Kaufman class Dual Environment Fighter

Kaufman class Dual Environment Fighter
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Type: FH Heavy Fighter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	90 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	4
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.2 missile magazine Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Caliphate of Estalia
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr143.06  in quantity 114.448
Architect fee	MCr1.431
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Fighter - Spaceplane
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Kaufman class Dual Environment Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.

• It is a military ship and an Heavy Fighter.

Description (Specifications)

This is a class of TL–10 Heavy Fighter with the best armor available to take heavy punishment. It has the best 4-G maneuver drive and an oversized fusion power plant for maximum evasive agility. It is armed with a pair of magazine fed 50kg missile racks. There is a squadron of ten of these flying submarines. They are equipped for action in the planets hydrosphere and armored to explore its greatest depths. They provide atmospheric and near space COACC. They can operate in space and are streamlined for ocean refueling. As yet they are reliant on the 800 ton Carrack class Transports for inter-system transport and redeployment. The crew includes a pilot/captain and a weapons officer.

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 craft) 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	90 tons.
2.	Crew	2
3.	Performance	4Gs
4.	Electronics	Model 4
5.	Hardpoints	1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Two missile launchers.
7.	Defenses	Fully sealed and pressurized for maximum diving with factor 10 hull armor.
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops
10.	Cost	MCr143.06.
11.	Construction Time	9 months to build, 7 months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Designed to fight underwater as well as in space. Standard cargo capacity amounts to 8 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Build at Kaufman for the Caliphate of Estalia which lies in the Delhi Subsector of the Holowon Sector. The Caliphate of Estalia relies on this class to protect the Kaufman (Holowon 0122 B86A5D0-A) starport and native shipping in system it controls. They can also provide close gunship support for marine units.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy