Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 20:04:46 -0500 (EST) From: Alvin Plummer Subject: TL F Triumph Battle Tender, TL F Gallant Battle Rider The Triumph/Gallant is the standard TL F tender group, in mass production throughout Strephon's reign (he was coronated around 1075). Gallant's are a bit on the small side for a ship-of-the-line: it is, however, a lot cheaper than a jumpship with equivelant firepower, armour and mobility. Since the Fourth Frontier War, most tender groups have been kept as a strategic reserve. This is due to the vulnerability of tender groups to the loss/emergency flight of the tender: without the tender, the rider's have no way to retreat from the system, and may be destroyed at leisure by the opposing navy. The Triumph has 465 troops as part of its standard complement: if the tender is expected to be able to overall it's riders, or operate for over 8 months without using a naval base for maintainance, the troops can be replaced with maintenance personnel. About 154 men are needed to provide maintenance and overhauls for 1 battle rider. A critical weakness in battle tenders revolves around surface area. Most tenders use grapples or docking rings to hold their riders: however, these items devour so much surface area that they render EM Masking unviable. The Triumph/Gallant tender group shines in this area, as the Triumph uses a 10% flicker black globe as both additional shielding and a 'cloaking device', allowing the Gallants to deployed in more daring and effective formations. The black globe was introduced rather late in the Triumph's development, so it has it's own HPG to store energy, rather than using the ship's jump drives. The projected StarLord/Navarch TL F tender group, currently under development in Core and Massilia, is expected to be the first to fully utilize the potential of black globes in combat. With the tender using it's immense jump drives to store energy, this tender group is expected to revolutionize naval assaults on heavily defended systems, substantually reducing ship losses due to massive underground meson sites. *****-----***** Brilliant Lances Statistic's TL F Triumph Battle Tender Disp 225 000/369 000 Armour 20 Len 710 m Volume 3 150 000 kl Price 90 724.893 MCr Target VL Config Open Frame USL Tech F Mass 2 797 842/1 079 801 Power Plant Fusion 310 000 MW, 1 yr duration (300 MW/Hit, 3 303 MW excess) Jump 3 (1 031 510 kl of fuel) G-rating 2 (131 603 MW/G) G-turns 30.3 G-hours (59.8 G-hrs w/jfuel), 34 969 kl each Maint 54 391 Computer 3 x TL F fb (1.1 MW ea) Commo 3 x Radio 1000 AU (20.0 MW ea) 3 x Maser 1000 AU ( .6 MW ea) 3 x Laser 1000 AU ( .3 MW ea) 1 x Meson 1000 AU ( 5.0 MW) Avionics TL A+ Sensors 3 x P-EMS folding ( 8 hex, .3 MW ea) 3 x A-EMS (16 hex, 25.0 MW ea) ECM/ECCM 3 x A-EMS jammer (16 hex, 50.0 MW ea) Controls Bridge x 1160, Engineer x 2066 Offensive TL F 8 300 Mj Spinal Meson, -2 Dif (Loc: Spinal, Arc:1, 2306 MW, 94 Crew) 6 x Missile Barbettes (Loc: 11, .15 MW, 0 Crew* ea) 40 x TL F 150 Mj Laset Turrent, -2 Diff (Loc: 11, Arc: All, 42 Mw, 0 Crew* ea) Defensive 1953 MW TL F Meson Screen (PV: 1250, Crew 59) 80 x TL F Sandcasters (Loc: 11, Arc: All, 1 MW, 1 Crew ea, 2D10x5 per hit, 50 C) Black Globe, 10% flicker (PV=3273, 75 MW) MFD's 6 x TL F Msl/Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 10 hex, 1.7 Mw, 1 Crew ea) 43 x TL F Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 1.6 MW, 1 Crew ea) -2 Dif 8 300 Mj Spinal Meson 10:455 20:455 40:263 80:129 -2 Dif 150 Mj Laser Turrent 10:1/10-31 20:1/10-31 40:1/10-31 80:1/10-31 Extended Life Support (630 MW) ArtiGrav (15 750 MW) Crew 4610 Engineering 2 066 Maint 246 <= excludes Rider's) Electrical 12 Stewards 152 Maneuver 4 Command 1113 Flight 212 <= excludes Riders) Gunnery 302 Troops 465 Medical 38 Accomo Sm. Strooms x 2862 (1748 double, 1114 single: .0005 MW ea) Other Facilities 10 x Electrical Shops (.6 Mw ea), 10 x Mechanical Shops (1.0 Mw ea), 10 x Sickbay (.8 Mw ea) Small Craft & Launch Facilities 2 Spacious hangars. Each holds 10 x 50 Disp mod. cutters 10 x 20 Disp Ship's Boats 20 x 10 Disp skiffs Docking rings for 12 x 15 Disp fighters Cargo: 100 000 kl. 274 LCHatches Airlocks: 2250 Bridge, Aux Bridge, Flag Bridge (20 ships), Flight Bridge (12 craft), Fire Control Centre Fuel Scoops: None Fuel Purif: jfuel in 6 hr, all fuel in 61 hr 20 min *****----- Surface Area 1 1-6 Launch ports 7-15 Airlocks 16-20 LCHatches 2,4,6,8 Grapple # 1 3,5,7,9 Grapple # 2 10 1-18 Antenna 19-20 LCHatches 11 1-8 Airlock 9-13 Docking rings 14-18 LCHatches 12,14,16,18 Grapple # 3 13,15,17,19 Grapple # 4 Damage Area in all areas, 1, followed by a roll of 1-7, hit's the spinal mount 1 1-10 Elect 11-20 Hold 2-5 1-4 Quarters 5-20 Hold 6-10 Hold 11 1-5 Quarters 6 Weapons 7-20 Hold 12-19 1-5 Eng 6-20 Hold 20 Eng System Damage Electronics 3 x Laser, Maser, Radio (1h) Ant (1h) ea. 3 x P-EMS (2h) 2H ea. 3 x A-EMS, A-EMS jammer (2h) ea. Meson Screen 293H Meson Commo 10H (1h) Hold 2 x Hangar 101H 10 x Mech Shop, 10 x Elect Shop 1H ea. Quarters Sm. Stroom x 1862 (2h) ea. ArtiGrav 630H Life Support 371H Emerg. Life Support 186H Weapons Spinal Meson 383H Laser Turrent x 40 1H ea. Sandcaster Turrent x 80 1H ea. Missile Barbettes x 24 1H ea. Nuclear Dampers x 20 1H ea. Engineering Jump Drive 4 127H HEPlaR 263H Power Plant 957H Fuel Purif 825H NOTE: asterisks after some crew numbers means that these positions *can* be manned in lieu of the MFD stations. *****-----***** Battle Rider Statistic's BT Triumph M(-2)10:9-9-7-4 -4 - TL F - FC: -6 L(x10-2)10:1 M:6(30) A:16 [P:8] J:16 (P) J3 G2 AV:1 AuxB 4xBR,! MS:13 SC:20 D:5 BG 225 ! 12 fighters *****-----***** Brilliant Lances Statistic's TL F Gallant Battle Rider Disp 36 000 Armour 1 000 Len 248 m Volume 3 150 000 kl Price 23 956.956 MCr Target L Config Wedge SL Tech F Mass 413 600/391 560 Power Plant Fusion 140 000 MW, 1 yr duration (300 MW/Hit, 285 MW excess) G-rating 6 (20 390 MW/G) G-turns 57.8 G-hours, 5 102 kl each Maint 7075 Computer 3 x TL F fb (1.1 MW ea) Commo 3 x Radio 1000 AU (20.0 MW ea) 3 x Maser 1000 AU ( .6 MW ea) 3 x Laser 1000 AU ( .3 MW ea) 1 x Meson 10 hex ( 3.0 MW) Avionics TL A+ Sensors 3 x P-EMS folding ( 8 hex, .3 MW ea) 3 x A-EMS (16 hex, 25.0 MW ea) 15 x Ladar (10 hex, 2.5 MW ea) ECM/ECCM 3 x A-EMS jammer (16 hex, 50.0 MW ea) EM Masking (504 MW) Controls Bridge x 561, Engineer x 933 Offensive TL F 27 000 Mj Spinal Meson, -2 Dif (Loc: Spinal, Arc:1, 7500 MW, 134 Crew) Defensive 352 MW TL F Meson Screen (PV: 750, Crew 11) At Loc:11 4 x Missile Barbettes ( .15 MW, 0 Crew* ea) 16 x TL F 150 Mj Laser Turrent, -2 Diff (Arc: 1-4, 42 Mw, 0 Crew* ea) 32 x TL F Sandcasters (Arc: 1-4, 1 MW, 1 Crew ea, 2D10x5 per hit, 50 C) 8 x TL F Nuclear Dampers (Arc: 1-4, 1 hex range, 3 MW, 1 Crew ea.) At Loc:10 (As above, but 12 Laser's, 10 Damper's, 16 Sand's) At Loc:16 (As above, but 8 Laser's, 3 Damper's, 18 Sand's, 4 Msl's: and Arc: All) At Loc:17 (As at Loc:16) At Loc:18 (As at Loc:16) At Loc:19 (As at Loc:16) MFD's 20 x TL F Msl/Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 10 hex, 1.7 Mw, 1 Crew ea) 63 x TL F Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 1.6 MW, 1 Crew ea) -2 Dif 27 000 Mj Spinal Meson 10:821 20:410 40:202 80:101 -2 Dif 150 Mj Laser Turrent 10:1/10-31 20:1/10-31 40:1/10-31 80:1/10-31 Extended Life Support (40.8 MW, excludes G-fuel) ArtiGrav (15 750 MW, all areas) Crew 1936 Engineering 933 Maint 53 Electrical 6 Stewards 64 Maneuver 4 Command 468 Flight 4 Gunnery 388 Medical 16 Accomo Sm. Strooms x 234 (double: .0005 MW ea) Lg. Strooms x 83 (6 @ 3 shifts: .001 MW ea) Other Facilities 3 x Electrical Shops (.6 Mw ea), 3 x Mechanical Shops (1.0 Mw ea), 2 x Sickbay (.8 Mw ea) Small Craft & Launch Facilities 1 Spacious hangar, for 2 x 10 Disp skiffs No Cargo Airlocks: 360 Bridge, Aux Bridge, Fire Control Centre Fuel Scoops: gfuel in 7 hr 30 min, all fuel in 7 hr 50 min Fuel Purif: None *****----- Surface Area 2-3 1-12 Antenna 4-5 1-2 Antenna 6-7 1-16 EMMR 10 1-5 AirLocks Damage Area in all areas, 1-2 = Spinal Mount 1 3-20 Hold 2-3 3-20 Elect 4-5 3-11 Elect 12-20 Quarters 6-7 3-20 Hold 8-9 3-20 Quarters 10 3-5 Quarters 6-10 Wpns 11-20 Hold 11 3-6 Wpns 7-20 Hold 12-15 3-20 Hold 16-19 3-6 Wpns 7-9 Eng 10-20 Hold 20 3-20 Eng System Damage Electronics 3 x Laser, Maser, Radio, Ladar (1h) Ant (1h) ea. 3 x P-EMS (2h) 2H ea. 3 x A-EMS, A-EMS jammer (2h) ea. 1 x Meson Commo 10H (1h) Meson Screen 53H EMM 51H (504h) Hold Hangar 3H 3 x Mech Shop, 3 x Elect Shop 1H ea. Quarters Sm. Stroom x 234 (2h) ea. Lg. Stroom x 85 1H ArtiGrav 101H Life Support 1 613H Emerg. Life Support 806H Weapons Spinal Meson 497H Laser Turrent x 40 1H ea. Sandcaster Turrent x 80 1H ea. Missile Barbettes x 24 1H ea. Nuclear Dampers x 20 1H ea. Engineering HEPlaR 125H Power Plant 467H NOTE: asterisks after some crew numbers means that these positions *can* be manned in lieu of the MFD stations. *****-----***** Battle Rider Statistic's BR Gallant M(-2)10:11-9-6-3 -3 - TL F - FC: -6 L(x20-2)10:1 M:6(30) A:16 [P:8] J:16 (S) G6 AV:12 AuxB - MS:11 SC:40 D:10 90/225 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alvin Plummer "Preserve what we created, Norris, and remember what we stood for." - Strephon, 179-1126 Reply to: alvin.plummer@SHERIDANC.ON.CA