Battle Rider

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A Battle Rider is a non-jump capable ship intended to stand in the line of battle in space combat and carried interstellar by a battle tender.

• It is a starship supraclass.
• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.

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Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

Battle Riders: Non-jump-capable capital ship intended to stand in the line-of-battle in space combat, and carried interstellar by a battle tender.

Two opposite views in naval architecture have dominated the design of the major battleships of space navies. The battle rider concept involves a large jump-capable tender carrying a complete Battle Squadron (BatRon) of two to ten heavily armed and armoured battle riders. The opposite concept is the battleship, a large jump-capable ship which carries the jump drives and fuel tanks internally.

The battle tender, so integral to the concept of the battle rider, is little more than a large dispersed structure (up to a million tons) with jump drives, fuel tanks and basic controls. By dispensing with the need for jump drives and jump fuel tanks on each of the riders, each becomes ton for ton more heavily armed and armoured. The concept does not allow for the possibility of a superior force; no matter how good a rider is, if it meets a superior adversary, it is placed in a position of winning or dying. Retreat is nearly impossible without losses.

It is generally held that, in any meeting between a battleship and a battle rider of equal tonnage, the battle rider will triumph.

Supraclass Roles

Battle Riders typically serve the following roles:

1. Battle Rider
   1. Heavy Battle Rider
   2. Light Battle Rider
2. Jump Rider

Supraclass Archtypes

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

In setpiece warfare, a force of Riders can be difficult to defeat. But in the fluid warfare that has typified operations against the Zhodani and Virus, Riders have been a serious washout. Under current naval doctrine, Riders are always used in the strategic defensive role, fortifying refueling sources within the Regency Frontier and interface worlds in a band 3 parsecs into the safe. Some Rider squadrons are deployed into regions Wildside adjacent to the Regency, along with a handful of Scapegoats, laying in ambush of Vampireships. rider will triumph.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Battle Rider:

1. Type BR class Battle Rider
   1. TBD class Battle Rider

Ship Summary List

7 Representative Battle Rider (BR) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Ch'kaahi class Battle Rider BRV 11 1,000 0 6 Sath Alliance BRV-TBD Houdini class Battle Rider BRL 11 20,000 0 6 Varellan Empire No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Narsil class Battle Rider BRL 11 10,000 0 6 Sword Worlds Confederation No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. BRL-0AS60 Parasite class Battle Rider BRL 12 13,000 0 6 Old Worlds No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD PartiCard class Battle Rider BRV 12 100 6 Third Imperium BRV-AU60 Punisher class Light Battle Rider BRV 12 1,000 0 6 Ras Tennol Force No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Xarbo class Battle Rider BRL 11 10,000 0 6 Regency of Muirimi No BR-0BS60

TL-15	Joneslow class Battle Rider	20,000 tons
TL-12	Nosea class Battle Rider	20,000 tons
TL-11	Vdyank class Battle Rider	70,000 tons

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