Qatan class Escort Corvette

Qatan class Escort Corvette
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: ECE Escort Corvette
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/4 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	10
Officers	2
Enlisted	8
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	The Last Line
Price
Cost	MCr360.540 (base) MCr288.432 (qty)
Architect fee	MCr3.605
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	DE-DS42
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Destroyer Escort
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Qatan class Escort Corvette is a light warship.

It is a military ship and a Escort Corvette.
Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

It is a lightly armored fully streamlined conical structure with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness ocean refueling. The ship is capable of Jump-2, and carries enough internal fuel for a Jump-2 with a Jump-1 reserve. They are fitted with 28 days of extra power plant fuel and well as another Jump-2 drop tank for increased range when crossing rift zones. The maneuver drives develop 4G acceleration with a 2-Agility rating. It carries a Model/4 fib ship computer adjacent to the main bridge.

It is armed with two triple missile turrets, a double plasma gun turret and a triple beam laser turret.

The crew consists of a pilot, navigator, medic, 4 gunners and 3 engineers.

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]
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	400 tons.
2.	Crew	10 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 4-G acceleration Power Plant-4 16-EPs Agility-2
4.	Electronics	Model/4 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x4 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: One triple beam laser turret, one dual plasma gun turret, 2 triple missile turrets.
7.	Defenses	Factor 4 hull armor.
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr360.54.
11.	Construction Time	16 months to build, 13 months in quantity.
12.	Comments	Destroyer Escort Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Built locally at Jesel for the The Last Line, which is the youngest state within the Distant Fringe, located in the coreward/spinward quadrant of Halcyon Sector. They use this class as a fleet escort.

Distant Fringe Vessels[edit]

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.^[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.^[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Military Vessel - Escort - Close Escort:

Type EC class Close Escort

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)
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

↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[3] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[4] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

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