Fer-de-lance class Destroyer Escort
Overview



During the height of the Third Frontier War (979 to 986), high losses in civilian shipping and among transport vessels impressed into Imperial service resulted in the issuance of an Admiralty specification for a mid-sized escort vessel expressly for close protection of unarmed transport craft. The design which was finally accepted was the Fer-de-lance class destroyer escort.

Performance characteristics for this class make it capable of staying with most Imperial fleets, and thus this type of vessel can be found escorting most squadrons as well as more typical convoys.


Stats
CraftID:

Destroyer Escort, Type DE, TL 15, MCr673.808

Hull:

900/2,250, Disp=1,000, Config=4SL, Armor=40G, Unloaded=9,237tons, Loaded=10,669.2tons

Power:

45/90, Fusion=13,716Mw, Duration=30

Loco:

99/198, M-Drive=4, 45/90, J-Drive=4, Vacuum=3,400kph, Top=1,000kph, Cruise=750kph, NOE=190kph, Agility=0

Commo:

Meson=Planetary x3, Radio=System x3, Maser=System x3, Laser=FarOrbit

Sensors:

PassiveEMS=Interstellar x3, ActiveEMS=FarOrbit x3, Densitometer=HighPen/1km x3, Neutrino=10kw x3, EMMask, ActObjScan=Rout, ActObjPin=Rout, PasObjScan=Rout, PasObjPin=Rout, PasEngScan=Rout, PasEngPin=Rout

Off:
Missiles x 0 4       BLaser x x 5
Batt . . 2 Batt . . 3
Bear . . 2 Bear . . 3
Def:

DefDM=+9

Control:

Computer=9 x3, Panel=HoloLink x393

Environ:

BasicEnv, BasicLS, ExtendLS, GravPlates, InertialComp, Comfort=1.20

Accomm:

Crew=15, (Bridge=2, Engineer=1, Gunnery=6, Flight=2, Medical=1, Command=3), Stateroom=2, SmStateroom=5

SubCraft:

Mineral class Cutter

Other:

Cargo=8kliters, Fuel=8,313kliters, FuelScoops, PurificationPlant, ObjSize=Average, EMLevel=Faint


Registry
tail no name owner captain status notes
10435 Oyama IN (CR358) Lt Commander Tyesha Honus in service
10436 Kermal IN (CR358) Lt Commander Sir Dorsey Amott in service
10437 Terciopelo IN Lt Commander Mazun Igadushda
10438 Shadowfax
10440 Tsushima IN (CR358) Lt Commander Arlen Folkens in service
10442 Marne IN (CR358) Lt Commander Cristopher Beiswenger in service
10444 Asteroth IN scrapped 1057
10469 Franklin IN in service
10476 Pilsudski IN (CR358) Lt Commander Sarina Krewer in service
10478 Nicholas IN (CR358) Lt Commander Vincenzo Kub in service
This craft originally appeared in GDW's Supplement 9 - Fighting Ships
Picture by Paul Jaquays
Stat conversion to MegaTraveller by Peter L.S. Trevor