Lake class Surveillance Vessel

Lake class Surveillance Vessel
TBD
Type: SIS Surveillance Vessel
Category	BCS
Size	Varies (sample 9,789) Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	97
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	89 /varies
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	X
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.57 or more Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Principality of Caledon
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr5,106.1 varies
Architect fee	MCrMitchberg
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Scout Vessel
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Mitchberg
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The TBD class Attack Boat is a reconnaissance starship.

• It is a paramilitary ship and a Scout Vessel.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-1 performance with a streamlined TBD hull.

• It carries light armament and a defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, ship's vehicles, and drones when needed.
• It has a # sophont crew and # marines.

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The Lake class system surveillance vessels provide covert "trip-wire" surveillance of the Principality of Caledon's frontiers.

Operational Purpose

These vessels are designed for stealth, both electromagnetic and visual. They are buffered asteroids; great pains are taken to camouflage any man-made features on the surface of the asteroids, and to suppress any inadvertent electromagnetic emissions, so as to give the observer the impression they are merely a piece of floating space rock, if they notice it at all.

512 are currently in commission. They spend 60-day rotations watching the void areas on the periphery of the Principality. A typical mission involves:

1. . Jumping into a non-system area
2. . "Going Dark" - turning off all non-hyperdirectional electromagnetic radiation, such as radios.
3. . Deploying one of the vessel's attached "Courier" ships. See "Couriers", below.
4. . Watching for signs of vessels jumping into the parsec for the next 60+ days.
   1. . If vessels are detected, observe and classify
   2. . If the vessels are deemed potentially hostile to the Principality, send a message to one of the vessel's attached courier ships, who will enact a jump to a pre-programmed nearby Caledonian navy facility.
5. . When relieved - usually after 60 days - jump back to base.

The surveillance ship will endeavor to remain undetected - usually successfully - and on station, to continue observing the area. If detected - this happens very rarely - they jump for their base rather than standing and fighting.

Couriers

Each Lake class ship has integral hangar space for three Courier ships - generally 100-200 ton vessels capable of jumping back to the home base. These vessels will usually rotate 2-7 day shifts as the "alert" courier. This involves moving under Manuever power to a point far from the surveillance "mother" ship, programming a jump back to a designated Caledonian naval station.

If the mother ship's sensors detect an incursion, and the staff classifies the incursion as a threat to the Principality - anything from Reavers and pirates to a hostile fleet - the mother ship signals the alert courier with a hyperdirectional laser link, downloading the surveillance ship skipper's situation report without alerting anyone. On completion, the courier launches its jump and disappears, giving the invaders' fleet only a jump flash to indicate anyone knows about them, far from the site of the actual surveillance ship.

Life on a "Lake Boat"

Crews for surveillance ships are selected for their psychological stability and ability to keep their minds occupied and on task for long deployments. Officers and Warrant Officers are selected for coolness and steadiness under stress; the decision to jump out of a parsec or stay on station to continue observing can be a difficult one.

Surveillance ship duty involves long deployments - 60 days, usually twice a year, with occasional extensions (they don't leave station until relieved or until supplies run very low; sometimes relief is late); Lake-class ships carry a year's worth of food and supplies on every deployment, just in case. To make up for this, Lake Class ships offer some amenities to the crew:

• The best food allowance in the Navy (along with excellent crew athletic and exercise facilities to ward off the effect of the food)
• Surveillance ships are roomy; officers, warrants and ratings all have private staterooms; junior enlisted crew have doubles. Much extra room is allotted to recreation space
• While fraternization between the sexes is prohibited in the Caledonian Navy, fraternization among surveillance ship crew members that are not in each others' chains of command while on patrol, provided it doesn't affect operational effectiveness enough for anyone to notice (including in terms of any family life while not on patrol) usually earns a blind eye. This is a prized perk, especially among crewman who've served on sloops, with their equally-long but much less relaxed deployments, and larger ships with more regimented schedules.

Many long lonely deployments punctuated by moments of pure terror.

Contruction

Buffered asteroids

Hull

Tonnage varies widely, but generally <10,000tons

Crew

In addition to the usual crew, the complement of sensor operators is relatively quite large.

Engineering

Jump 2, 1G Maneuver Drive, Power Plant 5

Avionics

Extensive sensors, especially passive jump-detection sensors.

Hardpoints

97

Armament

No offensive armament.

Defenses

Defensive and passive armament; dampers, lasers and sandcasters. The weaponry is focused on buying time to allow the vessel to "jump home" if discovered.

Craft

Hangars for three 200-ton couriers.

Fuel

Fuel for two Jump 2.

Miscellaneous

TBD

Cost

Varies with size

Construction time

150 weeks

Construction Details

SV-J8215F2-371100-85000-0   MCr. 6382.625	Size:	9,789 tons
Bearing       9     51	Crew:	89
Batteries     9     51	TL:	12
Cargo: 0.57 ton Closet Low: 6   Fuel: 4,405.05 tons   EP: 489.45	Agility:	1
Shipboard Security Detail: 10 Craft: 3 x 200T Couriers
Fuel Treatment:
Backups:
Substitutions:
Architect's Fee: MCr 63.826   Cost in Quantity: MCr 5,106.1

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	xTBD crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration #.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Destroyer:

1. Type DD class Destroyer
   1. TBD class TBD

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: Mitchberg
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science