Kodan class Corvette

Kodan class Corvette
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Type: EG Corvette
Category	ACS
Size	700 Tons
Hull Configuration	Oreo Pattern Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/9 fib
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	7
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	16
Officers	4
Enlisted	12
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	4.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr594.13 Qty:MCr 475.304
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	EG-GU64
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Escort - Corvette
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 Kodan class Corvette is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a Corvette.
• The vessel is a TL-15 design.

Description (Specifications)

The ship carries the mandated Alfred Class Gunboat. A noble decided that every ship in the fleet should carry one of these 90 ton Gunboats. The ship has scoops, but no fuel purification. Its partially streamlined close configuration hull is not armored. It is capable of gas giant refueling. The ship has 6-G acceleration, but only 2-Agility, and is rated for Jump-4 range, to keep up with imperial fleets. It carries seven turrets; a pair of triple missile turrets, a dual fusion gun turret, two triple beam laser turrets, a particle accelerator turret and a triple sand caster turret is its only defensive counter measure.

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 / Hull	The Kodan class is constructed using a 700 Ton "Oreo Pattern" hull built in a Close Structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. There are 5 airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by a large door and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x16 personnel. x2 Officers. x14 Enlisted. Accommodations There are 8 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-6, giving performance of Jump-4 and 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2 and an emergency agility 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 lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9 fib ship 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 is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	x7 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 Kodan class is: x2 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into one battery of 2 linked turrets. x1 dual Fusion Gun turret, forming its own battery. x1 single Particle Accelerator turret, forming its own battery. x2 triple Missile turrets, typically grouped into one battery of 2 linked turrets.
7.	Defenses	The hull is unarmored. x1 triple Sandcaster turret, forming its own battery. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x1 90-Ton Alfred class Gunboats. The Gunboat is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 90 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 322 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is not equipped with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr594.13 Architects Fee: MCr5.941
11.	Construction Time	104 weeks (24 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 4 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Kodan class Corvette sees service in Fleets across the Domain of Sylea and beyond. It was designed to be produced in shipyards across the Domain and was intended for general Imperial service, and as such it bore no particular cultural or political influences within its architecture. However, it was designated for service with the 146th Fleet stationed in Oreo Subsector, and consequently the eccentric but influential 14th Duke of Oreo became involved in the project.

The 14th Duke was a direct descendant of the aristocratic Halls families, the pre-Imperial rulers of Oreo Subsector. When the Oreo Worlds, the proto-polity they controlled, was absorbed into the expanding Third Imperium they gained a privilege known as the "Oreo Settlement". This mandated that any vessels that were to serve with the 146th Fleet – the designation given to the former Oreo Worlds flotilla and considered by the 14th Duke to be his "personal Fleet" – must be locally designed and manufactured. The privilege had been granted by Cleon I himself and the Duke insisted that it must be honored.

The demand was utterly impractical and strategically suicidal, and the Navy resisted the proposal, eventually resulting in the direct intervention of the Archduke of the Domain. She ruled that all vessels of the Kodan class, no matter where they served, were to carry an Alfred class Gunboat, a small combat craft that was the personal design of the 14th Duke himself. The Alfred was a capable vessel and all parties found the resolution acceptable. The current Duke has maintained his father's policy and as a result many classes of warship operating within the Domain carry at least one Alfred. Some naval officers resent the ongoing Noble influence on naval architecture: others see the broader political benefits that such indulgences can bring.

Oreo Pattern Hulls

"Oreo Pattern" hulls are a naval design feature that grew out of the "Oreo Settlement", and which was initially implemented in Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector for economic reasons following the Civil War. Fundamentally, it is the process of creating hybrid technology ships. Unarmored hulls are locally built at lower tech levels, transported aboard commercial vessels, and fitted out as TL-15 warships at the more advanced shipyards in the region. "Oreo Pattern" starships have proven just as capable as their counterparts originating in other regions of the Imperium and it is now an accepted quirk of warships originating within the Domain of Sylea.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Military Corvette:

1. Type EG class Military Corvette
   1. Antarian class Corvette
   2. Banya class Light Fleet Corvette
   3. Berka class Heavy Fleet Corvette
   4. Fiery class Gunned Escort
   5. Flare class Gunboat
   6. Foxtrot class Corvette
   7. Gunbuster class Corvette
   8. Kalaron class Corvette
   9. KE7 Virulent class Corvette
   10. Kodan class Corvette
   11. Lakr class Corvette
   12. Lawful Means class Corvette
   13. Menace class Corvette
   14. Ming class Corvette
   15. Oegveng class Gunned Corvette
   16. Polaris class Corvette
   17. Rule of Man class Gunboat
   18. TC8 Nedric class Corvette
   19. Type RG class Assault Gunship
   20. Ueghzgi class Corvette

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