Halsey Keats class Heavy Cruiser

Halsey Keats class Heavy Cruiser
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Type: CH Heavy Cruiser
Category	BCS
Size	60,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/9 fib
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	600
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	529
Officers	54
Enlisted	475
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	45 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr48,350.962 (base) MCr38,680.770 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	CH-TBD
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	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 Halsey Keats class Heavy Cruiser is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Heavy Cruiser.

Description (Specifications)

The Halsey Keats class Heavy Cruiser is built for general Imperial service. It is a special design that is sometimes referred to as a "War Cruiser". The class is fast and agile, but with a smaller spinal mounted meson gun and with lighter screens than ships of the line. Their designated role is to actively hunt down pirates, corsairs and privateers, though they are handy and adaptable and find themselves employed in a variety of other roles.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

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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	The Halsey Keats class is constructed using a 60,000 Ton hull built in a Wedge configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving fair atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x529 personnel. x54 Officers. x475 Enlisted, including x60 Security. Accommodations There are 264.5 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. 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. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-4 drive, a Maneuver-6 drive, and a Power Plant-9, giving performance of Jump-4 and 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-4 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9fib computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced 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	x600 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Halsey Keats class is: x1 Type J spinal Meson Gun. x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into one battery of 10 linked turrets. x10 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into one battery of 10 linked turrets. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Particle Accelerator. x49 100-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 8. x60 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into six batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Repulsor bay.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x1 20-Ton Gig. The Gig is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 26 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 29,400 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr48,350.962 Architects Fee: MCr483.510
11.	Construction Time	198 weeks (46 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 45 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems. Sections of the hold may be isolated if desired and can be provided with specialized environmental conditions, typically refrigeration.

History & Background (Dossier)

The given mission of the Halsey Keats class is to protect commerce, not by escorting merchant vessels but by tracking down and eliminating enemy commerce raiders and pirates. They are relatively inexpensive when purchased in bulk and are optimized for hunting small fast targets. The Vargr name for the ship roughly translates as Fierce Predator.

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 - Heavy Cruiser:

1. Type CH class Heavy Cruiser
   1. Arakoine class Strike Cruiser
   2. Atlantic class Heavy Cruiser
   3. Aubaka class Battle Cruiser
   4. Bastion class Battle Cruiser
   5. Blake class Heavy Cruiser
   6. Canton class Control Cruiser
   7. Chazhdr class Light Cruiser
   8. Conquest class Heavy Cruiser
   9. Cynical Son class Battlecruiser
   10. Dacrows Mire class Battlecruiser
   11. Dadiat class Heavy Cruiser
   12. Dauntless class Heavy Cruiser
   13. Effendi class Heavy Cruiser
   14. Elaezoe class Cruiser
   15. Elfen Lied class Heavy Cruiser
   16. Eurisko class Heavy Cruiser
   17. Fulcrum class Battlecruiser
   18. Gateway class Heavy Cruiser
   19. Gauntlet class Battlecruiser
   20. Glenaurian class Heavy Cruiser
   21. Gridlow class Heavy Cruiser
   22. Halsey Keats class Heavy Cruiser
   23. Honre class Asteroid Battle Cruiser
   24. Hu Gi Singh class Battlecruiser
   25. Iridium Vow class Battlecruiser
   26. Joker class Battle Cruiser
   27. Kagori class Battlecruiser
   28. Kalradin class Battlecruiser
   29. Kas'Drak class Strike Cruiser
   30. Kirov class Cruiser
   31. Mercury class Heavy Cruiser
   32. Minsk class Heavy Cruiser
   33. Mongol Risen class Cruiser
   34. Narmo class Heavy Cruiser
   35. Neivrdlalh class Heavy Cruiser
   36. Nightrim class Heavy Cruiser
   37. Nordica class Battlecruiser
   38. Normandy class Heavy Cruiser
   39. Panjiach class Heavy Cruiser
   40. Planet class Heavy Cruiser
   41. Pukushik class Cruiser
   42. Refined class Heavy Cruiser
   43. Regal class Battlecruiser
   44. Repulse class Heavy Cruiser
   45. Rugiceps class Light Cruiser
   46. Scapa class Heavy Frigate
   47. Sentinel class Heavy Cruiser
   48. SH70K class Heavy Cruiser
   49. Shtiaba class Light Cruiser
   50. Tash class Heavy Cruiser
   51. Tliabazhdrinzh class Heavy Cruiser
   52. Trend class Support Cruiser
   53. Umbra class Battlecruiser
   54. Viatoris class Heavy Cruiser
   55. Vieblazhdr class Heavy Cruiser
   56. Vonk class Cruiser
   57. Vrapkenchkinj class Light Battlecruiser
   58. Windhorst class Heavy Cruiser
   59. Xing!kir class Light Cruiser
   60. Xundar class Heavy 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 Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science