Hopper class Destroyer

Hopper class Destroyer
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: DD Destroyer
Category	[[BCS]]
Size	5,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Cone Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	50
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	48
Officers	10
Enlisted	38 35 Marines
Marines	35
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Protectorate of Leset
Price
Cost	MCr4,626.178 (base) MCr3,700.942 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	Not applicable.
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Destroyer
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Hopper class Destroyer is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Destroyer.

Description (Specifications)

The fully streamlined, lightly armored cone structure has fuel scoops and on board fuel refineries for wilderness ocean refueling. She has a model 6 fib computer and is capable of 6 G acceleration and a 3 agility rating. The TL–12 hull has jump 2 drives and carries enough internal fuel for two jump 2s, and carry drop tanks with 28 days of power plant fuel and an additional jump 2 as needed.

They are armed with a missile bay, a particle accelerator bay, ten dual fusion gun turrets, ten triple beam laser turrets, and ten triple sand caster turrets.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

Tonnage: 5,000 tons (standard), 70,000 cubic meters.

Crew: 11 command, 19 engineering, 8 gunnery, 10 service, 35 marines

Performance: Jump 2. 6G acceleration. Power plant-6. 300 EP. Agility 3.

Electronics: Model 6 fib computer

Hardpoints/Armament: Missile bay, a particle accelerator bay, ten dual fusion gun turrets, ten triple beam laser turrets

Defenses: Factor 1 armor and ten triple sand caster turrets

Craft: None

Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification

Cost: MCr 4,626.178 standard. MCr 3,700.942 in quantity.

Construction Time: 144 weeks standard. 116 weeks in quantity.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built at Leset for the Protectorate of Leset. This prototype operates within the Far Home Sector. Serving as a flotilla leader for the Protectorate Naval Forces.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

• Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
• Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Warship - Destroyer:

1. Type DD class Destroyer
   1. Hopper class 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)
• 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