TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser

TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser
Trooles Confederation vessel.
Type: CC Colonial Cruiser
Category	ACS
Size	1,800 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cylinder Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	2x Model/5 Fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	18
Accommodations
Staterooms	42
Personnel
Crew	78
Officers	30
Enlisted	40
Marines	8
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	20 Tons
Fuel tank	432 Tons
Construction
Origin	Trooles Confederation
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr1,541.268 (base) MCr1,233.014 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	CC-TS42
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Cruiser
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Cruiser.
• Its full designation is the TC18b Hocdef class.

Description (Specifications)

The Hocdef class is a combat vessel of the Trooles Confederation.

• The class is operated by the Trooles Confederation Navy.
• The vessel is locally designed.
• It is typically crewed by humans.
• It is a TL–11 design.

Image Repository

Hocdef class Cruiser

General Description

The vessel has a partially streamlined cylinder structure hull. It is fitted with fuel scoops and fuel purification plant allowing it to perform wilderness gas giant refueling. These partially streamlined cylinders fill an important Light Carrier role in the fleet, with a marine squad along for the ride. It has two fighter squadrons. An extra computer helps manage the flight 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	The TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser is constructed using a 1,800 Ton hull built in a partially streamlined cylindrical structure configuration. The hull is capable of wilderness gas giant refueling. The vessel has three airlocks. The cargo hold is accessed by a large bay doors that also serves to anchor docking clamps for service vehicles.
2.	Crew	x78 personnel: x11 command, x5 engineering, x9 gunnery, x41 flight, x4 service and x8 marines in 42 double occupancy staterooms. Accommodations There are 42 Staterooms. All Staterooms are given over to the crew. All crew quarters are double occupancy. There are no Low Berths. 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-2 drive, a Maneuver-4 drive, and an upgraded fusion Power Plant-4, giving performance of Jump-2 and 4-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2 and an emergency agility of 4. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for a Jump-2 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. It is fitted with drop tanks, should extended range operations be required. The engineering section has a main control room. The jump drive utilizes a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge are (2) Model/5 fib computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a basic sensor array, and has an avionics suite. They have system range laser, microwave and radio communication arrays.
5.	Hardpoints	x18 hardpoints. The listed weapons systems are typical for the class.
6.	Armament	TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser are fitted with weapon systems for naval service. x4 Triple beam laser turrets firing as a single factor 5 battery x1 100 ton Factor-8 missile bay x2 Dual plasma gun turret firing as four Factor-2 batteries.
7.	Defenses	Factor-4 hull armor. x2 Triple sand caster turrets firing as a single Factor-5 batteries.
8.	Craft	x20 10T TC01 Skull Rider class Light Fighters
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 432 Tons. They are delivered with a new set of optional jump 2 drop tanks, which can be fitted as needed. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in 8 hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr1,541.268 (base) MCr1,233.014 (qty) Architects Fee: MCr15.413
11.	Construction Time	216 weeks as standard, 173 weeks in bulk. 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 20 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background (Dossier)

The TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser class is used by the Trooles Confederation. The TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser is a "cruiser" class deployed by the Trooles Confederation. Examples of the class can be encountered throughout the coreward parts of Theta Borealis Sector.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities:
No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Trooles Confederation are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. TC refers to Trooles Confederation (a designation applied to all Confederation combat units), 18 is a multiple of hundreds of tons of displacement and also indicates at a glance the number of weapons mounts, and when it is used 'b' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level and bracketing its maximum jump potential. Type codes will often repeat: 'Hocdef' is an easy to remember class name to identify the specific type of vessel.

• Individual vessels are named by a committee using an authorized list.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Frontier Cruiser:

1. Type CF class Frontier Cruiser
   1. Bdaarikhar class Scout Cruiser
   2. Fulda class Scout Cruiser
   3. Kinunir class Vanguard Cruiser
   4. Lightning class Frontier Cruiser
   5. Manx class Fleet Intruder
   6. Nam Pak class Scout Cruiser
   7. Nemesis class Intruder Cruiser
   8. Pinq class Scout Cruiser
   9. TC18 Hocdef class Colonial Cruiser

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