Zhdiak class Light Destroyer

Zhdiak class Light Destroyer
TBD
Type: DL Light Destroyer
Category	BCS
Size	4,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/8 fib
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	40
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	101
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	48
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	4.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Zhodani Consulate
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr4,342.474 Qty: 3,473.979
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	TBD
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Zhdiak class Light Destroyer is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Destroyer.

Description (Specifications)

The 4,000 tons vessel is considered to be the minimum size for mounting a viable mixed armament of missiles and beams. The ship also has good screens, and light armor. The vessel is very agile, and has the Jump-3, and 6G performance necessary for following Consular Zhodani Navy fleets.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	4,000 tons.
2.	Crew	x101 crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-3 6-G acceleration 1600.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-10 400-EPs Agility-5
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/8 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x40 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: 10 triple beam laser turrets, two 50ton missile bays, one 50ton fusion gun bay.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: factor 4 Meson Screens: factor 6 Nuclear Dampers: factor 6 Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	2 x 6T Attack Speeders
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr4,342.474.
11.	Construction Time	34 months to build, 27 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 4.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

A very common class of light destroyer for escorting merchant and auxiliary vessels. It is a ship serving with the Zhodani Navy.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship- Light Destroyer:

1. Type DL class Light Destroyer
   1. Black Adder class Destroyer
   2. Cadiz class Fast Destroyer
   3. Easter class Destroyer
   4. Elsyel class Light Destroyer
   5. Felid class Destroyer
   6. Fraydon class Destroyer
   7. Gazulin Guardian class Destroyer
   8. Herrick class Destroyer
   9. Hostel class Destroyer
   10. Kayatenga class Destroyer
   11. Leningrad class Destroyer
   12. Liberte class Destroyer
   13. Longbow class Destroyer
   14. McClaren class Destroyer
   15. Midu Agashaam class Destroyer
   16. Mont-DE class Destroyer Escort
   17. Orpheus class Destroyer
   18. Penedur class Destroyer
   19. Pulmigory class Destroyer
   20. Restrained class Destroyer
   21. Strider class Destroyer
   22. Striker class Destroyer
   23. Tyrian Lordship class Destroyer
   24. War Hound class Destroyer
   25. Xuesen class Destroyer
   26. Zhdiak class Light Destroyer

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Dom Mooney. Power Projection: Escort (BITS, 2002), TBD.
• Dom Mooney. Power Projection: Fleet (BITS, 2003), TBD.
• 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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science