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Lucifer Class Destroyer Escort

design by Eamon Watters

It has the Imperial standard J-4 and G-6 manouvre, good armour backed up with a sandcaster. It's weaponry consists of two standard missile turrets, and two Instellarms LXR45 X-ray barbettes. These are rapid-fire weapons, capable of firing off a burst almost fourteen times a minute. Against ships of it's own tonnage, it can often stop the target dead with one hit. This fearsome potential has led the vessels to be nicknamed 'Fusion Gunners'.

The ship has a reasonably ranged sensor suite, with a backup passive array. A full EMM system, EMS jammers, and decoys make the Lucifer a hard ship to touch.

Accomodation is tight. Staterooms are provided for the 3 officers, but the rest of the crew must share 8 rooms between them. Often one of the command quarters is freed up to cope with the overspill.

In addition to escort duties, the Lucifer is employed on garrison and patrol duties. It is often employed on detached duties as well, as it's large cargo capacity allows it to function away from support for a considerable time.

Since the collapse this vessel has become the backbone of the Regency Navy, providing a dependable vessel that can 'bring back the goods' in the most dangerous situations.

In the wilds, this ship is encountered less frequently, as a military vessel only worlds which had naval facilities on them pre-collapse usually posess them.

The Lucifer was originally presented for Classic Traveller in Fighting Ships.

Lucifer Class Destroyer Escort

General Data

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 1579 MW Fusion Power Plant, 0.5 year duration (78.95 m³ fuel)

Jump Performance: 4

Jump Fuel: 1400 m³

G-Rating: 6G HEPlaR (200 MW/G), Auxiliary High Efficiency CG (40 MW)

G-Turns:62 (J3: 76; J2: 90; J1: 104; 118 using all jump fuel), 25 m³ fuel each

Maint: 132

Electronics

Computer: 3xTL-15 Fibre-optic computer (1.1 MW)

Commo: Laser (Unlimited; 0.3 MW), 2xMaser (Unlimited; 0.6 MW), Radio (Unlimited; 20 MW)

Avionics: Imaging EMS, IGS positioning, 190 km/h NOE

Sensors: AEMS (12 hex; 17 MW), PEMS Folding array (6 hex; 0.2 MW), Ladar (10 hex; 0.6 MW).

ECM/ECCM:EMS Jammer (10 hex;30 MW), EM Masking (5.6 MW)

Controls: Bridge with 8 bridge w-stations, 10 normal w-stations

Armament

Offensive2xLBM-729-7.5-4: x-ray non-gravitic manned barbette laser. Can be overpowered to -4 Diff Mods with 137.7 MW power input. (3.443 MW; 1 crew), 2xMissile Turret (0.15 MW; 1 crew).

Defensive: Sand Turret (1 MW; 1 crew), 600 Decoys in 4 Dispensers

Master Fire Directors:2xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.86 MW; 1 crew)