Chapter class Battle Transport

Chapter class Battle Transport
Non-canon fan design.
Type: IM Battle Transport
Category	BCS
Size	100,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Close Structure Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	6 fib
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1,000
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,830 including 1,100 Marines
Officers	225
Enlisted	1,605
Marines	1,100
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	124 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	The Protectorate
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr105,435.1 Qty: MCr 84,348.08
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Combat Transport
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 Chapter class Battle Transport is a heavy warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battleship.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 3-G and J-3 performance with a partially streamlined Close Structure Hull.

• It carries heavy armament and a extensive defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries ten 70dton Shuttles as subcraft, and 20 G-Carriers, 20 Air/Rafts , and 90 All Terrain Vehicles as ship's vehicles, and drones as needed.
• It has a 1,830 sophont crew which includes 1,100 marines.

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Build to transport one brigade for The Protectorate, as part of the Protectorate Space Navy, this class carries all the brigade's vehicles. These include: (10) 70 ton shuttles, (20) Air Rafts, (90) 10 ton tracked ATVs, and (20) 8 ton G Carriers. All of the 1,100 troopers have drop capsules for orbital assault. The heavily armored hull is a partially streamlined close structure capable of gas giant refueling with scoops and fuel purification. It has a spinal mounted meson gun, a pair of particle accelerator bays, a pair of repulsor bays, ten missile bays, twenty three batteries of triple beam lasers and fusion guns. For defense it has excellent armor to resist fleet and ground fire, as well as, nuclear dampers, meson screen and thirty two batteries of triple sand casters. It models a 6 fib computer adjacent to the bridge. It is capable of Jump-3, 3 Gs and has no agility. It has 918 staterooms with double occupancy. It requires 50 command, 210 engineering, 195 gunnery, 75 flight, 200 service and 1,100 marines to crew the vessel. There are no Low berths. There are 225 Officers and 1,605 Other Ratings.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	100,000 tons.
2.	Crew	x1,830 crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-3 NAFAL 3-G acceleration Power Plant-3 3000-EPs Agility-0
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/6 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x1,000 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: 230 triple beam laser turrets, firing as 23 factor 8 batteries Energy Weapons: 230 dual fusion gun turrets, firing as 23 factor 8 batteries Particle Accelerators: 2 100ton factor 8 bays Meson Guns: factor K spinal mount Missiles: 10 100ton factor 9 bays Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: factor 12 Meson Screens: factor 1 Nuclear Dampers: factor 1 Repulsors: 2 100ton factor 6 bays Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	10 x 70T Shuttles, 20 x 8T G Carriers, 20 x 4T Air Rafts, 90 x 10T ATVs
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 33,000.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr105,435.1.
11.	Construction Time	52 months to build, 42 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 124.0 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

Armed and armored like a Battleship it can deploy a reinforced battalion of marines using drop capsules for a meteoric assault.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Military Auxiliary - Medium Combat Transport:

1. Type IM class Medium Combat Transport
   1. Chapter class Battle Transport
   2. Irale class Brigade Transport

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