Riter class System Defense Boat

Riter class System Defense Boat
Type: SDB System Defense Boat
Category	ACS
Size	500 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Airframe Hull
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	Model/3 fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops
Armaments
Hardpoints	5
Offensive	5 triple turrets w/ 2 triple missile launchers, 1 triple sandcaster, 2 triple beam laser turrets
Accommodations
Staterooms	10
Personnel
Crew	20
Officers	2
Enlisted	18
Pilots	1
Marines	6
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	4 Tons
Fuel tank	40 Tons
Carried craft	1 20t launch
Construction
Origin	Muirimi Regency Navy
Manufacturer	Riter Fleet Designs LLC
Price
Cost	MCr668.75 protoype
Architect fee	MCr6.688
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SDB-1A21
Universal Ship Profile	SDB–51068C2-730000-30003-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Not Yet
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Design System	High Guard
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 Riter class System Defense Boat is a TL–9 Military Vessel.

• Please also see: Regency of Muirimi

Description

The Riter-class System Defense Boat is a Military vessel. It is a commercial transport typically encountered operating within clusters of stars within the Distant Fringe region. It is classified as a merchant vessel and is constructed as an X-Range design. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

General Description & Deck Plans

The Riter class is an airframe Needle Hull, it is fully streamlined and can operator in an aerospace environment without difficulty. The hull features lifting surfaces.

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	The Riter class is constructed using a 500 Ton hull built in a Needle Hull configuration. The hull is an airframe shape, giving good atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by airfoil surfaces and the vessels onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. The craft has an airlock located forward, adjacent to the bridge. The cargo hold is accessed by large lateral hatches and a bow door and ramp. The vessel has a sturdy retractable wheeled undercarriage, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	Total Crew Complement: 20 x1 Command Pilot, , x1 Engineering, x1 Gunnery. Accommodations There are x4 Staterooms. x2 Staterooms are given over to crew quarters. The captain has his own cabin: the engineer and gunner travel double occupancy. x2 Staterooms are available to passengers. No steward service is available. 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. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. There are three Emergency Lockers.
3.	Performance / Engineering	The vessel mounts a DeVoss-type Jump-1 drive, a Maneuver-1 drive and a Power Plant-1, giving performance of Jump-1 and 1-G acceleration and producing 1 Energy Point. The ship has an agility rating of 1. The dedicated internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one jump-1 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a control room. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/1 Computer: the ship does not have a backup 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. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint. The battery arrangement is considered standard for the class. Alternative weaponry may be designated for specific routes.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal fit-out for a Tachyon class is a single mixed triple turret: x2 Missile Racks, mounted as part of the mixed turret weapons array. Each rack mounts x3 standard Anti-Shipping Missiles.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x1 Sandcaster rack, mounted as part of the mixed turret weapons array. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft / Subcraft	Vehicles x1 4-dTon Air/Raft. The hangar is a dedicated vehicle garage and forms part of the cargo hold. It is divided off by partition walls and also serves as a machine shop. The hanger has a total volume of 54 cubic meters.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 11 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment. The ship carries a collapsible fuel tank with a capacity of 20 dTons: while stowed it uses 1 dTon of cargo space.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel, complete with its Air/Raft, is MCr35.478. If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr28.383. The vessel and its Air/Raft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	40 weeks (10 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.	Remarks	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 40 dTons. Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background

The Tachyon-class is a small merchant designed to carry incidental consignments of cargo. The design is considered underpowered and suffers performance issues in high gravity environments. It is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces. The current design dates to the Golden Age, but many elements are reused and aspects of the layout and construction indicate that the vessel has Vilani origins.

Tachyon class Traders are sometimes referred to as "puffers", a reference to small coastal watercraft serving isolated communities on pre-spaceflight Terra. The name has romantic connotations, implying personal freedom and a simpler way of life, but also reflects the rather claustrophobic conditions aboard those ancient trading vessels. The interior of the vessel is relatively cramped and the class are known for the substandard quality of their life support and environmental systems.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

A number of companies manufacture ships equivalent to the Tachyon class. They vary in hull shape and internal layout but all share the same basic design and all have very similar capabilities and performance characteristics.

• Each variant class is named by the company that produces it: these organizations generally draw on traditional naming protocols. It is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.
• Individual vessels within a class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes but traditionally are named by their first crew. This is considered a serious affair and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

56 Representative Free Trader (AF) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Type AF Free Trader

A

• Akkigish class Far Trader
• Alexandria class Free Trader
• Anjou class Freighter
• Aoa'iw class Light Trader
• April Hare class Far Trader
• Athelstan class Merchant
• Avian class Far Trader

B

• Basil class Merchant
• Beowulf class Free Trader
• Bremen class Caravel
• Burning Sky class Merchant Schooner

C

• Caroline class Heavy Pinnace
• Ciigusna class Pinnace
• ColonyCord class Fast Trader
• Consul class Provincial Trader
• Coriander class Free Trader

E

• Eakhau class Trader
• Empress Marava class Far Trader

F

• Fanzhhienz class Far Trader

• Farrou class Far Trader
• Fat Cat class Far Trader

G

• Garu class Far Trader
• Gizicih class General Trader

H

• Hero class Far Trader
• Hnneshant class Trade Boat

I

• Independent Hauler class Far Trader

J

• Jayhawk class Far Trader
• Joshim P. Stone class Provincial Trader

K

• Khershwan class Trader

L

• Lanthium Petal class Speculative Trader

M

• Maada class Fast Trader
• Manta class Small Merchant
• Moraine class Free Trader

N

• Narva class Pinnace
• Noql class Free Trader
• Nye class Caravel
• Nymph class Provincial Merchant

P

• Paya class Light Freighter

• Perseus class Free Trader
• Princess Gunnhilde class Far Trader

R

• Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader

S

• Salamander class Far Trader
• Soho class Light Freighter
• Stage class Far Trader
• Star class Armored Merchant
• Sundowner class Free Trader

T

• Tachyon class Light Trader
• Tequila class Free Trader
• Treader class Free Trader
• Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader
• Type Aj class Free Trader
• Type HR class Trader
• Type RX class Merchant Trader

U

• Unholy Exile class Trader

V

• Vanguard class Shuttle

W

• Wulf class Free Trader

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

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.

• Author: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS