K'Bam class Assault Lander

K'Bam class Assault Lander
TBD
Type: UIA Assault Lander
Category	Smallcraft
Size	8 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	1
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	5 with 4 Marines
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	X
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0.5 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Akras
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr8.255 Qty: MCr 6.604
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	TBD
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The TBD class Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.

• It is a military ship and a Fighter.

Description (Specifications)

It is a combat smallcraft with 1-G and J-1 performance with a streamlined TBD hull. The Spemin use this bio-organic hull for boarding actions. It is designed to deliver a single fire team of assault marines as a boarding party to hijack enemy shipping. Their propensity for piracy makes "enemies" a subjective term.

• It carries light armament and a defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed.
• It has a # sophont crew and # marines.

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Hard ossified bony heat sheathing is configured into a crude conical shape. Grappling tentacles hardened to resist vacuum desiccation can use their immense strength and suction to overpower hatches and iris valves. The slimy marines in their vacuum kit are disgorged to loot the innards of their unfortunate victims.

Each vessel has characteristic bio luminescent and genetic markers that allow specially equipped operators to distinguish between examples of the class. Members of other species have a more difficult time telling them apart.

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	xTBD crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-0 NAFAL TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Main Section / 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	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fueling Equipment: #.0 tons of fuel. Fuel Scoops Fuel Treatment Plant
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. Ship's Locker

History & Background (Dossier)

Spemin colonies grow and genetically craft these ships to be carried into combat aboard larger, more capable motherships. Their prismatic spore casters are mainly defensive in nature, although the particulate velocity can erase unshielded personnel. They are typically escorted by K'Pow Class Fighters who fly over-watch and bombard targets with their missile pods. They seek to knock out a target's weapons and drives to facilitate boarding.

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 - Military Auxiliary - Combat Transport Smallcraft:

1. Type UI class Combat Transport Smallcraft
   1. Aekguthang class Assault Cutter
   2. Assault Lander class Marine Gig
   3. Coeus class Assault Pinnace
   4. Gallant class Assault Shuttle
   5. Great Eastern class Troop Transport
   6. K'Bam class Assault Lander
   7. Kihrvak Platoon Drop Ship class Marine Cutter
   8. K'Slice class Attacker Tender
   9. Lowalaa class Assault Cutter
   10. Mal'Gnar class Assault Skiff
   11. Nirvana class Modular Dropship
   12. Paulos class Troop Transport
   13. Raptor class Combat Lander
   14. Slicer class Assault Shuttle
   15. Steffern class Assault Lander
   16. Sturmge class Assault Shuttle
   17. TC02 Grave Endeavor class Dropship
   18. TC04 Valkyrie class Dropship
   19. Type-1112 class Landing Boat
   20. Ziigusna class Military Pinnace

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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science