KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer

The KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Heavy Destroyer.
• It is a relatively new design of vessel.

Description (Specifications)

The Vermin class is a combat vessel of the Korsumug Empire.

• The vessel is a Jansa design.
• It is largely crewed by Jansa.
  • Jaibok assume high command (the Captain is always Jaibok) or serve as fighter crew, marines, or service crew.
• It is a TL–13 design.

Examples of the class serve with the Glorious Triumph Fleet.

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KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer

KF3c Vendetta class Fighter.

KU1a Fetch class Launch.

General Description

The Vermin class is a heavy destroyer with 2-G and J-3 performance. It is built around a compact spinal meson accelerator, the smallest available by tech level but still packing a deadly punch, and also mounts multiple heavy missile batteries and clusters of laser turrets that are most commonly used in a point defense capacity. Defenses include its heavily armored skin, sandcaster batteries, screens and dampers, as well as extensive electronic countermeasures and jamming. The vessel is partially streamlined, is capable of independent refuelling operations, and can make surface landings.

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 KJ120d Vermin class Heavy Destroyer is constructed using a 12,000 dTon hull built in a cylinder configuration. The hull is partially streamlined and has moderate atmospheric capability: its atmospheric handling characteristics are entirely reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. There are x3 personnel airlocks. The vessel has hardened and reinforced ventral surfaces that can withstand and support the weight of the ship, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x229 personnel. x11 command, x28 engineering, x40 gunnery, x85 flight, x24 service, 1 medical, and x40 marines. Each crew section has a commander, senior officers, and multiple junior officers. Accommodations There are 130 Staterooms. Staterooms are configured to what the Jansa and the Jaibok consider to be comfort. All Staterooms are given over to the crew. 30 are single occupancy and are set aside for selected command personnel and the marine officer: the remaining 100 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-3 drive, a Maneuver-2 drive, and a fusion Power Plant-7, giving performance of Jump-3 and 2-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0 and an emergency agility of 2. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-3 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/6 fib computer. A backup Model/6 fib is installed in engineering. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sophisticated sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package and Jamming Equipment. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x120 hardpoints. The listed weapons systems are typical for the class.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Vermin class is: x1 Type E spinal mount Meson Gun. x4 100-ton Bays. Each Bay mounts multiple heavy missile launchers. x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, grouped into two batteries of 5 linked turrets.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, braced and structurally reinforced. It has an armor rating of 5. x100 triple Sandcaster turrets, grouped into ten batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is equipped with a meson screen and a nuclear damper.
8.	Craft	Flight Section: x20 10-dTon KF3c Vendetta class Fighters. Divided into two squadrons of ten fighters. x2 10-dTon KU1a Fetch class Launches. The subcraft are housed in dedicated hangars: the hangars can be sealed and have a total volume of 400 dTons. 114 dTons of hangar space is unused, giving berthing space for up to 85 dTons of vessels. The vessel is fitted with x2 Launch Tubes. Each tube is able to launch or recover one squadron per turn.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 4440 dTons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant, capable of refining all onboard fuel in a few hours.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr11,779.011 Architects Fee: MCr117.800 If multiple examples of the design are ordered all vessels in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price per unit to MCr9,423.209 The price does not include the cost of the subcraft: x40 Vendetta class Fighters cost MCr404.2 (a discount is applied on the bulk order, reducing the cost to MCr323.36). x4 Fetch class Launches cost MCr12.32 (a discount is applied on the bulk order, reducing the cost to MCr9.856). With its full complement of subcraft, a discounted Malign class costs MCr9,756.425 (subcraft discount included).
11.	Construction Time	163 weeks as standard, 131 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 11 dTons. The hold has independent life support and environmental systems. It can be sealed and isolated.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Vermin class destroyer is an infrequently seen type of capital ship used by the Korsumug Empire, typically serving as a powerful escort vessel for a defensive force. There are no exact records of the number that have been built, but there are known to be relatively few of them due to construction yard limitations. No extant examples of the ship have been captured by other interstellar states.

The type was designed by the Jansa, a minor race closely allied with the Jaibok. Jansa serve as the majority of the crew: Jaibok are inefficient and disorganised on large vessels and where there are Jaibok aboard, they are assigned specific roles best suited to their temperament.

The Malign class is a relatively new design of vessel, having been constructed to counter large combat vessels fielded by the Principality of Mavuzo and the Sorority of Hygiea. Examples of the class are occasionally encountered throughout Mavuzog Sector and Theta Borealis Sector.

• The class are exclusively manufactured on Vech.
• They are parcelled out in small numbers to active fleets.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities:
The vessel houses a compact spinal meson gun and the large fusion plant that powers it. The vessel is contained within a heavily armored and reinforced cylindrical hull. All the other major structural elements have the feel of having been fitted around the gun. Access to components and equipment is often awkward and cramped.

• Accommodations aboard the vessel are squeezed into convenient corners and available spaces.

Class Naming Practice/s:
Vessels of the Korsumug Empire are given alphanumeric designations and callsigns by other interstellar states. KJ refers to Korsumug Empire–Jansa-operated (a designation applied to all very large Korsumug combat units due to the crew limitations that Jaibok suffer), 120 is a multiple of hundreds of tons of displacement and also indicates at a glance the number of weapons mounts, and 'd' refers to the version of the vessel, relating to its construction tech level and bracketing its maximum jump potential. Type codes will often repeat: 'Vermin' is an easy to remember name to identify the specific type of vessel.

• Individual vessels are generally named by their crews.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship- Heavy Destroyer:

1. Type DH class Heavy Destroyer
   1. Androct class Destroyer
   2. Clergy class Destroyer
   3. Crusader class Destroyer
   4. Decisive Action class Destroyer
   5. Faker class Fleet Escort
   6. Heng-O Type 24 class Destroyer
   7. Jerzhtsie class Destroyer
   8. Payback class Destroyer
   9. Rhinegold class Destroyer
   10. Spruance class Destroyer

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) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS