Swift Kick 14 Armored SDB

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Hal asked for Meson Gun spinal mount armed SDBs (on 12 July 2004). His specifications were: smallest Meson spinal mount possible, TL12 and 13, armor 4+, agility 5+, minimum size craft to meet above requirements plus 6 months of un-resupplied operation.

I chose to design K'kree crewed ships, anticipating more response than his challenge has generated so far. Unfortunately, K'kree have so much more living space and supply space requirements than humans that getting 6 months of supplies in an otherwise minimum hull wasn't going to happen without making the ship quite huge.

This ship is going beyond his specifications to TL14, but I wanted to finish the sequence.

Ship: Swift Kick
Class: Swift Kick 14
Type: SDB
Architect: Joseph Kimball
Tech Level: 14

USP
         FB-K605C83-490208-000G9-0 MCr 12,156.703 12 KTons
Bat Bear             4   1    11   Crew: 105
Bat                  4   1    11   TL: 14

Cargo: 63 Fuel: 1,440 EP: 1,440 Agility: 5 Marines: 1
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Backups: 1 x Model/8fib Computer

Architects Fee: MCr 121.567   Cost in Quantity: MCr 9,725.362


Detailed Description
  (High Guard Design)

HULL
12,000.000 tons standard, 168,000.000 cubic meters,
Flattened Sphere Configuration

CREW
18 Officers, 86 Ratings, 1 Marines

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 5G Manuever, Power plant-12, 1,440.000 EP, Agility 5

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/8 Computer
1 Model/8fib Backup Computer

HARDPOINTS
Spinal Mount, 1 100-ton bay, 1 50-ton bay, 40 Hardpoints

ARMAMENT
Meson Gun Spinal Mount (Factor-G), 1 50-ton Missile Bay (Factor-9)

DEFENCES
1 100-ton Repulsor Bay (Factor-8), 40 Triple Sandcaster Turrets
organised into 4 Batteries (Factor-9), Nuclear Damper (Factor-2),
Armoured Hull (Factor-4)

CRAFT
None

FUEL
1,440 Tons Fuel (0 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
55 Staterooms, 63 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None

COST
MCr 12,278.270 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 121.567),
MCr 9,725.362 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
163 Weeks Singly, 131 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS
The Swift Kick 14 class K'kree SDB (the name being a translation
into Galanglic from K'kree) is the smallest Tech Level 14 Meson
Gun spinal mount armed SDB possible to build with K'kree as crew.
The spinal mount and a missile bay are its only offensive weapons,
with agility, a repulsor bay, and four batteries of sandcasters
as active defence.  Passive defence consists of an armored hull
and a nuclear damper installation.

These SDBs are not uncommon to see in K'kree systems with larger 
populations and with a Tech Level of 14.  They are not popular
with their crews however, since the double occupancy means
quarters are tight for the K'kree - who are notoriously fond of
elbow room on their ships.  The initial design specifications for
this class had asked for a possible deployment time of up to six
months.  Due to a primary focus of compact ship design, the 
deployment capability is the more common one month.

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