Lauritson class Picket Ship

Lauritson class Picket Ship
The bridge of a Lauritson class Picket Ship
Type: B Fleet
Category	ACS
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model 5/fib
Jump	J-5
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3
Accommodations
Staterooms	10
Personnel
Crew	22
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.7 Tons
Fuel tank	190 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr347.88
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	B-CS33
Universal Ship Profile	B-3455762-300000-40100-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Canon	Published, non-canon design
Designer	Dave Nilsen
Design System	TNE
Era	New Era
Reference	Challenge 76 34, 36.

The Lauritson class Picket Ship is a TL–14 Picket Ship.

Description

The Lauritson Unsupported Picket Ship (UPS) is a Gazelle-class Close Escort modifed to perform as a fleet or independent ("unsupported") picket. As with its Gazelle forebear, the Lauritson is a tight design, requiring four of its 22 crewmembers to "hot bunk."

Of the extra crew above the Gazelle complement, one mans the drone control MFD at a workstation in the ventral drone pod, one mans a bridge "repeater" station for the drone MFD as the second electronics crew member, another is dedicated maintenance crew for the sensor drones, and the fourth is a medic, carried because the Unsupported Picket Ships (UPS)s are often used for long-duration independent missions.

The drone pod displaces the small craft carried by the Gazelle, plus the ventral laser barbette, totalling 26 tons. The pod has space for three MOLRASP (Maneuvering Off-board Long Range Active Sensor Platform) drones. These drones are detailed at the bottom of the page. The "Lad" notation under sensors is a ladar sensor.

Without drop tanks, the Lauritson consumes 889.872 MW. With tanks attached, only 739.872 MW are needed. Although streamlined with the drop tanks attached, the Lauritson only has contra-grav performance for 300 tons, not 400. 2,665 m3 of fuel total, 1,345 carried in two 50-ton drop tanks, 1,320 internal. 1,120 m3 fuel for Jump-3 with tanks attached, 1,260 m3 for Jump-5 without tanks. Fuel purification machinery (7.6 MW), 10.52 hours to refine 2,665 m3. Drop tanks are armored to same level as ship, and equipped with EMM.

Image Repository

1. A Lauritson class Picket Ship deploying MOLRASP class Sensor Drones.
   

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	400 tons. Streamlined Wedge Hull.
2.	Crew	x22 crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-3/5 3/5-G acceleration Power Plant-8 28-EPs Agility-3/5
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/3 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x3/4 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	A variable number of drones and one smallcraft when necessary.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 420.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr347.88
11.	Construction Time	16 months singly; 11 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 26.0 tons.

History & Background

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: Despite remanufacturing and reengineering, the design still contains many redundant features from the base design of the Gazelle class Close Escort.

Class Naming Practice/s: Lauritson class Picket Skips: Four of these sophisticated Gazelle variants serve in the Covenant Navy, including the Covenant's Fleet Flagship, Standley Cherrie. The Lauritsons carry crack crews.

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References

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This ship was originally designed using Traveller The New Era ship design rules. Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Traveller: The New Era (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), .

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.

• Loren Wiseman. Challenge 76 (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 34, 36.