Hughes class Light Cruiser

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Hughes class Light Cruiser
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Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: CL Light Cruiser
Size 22,000 Tons
Hull Configuration [[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level TL–15
Engineering
Computer No information yet available.
Jump J-4
Maneuver 6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 220
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 231 (including 45 Marines)
    Officers 24
    Enlisted 207
    Marines 45
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 2.5 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Third Imperium
Year Operational No information yet available.
Price
Cost MCr16,070.373 (base)
MCr12,856.298 (qty)
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Canon Unpublished, fan design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 Hughes class Light Cruiser is a heavy warship.

Description (Specifications)

The ship carries the mandated Alfred class Gunboat. A noble decided that every ship in the fleet should carry one of these 90 ton Gunboats. The ship has scoops and purification and its partially streamlined close configuration hull is unarmored. This allows for gas giant refueling. The ship has 6-G acceleration, and 1-Agility. The ship is capable of Jump-4, to keep up with Imperial fleets. What is shocking, on a design this size, is the very powerful, heavy cruiser class meson gun. This design also has a pair of 20 ton Gigs to help recovery the marine platoon. To deal with critical hits from its stunning lack of hull armor, it carries a replacement model 9 fib computer, and an extra nuclear damper and meson screen.

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 Hughes class is constructed using a 22,000 Ton hull built in a Close Structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems.
  • There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel.
  • The vessel has sturdy fixed legs, allowing surface landings.
2. Crew x231 personnel, including 45 Marines.
  • x24 Officers, plus 1 Marine Officer.
  • x207 Enlisted.

Accommodations

  • There are 115.5 Staterooms. All quarters 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-4 drive, a Maneuver-6 drive, and a Power Plant-10, giving performance of Jump-4 and 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 1 and an emergency agility of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-4 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section has a main control room.
    • 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 Model/9fib computer: the vessel has a backup Model/9fib computer.
  • 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 deactivated on command.
  • It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5. Hardpoints x220 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 it is:
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
8. Craft Flight Section

The subcraft are housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 169 Tons.

9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 11,000 Tons.
  • The hull is fitted with fuel scoops.
  • The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10. Cost The basic cost of the vessel is MCr16,070.373
  • Architects Fee: MCr160.704
11. Construction Time 176 weeks (41 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 2.5 Tons.
  • The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The class was commissioned for the 146th Fleet, in the Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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