Skimkish class Light Carrier

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Skimkish class Light Carrier
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Type: VL Light Carrier
Category [[BCS]]
Size 29,000 Tons
Hull Configuration TBD Hull
Streamlining Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–15
Engineering
Computer Model/9 fib
Jump J-4
Maneuver 2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 290
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 328
    Officers 42
    Enlisted 206
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0.0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Third Imperium
End of Service Still in active service.
Price
Cost MCr19,824.58 standard. MCr15,859.67 in quantity
Architect fee MCrTimothy B. Brown
Statistics
Images
Blueprint Yes
Illustration Yes
Source
Also see Light Carrier
Canon Published, fan design
Era 1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Skimkish class Light Carrier is a carrier warship.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Construction: The Skimkish class Light Carrier is relatively slow fighter carrier/tender characterized by a variety of heterogeneous weaponry and a large complement of Heavy Fighters. [2]

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans[edit]

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]

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. [3]

Basic Ship Characteristics [4]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage / Hull 29,000 tons (standard) or 29 ktons. 406,000 cubic meters. [5]
2. Crew x42 officers, 206 ratings. 80 pilots. [6] Total: 328 crew.
3. Performance Jump-4. 2-G. Power plant-6. 1,740-EP. Agility-2. [7]
4. Electronics Model/9 fib ship computer. [8]
5. Hardpoints x4 50-ton bays. 250 hardpoints. [9]
6. Armament Four 50-ton bay meson guns. Fifty triple missile turrets organized into five batteries. Fifty triple beam laser turrets organized into ten batteries. Fifty dual fusion gun turrets organized into twenty-five batteries. Fifty particle accelerator ]]turret]]s organized into five batteries. [10]
7. Defenses Nuclear damper (Factor-9). Fifty triple sandcaster turrets organized into five batteries. Armored hull (Factor-1). [11]
8. Craft (x80) Eighty fighters. One launch tube. [12]
9. Fuel Treatment Integral fuel scoops and on-board fuel purification plant. [13]
10. Cost MCr19,824.58 standard. MCr15,859.67 in quantity. [14]
11. Construction Time 45 months singly; 32 months in quantity. [15]
12. Comments None.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Carriers became an important part of the Fifth Frontier War as the Zhodani have a successful fighter doctrine. Light Carriers became an important part of successfully countering otherwise effective Zhodani strategems. [16]

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Military Ship - Warship - Subcraft Carrier - Light Carrier:

  1. Type VL class Light Carrier
    1. Avenger class Escort Carrier
    2. Bullfrog class Fighter Tender
    3. Cluster class Light Fleet Carrier
    4. Collossal class Light Carrier
    5. Dauntless class Light Carrier
    6. De Gaulle class Light Carrier
    7. Fuchuan class Warship Carrier
    8. Garin class Light Carrier
    9. Heng-O class Light Carrier
    10. Hangar class Light Fleet Carrier
    11. Hybrid Zeno class Light Carrier
    12. Kosigar class Light Carrier
    13. Liaoning class Light Carrier
    14. Nova class Light Carrier
    15. Regal Ark class Light Fleet Carrier
    16. Skimkish class Light Carrier
    17. SLC8 Penetia class Light Carrier
    18. Vati class Support Carrier

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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  1. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  2. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  3. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  4. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
  5. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  6. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  7. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  8. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  9. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  10. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  11. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  12. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  13. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  14. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  15. ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 34.
  16. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
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