Tacoolu class Light Cruiser

Tacoolu class Light Cruiser
Long Range Scout Cruiser
Type: CL Light Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	10,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/9 fib
Jump	J-6
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	100
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	128
Officers	15
Enlisted	113
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	13.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr8,340.942 (base) MCr6,672.754 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	CL-0AS16
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Cruiser
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 Tacoolu class Light Cruiser is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Light Cruiser.
• The vessel is a TL-15 design.
• It is also known as a Tacoolu class Scout Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-6 performance with a streamlined oreo pattern wedge hull. The Tacoolu class Light Cruiser is employed on the fringes of Imperial space, where long-range capability is a necessity to cross between widely scattered stars. They are built to "live off the land", with over-engineered machinery, multiple redundancies, and wilderness refuelling capabilities.

• It carries heavy armament and a military defensive suite. Their lack of armor and agility puts them at a disadvantage in combat, though this is somewhat compensated for by their use of a prototype Black Globe generator.
• It ordinarily carries several subcraft, several ship's vehicles, and several drones.
• It has a 128 sophont crew and no marines.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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	The Tacoolu class is constructed using a 10,000 Ton hull built in a Needle configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x128 personnel. x15 Officers. x113 Enlisted, including x10 Security. Accommodations There are 64 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. There are 64 Low Berths. These hold the Frozen Watch. The low berths are tended by the vessel's medical staff. 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. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-6 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-8, giving performance of Jump-6 and 1-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-6 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9 fib ship computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It contains additional extremely sensitive specialist surveillance and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x100 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Tacoolu class is: x20 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into two batteries of 10 linked turrets. x10 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Particle Accelerator. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Meson Gun. x2 50-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x20 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into two batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. The vessel is fitted with a black globe generator. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Repulsor.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x10 20-Ton Light Fighters. x10 2-Ton Sensor Drones. The subcraft are housed in dedicated hangers: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 286 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 6,800 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr8,340.942 Architects Fee: MCr83.409
11.	Construction Time	160 weeks (37 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 13.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

Tacoolu class vessels have had more than their fair share of first encounters and border skirmishes and a number of examples of the class have been lost. The intended mission of Tacoolu class Light Cruisers is covert operations: they are spy-ships. They are used for intelligence gathering, data retrieval, reconnaissance, and other surveillance activities. A common practice is to use their Black Globes for concealment. Examples of the class are known to serve with the 146th Fleet, the 172nd Fleet, the 283rd Fleet and the 314th Fleet.

Oreo Pattern Hulls

"Oreo Pattern" hulls are a naval design feature that grew out of the "Oreo Settlement", and which was initially implemented in Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector for economic reasons following the Civil War. Fundamentally, it is the process of creating hybrid technology ships. Unarmored hulls are locally built at lower tech levels, transported aboard commercial vessels, and fitted out as TL-15 warships at the more advanced shipyards in the region. "Oreo Pattern" starships have proven just as capable as their counterparts originating in other regions of the Imperium and it is now an accepted quirk of warships originating within the Domain of Sylea.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Light Cruiser:

1. Type CL class Light Cruiser
   1. Amazone class Light Cruiser
   2. Atsah class Light Cruiser
   3. Basilos class Pocket Cruiser
   4. Blue Ridge class Command Cruiser
   5. Blunt Force class Light Cruiser
   6. Death's Head class Light Cruiser
   7. Delightful class Light Cruiser
   8. Dimin class Pocket Cruiser
   9. Foghoks class Heavy Cruiser
   10. Grinder class Light Cruiser
   11. Griswold class Light Cruiser
   12. Guanxou class Light Cruiser
   13. Gvergh class Cruiser
   14. Holy Avenger class Pursuit Cruiser
   15. Hughes class Light Cruiser
   16. Ikired*Ni class Medium Cruiser
   17. Imporis class Light Cruiser
   18. Intrepid class Cruiser
   19. Iroieah class Light Cruiser
   20. K'shek class Light Cruiser
   21. Ka'sch class Battle Cruiser
   22. Khiirshag class Light Cruiser
   23. Kilbride class Light Frigate
   24. Lenat class Light Cruiser
   25. Lon Mardos class Light Cruiser
   26. Montrose class Light Frigate
   27. Oumuamua class Light Cruiser
   28. Plizhdrint class Light Cruiser
   29. Pteron class Battle Cruiser
   30. Pugnacious class Battle Cruiser
   31. Resadiye class Light Cruiser
   32. Riavl class Light Cruiser
   33. Sabre class Light Cruiser
   34. Salazar class Light Cruiser
   35. Sanoet class Light Cruiser
   36. Sarmonocci class Light Cruiser
   37. SH20K class Light Cruiser
   38. Shizhdr class Light Cruiser
   39. Swooping Victory class Defense Cruiser
   40. Tacoolu class Light Cruiser
   41. Terminus class Light Cruiser
   42. Terrible class Light Cruiser
   43. Ticonderoga class Light Cruiser
   44. Trundi Fringe class Light Cruiser
   45. Type C31 class Cruiser
   46. Valeria class Light Cruiser
   47. Vlezdre' class Light Cruiser
   48. Vosh class Security Cruiser
   49. Warhound class Light Cruiser
   50. Weakhto class Cruiser
   51. Winston class Light Cruiser
   52. Zhdavldlits class Light Cruiser
   53. Zydar class Light Cruiser

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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