KF1a Cruelty class Fighter

KF1a Cruelty class Fighter
Korsumug Empire vessel.
Type: FA Light Fighter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	20 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Airframe Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	3 Tons
Construction
Origin	Korsumug Empire
Year Operational	No data available.
Price
Cost	MCr44.700 (base) MCr35.760 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	PH-2A60
Images
Blueprint	No.
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Spaceplane
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ade Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Classic Traveller Book 5 High Guard.

The KF1a Cruelty class Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.

• It is a military ship and a Fighter.
• It is an interface craft.

Description (Specifications)

Cruelty class fighters serve with the navy of the Korsumug Empire. They are carried aboard many larger classes of vessel. They are defined as a 'microfighter' because of their small size.

• 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–9 design.

Examples of the class serve with the Glorious Triumph Fleet.

Image Repository

KF1a Cruelty class Fighter.

General Description

The Cruelty class is a fast, deadly combat vessel with 6-G performance and excellent agility. Its primary armament is paired beam lasers: it is also fitted with a missile launch system that carries three missiles. It has a broadly wedge shape and is an airframe design, allowing it to operate both in planetary atmospheres and the vacuum of space.

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	The Cruelty class is constructed using a 20 dTon hull built in a generally wedge-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined and has airfoil surfaces, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided into sealed compartments. The vessel has a sturdy retractable landing legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 2 x1 pilot, x1 weapons/electronics specialist. Accommodations The cockpit is the only crew-accessible part of the ship: it is fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators. The vessel has full life support and environmental systems. The craft does not have an airlock: if the cockpit is opened life support integrity is lost. There are monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. There are x2 small emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-6 drive and a Power Plant-16, giving performance of 6-G acceleration and generating 3.6 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant approximately 4 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4.	Electronics	The cockpit contains x2 acceleration couches and control equipment. The vessel is fitted with a Model/2 Computer: no backup computer is installed. The computer functions as a Model/1 due to the lack of a bridge. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a standard sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package and Jamming Equipment. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Cruelty is: Fixed dual beam lasers. Fixed single missile rack. The missile rack mounts x3 standard Anti-Shipping Missiles.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 3 Tons. The hull is fitted with intrinsic fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr44.700. The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable. If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price of each unit to MCr35.760.
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	The vessel has no internal cargo capacity.

History & Background (Dossier)

Cruelty class Fighters serve with the navy of the Korsumug Empire. Other Korsumug fighters rely on missiles: the Crueltys use of internally powered beam lasers gives it a particularly good combat endurance.

• Huge numbers of the craft have been built.

The vessel was designed by the Jansa, a minor race closely allied with the Jaibok.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities:
The vessel has no airlock. It is normal for the crew to wear vacc suits in case of emergency, despite the cockpit having full life support facilities.

• The Cruelty class has a huge powerplant putting out a lot of energy. This large signature means that the class are relatively easy to detect using sensors.

Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Korsumug Empire are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. KF refers to 'Korsumug Fighter' (a designation applied to all Korsumug smallcraft combat units), 1 is a type indicator, and 'a' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level. Type codes will often repeat: 'Cruelty' 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

Smallcraft - Fighter:

1. Type F class Fighter
   1. KF1a Cruelty class Fighter
   2. KF2a Hostility class Fighter
   3. KF3c Vendetta class Fighter

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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