Wakatake class System Defense Boat

Wakatake class System Defense Boat
Hasadran (world) vessel.
Type: HSVL System Defense Boat
Category	ACS
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cylinder Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	5
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	13
Officers	3
Enlisted	10
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Hasadran (world)
Manufacturer	Hasadran Orbital Boatyards
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr761.786 (base) MCr609.429 (qty)
Architect fee	MCr7.618
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	HSB-02S50
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	System Defense Boat
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Wakatake class System Defense Boat is a defensive warship.

It is a military ship and a System Defense Boat (SDB).
Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The Wakatake class System Defense Boat is a heavily armored military bigcraft used by the defense forces of Hasadran (world), an important neutral system in the Genesti Subsector in the Far Home Sector. It is a rugged, reliable design that has seen much action and is well liked by its crews. The Hasadran (world) is believed to operate at least five of these vessels rumors are that the admiralty of the Grand Fleet of the Firstworlds helped subsidized their construction. Plans to build more and export them to neighboring neutral worlds to contribute to a defense in depth approach. The military grade computer was replaced with a commercially available model 5 which lacks fiber optic backups and EMP hardening. The standard 20ton launch was replaced with a custom 18ton life boat. To preserve the high agility only three single pulse lasers were turret mounted.

The vessel is a TL-11 design.

Image Repository[edit]

A heavily armored Wakatake class System Defense Boat.

General Description[edit]

The Wakatake class is a partially streamlined cylindrical hull the ship has a total enclosed volume of approximately 7,000 cubic meters. The hull is solid and extremely thick, though there are access and maintenance spaces, and almost half of the internal volume is given over to machinery and fuel. The decks within the vessel are arranged vertically and are accessed by elevator shafts. The bridge, the computer and the electronics are forward, accommodations are located centrally, while the cargo hold is located aft and is at ground level when the vessel is landed. The avionics bay and computer room are spacious and can be accessed. The boat deck is amidships.

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	The Wakatake class is constructed using a 500 Ton hull built in a cylindrical configuration. The hull is partially streamlined and has very poor atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are heavily reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are x2 personnel airlocks. The cargo hold is accessed by doors and has a loading ramp.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 13 (x3 Officers, x10 Enlisted). Command Pilot, Navigator, 6 Engineers, 1 Medic/Science Officer, and 4 Gunners. Accommodations There are x6.5 Staterooms. x6.5 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. All quarters are double occupancy. 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. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are multiple Emergency Lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-6 drive and a Power Plant-8, giving performance of 6-G acceleration and producing 40 Energy Points. The ship has an agility rating of 6 and an emergency agility of 6. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/5 Computer: there is no backup computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a standard sensor array, and has an Avionics suite. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package and Jamming Equipment. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x5 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are considered standard for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for an Wakatake class is: x2 triple Missile launcher turrets, arranged as a single torpedo battery amidships. The launcher mounts standard Anti-Shipping Missiles. x3 single Pulse Laser turrets, arranged as three independent batteries each consisting of a single turret.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 11. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The ship carries 1 x 18T Life Boat subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 40 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr761.786. Architects Fee: MCr7.618 If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr609.429.
11.	Construction Time	80 weeks (20 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 1.0 ton in a ship's storage locker.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

This vessel is a considered by many to be under armed and over priced. The heavy hull armor is blamed for the great cost. Its mass results in the cramped hull interior. Crew space is practically non existent and partially streamlined cylindrical hull is simple and utilitarian but did not result in the savings promised. The life boat is pressed into service as an interface vessel for the crew to reach planet side. The bow, dorsal and aft single pulse laser turrets enjoy local point defense fire control and each has a dedicated weapon operator. However, they are feeble versus armored opponents or vessels equipped with prismatic sand casters. The two triple missile launcher turrets represent the only realistic opportunity to damage enemy vessels. Elusive, nimble and hard to hit it has little to fear from most non meson weaponry. The 6G main drive allows excellent evasive agility. The model/5 computer is seen as a tactical limitation because of the missing fiber optical network.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

Wakatake-class vessels are typically named using Solomani names from ancient Terran history.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Paramilitary Vessel - Defensive Vessel (D) - System Defense Boat (DB):
Type HS(B) class System Defense Boat

Type HSL class Light System Defense Boat (SB)

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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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
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS

↑ 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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