Krait class Frigate

Krait class Frigate
Type: CF Frigate
Category	ACS
Size	1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Close Structure Hull
Streamlining	Partly Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	3 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	10
Offensive	1 50t PA bay
Defensive	ECM suite
Accommodations
Staterooms	14.5
Personnel
Crew	27
Officers	2
Enlisted	12
Marines	13
High/Mid Passengers
Payload
Cargo	2 Tons
Fuel tank	460 Tons
Carried craft	2 6t Speeders
Construction
Construction Time	30 Months
Origin	Distant Fringe
Price
Cost	MCr847.833
Architect fee	MCr8.478
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	CF-A423622-200000-00300-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Krait class Frigate is a TL–11 Frigate.

• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description

The Krait class Frigate is a new design, built under contract for the Ras Tennol Forces. So far the trials and crew reactions have been less than enthusiastic. The partially streamlined close structure hull is very lightly armored. The weapon package is underwhelming. One of their only redeeming features, is their ability to be carried in place of the much more vicious Punisher class Light Battle Riders, aboard the Oni class Fleet Tenders, thus providing an extended range strike ability. This tactical concept is widely viewed as hopeful at best.

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	The Krait class is constructed using a 1,000 Ton hull built in a close structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, allowing wilderness gas giant refueling which is a fleet requirement. There are four airlocks located around the vessel. There is a 1 ton ship's locker.
2.	Crew	x27 personnel which includes the command pilot, navigator, 9 engineers, 1 medic, 2 gunners, and a section of 13 marines lead by a senior, non-commissioned officer. x2 Officers, the commander and the XO. x25 Enlisted, including 13 marines. Accommodations There are 14.5 Staterooms. All quarters except the captain's cabin are double occupancy. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There is a single ship's locker.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-3 drive, and a Power Plant-6, giving performance of Jump-2 and 3-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 3. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for two Jump-2s and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/2 computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a rudimentary ECM package with decoys and counter-measures.
5.	Hardpoints	x10 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Krait class is: x1 50-Ton bay, mounting a factor 3 Particle Accelerator.
7.	Defenses	The hull is lightly plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 2.
8.	Craft	Flight Section 2 x 6T Speeders which are housed in two small dedicated hangers: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 12 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 460 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr847.833 Architects Fee: MCr8.478
11.	Construction Time	120 weeks 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	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 1 Ton.

History & Background (Dossier)

The contract for the Krait class was to provide an inexpensive way to protect commerce, and to serve as an escort for merchant vessels. It is intended to discourage enemy commerce raiders and pirates. They are relatively inexpensive when purchased in bulk and are optimized for hunting small fast targets. The boarding party has no small craft and a pair of speeders can't really take and hold land. The particle accelerator bay is undersized and under powered, and struggles to penetrate armored hulls. The hull armor does little to reduce critical internal damage against vital systems, and only serves to provide a thinly veiled illusion of security. Procurement also failed to deliver a military grade software package, coupled with a civilian computer architecture, fire control sensor integration is often referred to as best guess tracking. The engineers, however rave that the mil spec power plant is a work of art, easily the best part of the whole ship. Critics counter that its contemporary, the much smaller Draper class Frigate is more than its match.

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References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS