Merant class Fleet Tender

Merant Class Fleet Tender
Type: VT Battle Tender
Size	12,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	120
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	370 with 300 marines
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	100 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Rimward Federation
Price
Cost	MCr 4,614.939 Qty: MCr 3,691.951
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Two in service

Description

Designed and built at Dal Hallen for the Rimward Federation. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector. The TL–10 hulls have jump 1 drives and carry enough internal fuel for four jumps, and carry drop tanks with 28 days of power plant fuel and an additional jump as needed. There are in service with the Federation Navy. They can carry four of the 1,000 ton TL–11 Peset Class Asteroid Monitors or two of the 2,000 ton TL–9 Nassin Class System Defense Boats. They are dispersed structure hulls for rapid deployment and recovery. They have fuel refineries, but are not well suited to wilderness refueling operations, unassisted. They can carry 300 marines and have a 40 ton recovery boat. The weapons include forty triple beam laser turrets, twenty dual plasma gun turrets, a particle accelerator bay, and two missile bays for offense. They have thirty triple sand caster turrets for defense. They have a pair of model 4 fib computers and are capable of 1 G acceleration and have no agility rating.

Tonnage: 12,000 tons (standard), 168,000 cubic meters.

Crew: 11 command, 12 engineering, 16 gunnery, 7 flight, 24 services, 300 marines

Performance: Jump 1. 1G acceleration. Power plant-2. 240 EP. Agility 0.

Electronics: (2) Model 4 fib computers.

Hardpoints/Armament: Three 100 ton bays and sixty turrets

Defenses: Three batteries of sand casters

Craft: (4) 1,000ton SDBs, 1 40 ton Recovery Boat

Fuel Treatment: On Board Fuel Purification

Cost: MCr 4,614.939 standard. MCr 3,691.951 in quantity.

Construction Time: 165 weeks standard. 132 weeks in quantity.

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