KE8 Blockade class Lancer

KE8 Blockade class Lancer
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: DE Destroyer Escort
Size	800 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	8
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	32 with 12 marines
Officers	4
Enlisted	28
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	30 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Korsumug Empire
Price
Cost	MCr725.736 Qty: MCr580.589.
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The KE8 Blockade class Lancer is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Destroyer Escort.

Description (Specifications)

Used in patrols for the Korsumug Empire, they are partially streamlined spheres capable of wilderness gas giant refueling. They carry enough internal fuel for two jumps and are fitted with additional drop tanks for jump 1 as needed for extended range operations.

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 craft) 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	800 tons.
2.	Crew	x32 crew pilot, navigator, 8 engineers, medic, 7 gunners, 2 flight crew, and 12 marines, in 16 double occupancy staterooms.
3.	Performance	Jump-1, 5-G acceleration, Power plant-5, 40-EPs, Agility-3.
4.	Electronics	Model 4 fib
5.	Hardpoints	x8 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: x2 triple missile launcher turret, firing as a factor 3 single battery. x2 dual plasma gun turret, firing as four factor 1 batteries. x2 triple pulse laser turret, firing a one factor 3 battery.
7.	Defenses	factor 5 armored hull. x2 triple sand caster turret, firing as a single factor 5 battery.
8.	Craft	x2 20T Launches, x2 8T G Carriers
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr725.736 Qty: MCr580.589.
11.	Construction Time	112 weeks to build, 90 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to 30 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

An another armored sphere with a section of orbital assault marines with a pair of G Carriers for dust off and recovery. The two launches permit interface operations for the crew. They serve in patrols and can escort other vessels. The ten lowberths can be used for extra troops, wounded or prisoners.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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