Dirqral class Battleship

Dirqral class Battleship
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: BA Heavy Battleship
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	300,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3,000
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2,791
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	450 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Zhodani
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr287,399.31 Qty: MCr 229,919.448
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Dirqral class Battleship is a heavy warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battleship.

Description (Specifications)

In the Zhodani Navy the Diqral-class battleship is an aging TL–13 design still in service with the Zhodani Navy, but is still a capable and useful line-of-battle ship; mounting Jump-3, 6-G acceleration and 6-Agility with somewhat aging weapons, the Diqral is an effective ship when coupled with other vessels capable of supporting it.

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	Tonnage: 300,000 tons (standard). 4,200,000 cubic meters.
2.	Crew	Crew: 279 officers. 2,512 ratings.
3.	Performance	Performance: Jump-3. 6-G. Power plant-9. 27,000 EP. Agility 6.
4.	Electronics	Electronics: Model 7/fib computer
5.	Hardpoints	Hardpoints: One spinal weapons mount. Fifty 100-ton bays. One hundred thirty five 50-ton bays. Seven hundred hardpoints.
6.	Armament	Armament: Spinal mount meson gun (factor-P). Five hundred seventy triple beam laser turrets organized into 57 batteries. Thirty five 50-ton fusion gun bays. Forty 100-ton particle accelerator bays. One hundred 50-ton missile bays.
7.	Defenses	Defenses: Ten 100-ton repulsor bays. Five hundred fifty triple sandcaster turrets organized into 50 batteries. Meson screen (Factor-3). Nuclear Damper (Factor-3). Armored hull (Factor-4).
8.	Craft	Craft: Two 50-ton small craft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Treatment: Integral fuel scoops; on-board fuel treatment plant.
10.	Cost	Cost: MCr 287,399.31 standard. MCr 229,919.448 in quantity.
11.	Construction Time	Construction Time: 56 months singly; 33 months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to 450.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Dirqral class Battleship is a ship serving with the Zhodani Navy.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Tripod Traveller Atlas
• 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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science