Gunboat

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Gunboats are a kind of close escort and are generally a light warship platform.

• It is a starship supraclass.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:

• Starship User Types
  • Civilian Ship
  • Paramilitary Ship
  • Military Ship
• Ships by Function
  • Bigcraft
  • Boat
  • Non-starship
  • Smallcraft
  • Spaceship
  • Starship
  • Subcraft
  • Warship
• Advanced Ship Classifications
  • Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
  • Ship Type Code / Superclass
  • Ship Class Code / Class
  • Model (TL)
  • Bloc (Lot)
• Basic Ship Classifications
  • Adventure Class Ship
  • Battle Class Ship
  • Fleet Class Ship
  • Size-Role Classification
  • QSP
  • USP
  • World Class Ship
• Speed of Travel
  • FTL
  • NAFAL (STL)

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Description (Specifications)

Ultimately, the distinction between ground, air, and spacecraft disappears for military vehicles, and a single type of vehicle assumes all these roles for system defense. Called gunboats, they are capable of extended operations in vacuum, atmosphere, and water.

Strategy & Tactics

Individual vessels are strongly armed, and can fight enemy ships while later supporting ground forces or attacking enemy installations. Further, they can continue resistance for long periods, hiding in oceans or gas giants, and coming out only when there is the prospect of enemy losses.

Supraclass Archtypes

Typically, gunboats are fast, well-armed, and well-armored. They are capable of a wide variety of military missions, and have a high survival potential. Mass displacement is generally in the order of 200 to 600 tons.

Supraclass Roles

Gunboats typically serve the following roles:

• Close Escorts
• Corvettes
• Frigates
• Gunboats
• Gunships
• Light Attack Boats
• Missile Boats
• Missile Corvettes
• Pursuit Ships
• Scout-Interceptors
• Sloops
• System Defense Boats

History & Background (Dossier)

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Image Repository

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Gunboat:

1. Type CE class Close Escort
   1. TBD class Gunboat

Ship Summary List

1 Representative Gunship (PG) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Project 122bis Kronshtadt class Pursuit Ship PG 13 325 3 6 Sindalian Empire No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD

0 Representative Missile boat (PM) Classes
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• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (A-M) (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 22. (Classic Traveller Supplement 8)
• Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD. (Classic Traveller Supplement 9)
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), TBD.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science