Nassin class System Defense Boat

Nassin class System Defense Boat
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: PF System Defense Boat
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	2,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	20
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	49 with 20 marines
Officers	10
Enlisted	39
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Rimward Federation
Price
Cost	MCr2,544.814 Qty: MCr 2,035.851
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	System Defense Boat
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Nassin class System Defense Boat is a defensive warship.

• It is a paramilitary ship and a System Defense Boat.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The TL–9 streamlined needle/wedge structured hulls are equipped with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness ocean refueling.

They have the the thickest armor reinforcement possible at this technology level. This renders them highly resistant to surface strikes. These craft are renowned for their ability to absorb punishment.

Two of these ships can be carried by a Merant class Fleet Tender.

They can carry a 2 dton Air/Raft and a 10 ton Launch.

They are armed with two 100 ton missile bays.

They have a Model/3 fib computer mounted adjacent to the bridge and are capable of 6-G acceleration and have a 5-Agility rating.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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	2,000 tons (standard), 28,000 cubic meters.
2.	Crew	x49 crew: x11 command, 7 engineering, 5 gunnery, 2 flight, 4 services, 20 marines.
3.	Performance	6-G acceleration. Power plant-6. 120-EPs. Agility-5.
4.	Electronics	Model-3 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x20 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	x2 100 ton missile bays.
7.	Defenses	Factor-9 armor.
8.	Craft	x1 2 dton Air/Raft, x1 10 ton Launch.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification.
10.	Cost	MCr 2,544.814 standard. MCr 2,035.851 in quantity.
11.	Construction Time	Construction Time: 126 weeks standard. 101 weeks in quantity.
12.	Comments	None.

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built at Lias for the Rimward Federation. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector. There are in service with the Federation Navy and twenty squadrons of 10 are posted at all nine Federation Starports for security and customs duties. Some are keep in a strategic mobile reserve as part of a quick reaction force. There are two thousand SDBs currently in service.

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

Paramilitary Vessel - Scout/Courier:

1. Type S class Scout/Courier
   1. Asia class Scout

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