Xing!kir class Light Cruiser

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Xing!kir class Light Cruiser
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: CL Light Cruiser
Size 50,000 Tons
Hull Configuration [[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level TL–15
Engineering
Computer No information yet available.
Jump J-2
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 500
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 440 (including 72 Marines)
    Officers 37 (plus 4 Marine)
    Enlisted 331
    Marines 72
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 1,955 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Two Thousand Worlds
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr26,499.7 (base)
MCr21,199.76 (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Canon Unpublished, fan design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 Xing!kir class Light Cruiser is a warship.

Description (Specifications)

The Xing!kir class Light Cruiser is "light" only by K'Kree standards. It is commonly encountered within the Two Thousand Worlds and beyond its borders. It is considered to be well appointed and relatively comfortable and is frequently used to transport important individuals and their entourages.

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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Xing!kir class is constructed using a 50,000 Ton hull built in a Flattened Sphere configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving a good atmospheric performance assisted by its onboard gravitic systems.
  • There are 22 airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a broad loading ramp.
  • The vessel has hardened ventral surfaces, allowing surface landings.
2. Crew 440 personnel. XX command, XX engineering, XX gunnery, XX service, XX medical, and XX stewards. There are 72 Marines, 50 security personnel and XX flight crew.
  • There is adequate open space to accommodate all of the crew and sufficient additional room for up to 73 passengers. The vessel is considered to have superior accommodations, with a good balance of open and screened areas. Some sections of the internal space are isolated for security reasons.

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.
  • There are multiple emergency lockers.
3. Performance The vessel mounts a Jump-2 drive, a Maneuver-2 drive, and a Power Plant-6, giving performance of Jump-2 and 2-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 2. There is fuel tankage of 13,000 Tons, sufficient for two consecutive Jump-2s and giving the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control center.
    • 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 computer model/9fib: no backup computer is installed.
  • 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 deactivaed on command.
  • It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5. Hardpoints 500 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 an Xing!kir class is:
7. Defenses The hull is plated and structurally reinforced, giving it a High Guard armor rating of 4. It lacks internal bulkhead walls leaving it vulnerable to internal explosions.
  • The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit.
  • The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator.
8. Craft The vessel carries no dedicated subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The Xing!kir class is fitted with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours. It is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr26,499.700
  • Architects Fee: MCr264.997
11. Construction Time 192 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 1,955 Tons. The cargo hold directly adjoins the open main section of the hull and augments its space: individual sections of the hold can be sealed off if desired. It is equipped with independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Xing!kir class is sometimes referred to as an assault cruiser or a missile cruiser. The names are justified: the vessel frequently operates in such roles. The onboard nuclear dampers and meson screens are of excellent quality and superior performance. The missile complement includes nuclear weapons for destroying threats (typically carnivores) from orbit en masse. The Xing!kir class appears to be a formidable warship at first glance, with powerful offensive weapons systems. However, this is offset by its poor acceleration and jump rating, its relatively thin skin and the total lack of internal bulkheads and compartments. While it is very hard-hitting it is also extremely vulnerable.

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