The 10000ton Rider design has been used by the Imperial Glisten Navy since the planet first achieved TL15. A mainstay of the fleet, it is found as the main battlerider class aboard the Lobachevsky class fleet tenders, as an auxiliary aboard some of the large battleships, and as an independent system defense monitor. Traditionally the individual vessels of this class do not have names. They are referred to tactically by a call sign based on that of their parent vessel, or by the last three digits of the tail number. They are also traditionally decorated with designs suggestive of fierce carnivores. Maneuver and life support power requires about 30% of the power plant full capacity, and the endurance shown below is calculated on that basis. Operation at full power consumes 3 endurance hours per hour of operation.

CraftID:	10kton Rider, TL15, MCr19,772 (15,818 in mass)
Hull:	9000/22500, Disp=10000, Conf=1AF, Armor=70G, Loaded=311,861t, Unloaded=307,130t
Power:	1494/2988, Fusion=403,200MW, Dur=36/106
Loco:	1530/3060, Maneuver=6 (Thrusters=1105kt), TrueAcc=3.54G, Agility=3
Comm:	Radio=System, LaserComm=System, MaserComm=System
Sensors:	EMM EMS Active(Far Orbit), EMS Jammer(Far Orbit), EMS Passive(Interstellar), High Pen Densitometer(1km), Neutrino Sensor(10kw), ActObjScan=Rout, ActObjPin=Rout, PassObjScan=Rout, PassObjPin=Rout, PassEnScan=Simp, PassEnPin=Rout
Off:	Hardpoints=100 Meson Gun=J0x Missile=x90 BeamLaser=x09 Batteries 1 4 2 Bearing 1 4 2 Fusion Gun=x09 Batteries 1 Bearing 1
Def:	DefDM+11, Nuclear Damper=9 SandCaster=x09 Batteries 2 Bearing 2
Control:	Comp9fib*3, LargeHoloDisplay*4, HeadsUpHoloDisplay*20, HoloLink*9700
Accom:	Crew=135 (15 Bridge, 18 Engineering, 35 Maintenance, 51 Gunnery, 12 Command, 4 Medical), Staterooms*68, Env=basic env, basic ls, ext ls, grav plates, inert comp
Other:	Fuel=59,000kl, Fuel Scoops, Cargo=600kl, ObjSize=large, EmLevel=moderate

Author: R.S.Dean