Mercenary Frigate

Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 15:30:24 -0700
From: Christopher_Griffen@dmcwave.com (Christopher Griffen)
Subject: Mercenary Frigate

     Okay, munchkins, here's the ship for you.  The following TL-16
     Mercenary Frigate should probably only be used to make your PCs
     slobber a little.  If you give it to them, they're likely to want to
     go set themselves up as a group of TEDs on some poor unsuspecting
     world in the wilds.

     Warhorse-Class Mercenary Frigate (designed and built on Depot/Inar in
     the Domain of Deneb)

     General Data
        Displacement:  1350 tons        Hull Armor:  101
        Length:  101.25m        Volume:  18,900m^3
        Price:  MCr548.961      Target Size:  M
        Configuration:  Wedge AF        Tech Level:  16
        Mass (Loaded/Empty):  11152.9/9534.71

     Engineering Data:
        Power Plant:  3070 MW Fusion Power Plant (767.15 MW/Hit), 1 year
     duration.
        Jump Performance:  2 (2835 m^3 fuel)
        G-Rating:  4 (675 MW/G); Contra-Grav Lifters (135 MW)
        G-Turns:  100 (108.4 using jump fuel), 337.5m^3 each
        Maint:  855

     Electronics
        Computer:  3xTL-16 Mod Fib Computers (3.6 MW ea.)
        Commo:  300,000km radio (10 hexes; 10 MW); 1000AU maser (infinite;
     0.6 MW)
        Avionics:  TL-16 Terrain-following avionics
        Sensors:  Active EMS 300,000km (10 hexes; 10MW), Passive EMS
     150,000 (5 hexes; 0.1 MW)
        ECCM:  EM Masking (18.9 MW)
        Controls:  Bridge w/12 holographic-linked workstations (note: no
     workstations supplied for Ship's Troop command), plus two other
     workstations (engineering/medical)

     Armament
        Offensive: 1xTL-15 1000-Mj Particle Accelerator Spinal Mount (Loc:
     1-19; Arcs 2: 27.8 MW; 1 crew), 8xTL-15 150-Mj Laser Turret (Loc:
     1-19; Arcs: 1,2; Loc:  2-20; Arcs:  3-5; Loc:  1-19; Arcs:  1-3),
     1xTL-14 300-Mj Laser Barbette (Loc:  16-20, Arcs:  4), 2xTL-8 Missile
     Barbette (Loc:  1-19; Arcs:  2; Loc:  16-20; Arcs:  5)

     Master Fire Directors: 4xTL-15 (6 Diff. Mod; 1 Msl; 10 hexes; 4.79 MW;
     1 crew ea.)

     (Weapon range, penetration and damage tables can be obtained from the
     Brilliant Lances Technical Manual)

     Accommodations
        Life Support: Extended (3.8 MW); Gravitic Compensators (7G; 94.5
     MW)
        Crew:   125 (15xEngineering, 2xManuever, 16xGunnery, 1xMaintenance,
     72xShip's Troops, 18xCommand, 1xMedical)
        Crew Accommodations:
                1xLarge Stateroom (Owner/Captain; .001 MW); 27xLarge
     Stateroom (Quadruple Occupancy; .001 MW ea.); 12xSmall Stateroom
     (Single- and Double-Occupancy; .0005 MW ea.)
        Cargo:  826m^3, two large cargo hatches
        Small Craft and Launch Facilities:
                4x8-ton Grav APCs with external grapples (AF); 2xMedium
     Grav Tank with external grapples (AF)
        Air Locks:      14
        Additional:     Sick Bay, Fuel Scoops, Fuel Purification Plant
     (11,272 m^3/24 hrs.)

     Damage Tables
     Area       Surface Hits            Internal Explosion
     1  Ant             Elec
     2-4        1-2: AL, 3-15: Ant      1-4: LT, 5-10: Elec, 11-12: PA,
     13-20: Qtr
     5-11       1-2: AL, 3-15: Ant      1-2: LT, 3-4: PA, 5-11: Qtr, 12-20:
     Hold
     12-16      1-2: AL, 3-4: CH, 5-7: Ant,     1-2: LT, 3-4: LB, 5-6: PA,
     7-9: Qtr, 10-20: Hold
        8-20: Launch Ports
     17-19      1-2: AL, 3-4: CH, 5-7: Ant,     1-2: MB, 3-6: Eng, 7-9:
     7-20: Hold
        8-20: Launch Ports
     20 1-2: AL         Eng

     Systems
     JD-11H, PP-4H, CG-3H, ELS-14H, LT-1H, LSR-1H, LS-29H, AG-4H, PA-5H,
     LB-1H, MB-1H, MD-3H, FPP-7H, SSR-(2h), EMM-2H, All others-(1h)

     *Unorthodox Acronym Note:  PA=Particle Accelerator; MB=Missile
     Barbette; LB=Laser Barbette.

     The Warhorse-Class Merc Frigate was designed and built in limited
     numbers to cater to the small crowd of ultra-successful mercenary
     groups operating in the Domain.  Sold only on a contingency basis, the
     Warhorse-Class is partially subsidized by the Regency with the
     agreement that the ship must operate on the frontier and in the wilds
     on the Regency's borders for a limited period of time (2-4 years) and
     then reverting to private operation.

     Its main purpose is to operate in extremely hostile environments.  It
     is armed to dispatch most of its enemies quickly and completely and is
     frequently employed as a "corsair-buster."

     While the Warhorse-Class was originally intended for line expansion,
     only eight were built after the Regency and private investors
     determined that the market was too limited for this product.  The
     eight Warhorse-Class ships built during or before 1201 were titled
     Warhorse, Pegasus, Kian, Unicorn, Hippocampus, Hippogriff, Griffon and
     Wyvern.