TC5 Galores class Sloop

TC5 Galores class Sloop
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: CE Close Escort
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	5
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	12
Officers	2
Enlisted	10
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	30 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Trooles Confederation
Price
Cost	MCr490.434 392.347 in (qty).
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Canon	Unpublished, fan design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 TC5 Galores class Sloop is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Close Escort.

Description (Specifications)

The vessel has a fully streamlined conical structure hull. It is fitted with fuel scoops and fuel purification plant allowing it to perform wilderness ocean refueling. Armed with three independent batteries of missile to track and kill multiple small targets, this approach made it less capable versus capital ships of the line. They carry enough fuel for a jump 2 and hold a jump 1 reserve for tactical retrograde operations in the face of superior enemy forces. The admiralty sought a high offensive power to tonnage ratio. They proved under powered against larger enemy frigates. They used the beam lasers rather than the cheaper pulse lasers They have proved to be excellent raiders against merchant shipping and shore installations. Streamlined and with enough acceleration to visit larger planetary gravity wells.

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	500 tons.
2.	Crew	12 crew: x1 pilot, x1 navigator, x5 engineers, x1 medic and x4 gunners in 6 double occupancy staterooms. There are no lowberths.
3.	Performance	Jump-2, Maneuver 4-G acceleration, Power plant-5, 25-EPs, Agility-3.
4.	Electronics	Model 5 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x5 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: x2 triple beam laser turrets firing as a single factor 4 battery. x3 triple missile turrets firing as three factor 2 batteries.
7.	Defenses	Factor-3 hull armor.
8.	Craft	x1 4T TC004 Rambler class Grav APC, x1 20T Gig
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr490.434 MCr. 392.347.
11.	Construction Time	80 weeks to build, 64 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	175 tons of fuel Standard cargo capacity amounts to 30.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The TC5 Galores class Sloop serves with the Trooles Confederation. Examples of the class can be encountered throughout the coreward parts of Theta Borealis Sector.

TC5 Galores class Sloop was quite different from a civilian or mercantile sloop, which was a general term for a jump capable vessel scaled up from system cutters. Some carry a ketch or a gig while retaining their mobility and modest cargo capacity. During the last war huge numbers of sloops were built to support larger vessels. They are economical in terms of manpower which was important due to the chronic shortfall in trained starmen.

The Navy made extensive use of the sloop, against enemy privateers, slavers, and smugglers. They have served as fleet couriers, carrying secret communications, vital persons and materials, and performing reconnaissance duties for the fleet. In a famous scandal the sub-contractor responsible for the modular passenger quarters fitted into the cargo bay had a serious defect. Several power and life support sub-systems suffered cascade failures resulting some loss of VIP life.

In general, a sloop would be under the command of a master and commander rather than a full captain, although in day-to-day use the commanding officer of any naval vessels would be addressed as "captain". A sloop was generally the equivalent of the corvettes of enemy navies. They had some level of hull protection to lessen internal damage and critical hits.

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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science