TC5 Galores class Sloop

TC5 Galores class Sloop
Trooles Confederation vessel.
Type: ES Close Escort
Category	ACS
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cone Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 Fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	5
Accommodations
Staterooms	6
Personnel
Crew	12
Officers	3
Enlisted	9
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	30 Tons
Fuel tank	175 Tons
Construction
Origin	Trooles Confederation
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr490.434 (base) MCr392.347 (qty)
Architect fee	MCr4.904
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	ES-5S42
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Escort
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The TC5 Galores class Sloop is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Close Escort.
• Its full designation is the TC5b Galores class.

Description (Specifications)

The Galores class is a combat vessel of the Trooles Confederation.

• The class is operated by the Trooles Confederation Navy.
• The vessel is locally designed.
• It is typically crewed by humans.
• It is a TL–11 design.

Image Repository

Galores class Sloop.

Porter class Gig

General Description

The vessel has a fully streamlined conical structure hull. It is fitted with fuel scoops and fuel purification plant allowing it to perform wilderness ocean refueling. Armed with three independent batteries of missile to track and kill multiple small targets, this approach made it less capable versus capital ships of the line. They carry enough fuel for a jump 2 and hold a jump 1 reserve for tactical retrograde operations in the face of superior enemy forces. The admiralty sought a high offensive power to tonnage ratio. They proved under powered against larger enemy frigates. They used the beam lasers rather than the cheaper pulse lasers They have proved to be excellent raiders against merchant shipping and shore installations. Streamlined and with enough acceleration to visit larger planetary gravity wells.

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	500 tons.
2.	Crew	12 crew: x1 pilot, x1 navigator, x5 engineers, x1 medic and x4 gunners in 6 double occupancy staterooms. There are no lowberths.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 4-G acceleration 175.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-5 25-EPs Agility-3 Jump-2, Maneuver 4-G acceleration, Power plant-5, 25-EPs, Agility-3.
4.	Electronics	Model 5 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x5 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: x2 triple beam laser turrets firing as a single factor 4 battery. x3 triple missile turrets firing as three factor 2 batteries.
7.	Defenses	Factor-3 hull armor.
8.	Craft	x1 4T TC004 Rambler class Grav APC, x1 20T Gig
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification.
10.	Cost	MCr490.434 MCr. 392.347.
11.	Construction Time	80 weeks to build, 64 weeks in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 30.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The TC5 Galores class Sloop serves with the Trooles Confederation. Examples of the class can be encountered throughout the coreward parts of Theta Borealis Sector.

TC5 Galores class Sloop was quite different from a civilian or mercantile sloop, which was a general term for a jump capable vessel scaled up from system cutters. Some carry a ketch or a gig while retaining their mobility and modest cargo capacity. During the last war huge numbers of sloops were built to support larger vessels. They are economical in terms of manpower which was important due to the chronic shortfall in trained starmen.

The Navy made extensive use of the sloop, against enemy privateers, slavers, and smugglers. They have served as fleet couriers, carrying secret communications, vital persons and materials, and performing reconnaissance duties for the fleet. In a famous scandal the sub-contractor responsible for the modular passenger quarters fitted into the cargo bay had a serious defect. Several power and life support sub-systems suffered cascade failures resulting some loss of VIP life.

In general, a sloop would be under the command of a master and commander rather than a full captain, although in day-to-day use the commanding officer of any naval vessels would be addressed as "captain". A sloop was generally the equivalent of the corvettes of enemy navies. They had some level of hull protection to lessen internal damage and critical hits.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities:
No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Trooles Confederation are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. TC refers to Trooles Confederation (a designation applied to all Confederation combat units), 5 is a multiple of hundreds of tons of displacement and also indicates at a glance the number of weapons mounts, and when it is used 'b' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level and bracketing its maximum jump potential. Type codes will often repeat: 'Galores' is an easy to remember class name to identify the specific type of vessel.

• Individual vessels are named by a committee using an authorized list.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Sloop:

1. Type ES class Sloop
   1. Antarian class Schooner
   2. Belton class Sampan
   3. Castle class Sloop
   4. Flower class Sloop
   5. KE4 Horde class Sloop
   6. Predator class Sloop
   7. River class Sloop
   8. Rule of Man class Schooner
   9. TC4 Attaray class Schooner
   10. TC5 Galores class Sloop
   11. Victrix class Multimission Sloop

References & Contributors (Sources)

This article has metadata.

This article is missing content for one or more detailed sections. Additional details are required to complete the article. You can help the Traveller Wiki by expanding it.

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