Gridlow class Heavy Cruiser

Gridlow class Heavy Cruiser
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: CA Heavy Cruiser
Category	[[ACS]]
Size	50,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	500
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	388
Officers	77
Enlisted	311 50 Marines
Marines	50
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	40 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Pador Military Forces
Price
Cost	MCr51,423.309 (base) MCr41,138.647 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	Not applicable.
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Heavy Cruiser
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 Gridlow class Heavy Cruiser is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Heavy Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

The fully streamlined, and armored needle/wedge structure hull is fitted with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness ocean refueling. It has jump 2 range and 4 G acceleration, but lumbers with no agility. It carries enough internal fuel for a jump 2 with a jump 1 reserve. They can carry a jump 2 drop tank as well for long range strikes into Sath Alliance territory when needed. It carries a model 6 fib computer, a back up computer and extra screen generators in the event of battle damage. It is tanker dependent for longer range fleet maneuvers.

They are armed with the best particle accelerator spinal mount available, a repulsor bay, five triple sand caster turrets, one hundred and seventy triple beam laser turrets, and one hundred and seventy dual fusion gun turrets. There are also ten heavy missile bays for orbital bombardment.

It carries 50 rapid response jump troops, with two 20 ton recovery boats. They are supported by a platoon of 4 dton Grav tanks.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

In keeping with the Pador Military Forces fleet's internal security mission, this class was designed with a defensive mindset. Designed and built by Pador after 192 weeks for the prototype and 154 weeks for the production models at huge expense. They are half the size of their big brothers the Harp class Battleships. Built to support the ships of the line for combat duty in the Far Home Sector, capable of conducting patrol cruises in the Distant Fringe. 25 in service.

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.

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.

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

Warship - Heavy Cruiser:

1. Type CA class Heavy Cruiser
   1. Gridlow class Heavy Cruiser

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