A note to all, Compitition # 12 has started.
If you can please enter.
Peter V.
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Subject: [CONTEST 12] IISS Scout Cruiser Design Criteria
From: John Groth <wombat@premier.net>
Date: 13:39:38, Sep 18, 2002
Message-ID: 5501
Group: Starship/Vehicle Design
**story begins**
Scouts Seek New Ship
In a press conference today at IISSB Glisten, Scout Administrator
Jared Giirukaan read the following statement, announcing that the IISS
was undertaking a design competition for a new class of scout cruiser:
Sophonts of the press, thank you for being here today.
As you all know, the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service has the most
diverse set of missions in the various Imperial services: exploration,
survey, communications, even interdicting Red-Zoned worlds. To meet
the requirements of these missions, the IISS necessarily maintains a
wide array of starships, from the xboats and scout/couriers that link
our Imperium together, through the _Donosev_-class survey ships and
_Pytheas_-class exploratory cruisers, all the way to _Azhanti High
Lightning_-class frontier cruisers and _Kokirrak_-class dreadnoughts
transferred from the Imperial Navy. These last-named ships are
especially vital in our mission to maintain interdiction of Red-Zoned
worlds.
However, with the exception of a very limited number of _Gran
Fenwick_-class scout cruisers, the IISS fleet lacks an appropriate
cruiser-type ship to enforce Red Zones in a low-to-medium threat
environment, where deploying our few _Azhanti High Lightnings_ or
_Kokirraks_ would be wasteful and unnecessary. The low acceleration
and light armament of the otherwise-excellent _Pytheas_-class
exploratory cruiser make this ship a suboptimal choice for enforcing
Red Zones, as many paramilitary ships can outrun a _Pytheas_.
With all this in mind, I am pleased to announce that the IISS has
received budget approval for a new class of scout cruiser, the design
of which shall be chosen in a competition among the Imperium's leading
shipyards. Projected roles for this new scout cruiser include
maintaining interdiction of Red Zone systems in a low-to-medium threat
environment, conducting long-term surveillance and survey of Imperial
and extra-Imperial systems, and serving as a command-and-control ship
for mobilized scout squadrons in wartime. This new ship should have
the following capabilities:
Size in the 5,000-10,000 dton range
Performance superior to the _Pytheas_-class' 2.1G/J4
Research facilities and sensor suites appropriate for the ship's size
and missions
Combat capability equal or superior to an average destroyer, such as
the _Midu Agashaam_-class
Endurance of at least one year without replenishment
Thank you again for being here for this announcement.
**story ends**
There you have it. Design an IISS multi-mission scout cruiser.
As always, all official Traveller design systems are allowed, with the
usual warning about GURPS Ve2 users remaining within the Traveller
tech limitations.
Those using LBB2 may use Ken Pick's "Beyond Book 2" house rules, to
allow the design to meet the required size and jump capability.
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/book2plus.html
All designs must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon Central Time on
15 October 2002 (the long time period is due to my deployment this
Friday to a remote site here in Sinai). Send designs to:
cololdenburg@hotmail.com
WARNING! Do _not_ send designs to the address in my ID header, as I
am unable to read that address while here in Egypt.
Good luck, and may the best sophont win!
Notes:
1. The _Azhanti High Lightning_ (60,000-ton frontier cruiser),
_Kokirrak_ (200,000-ton dreadnought) and _Midu Agashaam_ (3,000-ton
destroyer) classes are described in CT Supplement 9, Fighting Ships.
2. The _Pytheas_-class exploratory cruiser is described in GT:FI,
page 41.
3. The design for the _Gran Fenwick_-class scout cruiser may be found
at the following two Web sites:
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/granfenwick.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/9776/travler.html
AuricTech Shipyards Journeyman Gearhead
"Gold-Plated [tm] solutions for copper-plated problems!" (r)
If you can please enter.
Peter V.
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Subject: [CONTEST 12] IISS Scout Cruiser Design Criteria
From: John Groth <wombat@premier.net>
Date: 13:39:38, Sep 18, 2002
Message-ID: 5501
Group: Starship/Vehicle Design
**story begins**
Scouts Seek New Ship
In a press conference today at IISSB Glisten, Scout Administrator
Jared Giirukaan read the following statement, announcing that the IISS
was undertaking a design competition for a new class of scout cruiser:
Sophonts of the press, thank you for being here today.
As you all know, the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service has the most
diverse set of missions in the various Imperial services: exploration,
survey, communications, even interdicting Red-Zoned worlds. To meet
the requirements of these missions, the IISS necessarily maintains a
wide array of starships, from the xboats and scout/couriers that link
our Imperium together, through the _Donosev_-class survey ships and
_Pytheas_-class exploratory cruisers, all the way to _Azhanti High
Lightning_-class frontier cruisers and _Kokirrak_-class dreadnoughts
transferred from the Imperial Navy. These last-named ships are
especially vital in our mission to maintain interdiction of Red-Zoned
worlds.
However, with the exception of a very limited number of _Gran
Fenwick_-class scout cruisers, the IISS fleet lacks an appropriate
cruiser-type ship to enforce Red Zones in a low-to-medium threat
environment, where deploying our few _Azhanti High Lightnings_ or
_Kokirraks_ would be wasteful and unnecessary. The low acceleration
and light armament of the otherwise-excellent _Pytheas_-class
exploratory cruiser make this ship a suboptimal choice for enforcing
Red Zones, as many paramilitary ships can outrun a _Pytheas_.
With all this in mind, I am pleased to announce that the IISS has
received budget approval for a new class of scout cruiser, the design
of which shall be chosen in a competition among the Imperium's leading
shipyards. Projected roles for this new scout cruiser include
maintaining interdiction of Red Zone systems in a low-to-medium threat
environment, conducting long-term surveillance and survey of Imperial
and extra-Imperial systems, and serving as a command-and-control ship
for mobilized scout squadrons in wartime. This new ship should have
the following capabilities:
Size in the 5,000-10,000 dton range
Performance superior to the _Pytheas_-class' 2.1G/J4
Research facilities and sensor suites appropriate for the ship's size
and missions
Combat capability equal or superior to an average destroyer, such as
the _Midu Agashaam_-class
Endurance of at least one year without replenishment
Thank you again for being here for this announcement.
**story ends**
There you have it. Design an IISS multi-mission scout cruiser.
As always, all official Traveller design systems are allowed, with the
usual warning about GURPS Ve2 users remaining within the Traveller
tech limitations.
Those using LBB2 may use Ken Pick's "Beyond Book 2" house rules, to
allow the design to meet the required size and jump capability.
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/book2plus.html
All designs must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon Central Time on
15 October 2002 (the long time period is due to my deployment this
Friday to a remote site here in Sinai). Send designs to:
cololdenburg@hotmail.com
WARNING! Do _not_ send designs to the address in my ID header, as I
am unable to read that address while here in Egypt.
Good luck, and may the best sophont win!
Notes:
1. The _Azhanti High Lightning_ (60,000-ton frontier cruiser),
_Kokirrak_ (200,000-ton dreadnought) and _Midu Agashaam_ (3,000-ton
destroyer) classes are described in CT Supplement 9, Fighting Ships.
2. The _Pytheas_-class exploratory cruiser is described in GT:FI,
page 41.
3. The design for the _Gran Fenwick_-class scout cruiser may be found
at the following two Web sites:
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/granfenwick.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/9776/travler.html
AuricTech Shipyards Journeyman Gearhead
"Gold-Plated [tm] solutions for copper-plated problems!" (r)
