- Dragonfly class Light Fighter
The Dragonfly class Light Fighter is a combatant smallcraft .
- It is a military ship and a Light Fighter .
- 1.1 Image Repository
- 1.2 General Description & Deck Plans
- 1.3 Basic Ship Characteristics
- 2.1 Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
- 2.2 Selected Variant Types & Classes
- 3 References & Contributors (Sources)
Description ( Specifications ) [ edit ]
It is a vessel with 6-G and J-0 performance with a Streamlined Flattened Sphere Hull . The 10- ton Dragonfly fighter is an armored, highly maneuverable, and inexpensive craft that can be deployed on carriers , planetary surfaces, or even onboard small escorts . Although 10-ton fighters an be seen in almost any configuration, the most common is the flattened sphere shape . This allows the craft to be streamlined without adding cost.
- It carries vary light armament and a potent defensive suite . The fighter's missiles can be devastating against an undefended ship and give the fighter a good chance to defeat ships up to 200 tons .
- It ordinarily carries no subcraft nor drones .
- It has a 1 sophont crew and 0 marines .
Image Repository [ edit ]
General Description & Deck Plans [ edit ]
No information yet available.
Basic Ship Characteristics [ edit ]
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. [1]
History & Background ( Dossier ) [ edit ]
Comments: Many hundreds of thousands of 10- ton Dragonfly fighters have been built. Most of the craft built recently by the major shipyards have been sold to planetary navies . For less than the cost of an average 400- ton system defense boat , sixty 10- ton light fighters could be purchased.
- Almost any escort is large enought to accommodate at least one fighter .
- An ideal investment to boost system defenses, the 10- ton fighter is very effective against enemy troop transports . Even a few surviving fighters in an enemy controlled system could be a great annoyance to transports .
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities [ edit ]
Vessel Peculiarities: The craft is excellent for defense, and can even be used to shuttle passengers .
Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes [ edit ]
Military Ship - Smallcraft - Fighter :
References & Contributors ( Sources ) [ edit ]
- Marc Miller , Frank Chadwick , John Harshman . High Guard ( Game Designers Workshop , 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Jordan Weisman . Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 ( FASA , 1982), 15, Poster.
- Several DSL Ironworks Products
- Robert Pearce . Starship Geomorphs ( Pearce Design Studio , 2018), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown . Fighting Ships ( Game Designers Workshop , 1981), 10.
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Saturday, May 5, 2018
Rampart rf-128 fighter illustration.
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Just saw it. Love it. Question: Why TL15? Couldn't they produced at a lower Technology Level? I mean, it's just a 15dTon fighter jet, right? Keep the good stuff coming. I keep checking daily. mac
I don't get the TL15 production either. The body design is barely TL6. I didn't see anything in Supplement 5 about other craft TLs, but the Traveller Wiki says the Lightning Class Cruiser is produced at TL14. Thanks for the feedback. I hope to post something at least once a month, more if I can.
If I remember rightly the TL=15 Rampart replaced an earlier class of fighters (built at TL13-14) with which the AHL class were originally equipped. When the AHL class were upgraded to TL=15 the Ramparts replaced the older fighters (can't remember the name of the older class of fighter, but they are out there somewhere in the published material).
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