Drakkon class System Defense Boat

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Drakkon class System Defense Boat
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: HSVL System Defense Boat
Category	ACS
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/4 Computer
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	16
Officers	4
Enlisted	12
Marines	6
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	5.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Distant Fringe
Year Operational	Data not available.
Price
Cost	MCr568.234 (base) MCr454.588 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SB-DA60
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	System Defense Boat
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ade Stewart
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Drakkon class System Defense Boat is a defensive warship.

It is a paramilitary ship and a System Defense Boat.
Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

The System Defense Boat (...usually abbreviated to SDB) is designed to defend key points within a system such as gas giants. It is a common paramilitary vessel within the Distant Fringe. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.

The vessel is a TL-11 design.

Image Repository

A Drakkon class System Defense Boat.

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]
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	The SDB is constructed using a 400 dTon hull built in a generally wedge-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, plated, and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 8: the ship is equipped with fuel scoops. Individual sections of the ship are divided by bulkhead walls. Sections of the ship can be isolated in the event of an emergency. The hull includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators. All accessible sections of the hull have life support.
2.	Crew	TBD. The SDB requires 16 crew: 5x command, 2x engineering, 7x gunnery, and 2x service. The vessel carries 6 troops.
3.	Performance	TBD. The vessel mounts a maneuver-6 drive and a power plant 8, giving performance of 6G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. There is fuel tankage of 32 dTons, giving the power plant four weeks duration. The craft is fitted with a fuel purification plant. The engineering section has a main control room.
4.	Electronics	TBD. Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/4: the vessel carries an additional backup computer model/4. There are 13 staterooms. Double occupancy accommodations are required for all except the command crew. Cargo capacity amounts to 5 dTons. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
5.	Hardpoints	TBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	TBD. The ship is fitted with 4 turrets. These are grouped into: one beam laser battery, consisting of 2 linked triple turrets one missile battery, consisting of 2 linked triple turrets
7.	Defenses	TBD.
8.	Craft	None.
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr568.234. The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable. If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr454.588.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Formations of SDBs are often deployed by vessels such as the Military Ship Transporter.

A design that dates to the time of the Terran Confederation. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems, onboard electronics, and the fit out of internal spaces.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.^[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.^[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - Defensive Vessel - System Defense Boat:
Type HSB class System Defense Boat AKA Type SB class System Defense Boat

Type HSVL class Very Light System Defense Boat

References & Contributors (Sources)

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Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
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Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
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.
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[3] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

[4] Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak

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