Biter class Close Escort
Biter class Close Escort | |
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Symbol of the Sword Worlds | |
Type: EL Close Escort | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 500 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Cone Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–11 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/6 fib |
Jump | J-2 |
Maneuver | 2 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 4 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 18 |
Officers | 3 |
Enlisted | 7 |
Marines | 8 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 17.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Sword Worlds Confederation |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr653.534 (base) MCr522.827 (qty) |
Architect fee | MCrMCr6.535 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | EL-ES22 |
Images | |
Blueprint | No |
Illustration | No |
Source | |
Also see | Escort |
Canon | Published, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance. |
The Biter class Close Escort is a light warship.
- It is a military ship and a Close Escort.
Description (Specifications)
Although this ship was designed as a close escort, it is slow. It saving grace is that it carries heavy armor and can withstand more massive punishments than most ships of its class.
Image Repository
- A fictional chit in the style of Fifth Frontier War representing a squadron of Biter class Close Escorts. The color of the counter indicates its allegiance to the Sword Worlds Confederation.
General Description & Deck Plans
It carries a squad of marines for boarding actions and an assault sled for ground attacks, which provides it with a more flexible mission profile.
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 subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary. [1]
Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
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No. | Category | Remarks |
1. | Tonnage / Hull | 500 tons. Streamlined cone configuration. |
2. | Crew | 18 crew.
Accommodations
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3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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4. | Electronics | Bridge. Model/6 fib computer. |
5. | Hardpoints | x5 hardpoints.
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6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for a Biter class is:
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7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
The vessel does not have screens or other passive defensive systems. |
8. | Craft / Drones | x1 4-ton Grav Sled. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Fuel Tankage: 120 tons.
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10. | Cost | MCr653.534 |
11. | Construction Time | 20 months to build. |
12. | Remarks | Other Equipment: |
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.
Class Naming Practice/s: The class are named for astrographic and geographical features within the Biter system.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Military Vessel - Escort - Light Escort:
- Type EL class Light Escort
- Biter class Close Escort
- C-4 class Interceptor
- Chasseur class Close Escort
- Cleaver class Close Escort
- Edinburgh class Light Frigate
- Eitehr class Frigate
- Ekawsiykua class Escort
- Freya class Patrol Cutter
- K'Thud class Warship
- Kalarak class Lancer
- Kalaron class Escort
- Kearsarge class Close Escort
- Lancer class Light Escort
- Oppenheimer class Light Escort
- Osa class Missile Sloop
- Plokl class Escort
- Primarch class Ketch
- Reckless Errand class Close Escort
- Rift class War Galley
- Samardin class Patrol Sloop
- Sargon class Close Escort
- Turku class Light Escort
- Type 043 Yuan class Mine Countermeasure Ship
- Type-21 class Missile Sloop
- Wolf class Strike Escort
- Yarra class War Sloop
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- 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
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.