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TL F Triumph Battle Tender, TL F Gallant Battle Rider
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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 20:04:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Alvin Plummer <alvin.plummer@sheridanc.on.ca>
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.
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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
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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
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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
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Alvin Plummer
"Preserve what we created, Norris, and remember what we stood for."
- Strephon, 179-1126
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