Nara class Light Cruiser

Nara class Light Cruiser
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Type: CM Light Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	28,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Buffered Planetoid Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	280
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	258
Officers	48
Enlisted	210
Marines	28
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	33.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Mapepire Cluster
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr18,475.153 Qty: 14,780.123
Architect fee	MCr184.752
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	CM-TBD
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Cruiser
Canon	Published, fan design
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 Nara class Light Cruiser is a medium warship.

• It is a military ship and a Light Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 2-G and J-2 performance with a unstreamlined buffered planetoid hull. It is not agile nor well armored beyond the rocky buffered planetoid hull. It has Jump-2 range and 2 Gs acceleration. They have a set of back up Model/6 fib ship computer.

• It carries light armament and a military defensive suite. It is armed with five batteries of sand casters and triple beam lasers. There are two batteries of fusion guns, and four batteries of repulsors and particle accelerators. It carries a smaller spinal mounted meson gun and eleven heavy missile bays. The cluster admiralty see it as inexpensive, due to the asteroid hull but it is not rated as highly effective because of its limited mobility. It has a thicker hull than the battle cruiser, but the power plant size precludes a larger set of drives.
• It ordinarily carries a numer of subcraft, ship's vehicles, and drones when needed. It carries a 60 ton shuttle, and a squadron of fighters.
• It has a 258 sophont crew and 28 marines.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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.

History & Background (Dossier)

This Nara Class design is deployed in the battle squadrons of the Mapepire Cluster.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Medium Cruiser:

1. Type CM class Medium Cruiser
   1. Addaran class Cruiser
   2. Aek Naz class Battlecruiser
   3. Alderbaran class Heavy Cruiser
   4. Antrim class Heavy Frigate
   5. Arliliushruu class Medium Cruiser
   6. Assassin class Light Cruiser
   7. Aurlikro class Light Cruiser
   8. Berserker class Light Cruiser
   9. Bullard Dempsey class Cruiser
   10. Dlevrrk class Light Cruiser
   11. Drag class Screening Cruiser
   12. Eso Ilian class Cruiser
   13. Eviscerator class Remote Offensive Unit
   14. Fearless class Medium Cruiser
   15. Forfar class Heavy Frigate
   16. Gallant class Light Cruiser
   17. Gionetti class Light Cruiser
   18. Hamidiye class Light Cruiser
   19. Harbinger class Medium Cruiser
   20. Heng-O class Small Cruiser
   21. Irloom class Light Cruiser
   22. Lord Adrian class Light Cruiser
   23. Lydia class Medium Cruiser
   24. MaKwaWo class Heavy Cruiser
   25. Moot Point class Light Cruiser
   26. Nara class Light Cruiser
   27. Nidashiajobr class Light Cruiser
   28. Rull class Light Cruiser
   29. Samuelson class Medium Cruiser
   30. SEH class Light Cruiser
   31. Starburst class Light Cruiser
   32. Sting class Medium Cruiser
   33. Sunderland class Heavy Frigate
   34. Tal Varisa class Light Cruiser
   35. Thin Red Line class Light Cruiser
   36. Tyrian Lordship class Light Cruiser
   37. Victory Complete class Cruiser
   38. Yesto class Light Cruiser
   39. Yiesieltsie class Light Cruiser

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