KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer
| KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer | |
|---|---|
 Korsumug Empire vessel. | |
| Type: DH Destroyer | |
| Category | BCS |
| Size | 12,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Cylinder Hull |
| Streamlining | Partially Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–13 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | 2x Model/6 Fib |
| Jump | J-3 |
| Maneuver | 2 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 120 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 130 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 229 |
| Officers | 45 (+42 pilots) |
| Enlisted | 102 |
| Marines | 40 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 11 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 4,440 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Korsumug Empire |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr11,779.011 (base) MCr9,423.209 (qty) |
| Architect fee | MCrAde Stewart |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | DH |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Source | |
| Also see | Capital Ship |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using Classic Traveller Book 5 High Guard. | |
The KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer is a warship.
- It is a military ship and a Heavy Destroyer.
- It is a relatively new design of vessel.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Vermin 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 largely crewed by Jansa.
- Jaibok assume high command (the Captain is always Jaibok) or serve as fighter crew, marines, or service crew.
- It is a TL–13 design.
Examples of the class serve with the Glorious Triumph Fleet.
Image Repository[edit]
KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer
General Description[edit]
The Vermin class is a heavy destroyer with 2-G and J-3 performance. It is built around a compact spinal meson accelerator, the smallest available by tech level but still packing a deadly punch, and also mounts multiple heavy missile batteries and clusters of laser turrets that are most commonly used in a point defense capacity. Defenses include its heavily armored skin, sandcaster batteries, screens and dampers, as well as extensive electronic countermeasures and jamming. The vessel is partially streamlined, is capable of independent refuelling operations, and can make 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] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | The KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer is constructed using a 12,000 dTon hull built in a cylinder configuration. The hull is partially streamlined and has moderate atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are entirely reliant on its onboard gravitic systems.
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| 2. | Crew | x229 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-2 drive, and a fusion Power Plant-7, giving performance of Jump-3 and 2-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. 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/6 fib computer. A backup Model/6 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 | x120 hardpoints.
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| 6. | Armament | The normal weapons fit-out for a Vermin class is:
x1 Type E spinal mount Meson Gun.
x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into two batteries of 5 linked turrets. |
| 7. | Defenses | The hull is plated, braced and structurally reinforced. It has an armor rating of 5.
x100 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into ten batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is equipped with a meson screen and a nuclear damper. |
| 8. | Craft | Flight Section:
x20 10-dTon KF3c Vendetta class Fighters.
x2 10-dTon KU1a Fetch class Launches. The subcraft are housed in dedicated hangars: the hangars can be sealed and have a total volume of 400 dTons. The vessel is fitted with x2 Launch Tubes.
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| 9. | Fuel Treatment | The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 4440 dTons.
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| 10. | Cost | The basic cost of the vessel is MCr11,779.011
The price does not include the cost of the subcraft:
With its full complement of subcraft, a discounted Malign class costs MCr9,756.425 (subcraft discount included). |
| 11. | Construction Time | 163 weeks as standard, 131 weeks in bulk.
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| 12. | Comments | Standard cargo capacity amounts to 11 dTons.
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Vermin class destroyer is an infrequently seen type of capital ship used by the Korsumug Empire, typically serving as a powerful escort vessel for a defensive force. There are no exact records of the number that have been built, but there are known to be relatively few of them due to construction yard limitations. No extant examples of the ship have been captured by other interstellar states.
The type was designed by the Jansa, a minor race closely allied with the Jaibok. Jansa serve as the majority of the crew: Jaibok are inefficient and disorganised on large vessels and where there are Jaibok aboard, they are assigned specific roles best suited to their temperament.
The Vermin class is a relatively new design of vessel, having been constructed to counter large combat vessels fielded by the Principality of Mavuzo and the Sorority of Hygiea. Examples of the class are occasionally encountered throughout Mavuzog Sector and Theta Borealis Sector.
- The class are primarily manufactured on Esmeria, in Taltan Subsector of Mavuzog Sector.
- They are parcelled out in small numbers to active fleets.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
Vessel Peculiarities:
The vessel houses a compact spinal meson gun and the large fusion plant that powers it. The vessel is contained within a heavily armored and reinforced cylindrical hull. All the other major structural elements have the feel of having been fitted around the gun. Access to components and equipment is often awkward and cramped.
Physiologically, neither Jaibok nor Jansa cope well with low berths and they are not routinely fitted to Korsumug vessels.
- Accommodations aboard the vessel are squeezed into convenient corners and available spaces.
Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Korsumug Empire are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. KJ refers to Korsumug Empire–Jansa-operated (a designation applied to all very large Korsumug combat units due to the crew limitations that Jaibok suffer), 120 is a multiple of hundreds of tons of displacement and also indicates at a glance the number of weapons mounts, and 'd' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level and bracketing its maximum jump potential. Type codes will often repeat: 'Vermin' 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 Ship - Warship- Heavy Destroyer:
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.