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Line 5: | Use = Surveillance | Use = Surveillance | Tech Base = [[Star League]] | Tech Base = [[Star League]] − | Cost = 3,071,572,000 [[C-bills]]{{cn}} + | Cost = 3,071,572,000 [[C-bill]]s | Introduced = [[2407]] | Introduced = [[2407]] | production year=2407 | production year=2407 Line 14:
Line 14: | Fuel = 2,800 tons (14,000) | Fuel = 2,800 tons (14,000) | Structural Integrity = 36 | Structural Integrity = 36 − | Burn Rate = 19.75 + | Burn Rate = 19,75 | Safe Thrust = 2 g | Safe Thrust = 2 g | Top Thrust = 3 g | Top Thrust = 3 g Line 24:
Line 24: * 1x [[NL45]] * 1x [[NL45]] * 2x [[PPC]] * 2x [[PPC]] − | Armor = 86 tons [[Armor (Capital)|standard]] + | Armor = Fore: 18<br>Fore-Sides: 15<br>Aft-Sides: 15<br>Aft: 15<br>[[standard armor]] | DropShip Capacity = 2 | DropShip Capacity = 2 − | Crew = 79<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> + | Crew = 155 − * 15 Officers + * 15 officers − * 60 Enlisted + * 60 enlisted/non-rated − * 4 Gunners + * 4 gunners − ----+ * 20 bay personnel − * Bay Personnel: 20<br/> + * 56 marines − * Marines: 56 + | Grav Decks = 1 x 75 meter diameter − | Grav Decks = 1 x 75 meters diameter | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/10 | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/10 − | Heat Sinks = 285 single + | Heat Sinks = 285 | BV (1.0) = 8,230<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 186, "Tracker WarShip Profile"</ref> | BV (1.0) = 8,230<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 186, "Tracker WarShip Profile"</ref> | BV (2.0) = | BV (2.0) = Line 45:
Line 44: In order to accomplish its mission, the ''Tracker'' was designed to look innocuous, nearly indistinguishable from contemporary civilian [[JumpShip]]s. Further, the ''Tracker'' was also designed to mount paneling on specialized hardpoints, allowing the ship to alter its appearance both by eye and by contemporary sensor suites. The altered ship signature, combined with an easily adjusted identification beacon, allowed a ''Tracker'' aliases with which it could hide among civilian vessels.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> In order to accomplish its mission, the ''Tracker'' was designed to look innocuous, nearly indistinguishable from contemporary civilian [[JumpShip]]s. Further, the ''Tracker'' was also designed to mount paneling on specialized hardpoints, allowing the ship to alter its appearance both by eye and by contemporary sensor suites. The altered ship signature, combined with an easily adjusted identification beacon, allowed a ''Tracker'' aliases with which it could hide among civilian vessels.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> − Despite the ''Tracker''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s usefulness, the design became obsolete by the early 2500s due to better sensor suites and also exposure to ''Tracker'' tactics. The final missions for the ''Tracker'' involved anti-pirate "Q-Ship" [[Periphery]] operations during the [[Reunification War]], especially on the [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] front.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> In April [[2765]], the navy of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] was operating a single ''Tracker''-class WarShip, suggesting that at least one ship of the class was either sold or gifted by the Terran Hegemony during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4, "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> + Despite the ''Tracker''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s usefulness, the design became obsolete by the early 2500s due to better sensor suites and also exposure to ''Tracker'' tactics. The final missions for the ''Tracker'' involved anti-pirate "Q-Ship" operations during the [[Reunification War]], especially on the [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] front.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> + + In April [[2765]] the navy of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] was operating a single ''Tracker''-class WarShip, suggesting that at least one ship of the class was either sold or gifted by the Terran Hegemony during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4, "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> ==Armament== ==Armament== Line 51:
Line 52: ==Cargo== ==Cargo== − Despite its small size, the ''Tracker'' was able to carry a relatively large amount of cargo in accordance with its disguise as a cargo ship. The class mounted 2 [[Docking Collar|DropShip collars]] and two cargo bays — one capable of transporting 4 [[small craft]], the other 23,810.5 tons of cargo. Twenty bay personnel for the small craft piloting and cargo maintenance along with two infantry platoons are housed in bay racks.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> + Despite its small size, the ''Tracker'' was able to carry a relatively large amount of cargo in accordance with its disguise as a cargo ship. It mounted 2 [[Docking Collar|DropShip collars]] and a two cargo bays — one capable of transporting 4 [[small craft]], the other 23,810.5 tons of cargo.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> − It should be noted that the now-classic [[hardpoint]]/[[docking collar]] technology was only invented in [[2458]]. Earlier JumpShips — implicitly those the ''Tracker'' sought to imitate — had no docking hardpoints, but carried so-called [[DropShuttle|DropShuttles]] of up to 5,000 tons in internal shuttle bays. Thus it must be assumed that the original ''Tracker'' featured two such shuttle bays, and that a variant came into service at some point after 2458 that installed two docking hardpoints and turned the shuttle bays into cargo storage space otherwise. + It should be noted that the now-classic [[hardpoint]]/[[docking collar]] technology was only invented in [[2458]]. Earlier JumpShips — implicitly those the ''Tracker'' sought to imitate — had no docking hardpoints, but carried so-called [[DropShuttle]]s of up to 5,000 tons in internal shuttle bays. Thus it must be assumed that the original ''Tracker'' featured two such shuttle bays, and that a variant came into service at some point after 2458 that installed two docking hardpoints and turned the shuttle bays into cargo storage space otherwise. ==See Also== ==See Also==
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| Use = Surveillance | | Use = Surveillance | ||
| Tech Base = [[Star League]] | | Tech Base = [[Star League]] | ||
| − | | Cost = 3,071,572,000 [[C- | + | | Cost = 3,071,572,000 [[C-bill]]s |
| Introduced = [[2407]] | | Introduced = [[2407]] | ||
| production year=2407 | | production year=2407 | ||
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| Fuel = 2,800 tons (14,000) | | Fuel = 2,800 tons (14,000) | ||
| Structural Integrity = 36 | | Structural Integrity = 36 | ||
| − | | Burn Rate = 19 | + | | Burn Rate = 19,75 |
| Safe Thrust = 2 g | | Safe Thrust = 2 g | ||
| Top Thrust = 3 g | | Top Thrust = 3 g | ||
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* 1x [[NL45]] | * 1x [[NL45]] | ||
* 2x [[PPC]] | * 2x [[PPC]] | ||
| − | | Armor = | + | | Armor = Fore: 18<br>Fore-Sides: 15<br>Aft-Sides: 15<br>Aft: 15<br>[[standard armor]] |
| DropShip Capacity = 2 | | DropShip Capacity = 2 | ||
| − | | Crew = | + | | Crew = 155 |
| − | * 15 | + | * 15 officers |
| − | * 60 | + | * 60 enlisted/non-rated |
| − | * 4 | + | * 4 gunners |
| − | + | * 20 bay personnel | |
| − | * | + | * 56 marines |
| − | * | + | | Grav Decks = 1 x 75 meter diameter |
| − | | Grav Decks = 1 x 75 | ||
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/10 | | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/10 | ||
| − | | Heat Sinks = 285 | + | | Heat Sinks = 285 |
| BV (1.0) = 8,230<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 186, "Tracker WarShip Profile"</ref> | | BV (1.0) = 8,230<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 186, "Tracker WarShip Profile"</ref> | ||
| BV (2.0) = | | BV (2.0) = | ||
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In order to accomplish its mission, the ''Tracker'' was designed to look innocuous, nearly indistinguishable from contemporary civilian [[JumpShip]]s. Further, the ''Tracker'' was also designed to mount paneling on specialized hardpoints, allowing the ship to alter its appearance both by eye and by contemporary sensor suites. The altered ship signature, combined with an easily adjusted identification beacon, allowed a ''Tracker'' aliases with which it could hide among civilian vessels.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> | In order to accomplish its mission, the ''Tracker'' was designed to look innocuous, nearly indistinguishable from contemporary civilian [[JumpShip]]s. Further, the ''Tracker'' was also designed to mount paneling on specialized hardpoints, allowing the ship to alter its appearance both by eye and by contemporary sensor suites. The altered ship signature, combined with an easily adjusted identification beacon, allowed a ''Tracker'' aliases with which it could hide among civilian vessels.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> | ||
| − | Despite the ''Tracker''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s usefulness, the design became obsolete by the early 2500s due to better sensor suites and also exposure to ''Tracker'' tactics. The final missions for the ''Tracker'' involved anti-pirate "Q-Ship" | + | Despite the ''Tracker''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s usefulness, the design became obsolete by the early 2500s due to better sensor suites and also exposure to ''Tracker'' tactics. The final missions for the ''Tracker'' involved anti-pirate "Q-Ship" operations during the [[Reunification War]], especially on the [[Taurian Concordat|Taurian]] front.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> |
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| + | In April [[2765]] the navy of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] was operating a single ''Tracker''-class WarShip, suggesting that at least one ship of the class was either sold or gifted by the Terran Hegemony during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4, "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> | ||
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
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==Cargo== | ==Cargo== | ||
| − | Despite its small size, the ''Tracker'' was able to carry a relatively large amount of cargo in accordance with its disguise as a cargo ship. | + | Despite its small size, the ''Tracker'' was able to carry a relatively large amount of cargo in accordance with its disguise as a cargo ship. It mounted 2 [[Docking Collar|DropShip collars]] and a two cargo bays — one capable of transporting 4 [[small craft]], the other 23,810.5 tons of cargo.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/> |
| − | It should be noted that the now-classic [[hardpoint]]/[[docking collar]] technology was only invented in [[2458]]. Earlier JumpShips — implicitly those the ''Tracker'' sought to imitate — had no docking hardpoints, but carried so-called [[DropShuttle | + | It should be noted that the now-classic [[hardpoint]]/[[docking collar]] technology was only invented in [[2458]]. Earlier JumpShips — implicitly those the ''Tracker'' sought to imitate — had no docking hardpoints, but carried so-called [[DropShuttle]]s of up to 5,000 tons in internal shuttle bays. Thus it must be assumed that the original ''Tracker'' featured two such shuttle bays, and that a variant came into service at some point after 2458 that installed two docking hardpoints and turned the shuttle bays into cargo storage space otherwise. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||