Defender System Defense Boat

BARD PAPER: SARA0057

Defender System Defense Boat

design by Dedly

The Defender Class SDB is a 300 ton gunboat designed to take on enemy ships much larger than itself. Intended as the last line of defense against invading vampire ships, the Defender is built around a 3.6 GJ Particle Accelerator spinal mount capable of blasting holes in the toughest of opponents. Complementing the particle accelerator are two 1000 MJ Laser Barbettes (non-gravitically focused).

The creation of confusion among one's opponents is also an important weapon. To that end, the Defender employs electronic countermeasures. The Defender comes with a 30 MW EMS Jammer (effective range 10 hexes), 30 sensor decoys (10 Laser, 10 AEMS, 10 PEMS), and EM Masking (4.2 MW).

If you're going to fight with the big boys, you've got to be able to take a hit as well. For defense the ship's outer hull is constructed of bonded superdense 3.57cm thick, giving the ship an armor rating of 100. There are also 2 Sandcasters.

Being part of the last line of defense means that you have to be in position at the time of attack or, at the very least, shortly thereafter. To that end, the Defender is capable of 6 G's of thrust and has enough fuel for 81 G-Turns. The fusion plant is rated at 1300 MW.

The Defender requires a crew of 13 and has accommodations for such.

The Defender costs 210.9 MCr to build. We feel that this price is reasonable considering the high end performance and firepower of the ship. It is a worthwhile investment for any world in or along the frontier.

Defender System Defense Boat

General Data

Displacement: 300 tons	Hull Armor: 100
Length: 60.05 meters	Volume: 4200 m³
Price: 210.9 MCr	Target Size: S
Configuration: SL Needle	Tech Level: 15
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 3955.5/3840.1

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 1300 MW Fusion Power Plant (46.8 MW surplus), 1 year duration (130 m³ fuel)

Jump Performance: None

Jump Fuel: 0 m³

G-Rating: 6G HEPlaR (150 MW/G), High Efficiency CG Lifter (30 MW)

G-Turns: 81, 18.8 m³ of fuel each

Maint: 126

Electronics

Computer: 3xTL15 Fiber-optic Computers (1.1 MW each)

Commo: Maser (1000 AU; 0.6 MW) Radio (10 hex; 10 MW)

Avionics: Imaging EMS, inertial/gravitational positioning, 190 km/hr NOE

Sensors: Imaging EMS, inertial/gravitational positioning, 190 km/hr NOE

ECM/ECCM: EMS Jammer (6 hex; 22 MW), 30 sensor decoys (10 Laser, 10 AEMS, 10 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW)

Controls: No bridge, 7 normal workstations, fire control center (2 workstations), standard automation

Armament

Offensive Spinal Mount.TL-15 3.6 GJ Particle Accelerator (Loc:1, Arcs:1, 1000 MW, 3m diameter, 60m Length 1 crew) 2 TL-15 1000 MJ Laser Barbette (Loc: 10,11 Arcs: All?, 65.4 MW, 0 crew)

Defensive: 2 TL-15 Sandcasters (Loc:10,11 Arcs: All?, 1 MW, 1 crew)

Master Fire Directors: 2xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; 1.56 MW, 1 crew)

Name	Short	Medium	Long	Extreme
PAW	10:300	20:300	40:300	80:213
Laser Barbette	10:1/25-79	20:1/19-59	40:1/9-30	80:1/5-15

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (4138 m³ volume, 0.828 MW)

Grav Compensation: 6Gs (20.69 MW)

Crew: 13 (3 Maneuver, 3 Engineer, 5 Gunnery, 1 Command)

Crew Accommodations: 13 Small Staterooms (0.5 kW)

Passenger Accomadation: None

Other Facilities: None

Cargo: 0 m³

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: None

Air Locks: 3

Notes

Total Fuel Tankage: 1648.8 m³ (117.8 tons)
Fuel Scoops: 10% of ship's surface, fills tanks in 1 hour.
Fuel Purification Plant: (4 MW) 12.4 hours to refine full tank
46.8 MW power surplus

Damage Tables

Area      Surface Hits     Internal Explosion
1           Antenna (1-2)    PA
2-3        Antenna           Elec (1-10) Hold (11-12) PA (16-20)
4-5        EMMR (1-5)      Hold (1-15) PA (16-20)
6-9                               Qtrs (1-13) Hold (14-16) PA (17-20)
10,11                            LB (1-8) Sand (9-12) Hold (13-16) PA
(17-20)
12,14,15                       Hold (1-16) PA (17-20)
13       Air Lock (1-2)     Hold (1-16) PA (17-20)
16-19                           Eng (1-6) Hold (7-16) PA (17-20)
20                                Eng (1-16) PA (17-20)

Systems: (hope this makes sense)
EMMR: 4h     SS: (13) 2h   PP: 3H,4h    PA: 16H
AEMS: 1h      LS:  7H         MD: 1H        LB: (2) 1H
PEMS: 1h      ELS: 3H,4h   CG:  1H       SC: (2) 1H
P-Ant:  2h      AG: 1H         FPP: 3H,4h
EMS Jam: 2h
MFD: (2) 2h
All others: 1h