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{{InfoboxShip | {{InfoboxShip | ||
|name = Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser | |name = Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser | ||
− | |aerodynam= [[ | + | |aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]] |
+ | |agility = 2 | ||
|alsosee = [[Type C class Mercenary Cruiser]] | |alsosee = [[Type C class Mercenary Cruiser]] | ||
|architect= TBD | |architect= TBD | ||
|blueprint= Yes | |blueprint= Yes | ||
− | | | + | |canon = Published, canon starship design with a Keith illustration. |
− | |cargo = 80 | + | |caption = TBD |
+ | |cargo = 80.0 | ||
|cost = 285.95 | |cost = 285.95 | ||
|crew = 9 | |crew = 9 | ||
− | |enlisted = | + | |enlisted = 4 |
+ | |EOS = Still in active service. | ||
|era = 1105 | |era = 1105 | ||
− | |footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|High Guard]]. | + | |footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|High Guard]]. <br> [[Classic Traveller]] core ship design. |
|g = 3 | |g = 3 | ||
|hp = 8 | |hp = 8 | ||
|hpass = 11 | |hpass = 11 | ||
− | |hull = | + | |hull = Sphere Hull |
|illustration= Yes | |illustration= Yes | ||
|image = Merc-Cruiser-WH-Keith-MT-Imp-Encyclo-Pg-37 03-July-2018a.jpg | |image = Merc-Cruiser-WH-Keith-MT-Imp-Encyclo-Pg-37 03-July-2018a.jpg | ||
− | |IOC = | + | |IOC = Unknown |
|jump = 3 | |jump = 3 | ||
|lpass = 0 | |lpass = 0 | ||
− | |marines = | + | |marines = 36 |
|model = [[Model/5]] | |model = [[Model/5]] | ||
− | |officers = | + | |officers = 5 |
|origin = Third Imperium | |origin = Third Imperium | ||
− | |QSP = | + | |QSP = CY-HS33 |
|ref = {{Ludography ref|name= Starships|version=Classic Traveller|page=20}} | |ref = {{Ludography ref|name= Starships|version=Classic Traveller|page=20}} | ||
|size = 800 | |size = 800 | ||
+ | |size-cat = ACS | ||
|tdes = CY | |tdes = CY | ||
|TL = 12 | |TL = 12 | ||
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
− | The ship itself is unstreamlined, although it has sufficient lack of projections to allow it to skim hydrogen from gas | + | The ship itself is unstreamlined, although it has sufficient lack of projections to allow it to skim [[hydrogen]] from [[gas giant]]s in order to refuel. It may land on [[vacuum world]]s, but generally interacts with the surfaces of [[world]]s through its complement of 50-ton [[cutter]]s, their interchangeable modules, and the ship's single [[air/raft]]. The [[cutter]]s can carry [[cargo]] and supplies from a [[starport]] to the ship, [[troop]]s and [[ATV]]s to a world surface for battle, or [[passenger]]s from point to point. The [[air/raft]], while slower, also has orbital capability and can be used when the [[cutter]]s are otherwise occupied. |
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+ | === Image Repository === | ||
+ | # A landed [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser|''Broadsword class'']] deploying [[troop]]s. <br> [[File: Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser.jpg|400px]] | ||
+ | # A spacebourne ''Mercenary Cruiser''s between two [[world]]s. <br> [[File: Broadsword between worlds sig Shawn-Driscoll 01-May-2019a.png|400px]] | ||
+ | # A [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser|''Broadsword-class'']] exiting an [[atmosphere]] with a [[modular cutter]]. <br> [[File: Broadsword-class SGK-03-Jae-Stewart 10-June-2019a.png|400px]] | ||
+ | # ''Broadswords'' under fire. <br> [[File: Broadswords-Under-Fire-Traveller-Ian-Stead 14-May-2019a.jpg|400px]] | ||
+ | # A [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser|''Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser'']] with a [[Modular Cutter]] in [[orbit]] over a blue world. <br> [[File: Broadswordnear world by Shawn-Driscoll 01-May-2019a.png|400px]] | ||
+ | # A [[Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser|''Broadsword-class'']] deploying a [[Modular Cutter]]. <br> [[File: Broadsword-near world by shawndriscoll-dbbij3b (1).png|400px]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === General Description & Deck Plans === | ||
+ | No information yet available. | ||
=== Basic Ship Characteristics === | === 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 | + | 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]]. [[Ton]]nage on the [[universal ship profile]] is shown in [[kiloton]]s (...thousands of [[ton]]s) where necessary. {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}} |
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
− | | | + | !colspan="3"|'''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}} |
|- | |- | ||
− | ! | + | ! No. |
! Category | ! Category | ||
! Remarks | ! Remarks | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1. | | 1. | ||
− | | [[Ton|Tonnage]] | + | | [[Ton|Tonnage]] / [[Hull]] |
− | | 800 | + | | 800 [[ton]]s. The [[hull]] is [[unstreamlined]]. |
+ | * It is built around a [[spheroid hull]]. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2. | | 2. | ||
| [[Crew]] | | [[Crew]] | ||
− | | | + | | x9 crew. The minimum crew necessary for the mercenary cruiser is nine: commanding officer, [[pilot]], [[navigator]], four [[engineer]]s, and [[medic]]. [[Gunner]]s, cutter pilots, [[troop]]s, and administrative personnel may be added as desired. |
|- | |- | ||
| 3. | | 3. | ||
| [[Maneauver Drive|Performance]] | | [[Maneauver Drive|Performance]] | ||
− | | It has | + | | It has a [[Jump drive]]-M |
+ | * [[Maneuver drive]]-M | ||
+ | * [[Power plant]]-M, giving Jump-3 and 3-G acceleration. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 4. | | 4. | ||
| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]] | | [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]] | ||
− | | Adjacent to the bridge is a computer [[Model/5]]. | + | | Adjacent to the [[bridge]] is a [[computer]] [[Model/5]]. |
|- | |- | ||
| 5. | | 5. | ||
| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]] | | [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]] | ||
− | | | + | | x8 [[hardpoint]]s. |
|- | |- | ||
| 6. | | 6. | ||
| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]] | | [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]] | ||
− | | Eight | + | | Eight [[turret]]s are installed, with fire control, but no standard [[weapon]]ry is carried. |
|- | |- | ||
| 7. | | 7. | ||
| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]] | | [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]] | ||
− | | Ship defensive equipment is classified. It is believed to be heavily | + | | Ship defensive equipment is classified. It is believed to be heavily [[armor]]ed. |
|- | |- | ||
| 8. | | 8. | ||
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
Used extensively in the outer areas of the Imperium, the Broadsword class mercenary cruiser is designed to perform light military functions over extended periods of time and with great coverage of distance. The cruiser design was specifically commissioned by the Imperium, and examples are used by independent military organizations operating with Imperial approval. In effect, mercenary organizations serve to enforce a basic policy of peace and order in areas where the lmperium itself does not have the resources.{{Page cite|name=Fighting Ships|version=Classic Traveller|page=21}} | Used extensively in the outer areas of the Imperium, the Broadsword class mercenary cruiser is designed to perform light military functions over extended periods of time and with great coverage of distance. The cruiser design was specifically commissioned by the Imperium, and examples are used by independent military organizations operating with Imperial approval. In effect, mercenary organizations serve to enforce a basic policy of peace and order in areas where the lmperium itself does not have the resources.{{Page cite|name=Fighting Ships|version=Classic Traveller|page=21}} | ||
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=== Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities === | === Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities === | ||
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* Cutlass | * Cutlass | ||
* Dagger | * Dagger | ||
+ | * Dewclaw | ||
* Dragon Fist | * Dragon Fist | ||
* Flamberge | * Flamberge | ||
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes === | === Selected Variant Types & Classes === | ||
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− | == References & Contributors (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == |
{{Metadata}} | {{Metadata}} | ||
{{Intermediate}} | {{Intermediate}} | ||
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Starships|version=Classic Traveller|page=20}} | |S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Starships|version=Classic Traveller|page=20}} | ||
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08|article=Broadsword class Mercenary Cruisers|page=24-37}} | |S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08|article=Broadsword class Mercenary Cruisers|page=24-37}} | ||
− | |S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 21 |version= Classic Traveller}} ({{CT}} [[Supplement 9]]) | + | |S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Challenge 38|article=Boarding Party|page=28-30}} |
− | | | + | |S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 21 |version= Classic Traveller}} ({{CT}} [[Supplement 9]]) |
− | | | + | |S5= {{Ludography cite|name= Broadsword|page=16-31}} |
− | | | + | |S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia|page=83}} |
− | | | + | |S7= {{Ludography cite|name= Starship Operator's Manual |page=58 |version=MegaTraveller}} |
− | | | + | |S8= {{Ludography cite|name= Traveller: The New Era|page=377}} |
− | | | + | |S9= {{Ludography cite|name= Brilliant Lances |page= 30 |article=Technical Booklet}} |
− | | | + | |S10= {{Ludography cite|name= Starships|version=Marc Miller's Traveller|page=42-44}} |
− | | | + | |S11= {{Ludography cite|name= Power Projection: Escort |page= TBD}} |
− | | | + | |S12= {{Ludography cite|name= Power Projection: Fleet |page= TBD}} |
− | | | + | |S13= EXTERNAL LINK: [http://awbep.com/Terror/Adventure%2007%20-%20Broadsword.pdf Adventure 7: Broadsword] |
− | | | + | |S14= EXTERNAL LINK: [http://juliahwest.com/Traveller/Brook_West/bsimages/index.html Longsword subclass of the Broadsword Class 800 dton Mercenary Cruiser Deck Plans] |
− | | | + | |S15= EXTERNAL LINK: [http://spacesquadrons2998.blogspot.com/2013/01/broadsword-class-800-ton-mercenary.html RAFM Broadsword Class Mercenary Cruiser Model and Images] |
+ | |S16= EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.ace-dog.co.uk/Traveller/Shipyard/Broadsword.htm Traveller Starship Design - Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser] | ||
+ | |S17= EXTERNAL LINK: [https://sites.google.com/site/welcometotheperegrine/liba/library-data-broadsword-class-mercenary-cruiser Broadsword Class Mercenary Cruiser] by [[Randy Dorman]] | ||
+ | |S18= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
+ | |S19= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 12:38, 20 January 2020
Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser | |
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TBD | |
Type: CY Mercenary Cruiser | |
Category | ACS |
Size | 800 Tons |
Hull Configuration | Sphere Hull |
Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
Tech Level | TL–12 |
Engineering | |
Computer | Model/5 |
Jump | J-3 |
Maneuver | 3 G |
Armaments | |
Hardpoints | 8 |
Accommodations | |
Staterooms | 0 |
Personnel | |
Crew | 9 |
Officers | 5 |
Enlisted | 4 |
Marines | 36 |
High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
Payload | |
Cargo | 80.0 Tons |
Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
Construction | |
Origin | Third Imperium |
Year Operational | Unknown |
End of Service | Still in active service. |
Price | |
Cost | MCr285.95 |
Statistics | |
Quick Ship Profile | CY-HS33 |
Images | |
Blueprint | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Source | |
Also see | Type C class Mercenary Cruiser |
Canon | Published, fan design |
Era | 1105 |
Reference | Starships 20. |
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. Classic Traveller core ship design. |
The Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser is an 800-ton spherical hulled starship designed for a wide range of military and quasi-military missions, and is essentially a type C cruiser. Some changes, alterations, and modifications, however, have been imposed to make the ship more adaptable to a variety of different operations.
- It is a paramilitary ship, a warship, most often used by mercenaries; it's a Mercenary Cruiser.
Description (Specifications)
The ship itself is unstreamlined, although it has sufficient lack of projections to allow it to skim hydrogen from gas giants in order to refuel. It may land on vacuum worlds, but generally interacts with the surfaces of worlds through its complement of 50-ton cutters, their interchangeable modules, and the ship's single air/raft. The cutters can carry cargo and supplies from a starport to the ship, troops and ATVs to a world surface for battle, or passengers from point to point. The air/raft, while slower, also has orbital capability and can be used when the cutters are otherwise occupied.
Image Repository
- A landed Broadsword class deploying troops.
- A spacebourne Mercenary Cruisers between two worlds.
- A Broadsword-class exiting an atmosphere with a modular cutter.
- Broadswords under fire.
- A Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser with a Modular Cutter in orbit over a blue world.
- A Broadsword-class deploying a Modular Cutter.
General Description & Deck Plans
No information yet available.
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 | 800 tons. The hull is unstreamlined.
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2. | Crew | x9 crew. The minimum crew necessary for the mercenary cruiser is nine: commanding officer, pilot, navigator, four engineers, and medic. Gunners, cutter pilots, troops, and administrative personnel may be added as desired. |
3. | Performance | It has a Jump drive-M
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4. | Electronics | Adjacent to the bridge is a computer Model/5. |
5. | Hardpoints | x8 hardpoints. |
6. | Armament | Eight turrets are installed, with fire control, but no standard weaponry is carried. |
7. | Defenses | Ship defensive equipment is classified. It is believed to be heavily armored. |
8. | Craft | The ship carries two 50-ton cutters, each with an ATV module (which includes an ATV). There is provision inside the ship for two additional modules. There is an air/raft carried in a hull compartment. |
9. | Fuel Treatment | Yes. Fuel tankage of 318 tons supports the power plant, provides for one Jump-3, and holds 48 tons in reserve for its small craft and for long term operations. |
10. | Cost | The ship costs MCr445.95. |
11. | Construction Time | It typically takes twenty-five months to build. |
12. | Comments | It’s a very tough design that has been designed, redesigned, and manufactured by numerous manufactures at different tech levels. |
History & Background (Dossier)
Used extensively in the outer areas of the Imperium, the Broadsword class mercenary cruiser is designed to perform light military functions over extended periods of time and with great coverage of distance. The cruiser design was specifically commissioned by the Imperium, and examples are used by independent military organizations operating with Imperial approval. In effect, mercenary organizations serve to enforce a basic policy of peace and order in areas where the lmperium itself does not have the resources.[3]
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
The first ship of this class bore the name Broadsword, and following ships of the class have been named for edged weapons and polearms. As the class grew and more ships were built, the general category of non-missile firing weapons was assumed for naming of additional ships.
Class Members
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Representative User
New Frontier Trading Partners, a limited corporation based on Excalibur in the Sword Worlds Confederation, procured a fleet of ten mercenary cruisers for use in operations outside the Marches far to spinward. Those vessels carried the names of ten planets within the Sword Worlds— all of them incidentally cognomial swords and thus appropriate to the ship name class. Incidentally, there is some conjecture that the swashbuckling name for the class was a clever marketing decision intended to appeal to the mercenary units that need these vessels; it apparently did influence the Sword World decision, as the competing ship class for the contract was named for Imperial naval heroes.
Additional Data
NON-CANON: Within the Trouble in the Spinward Marches (CT) Play By Email Campaign The Broadsword Class Cruiser is a primary Imperial Navy Cruiser. The setting tends to be a small ship universe, as such, the Broadswords fill the roll of naval Cruiser quite handily.
- The Cruiser Mameluke is frequently found within the marches, clashing with enemies of freedom and justice.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Paramilitary Ship - Warship - Mercenary Cruiser:
- Type CY class Mercenary Cruiser
- Aositaoh class Mercenary Cruiser
- Ares Dragon class Mercenary Cruiser
- Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser
- Byrna class Mercenary Cruiser
- Duke Boris class Mercenary Cruiser
- Longsword class Mercenary Cruiser
- Mauler class Mercenary Cruiser
- Tethys class Mercenary Transport
- Tleiatre class Battle Leader
- Type C class Mercenary Cruiser
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 20.
- Loren Wiseman. "Broadsword class Mercenary Cruisers." Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08 (1981): 24-37.
- Loren Wiseman. "Boarding Party." Challenge 38 (1989): 28-30.
- Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 21. (Classic Traveller Supplement 9)
- Loren Wiseman. Broadsword (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 16-31.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 83.
- Rob Caswell, William W. Connors, Joe Fugate, Gary L. Thomas. Starship Operator's Manual (Digest Group Publications, 1988), 58.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Traveller: The New Era (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 377.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. "Technical Booklet." Brilliant Lances (1994): 30.
- Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 42-44.
- Dom Mooney. Power Projection: Escort (BITS, 2002), TBD.
- Dom Mooney. Power Projection: Fleet (BITS, 2003), TBD.
- EXTERNAL LINK: Adventure 7: Broadsword
- EXTERNAL LINK: Longsword subclass of the Broadsword Class 800 dton Mercenary Cruiser Deck Plans
- EXTERNAL LINK: RAFM Broadsword Class Mercenary Cruiser Model and Images
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller Starship Design - Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser
- EXTERNAL LINK: Broadsword Class Mercenary Cruiser by Randy Dorman
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- 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.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 21.