Flare class Gunboat

Flare class Gunboat
Non-canon fan design.
Type: PG Gunboat
Size	300 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	No information yet available.
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	14
Officers	Unknown
Enlisted	Unknown
Marines	3
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	1 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Winston Democracy
Year Operational	No information yet available.
Price
Cost	MCr374.75 (base) MCr299.80 (discounted)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Flare class Gunboat is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Gunboat.

Description (Specifications)

Flare Class Gunboats serve with The Democratic People's Defense Forces, the armed forces of the Winston Democracy. They are fast and agile but have a light weapons load: the class are armed with missiles, lasers and a single plasma cannon. The hull is very lightly armored. Flare class Gunboats are carried by Stormbringer class Fleet Tenders to provide additional local sensor coverage and to extend the fleet's scouting range.

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 craft) 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	The Flare class is constructed using a 300 Ton hull built in a cone configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving a good atmospheric performance assisted by its onboard gravitic systems. It is equipped with fuel scoops. The vessel has 2 airlocks.
2.	Crew	14 personnel. XX command, XX engineering, XX gunnery, XX service, XX medical, and XX stewards. The ship carries 3 Marines. Staterooms: XX [single double] occupancy. Low berths: XX 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-1 drive, a Maneuver-6 drive, and a Power plant-9, giving performance of Jump-1 and 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. There is fuel tankage of 87 Tons, sufficient for two consecutive Jump-1s and giving the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. The jump drive utilises a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: no backup computer is installed. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivaed on command.
5.	Hardpoints	3 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Flare class is: x1 single plasma gun turret, forming its own battery. x1 triple missile turret, forming its own battery.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 1. x1 triple sandcaster turret, forming one battery of 1 triple turret. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no dedicated subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel is not fitted with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr374.75 Architects Fee: MCr3.748 The vessel and its subcraft are standard designs. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
11.	Construction Time	56 weeks 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 1 Ton (a secure locker). The locker can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

Flare class Gunboats are part of The Democratic People's Defense Forces, the military of the Winston Democracy.

Refined fuel is a serious concern to Flare class crews: the vessel is not fitted with onboard refining equipment and many local ports don't provide it. Crews are cautious about misjumps.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• 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
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science