The Democratic People's Defense Forces

This collection of worlds stretches across several sectors. The Neworld Sector, Hadji Sector, and subsector P of the Aldebaran Sector. There are no class A shipyards, and no native starship construction. The fleet is headquartered on Stormbringer (Hadji 0401 B8A4310-A), at the only Naval Base in the Winston Democracy. There is a single ScoutRon located at Raver (Aldebaran 3039 D738555-8). The Winston Democracy is held together using surplus Solomani colonial era starships that were used to bring colonists here. The primitive merchant marine fleet uses reliable designs that can operate for years with limited maintenance their ports are capable of providing at the tech levels of their worlds. The Solomani navy has sold a few ships to them in an attempt to sway them to rejoining their sphere of influence. One system defense feature of note are the Guns of Lyon (Aldebaran 3139 C7A0501-B). Buried in icy moons throughout this system are some crude TL–11 meson gun deep sites. They are supplemented by several orbital missile platforms. These systems represent the most advanced system defense in the Winston Democracy.

System Defense Squadrons

There are three system defense squadrons of TL–8 ships are located at Marcelle (Neworld 0138 D355224-8), Mujo (Aldebaran 3239 C210457-9) and Orin (Aldebaran 3140 C79869C-8). Each consists of:

• 10 Fearless Class Fighters
• 2 Knuckle Head Class System Defense Monitors

Fearless Class Fighters are a large, expensive, and primitive fighters. They have a streamlined and heavily armored hull. They offer 5G acceleration, are agile and armed with a pair of missile racks. The two man crew each have their own small stateroom for comfort on long system patrols.

FH-0105521-700000-00001-0 MCr. 99.8       80 tons
Bearing	              2            	  Crew 2
Batteries             2    		  TL 8
Cargo: 0.2 missile magazine   Fuel: 4 tons EP: 4 Agility: 5
Fuel Treatment:   Fuel Scoops  
Architects Fee: MCr 0.998   Cost in Quantity: MCr 79.84

Knuckle Head Class System Defense Monitors carry a section of marines for boarding actions and inspections. They have a large missile bay and heavy plates of armor welded to the reinforce the interior of the buffered asteroid hull.

SDB-A9044B2-900000-00007-0 MCr. 678.75    1,000 tons
Bearing	               1            	  Crew 28
Batteries              1    		  TL 8
Cargo: 0 tons Fuel: 40 tons EP: 40 Agility: 4   Marines: 15
Architects Fee: MCr 6.788   Cost in Quantity: MCr 543

The main fleet assets include:

Raver ScoutRon

• 4 Solomani Couriers
• 7 Solomani Scouts
• 2 Merchant Supply/Tenders

Stormbringer CruRon

• 2 Stormbringer Class Fleet Tenders
• 8 Winston Class Light Cruisers
• 12 Flare Class Gunboats
• 2 Supply Ships

Stormbringer Class Fleet Tenders build with covert Solomani naval assistance and technical advisors in exchange for some political favors, these are the center piece of the people's defense forces. It is armed with forty weapon bays, ten of each of the following: missile, particle accelerators, plasma guns, and repulsors. It is designed to be able to transport two complete system defense squadrons into trouble areas. Several systems are not advanced enough to support continuous naval activities and ships are moved into position only when needed. They carry two platoons of marines.

FT-N7167D3-000002-04708-2 MCr. 34,991.596    40,000 tons
Bearing	        8  88 8            	  Crew 457
Batteries       A  AA A    		  TL 10
Cargo: 103.5 tons Frozen Watch   Fuel: 10,800 tons EP: 2,800 Agility: 4 Marines: 80   Drop Capsules: 8 (plus 72 Ready)
Craft: 20 x 80T Fearless FH, 4 x 1,000T Knuckle Head SDBs, 8 x 8T G-Carriers, 4 x 300T Gunboats, 4 x 100T Scout
Fuel Treatment:   On Board Fuel Purification
Backups: 1 x Model/4fib Computer
Architects Fee: MCr 349.916   Cost in Quantity: MCr 27,993.277

Winston Class Light Cruisers are equipped with enough fuel for two jumps, to allow them to keep pace with the Stormbringers. These streamlined saucers are much slower and less agile because all available space is allocated to a fusion power plant large enough to charge the big spinal mounted particle accelerator that runs the length of the ship's keel. The rest of its firepower is limited to turrets.

CL-K6119D3-090000-85J06-0 MCr. 18,402.783 15,000 tons
Bearing	    2     221 4            	  Crew 164
Batteries   2     221 4    		  TL 10
Cargo: 62 ton main hold Fuel: 4,350 tons EP: 1,350 Agility: 1   Shipboard Security Detail: 15
Fuel Treatment:   Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Architects Fee: MCr 184.028   Cost in Quantity: MCr 14,722.226

Flare Class Gunboats A group of these are carried by the fleet tender to extend the fleets scouting range. They are fast, agile and streamlined with a light weapons load. Refined fuel is a premium concern because they can't refine their own while wilderness refueling and many local ports don't provide it. Crews are cautious about misjumps.

CE-3216942-100000-21002-0 MCr. 374.75     300 tons
Bearing	          12  1            	  Crew 14
Batteries         12  1    		  TL 10
Cargo: 1 ton locker Fuel: 87 tons EP: 27 Agility: 6 Marines: 3  
Fuel Treatment:   Fuel Scoops 
Architects Fee: MCr 3.748   Cost in Quantity: MCr 299.8

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• Ronald B. Kline, Jr.