Blake class Heavy Cruiser

Blake class Heavy Cruiser
TBD
Type: CH Heavy Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	65,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Oreo Pattern Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	650
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	632
Officers	54
Enlisted	468
Marines	100
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	17.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr44,423.934 (base) MCr35,539.147 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	CA-0FU54
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Cruiser
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 Blake class Heavy Cruiser is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a cruiser.
• The vessel is a TL-15 design.

Description (Specifications)

The Blake class Heavy Cruiser was designed for service with the Fleets of the Domain of Sylea. The primary weapon is the large Meson Gun spinal mount, giving the vessel a powerful punch. In order to deal with potential critical damage stemming from its lack of hull armor, it carries multiple spare and secondary systems, including a backup Model/9fib computer and an extra nuclear damper and meson screen. The design process was strongly influenced by the former Duke of Oreo Subsector, in Massilia Sector, a keen amateur naval architect and an influential figure in the Imperial court. In compliance with the "Oreo Settlement" the ship carries an Alfred class Gunboat. It also has a pair of 20-Ton Gigs for use in Marine operations.

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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	The Blake class is constructed using a 65,000 Ton "Oreo Pattern" hull built in a Close Structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors. The vessel has hardened and contoured ventral surfaces, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x632 personnel, including 100 Marines. x54 Officers, plus 5 Marine Officers. x478 Enlisted. Accommodations There are 316 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. 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-4 drive, a Maneuver-5 drive, and a Power Plant-10, giving performance of Jump-4 and 5-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 4 and an emergency agility of 5. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-4 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 lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9fib computer: the vessel has a backup Model/9fib computer. 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 has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x650 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 Blake class is: x1 Type T spinal Meson Gun. x100 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into ten batteries of 10 linked turrets. x100 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into ten batteries of 10 linked turrets. x8 100-Ton bays, mounting Particle Accelerators. x10 50-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x100 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into 10 batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. It carries a backup nuclear damper and meson screen. x10 100-Ton bays, mounting Repulsors.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x2 20-Ton Gigs x5 90-Ton Alfred class Gunboats. The subcraft are housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 637 Tons. Drop Capsules There are 20 Drop Capsule tubes and their associated loading equipment. There is dedicated holding space containing an additional 80 Drop Capsules.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 32,500.0 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 MCr44,423.934 Architects Fee: MCr444.239
11.	Construction Time	194 weeks (45 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 17.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Blake class Heavy Cruiser sees service in Fleets across the Domain of Sylea and beyond. It was designed to be produced in shipyards across the Domain and was intended for general Imperial service, and as such it bore no particular cultural or political influences within its architecture. However, it was designated for service with the 146th Fleet stationed in Oreo Subsector, and consequently the eccentric but influential 14th Duke of Oreo became involved in the project.

The 14th Duke was a direct descendant of the aristocratic Halls families, the pre-Imperial rulers of Oreo Subsector. When the Oreo Worlds, the proto-polity they controlled, was absorbed into the expanding Third Imperium they gained a privilege known as the "Oreo Settlement". This mandated that any vessels that were to serve with the 146th Fleet – the designation given to the former Oreo Worlds flotilla and considered by the 14th Duke to be his "personal Fleet" – must be locally designed and manufactured. The privilege had been granted by Cleon I himself and the Duke insisted that it must be honored.

The demand was utterly impractical and strategically suicidal, and the Navy resisted the proposal, eventually resulting in the direct intervention of the Archduke of the Domain. She ruled that all vessels of the Blake class, no matter where they served, were to carry an Alfred class Gunboat, a small combat craft that was the personal design of the 14th Duke himself. The Alfred was a capable vessel and all parties found the resolution acceptable. The current Duke has maintained his father's policy and as a result many classes of warship operating within the Domain carry at least one Alfred. Some naval officers resent the ongoing Noble influence on naval architecture: others see the broader political benefits that such indulgences can bring.

Oreo Pattern Hulls

"Oreo Pattern" hulls are a naval design feature that grew out of the "Oreo Settlement", and which was initially implemented in Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector for economic reasons following the Civil War. Fundamentally, it is the process of creating hybrid technology ships. Unarmored hulls are locally built at lower tech levels, transported aboard commercial vessels, and fitted out as TL-15 warships at the more advanced shipyards in the region. "Oreo Pattern" starships have proven just as capable as their counterparts originating in other regions of the Imperium and it is now an accepted quirk of warships originating within the Domain of Sylea.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Heavy Cruiser:

1. Type CH class Heavy Cruiser
   1. Arakoine class Strike Cruiser
   2. Atlantic class Heavy Cruiser
   3. Aubaka class Battle Cruiser
   4. Bastion class Battle Cruiser
   5. Blake class Heavy Cruiser
   6. Canton class Control Cruiser
   7. Chazhdr class Light Cruiser
   8. Conquest class Heavy Cruiser
   9. Cynical Son class Battlecruiser
   10. Dacrows Mire class Battlecruiser
   11. Dadiat class Heavy Cruiser
   12. Dauntless class Heavy Cruiser
   13. Effendi class Heavy Cruiser
   14. Elaezoe class Cruiser
   15. Elfen Lied class Heavy Cruiser
   16. Eurisko class Heavy Cruiser
   17. Fulcrum class Battlecruiser
   18. Gateway class Heavy Cruiser
   19. Gauntlet class Battlecruiser
   20. Glenaurian class Heavy Cruiser
   21. Gridlow class Heavy Cruiser
   22. Halsey Keats class Heavy Cruiser
   23. Honre class Asteroid Battle Cruiser
   24. Hu Gi Singh class Battlecruiser
   25. Iridium Vow class Battlecruiser
   26. Joker class Battle Cruiser
   27. Kagori class Battlecruiser
   28. Kalradin class Battlecruiser
   29. Kas'Drak class Strike Cruiser
   30. Kirov class Cruiser
   31. Mercury class Heavy Cruiser
   32. Minsk class Heavy Cruiser
   33. Mongol Risen class Cruiser
   34. Narmo class Heavy Cruiser
   35. Neivrdlalh class Heavy Cruiser
   36. Nightrim class Heavy Cruiser
   37. Nordica class Battlecruiser
   38. Normandy class Heavy Cruiser
   39. Panjiach class Heavy Cruiser
   40. Planet class Heavy Cruiser
   41. Pukushik class Cruiser
   42. Refined class Heavy Cruiser
   43. Regal class Battlecruiser
   44. Repulse class Heavy Cruiser
   45. Rugiceps class Light Cruiser
   46. Scapa class Heavy Frigate
   47. Sentinel class Heavy Cruiser
   48. SH70K class Heavy Cruiser
   49. Shtiaba class Light Cruiser
   50. Tash class Heavy Cruiser
   51. Tliabazhdrinzh class Heavy Cruiser
   52. Trend class Support Cruiser
   53. Umbra class Battlecruiser
   54. Viatoris class Heavy Cruiser
   55. Vieblazhdr class Heavy Cruiser
   56. Vonk class Cruiser
   57. Vrapkenchkinj class Light Battlecruiser
   58. Windhorst class Heavy Cruiser
   59. Xing!kir class Light Cruiser
   60. Xundar class Heavy 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)
• 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