Starbelt class Fleet Tender

Starbelt class Fleet Tender
TBD
Type: VTF Fleet Tender
Category	BCS
Size	50,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Planetoid Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	500
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	336
Officers	36
Enlisted	300
Marines	51
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	20.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Trindel Confederacy
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr18,363.21 Qty: MCr 14,690.568
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Tender
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 Starbelt class Fleet Tender is a subcraft-carrying warship.

• It is a military ship and a Fleet Tender.

Description (Specifications)

This vessel is an unstreamlined planetoid hull was selected as an inexpensive option. It features a TL–11 Jump-2 drive, and 2-G acceleration.

• It is armed with 200 triple missile turrets, 100 triple beam laser turrets, 100 dual fusion gun turrets, and 100 triple sand caster turrets.
• It can carry a pair of 8,000 ton Trindel class Battle Riders, two 600 ton Taravesh class Gunboats and a squadron of ten 50 ton heavy fighters. The marines have drop capsules and use of a 50 ton Cutter, which also assists with refueling. They have a platoon of five 4 ton Grav APCs.
• It has a 336 sophont crew and 51 marines.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

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	50,000 tons. Planetoid Hull
2.	Crew	x336 crew with x51 marines.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 2-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x500 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 20.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

It was built for the Trindel Confederacy.

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 - Fleet Tender:

1. Type VTF class Fleet Tender
   1. As'ah class Fleet Tender
   2. Aster class Fleet Tender
   3. Euphrates Rio class Fleet Tender
   4. Jesel class Fleet Tender
   5. Last Armada class Fleet Tender
   6. League class Fleet Tender
   7. Norland class Fleet Tender
   8. Plavis class Fleet Tender
   9. Saeda class Fleet Tender
   10. Starbelt class Fleet Tender
   11. Stormbringer class Fleet Tender
   12. Uthgvoe class Fleet Tender
   13. Yedidah class Fleet Tender

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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