Houdini class Battle Rider

Houdini class Battle Rider
TBD
Type: BRL Battle Rider
Category	BCS
Size	20,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Wedge Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	200
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	305
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	60
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.8 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Varellan Empire
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr28,382.014 Qty: 22,705.611
Architect fee	MCr283.820
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battleship- Battle Rider
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 Houdini class Battle Rider is a rider warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battle Rider.

Description (Specifications)

Built for the Varellan Empire, the Houdini class Battle Rider is a streamlined needle/wedge structure with fuel scoops for ocean refueling. Six of these riders are carried aboard the Varella class Fleet Tenders. The rider carries a 60 ton shuttle. The hull is lightly armored and capable of 6 G's of acceleration and low agility. A back up Model/5 fib ship computer is carried. The marine platoon has 60 drop capsules. The designed intention of the ship is to kill enemy ships of the line with the spinal mounted meson gun. The fusion guns are reserved for point defense and the beam laser battery is used to dissuade smaller craft. The six 100 ton missile bays are for killing escorts and for providing ortillery, to support marine operations. Offense is seen as more important than defense with this design. The marines recover using the ship's shuttle.

The craft mounts the following weapon systems:

• 1 meson gun spinal mount
• 6 heavy missile bays,
• 10 dual fusion gun turrets, firing as 20 batteries
• 1 particle accelerator bay and
• 10 triple laser turrets, firing as 1 battery.

The vessel carries the following defensive systems:

• 1 repulsor bay
• 20 triple sand caster turrets, firing as 2 batteries

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 #.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Number in Class: 54.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Warship - Non-starship - Boat - Light Battle Rider:

1. Type BRL class Light Battle Rider
   1. Ardi class Battle Rider
   2. Aulinu class Battle Rider
   3. Cleon class Battle Rider
   4. Dungfumbler class Heavy Battle Rider
   5. Houdini class Battle Rider
   6. Iingar class Light Battle Rider
   7. Joao class Battle Rider
   8. Joneslow class Battle Rider
   9. Lithos Mailed class Heavy Battle Rider
   10. Narsil class Battle Rider
   11. Nolikian class Battle Rider
   12. Nosea class Battle Rider
   13. Omega Supreme class Battle Rider
   14. Parasite class Battle Rider
   15. Perseus class Battle Rider
   16. Quiquilat class Battle Rider
   17. Reverent Prayer class Battle Rider
   18. Sacnoth class Battle Rider
   19. Trindel class Battle Rider
   20. Valhalla class Battle Rider
   21. Zero Karma class Heavy Battle Rider

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