Oreo class Destroyer

Oreo class Destroyer
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Type: DM Destroyer
Category	BCS
Size	7,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Oreo Pattern Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	70
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	87
Officers	9
Enlisted	78
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	33.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr6,245.234 (base) MCr4,996.187 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Destroyer
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 Oreo class Destroyer is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Destroyer.
• The vessel is a TL-15 design.

Description (Specifications)

The Oreo class Destroyer was originally designed for service with the Fleets of the Domain of Sylea. The design process was strongly influenced by the former Duke of Oreo Subsector, in Massilia Sector, a keen amateur naval architect. The class are larger than normal destroyers, yet are considered too small to be a true cruiser. The primary weapon is the powerful Meson Gun spinal mount, giving the vessel a punch far above its weight. The screens are mediocre, one of many compromises needed to accommodate the meson gun in a hull this size. The ability to destroy enemy shipping takes priority over its own survival: range and speed also suffered as a result of this martial mindset. In compliance with the "Oreo Settlement" the ship carries an Alfred class Gunboat.

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The Oreo class is constructed using a 7,000 Ton "Oreo Pattern" hull built in a Close Structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy fixed legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x87 personnel. x12 Officers. x75 Enlisted, including x7 Security. Accommodations There are 43.5 Staterooms. All quarters 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 are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-3 drive, a Maneuver-3 drive, and a Power Plant-16, giving performance of Jump-3 and 3-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 3. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-3 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 lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9fib 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 sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x70 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for an Oreo class is: x1 Type J spinal Meson Gun. x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets. x10 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets. x2 100-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x20 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into two batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x1 90-Ton Alfred class Gunboat. The Gunboat is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 117 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 3,290 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr6,245.234 Architects Fee: MCr62.452
11.	Construction Time	150 weeks (35 months) 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 33 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Oreo class Destroyer sees service in Fleets across the Domain of Sylea and beyond. It was designed to be produced in shipyards across the Domain and was intended for general Imperial service, and as such it bore no particular cultural or political influences within its architecture. However, it was designated for service with the 146th Fleet stationed in Oreo Subsector, and consequently the eccentric but influential 14th Duke of Oreo became involved in the project.

The 14th Duke was a direct descendant of the aristocratic Halls families, the pre-Imperial rulers of Oreo Subsector. When the Oreo Worlds, the proto-polity they controlled, was absorbed into the expanding Third Imperium they gained a privilege known as the "Oreo Settlement". This mandated that any vessels that were to serve with the 146th Fleet – the designation given to the former Oreo Worlds flotilla and considered by the 14th Duke to be his "personal Fleet" – must be locally designed and manufactured. The privilege had been granted by Cleon I himself and the Duke insisted that it must be honored.

The demand was utterly impractical and strategically suicidal, and the Navy resisted the proposal, eventually resulting in the direct intervention of the Archduke of the Domain. She ruled that all vessels of the Oreo class, no matter where they served, were to carry an Alfred class Gunboat, a small combat craft that was the personal design of the 14th Duke himself. The Alfred was a capable vessel and all parties found the resolution acceptable. The current Duke has maintained his father's policy and as a result many classes of warship operating within the Domain carry at least one Alfred. Some naval officers resent the ongoing Noble influence on naval architecture: others see the broader political benefits that such indulgences can bring.

Oreo Pattern Hulls

"Oreo Pattern" hulls are a naval design feature that grew out of the "Oreo Settlement", and which was initially implemented in Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector for economic reasons following the Civil War. Fundamentally, it is the process of creating hybrid technology ships. Unarmored hulls are locally built at lower tech levels, transported aboard commercial vessels, and fitted out as TL-15 warships at the more advanced shipyards in the region. "Oreo Pattern" starships have proven just as capable as their counterparts originating in other regions of the Imperium and it is now an accepted quirk of warships originating within the Domain of Sylea.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship- Medium Destroyer:

1. Type DM class Medium Destroyer
   1. Ancona class Destroyer
   2. Buigoon class Destroyer
   3. Coleridge class Destroyer
   4. Dezhdrle class Destroyer
   5. Enshbasi class Destroyer
   6. Formaine class Destroyer
   7. Fusilier class Destroyer
   8. Gormandoacy class Destroyer
   9. Hall class Destroyer
   10. Heng-O Type 22 class Destroyer
   11. Holdemar class Destroyer
   12. Hopper class Destroyer
   13. Jask class Destroyer
   14. Keawehei class Destroyer
   15. Kendal Craig class Destroyer
   16. Kurrigan class Destroyer
   17. McKenzie class Destroyer
   18. MolTol class Destroyer
   19. Oreo class Destroyer
   20. Pharos class Destroyer
   21. Rajiv class Destroyer
   22. Soaring Wing class Destroyer
   23. Torrel class Destroyer
   24. Type 052D Yulang III class Destroyer
   25. Xianghou class Destroyer
   26. Zhdrbaeliprietl class Destroyer

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science