Sath class Medium Fighter

Sath class Medium Fighter
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: FM Medium Fighter
Category	[[Smallcraft]]
Size	30 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining	Lifting Body Hull
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	Model/2
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1
Officers	1
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1.3 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Sath Alliance
Manufacturer	Sath military industries, state run fabrication
Price
Cost	MCr47.8 Qty: MCr 38.24
Architect fee	MCr0.478
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No.
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Fighter
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 Sath class Medium Fighter is a military ship and a Fighter.

• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The hull is streamlined and fitted with fuel scoops. The needle/wedge lifting airfoil is capable of dual environmental combat in the atmospheres of planets. The engines generate 5 G acceleration and the design is very agile and elusive. The TL–8 hulls are fitted with a bridge and a Model/2 computer.

The weapon is a single pulse laser battery. There is an up-gunned variant with two pulse lasers, a gunner is required and the agility drops from 5 to 2 and costs an additional 0.5 MCr. for the B variant.

The bridge has two acceleration couches for the single crew member and has enough room for a passenger/observer. There is a small craft stateroom so that these fighters can engage in long range system patrols, facilitated by this extended life support capability. The cargo bay can be fitted with additional life support and provisions and mission specific equipment.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	30 tons.
2.	Crew	1 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 5-G acceleration Power Plant-9 2.7-EPs Agility-5
4.	Electronics	Model/2 computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: A single pulse laser battery.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Scoops
10.	Cost	MCr47.8 Qty: MCr 38.24.
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks to build, 19 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	2.7 tons of unrefined fuel Standard cargo capacity amounts to 1.3 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built for the Sath Alliance Military Forces. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector. Built on Sii'kh Shi (world) and used by the Occupation Forces stationed there, several ships in the fleet deploy squadrons of these 30 dton fighters. The pulse laser is selected to simplify logistical requirements. The up-gunned B variants are rare outside of training squadrons. Fleet squadrons are almost exclusively the A variant. Observers are usually not carried except on longer duration reconnaissance missions.

Distant Fringe Vessels

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.

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.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Individual vessels are generally named by their crews.

• 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. Spacefarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Smallcraft - Fighter:

1. Type PF class Fighter
   1. Sath class Fighter

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