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Khugelikaer Destroyer

design by Pete Gray

The Khugelikaer is an older destroyer blooded in the last two frontier wars against Zhodani and Vargr raiders. The class does not carry a spinal mount, and its weaponry is rather light for its size. Prior to the Imperial Civil War it was the most important class of destroyer in terms of numbers. Each Imperial fleet had at least a couple of DesRons consisting of these vessels, and its long range made it much sought after craft by the various factional leaders.

Equipped with a J-5 drive and capable of 6-G acceleration, this ship represents the maximum that can be acheived at TL-15 in terms of performance. As a result of this emphasis upon mobility, the ship has little free space, and tight internal quarters prevent the deployment of heavier weaponry or carried craft. The ship's main armament is two 2500 MJ parallel N-PAWs that carry sufficient range to hit targets out to 2.5 million kilometers, but whose light firepower prevents engagement against heavier capital level craft. Traditionally the "Kooge" is deployed as a space defense craft, protecting larger units from fighters, small nuisance craft and missles, though its laser output tends to limit it in the latter role. Unfortunately it lacks for magazine and cargo space, requiring to accompanied by additional resupply vessels on most of its missions.

The ship is a blunt nosed missle like craft similiar in appearance to the old Gazelle class. Although its configuration says otherwise, the vessel looks very stubby in appearance, and lacks any external protuberances such as wings or other aerodynamic surfaces. The hull itself has a straight taper to about thirty meters from the aft end, where it bulges out into a rounded section holding the drives and powerplant. The twin parallel mounts are mounted in the lower hull, with two gun ports, one on each side, set back about twenty meters from the tip of the bow.

Internally the ship mounts a large gundeck behind the bridge that houses the main fire control and energy systems for the twin parallel mounts. The section below this is shielded by two large fuel tanks that also provide cryogenic cooling for the N-PAW power coils. Crew quarters are constructed in a ring to aft, surrounding the main cargo bay, which is also accessed by a freight elevator further aft.

The Khugelikaer was a very common antebellum design, and almost every Imperial fleet had at least one DesRon equipped for convoy escort and commerce protection. In Regency service the class is still found with every fleet, save the 74th and 128th, whose patrol area in the Great Rift is not suitable for these vessels. Despite its long jump range, the limited reaction mass of these vessels make them more suited for short range patrol than for long range strike, as the excess jump fuel is better used for loitering patrols. In Vampire Fleets, the "Kooge" has been perhaps the most commonly encountered Imperial Navy destroyer.

This vessel is based upon the CT design by Daniel Ward, which may be found at http://www.jtas.org/travelleratlas/Ships/Imperial/Khugelikaer.html

Khugelikaer Destroyer

General Data

Engineering Data

Power Plant: TL-15 14,160 MW Fusion (One Year Duration) 1416 m³ fuel (300 MW/Hit)

Jump Performance: 5 (3920 m³ per parsec)

Jump Fuel: 19,600 m³

G-Rating: 6G Heplar (MW/G)

G-Turns: 52 (250 m³ each) plus 11.2 for every "point" of jump fuel used, for a total of 108

Maint: 1157

Electronics

Computer: 3 TL-15 Fb (1.1 MW)

Commo: 2 1000 AU Radio (20 MW), 10 1000 AU Maser (0.6 MW)

Avionics: TL-15 Flt, Inertial Positioning, 190km NOE

Sensors: PEMS 2x210,000 km Folding (Range: 7, 0.2 MW), AEMS 2x420,000 km (Range: 14, 23 MW), 10 300,000 km Ladar (Range: 10, 2.5 MW each)

ECM/ECCM: EMM (56 MW)

Controls: 27 Bridge plus 114 Normal

Armament

Offensive 2x77 meter 2500 MJ Parallel N-PAWs (-2 DMs, 69.44 MW, 1 Crew), 20x420 MJ Remote Laser Barbettes (-2 DMs, 117 MW) arranged as five batteries, 20x Remote Missle Barbettes (0.15 MW, 5 ready missles) arranged as five batteries

Defensive: 10x Sandcasters (1 MW, Atten:2D10x5) arranged as five batteries, Meson Screen (PV=195, 24 MW, 1 Crew), Decoys are frequently added at the expense of cargo space (5.4 m³, 300 each of anti-laser, anti-ems and anti-infrared, -2 DMs versus lower TL, -1 DM versus same TL)

Master Fire Directors: 10x300,000 km msl/bm MFD (Range:10, 0.06 MW, -6 DMs)

System Damage Tables

 JD: 68H      LS: 85H    NPAW: 12H
 MD: 12H     ELS: 43H      LB:  2H
 PP: 48H      AG:  6H      MB:  1H
 CG:  8H     MFD:  2h      SC:  1H
FPP: 14H    PEMS:  1H    MScr:  4H


Damage Location Table

Location      External      Internal

1             1-8:Ant       1-5:PM, 6-20:Elec
2-3           1-8:Ant       1-5:PM, 6:LB, 7:MB, 8-20:
                            Hold
4-5           1:AL          1:LB, 2:MB, 3-20:Hold
6-9                         1:LB, 2:MB, 3-8:Qtrs, 9-
                            20:Hold
10            1-9:Ant       1-2:SC, 3-5:Qtrs, 6-20:
                            Hold
11            CG            1-2:SC, 3-20:Hold
12-15         CH            Hold
16-17                       1:LB, 2:MB, 3-14:Eng, 15-
                            20:Hold
18-19         1:EMMR        1:LB, 2:MB, 3-14:Eng, 15-
                            20:Hold
20            EMMR          1-15:Eng, 16-20:Elec