Tacoolu class Light Cruiser

Tacoolu class Light Cruiser
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: CL Light Cruiser
Category	ACS
Size	10,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	No information yet available.
Jump	J-6
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	100
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	128
Officers	15
Enlisted	113
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	13 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	No information yet available.
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr8,340.942 (base) MCr6,672.754 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
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 Tacoolu class Light Cruiser is a warship.

• It is also known as a Tacoolu class Scout Cruiser.
• It is a military ship and a Light Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

The Tacoolu class Light Cruiser is employed on the fringes of Imperial space, where long-range capability is a necessity to cross between widely scattered stars. They are built to "live off the land", with over-engineered machinery, multiple redundancies, and wilderness refuelling capabilities. Their lack of armor and agility puts them at a disadvantage in combat, though this is somewhat compensated for by their use of a prototype Black Globe generator.

• The vessel is a TL-15 design.

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	The Tacoolu class is constructed using a 10,000 Ton hull built in a Needle configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x128 personnel. x15 Officers. x113 Enlisted, including x10 Security. Accommodations There are 64 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. There are 64 Low Berths. These hold the Frozen Watch. The low berths are tended by the vessel's medical staff. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-6 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive, and a Power Plant-8, giving performance of Jump-6 and 1-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-6 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9fib computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It contains additional extremely sensitive specialist surveillance and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x100 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Tacoolu class is: x20 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into two batteries of 10 linked turrets. x10 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 10 linked turrets. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Particle Accelerator. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Meson Gun. x2 50-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x20 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into two batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. The vessel is fitted with a black globe generator. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Repulsor.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x10 20-Ton Light Fighters. x10 2-Ton Sensor Drones. The subcraft are housed in dedicated hangers: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 286 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 6,800 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr8,340.942 Architects Fee: MCr83.409
11.	Construction Time	160 weeks (37 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 13.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

Tacoolu class vessels have had more than their fair share of first encounters and border skirmishes and a number of examples of the class have been lost. The intended mission of Tacoolu class Light Cruisers is covert operations: they are spy-ships. They are used for intelligence gathering, data retrieval, reconnaissance, and other surveillance activities. A common practice is to use their Black Globes for concealment. Examples of the class are known to serve with the 146th Fleet, the 172nd Fleet, the 283rd Fleet and the 314th Fleet.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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