Xebec class Explorer
| Xebec class Explorer | |
|---|---|
| Type: AN Trader | |
| Category | ACS |
| Size | 1,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Sphere Hull |
| Streamlining | Partially Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–13 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/2 |
| Jump | J-2 |
| Maneuver | 2 G |
| Fuel Treatment | Scoops, Purifier |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 10 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 17 |
| Low Berths | 9 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 17 |
| Frozen Watch | 9 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 300 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 320 Tons |
| Carried craft | 2 50T cutters, 2 10T fighters, 2 8T G-carriers, 2 4T air/rafts |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Izrats Kriezhlas Unity |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr394.649 |
| Architect fee | MCr3.946 |
| Statistics | |
| Universal Ship Profile | AN-A522222-050000-55005-0 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Designer | Ronald B. Kline Jr. |
| Design System | High Guard |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
The Xebec class Explorer is an TL–13 armed starship used for both exploration and trade.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Xebec-class is an inexpensive, partially streamlined, spherical-hulled starship. There is a vast cargo hold for merchant trading and for extended scouting expeditions. Ship's vehicles include a pair of ten ton light fighters, two G-carriers, two air/rafts, and two fifty ton cutters. The crew includes a pilot/captain, navigator, science/medical officer, six flight/vehicle crew, four engineers, and four gunners. It carries no marines. There are seventeen individual staterooms for crew comfort and to avoid crowding. The ship is equipped for wilderness refueling. It is equipped with only a modest model/2 computer.
Although it is a TL–13 design it is limited to Jump-2 range, and has 2-Gs of acceleration and no agility. It is armed with four triple missile turrets, two triple beam laser turrets, two double fusion gun turrets, and two triple sand caster turrets for defense.
Image Repository[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 / Hull | 1,000 tons. |
| 2. | Crew | x17 crew. |
| 3. | Performance / Engineering | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Main Section / Electronics | Model/2 computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | x10 hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | two triple sand caster turrets. |
| 8. | Craft / Subcraft | x2 50T Cutters, x2 8T G-Carriers, x2 4T Air Rafts, x2 10T Light Fighters |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification |
| 10. | Cost | MCr394.649. |
| 11. | Construction Time | 30 months to build, 24 months in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | No information yet available.
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
It was built for the Izrats Kriezhlas Unity, it carries a frozen watch, and it appears to be Vlazhdumecta crewed.
- Number in Class: 4
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
7 Representative Trader (AN) Classes[edit]
References[edit]
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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules:
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- 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.