Guanxou class Light Cruiser

Guanxou class Light Cruiser
A heavily armed light cruiser
Type: CL Light Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	18,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Flattened Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5fib
Jump	J-2
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	180
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	212
Officers	28
Enlisted	184
Marines	43
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	20 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Terran Confederation
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	No longer in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr24,223.881
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	CL
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Cruiser
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	from -2408 to -2219
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 Guanxou class Light Cruiser is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Light Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

Guanxou class Light Cruisers
It is a vessel with 2-G and J-2 performance with a streamlined flattened sphere, saucer configuration hull. They were capable of wilderness ocean refueling operations.

• It carries heavy armament and a defensive suite. Lightly armored with a braced and reinforced hull. Designed as a test bed for meson spinal mounted weapons this saucer was derived from earlier Chinese fleet designs from among the fleets that unified to form the Terran Confederation Navy. Ships of the Vilani Ziru Sirka were not typically equipped with meson screens at the time.
• It ordinarily carried 2 x 30T Ship's Boats subcraft and 2 x 4T Air Raft, 1 x 6T Speeder ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed. They carried a reinforced marine platoon with 40 assault capsules.
• It has a 212 sophont crew and 43 marines. They had 109 double occupancy staterooms for 212 crew which include: 11 command, 42 engineering, 74 gunnery, 6 flight, 36 service and 43 marines.

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 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	18,000 tons.
2.	Crew	212 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-2 2-G acceleration Power Plant-5 900-EPs Agility-1
4.	Electronics	Model/5 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x180 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: ten triple beam laser turrets in a factor 8 battery Energy Weapons: ten dual plasma gun turrets in one factor 6 battery Particle Accelerators: factor 7 100 ton bay Meson Guns: factor A spinal mount Missiles: eight factor 8 100 ton bays Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: factor 3 Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: 1 factor 4 100 ton bay Other: ten triple sand caster turrets in a factor 9 battery
8.	Craft / Drones	2 x 4T Air Raft, 2 x 30T Ship's Boat, 1 x 6T Speeder
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: 4,500.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
10.	Cost	MCr21,357.63.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 20.0 tons. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

They served with the Terran Confederation Navy during the period of the Interstellar Wars.

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 - Warship - Strike Cruiser:

1. Type CS class Strike Cruiser
   1. Admiral Clarkson class Attack Cruiser
   2. Aenoegrr class Strike Cruiser
   3. Agidda class Attack Cruiser
   4. Dzen class Strike Cruiser
   5. Fitl class Strike Cruiser
   6. Flinder class War Cruiser
   7. Gauntlet class Strike Cruiser
   8. Hroilri'ea class Strike Cruiser
   9. Nibar class Strike Cruiser
   10. Rambler class Strike Cruiser
   11. Rapier class War Cruiser
   12. Sniper class Strike Cruiser
   13. Tash class War Cruiser
   14. Tempest class Attack Cruiser
   15. Titan class Strike Cruiser
   16. Vlezhdatl class Strike Cruiser
   17. Waco class Strike Cruiser

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