Suurian Might class Destroyer

Suurian Might class Destroyer
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Type: DD Destroyer
Category	ACS
Size	800 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	F Model/6 fib
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	8
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	44
Officers	7
Marines	19
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	8 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Vilani Protectorate
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr843.988 675.19 in quantity
Architect fee	MCr8.44
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	DD-81366F2-100000-10001-0
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 Suurian Might class Destroyer is a multi-role starship.

It is a military ship and a Destroyer.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Built locally at the Suur (world) Masalamarmii orbital naval ship yards. It is a vessel with 6-G acceleration and J-3 performance with a streamlined needle hull. The engineering section is controlled from the bridge by the command pilot and chief engineering officer. Access to the machinery can be gained via a pressurized iris valve. The engineering section has a small control room. The jump drive utilizes a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor. The vessel has sturdy, retractable wheeled landing gear for runway surface landings and can taxi. 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. The vessel is fitted with system range communications equipment, including laser, maser and frequency agile, multi-channel radio links. For fire control and multiple target tracking it is equipped with an advanced passive and active EMS sensor array, and has a terrain following avionics suite. It has a tactical IFF transponder that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.

It carries light armament and a military defensive suite.
It ordinarily carries a 20 dton Long Boat as subcraft, two Air Rafts can be carried as ship's vehicles in the cargo bay, and drones when needed.
It has a 44 sophont crew which includes the 19 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]
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	800 tons, streamlined needle/wedge for ocean refueling.
2.	Crew	44 crew, command pilot, navigational officer, chief engineering officer, 8 engineering ratings, medical officer, gunnery officer, 11 gunner's mates, one fight operations officer, a marine lieutenant and 18 marines for the boarding party who share 22 double occupancy staterooms.
3.	Performance	Jump-3, 6-G acceleration, Power-6, 48-EP, 4-Agility.
4.	Electronics	Model/6 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x8 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	Four single pulse laser turrets, and four dual missile turrets.
7.	Defenses	Factor 1 armored hull plating.
8.	Craft	1 x 20T Long Boat
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification.
10.	Cost	MCr843.988, MCr.675.19 in quantity.
11.	Construction Time	40 weeks to build, 32 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	12 in service Standard cargo capacity amounts to 8 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

These vessels operate in the Hedreunides Subsector of the Matzen Sector. Built for the Vilani Protectorate Navy, this is a multi-role TL–12 design. They can carry 288tons of fuel and are often equipped to carry Jump-3 drop tanks for extended range operations. The crews assigned love the private quarters. The small cargo bay does offer some mission options. They are designed to be flexible for small scale operations. They have a section of fleet marines. They have a single 20 T long boat which can function as a recovery boat. The armor and weapons load is considered by many to be unusually light. All weapons fire as independent batteries. They do not concentrate fire power very well. The hull is only slightly reinforced and can only be useful to grant a false sense of security. One argument was that the weapon load was optimized to reduce power draw to preserve the agility. There are four torpedo tubes forward and four amidships. The starboard battery has the two single pulse laser turrets and the port battery has the other two single pulse laser turrets for broadsides work. Target acquisition prompts in this F model 6 fib computer network are links to a compound sensor array and have hot pink targeting reticules and cue gunners to neutralize targets. All fire missions are run from a centralized combat control center, no turrets have local control. These numerous batteries can achieve a barrage of hits against civilian targets but struggle against well equipped enemy warships.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: Patriotic names are common extolling Vilani virtues.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Military Ship - Warship- Destroyer Escort :

Type DE class Destroyer Escort

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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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 Far Future Enterprises 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)
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy

↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

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

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

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