Tripwire class Early Warning Scout

Tripwire class Early Warning Scout
TBD
Type: SI Early Warning Scout
Category	ACS
Size	200 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–10
Engineering
Computer	Model/1
Jump	J-1
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	6
Officers	2
Enlisted	4
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	86.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Rimward Federation
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr73.986 Qty: MCr 59.189
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	SI-BS11
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Scout Vessel
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 Tripwire class Early Warning Scout is a scouting starship.

• It is a paramilitary ship and an Early Warning Scout.

Description (Specifications)

It is a vessel with 1-G and J-1 performance. The TL–10 streamlined needle/wedge structured hulls are equipped with fuel scoops and on board fuel purification for wilderness ocean refueling. They carry enough internal fuel for two jumps. They are famous for their ability to do very fast pre-checks and initiate jumps quickly, to escape and get a warning to high chains of command. They have a model/1 ship computer mounted adjacent to the bridge and are capable of 1 G acceleration and have no agility rating. Because of their large cargo bay they can be fitted with collapsible or dis-mountable fuel tanks for when additional range is needed.

• They are armed with two plasma guns and a triple sand caster turret for defense.
• They can carry a 2 dton Air/Raft.
• It has a 6 sophont crew and no marines. Each crew member has their own private cabin, a rare luxury in the military. With double occupancy, passengers can be carried.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

Tonnage: 200 tons (standard), 2,800 cubic meters.

Crew: Pilot, Engineer, Medic, 3 Gunners

Performance: Jump 1, 1G acceleration. Power plant-1. 2 EP. Agility 0.

Electronics: Model 1 computer.

Hardpoints/Armament: Two plasma guns in a dual turret

Defenses: Triple sand caster turret

Craft: 2 dton Air/Raft

Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification

Cost: MCr 73.986 standard. MCr 59.189 in quantity.

Construction Time: 48 weeks standard. 39 weeks in quantity.

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	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Three in service. Designed and built at Dal Hallen for the Rimward Federation. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector. They are in service with the Federation Navy and are posted in several systems to speed communications between fleet elements for coordinated defense of the federation. Retired Federation scouts love these ships because they make excellent commercial merchant vessels. Many free traders use these ex-military vessels, and they are much sought after. The navy uses them for limited logistical support of deployed marine units and to bring supplies to major combatants, which lack storage capacity for provisions.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Vessel Peculiarities: No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Vessel - Scout Vessel - Surveillance Scout:

1. Type SI class Surveillance Scout
   1. Alahir class Heavy Scout
   2. Bay class Surveillance Vessel
   3. Dienjzhiae class Fleet Intelligence Corvette
   4. Exocet class Intelligence Cruiser
   5. Fairmile Model G class Scout
   6. Keyhole class Observatory Ship
   7. Lauritson class Picket Ship
   8. Legion class Picket Boat
   9. Prince Asan class Scout Leader
   10. Tripwire class Early Warning Scout

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