Primarch class Ketch
Primarch class Ketch | |
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TBD | |
Type: EL Ketch | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 100 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Wedge Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–12 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/1 |
Jump | J-1 |
Maneuver | 1 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 1 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 14 |
Officers | 2 |
Enlisted | 12 |
Marines | 12 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 6.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Ma'Gnar Primarchic |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr40.422 Qty: MCr 32.338 |
Architect fee | MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr. |
Statistics | |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | No |
Source | |
Also see | TBD |
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 Primarch class Ketch is a very light warship.
- It is a military ship and a Ketch.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
This vessel has G-1 and J-1 performance. The hull is a streamlined needle/wedge hull fitted with fuel scoops and a purification system for wilderness ocean refueling. A Model/1 ship computer is mounted with scout sensors and enough fuel is carried for a single Jump-1. They are built inexpensively and deployed in vast numbers. This is designed as a minimalistic TL–12 spacecraft capable of delivering small teams of special forces. They are delivered to the FEBA by 20 ton Mal'Gnar class Skiff.
- On demand, ortillery fire support is provided by the ship's triple missile racks. Addition battery rounds are often kept in the cargo bay.
- It carries a single subcraft. The squad of 12 marines is lead by a junior officer trained in forward observation, who is assisted by a senior NCO. They are equipped with chameleon combat armor, grav flight harnesses and Gauss weapons. SOP is for the marines to jump from the Skiff once they enter a suitable atmosphere where they can soar for several kilometers and swoop in for stealthy insertions. They excel at covert commando raids, using their talons to shred sentries in near silence.
- The carry a crew of two: pilot and weapons officer and 12 marines.
Image Repository[edit]
No information yet available.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
No information yet available.
Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]
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. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | 100 tons. |
2. | Crew | 14 crew. |
3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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4. | Electronics | Model/1 ship computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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8. | Craft / Drones | 20 ton Skiff |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification |
10. | Cost | MCr40.422. |
11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
12. | Remarks | Other Equipment: |
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
It was built for the Ma'Gnar Primarchic at Mal'Gnar El, The Beyond Sector 3002, A864727-C. Ships in Class: unknown.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Military Vessel - Escort - Light Escort:
- Type EL class Light Escort
- Biter class Close Escort
- C-4 class Interceptor
- Chasseur class Close Escort
- Cleaver class Close Escort
- Edinburgh class Light Frigate
- Eitehr class Frigate
- Ekawsiykua class Escort
- Freya class Patrol Cutter
- K'Thud class Warship
- Kalarak class Lancer
- Kalaron class Escort
- Kearsarge class Close Escort
- Lancer class Light Escort
- Oppenheimer class Light Escort
- Osa class Missile Sloop
- Plokl class Escort
- Primarch class Ketch
- Reckless Errand class Close Escort
- Rift class War Galley
- Samardin class Patrol Sloop
- Sargon class Close Escort
- Turku class Light Escort
- Type 043 Yuan class Mine Countermeasure Ship
- Type-21 class Missile Sloop
- Wolf class Strike Escort
- Yarra class War Sloop
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.