K'Pow class Fighter
| K'Pow class Fighter | |
|---|---|
 Deep Space Missile Fighter | |
| Type: FC Microfighter | |
| Category | [[Smallcraft]] |
| Size | 6 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[Dispersed Structure Hull]] |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–8 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/1 |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 1 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 1 |
| Officers | 1 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 0.5 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Akras |
| Manufacturer | Various grow vats and brood chambers. |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr7.575 Qty: MCr 6.06 |
| Architect fee | MCr0.076 |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Akras |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. | |
The K'Pow class Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.
- It is a military ship and a Fighter.
Description (Specifications)
It is a bio-organic construct is barely capable of being considered a fighter. It has an unstreamlined dispersed configuration hull. It is armed with a single missile launcher and fires organic missiles. These weapons have HE warheads with corrosive effects which burn through hulls. They have a single crew and no bridge.
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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 craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) when necessary. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | 6 tons. |
| 2. | Crew | x1 crew. |
| 3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/1 functional level 0 ship computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | x1 hardpoint. |
| 6. | Armament | Offensive Equipment: The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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| 8. | Craft / Drones | None |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | None |
| 10. | Cost | MCr7.575. |
| 11. | Construction Time | 6 months to grow, 5 months in quantity. |
| 12. | Comments | Other Equipment:
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History & Background (Dossier)
Pilots are typically capable of grafting with their vessels to become one living organism.
They have been growing this species of fighter for a long time. Upgrades are slow to evolve. This organism is a tool to get a job done.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Naming the ships is like a farmer naming all their cows.
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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
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.