Pador class Dreadnought

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Pador class Dreadnought
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Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: BDN Dreadnought
Category [[BCS]]
Size 200,000 Tons
Hull Configuration Wedge Hull
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–12
Engineering
Computer Model/6 fib
Jump J-2
Maneuver 4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 2,000
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 1,394
    Officers 279
    Enlisted 1,115
    Marines 200
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 5.0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Pador Military Forces
Year Operational Unknown
End of Service Still in active service.
Price
Cost MCr224,867.361 (base)
MCr179,893.889 (qty)
Architect fee MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile ZDBN-CKS42
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration No
Source
Also see Battleship
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Reference Ron Kline Design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Pador class Dreadnought is a heavy warship.

Description (Specifications)

It is a fully streamlined needle/wedge structure hull is fitted with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness ocean refueling. It has Jump-2 range and 4 G acceleration with a 2-Agility rating. It carries enough internal fuel for a Jump-2 with a Jump-1 reserve. They can carry a Jump-2 drop tank as well for long range strikes into Sath Alliance territory when needed. It is tanker-dependent for longer range fleet maneuvers. It carries a model/6 fib ship computer, a back up computer and extra screen generators in the event of battle damage.

They are armed with a meson gun spinal mount, particle accelerator bay, five hundred triple beam laser turrets, and two hundred dual fusion gun turrets. There are forty heavy missile bays. The hull is fully armored. The design has a repulsor bay and eight hundred triple sand caster turrets.

The vessel has ten 50 ton recovery boats to transport troops. They are supported by a squadron of ten 50 ton heavy fighters.

It has 1,394 crew and carries two companies for a total of 200 rapid response jump troops, who function like marines.

Image Repository

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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. [1]

Basic Ship Characteristics [2]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull 200,000 tons. Streamlined Needle Hull.
2. Crew x1,394 crew & x200 jump troops.
3. Performance Propulsion:
4. Electronics Model/6 fib computer.
5. Hardpoints x2,000 hardpoints.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
  • No information yet available.
7. Defenses Defensive Equipment:
8. Craft Craft Complement:
9. Fuel Treatment Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10. Cost MCr224,867.361
11. Construction Time 57 months to build, 45 months in quantity.
12. Remarks Other Equipment:

History & Background (Dossier)

It is a potent warship operated within the Distant Fringe. It was built to be the premier capital ship in Far Home Sector and the most powerful weapon in the Distant Fringe. Nothing in space can match this battle wagon: No other known world in the Distant Fringe builds a more powerful ship.

Designed and built by Pador after 57 months (224 weeks) for the [[prototype]) and 45 months (180 weeks) for the production models at huge expense.

In keeping with the Pador Fleet's internal security mission, this class was designed with a defensive mindset. They carry the best armor available matched with the most powerful meson gun spinal mount in the sector. 10 are in service.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.[3]

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.[4]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

  • Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
  • Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Warship - Dreadnought:

  1. Type BDN class Dreadnought
    1. Pador class Dreadnought

References & Contributors (Sources)

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  1. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  2. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  3. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  4. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
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