Fearless class Fighter

Fearless class Fighter
TBD
Type: FH Heavy Fighter
Category	Smallcraft
Size	80 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	No information yet available.
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	2
Officers	2
Marines	No information yet available.
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.2 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Winston Democracy
Year Operational	No information yet available.
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr99.80 (base) MCr79.84 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Fighter
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

Fearless class Fighters are basic Heavy Fighters.

• It is a military ship, a combatant smallcraft, and a Fighter.

Description (Specifications)

Fearless class Heavy Fighters are designed to operate from Stormbringer class Fleet Tenders. They serve as part of The Democratic People's Defense Forces, the military of the Winston Democracy. Fearlesses are large, expensive, and basic, but they are tough and reliable and fill their role admirably.

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.

• The vessel is a TL-8 design.

Basic Ship Characteristics

No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Fearless class is constructed using an 80 Ton hull built in a Wedge configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving excellent atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. The vessel has a sturdy retractable undercarriage, allowing surface landings. The vessel is fitted with an airlock.
2.	Crew	x2 personnel. x1 command/pilot, x1 engineering/electronics. Accommodations Two Small Craft Staterooms: officially these are single occupancy, but in practice one is typically fitted with two cramped crew bunks while the second functions as a lounge, galley and office. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. There is an emergency locker.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-5 drive and a Power Plant-5, giving performance of 5-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 5. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section is controlled from the bridge. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the smallcraft bridge is a Model/2 computer: no backup computer is installed. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a standard sensor array, and has an Avionics suite. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x1 hardpoint.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Fearless class is: x1 Fixed dual missile racks.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 7. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 4 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr99.80 Architects Fee: MCr0.998
11.	Construction Time	24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0.2 Tons: It functions as a magazine for additional missiles.

History & Background

Fearless class Heavy Fighters serve with the The Democratic People's Defense Forces, the military of the Winston Democracy. Fearlesses are fully streamlined and, for their size, have a very heavily armored hull. They produce 5-G acceleration, they are agile, and they are armed with a pair of missile racks. The two-man crew, officially at least, each have their own small stateroom for comfort on long system patrols. The simple design allows them to be produced on many of the more advanced worlds lying in the coreward territories of the Winston Democracy.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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 Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science