for One Jump-3 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
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4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/4 fib computer. A backup Model/4 fib is installed in engineering.
The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sophisticated sensor array, and has an avionics suite.
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5. | Hardpoints | x10 hardpoints.
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6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for a Rapacious class is:
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7. | Defenses | The hull is plated, braced and structurally reinforced. It has an armor rating of 5.
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8. | Craft | Flight Section:
x1 10-dTon KU1a Fetch class Launch. The subcraft is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 13 dTons. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 370 Tons.
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10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr1,159.446
The price does not include the cost of the launch:
With its subcraft, a discounted Rapacious class costs MCr932.485 |
11. | Construction Time | 118 weeks as standard, 95 weeks in bulk.
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12. | Comments | Standard cargo capacity amounts to 3 dTons.
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Rapacious class Fleet Escort is an ubiquitous type of warship used by the Korsumug Empire, typically serving as a major component escorting large merchant vessels. They are occasionally employed in garrison roles or used for bombardment. Early low-jump examples of the class served on the Korsumug Main, where their powerful particle accelerator gained them a reputation as hard hitters, even if they were somewhat slow and clumsy.
The type was designed by the Jansa, a minor race closely allied with the Jaibok.
A number of redesigns with more powerful drives were fielded as the Korsumug Empire began to venture to worlds further from the Main. This ultimately resulted in the KE10c variant, equipped with a Jump-3 drive. Sacrifices had to be made in the original design to accommodate the increased fuel load, principally achieved by reducing the amount of hull armor.
Examples of the Rapacious class can be encountered throughout Mavuzog Sector and Theta Borealis Sector.
- Many of the vessels are built at the naval shipyards on occupied Felspar.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
Vessel Peculiarities:
The vessel is slow but it has a long range and is capable of independent operations. It has no inherent defenses other than its electronic countermeasures and its armored skin, and relies on escorting vessels to provide point defense. The accommodations are notoriously cramped.
- Rapacious class vessels perform escort, garrison, and bombardment roles.
- Their large power plants give them a distinctive signature, making them easy to identify with sensors.
Physiologically, neither Jaibok nor Jansa cope well with low berths and they are not routinely fitted to Korsumug vessels.
- Earlier variants of the class were fitted with low berths in order to transport prisoners, a feature that has been removed as internal space issues have become more pressing.
Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Korsumug Empire are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. KE refers to Korsumug Empire (a designation applied to all Korsumug combat units), 10 is a multiple of hundreds of tons of displacement and also indicates at a glance the number of weapons mounts, and 'c' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level and bracketing its maximum jump potential. Type codes will often repeat: 'Rapacious' is an easy to remember name to identify the specific type of vessel.
- Individual vessels are generally named by their crews.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Military Vessel - Escort - Fleet Escort:
- Type EFE class Fleet Escort
- Callus Heart class Fleet Escort
- Delta Max class Fleet Escort
- Dredlezhdr class Fleet Escort
- Ejdle class Fleet Escort
- Gvurrnakhth class Fleet Escort
- Ietlzhdrzhdrkre class Fleet Escort
- Iron Boot class Fleet Escort
- KE10 Rapacious class Fleet Escort
- Type FE class Fleet Escort
- Zuugalish class Fleet Escort
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.