Gashka class Assault Craft
| Gashka class Assault Craft | |
|---|---|
 TBD | |
| Type: UIB Assault Craft | |
| Category | Smallcraft |
| Size | 20 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Needle Hull |
| Streamlining | Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–10 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 Flt |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 4 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 2 |
| Officers | 1 |
| Enlisted | 1 |
| Marines | 10 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 7.5 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Ziru Sirka |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr28.0 |
| Architect fee | MCrDavid Pulver, Jon F. Zeigler |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | UIB-2S40 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Combat Transport - Boarding Craft - Smallcraft |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | Interstellar Wars |
| Reference | Interstellar Wars 202, 211. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. | |
The Gashka class Assault Craft is a combatant smallcraft.
- It is a military ship, a boarding craft, and an Assault Craft.
- The version copied by the Terrans was known as the Agatha class Assault Craft.
- It was often carried by the Gashidda class Patrol Cruiser in the gig docking port.
Description (Specifications)
It is a vessel with 4-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined needle hull.
- It carries very light armament and a very small defensive suite.
- It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed.
- It has a 2 sophont crew and 10 marines.
STANDARD 20-DTON ASSAULT CRAFT: This small craft was used by both Imperial and Terran forces for a particular mission: the “opposed boarding” of potentially hostile vessels. Patrol cruisers often used the assault craft to support customs inspections, while other vessels used them to deliver Marines to capture enemy ships in battle. [1]
Image Repository
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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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary. [2]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | 0-99 tons. |
| 2. | Crew | x1 crew. |
| 3. | Performance / Engineering | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/TBD fib ship computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | xTBD hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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| 8. | Craft / Drones | None |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
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| 10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | Other Equipment:
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History & Background (Dossier)
While it was best known it its TL:10-12 versions, the Vilani of the Ziru Sirka even had an early TL-9 prototype version. [4]
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 - Boarding Craft - Smallcraft:
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Interstellar Wars (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), 202, 211.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science, Emeritus
- ↑ Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Interstellar Wars (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), 202.
- ↑ 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