Skimkish class Light Carrier
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| Skimkish class Light Carrier | |
|---|---|
 Published, canon design. | |
| Type: VL Light Carrier | |
| Size | 29,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–15 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | TBD |
| Jump | J-4 |
| Maneuver | 2 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 290 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 328 |
| Officers | 42 |
| Enlisted | 206 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 0 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr19,824.58 standard. MCr15,859.67 in quantity |
| Architect fee | MCrTimothy B. Brown |
| Statistics | |
| Source | |
| Also see | Type VL class Light Carrier |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. | |
The Skimkish class Light Carrier is a carrier warship.
- It is a military ship and a Light Carrier.
- This combatant starship is actually named the very Vilani Skimkish-class, but many Solomani have taken to calling it the Anglic-language Skirmish-class... Fighting men being who fighting men are. [1]
Description (Specifications)
Construction: The Skimkish class Light Carrier is relatively slow fighter carrier/tender characterized by a variety of heterogeneous weaponry and a large complement of Heavy Fighters. [2]
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. [3]
| #. | Category | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tonnage | 29,000 tons (standard) or 29 ktons. 406,000 cubic meters. [5] |
| 2. | Crew | x42 officers, 206 ratings. 80 pilots. [6] Total: 328 crew. |
| 3. | Performance | Jump-4. 2-G. Power plant-6. 1,740-EP. Agility-2. [7] |
| 4. | Electronics | Model/9fib computer. [8] |
| 5. | Hardpoints | x4 50-ton bays. 250 hardpoints. [9] |
| 6. | Armament | Four 50-ton bay meson guns. Fifty triple missile turrets organized into five batteries. Fifty triple beam laser turrets organized into ten batteries. Fifty dual fusion gun turrets organized into twenty-five batteries. Fifty particle accelerator ]]turret]]s organized into five batteries. [10] |
| 7. | Defenses | Nuclear damper (Factor-9). Fifty triple sandcaster turrets organized into five batteries. Armored hull (Factor-1). [11] |
| 8. | Craft | (x80) Eighty fighters. One launch tube. [12] |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | Integral fuel scoops and on-board fuel purification plant. [13] |
| 10. | Cost | MCr19,824.58 standard. MCr15,859.67 in quantity. [14] |
| 11. | Construction Time | 45 months singly; 32 months in quantity. [15] |
| 12. | Comments | None. |
History & Background (Dossier)
Carriers became an important part of the Fifth Frontier War as the Zhodani have a successful fighter doctrine. Light Carriers became an important part of successfully countering otherwise effective Zhodani strategems. [16]
Selected Light Carrier Variant Classes
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34. (Classic Traveller Supplement 9)
- Dom Mooney. Power Projection: Fleet (BITS, 2003), TBD.
- Citation Missing - Squadron Strike: Traveller
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak