Sikkintar SDB/Rider TL 15

The Sikkintar (Flying Knife) class SDB/Battlerider was developed privately by Vospor/Trin as a vessel which could be used as the riders on the new Norway class Battleship or as a SDB filling the requirements for the X-1111 heavy SDB as specified by the Trin System Defense Squadron.

As is obvious from the spec sheet, this vessel is designed to fit a large meson gun on the smallest platform that the requisite defenses could be fitted to. Basic design assumption was that a spinal mount meson gun was worth more than ANY possible combination of secondary weapons in a general fleet action. The Sikkintar was intended to put more spinal mounts out per MCr than was feasible using alternate design philosophies.

Note also that the basic concept could be (and is being) upgraded to include a meson gun-T by increasing the tonnage to 9000, and scaling up whatever needs to be scaled up.

Note that this ship is designed using standard MT rules (plus any good idea that came across the TML), not our house rules. Note that the original design used last edition High Guard, which made the design much easier.

CraftID: Sikkintar (Flying Knife) class SDB/Battlerider      Cost: MCr 7263
          TL 15                                              (not counting
                                                                     missiles)
Hull: 6300/15750, Disp=7000, Config=1SL, Armor=40G,
      Unloaded= 103,468 tons, Loaded= 116,328 tons

Power: 1481/2962 Fusion=95,000 MW, Duration= 27/81
             Fusion=310,000 MW, Duration=(at full power) 6/18

Loco: 1071/2142 Maneuver=6 G, Agility=6

Commo:  Radio=Far orbit x6, Laser=System x6, Maser=System x12

Sensors: ActiveEMS=far orbit x2, PassiveEMS=Interstellar x12, Densitometer=HiPen
         x6, Densitometer=LoPen x12, Neutrino Sensor=10 kW x12,
     ActObjScan=Rout,ActObjPin=Rout, PassEngScan=Simple, PassEngPin=Rout

Off: Hardpoints=90
     Meson gun=N00

     Missiles=0A0
     Batt =   010
     Bearing= 010

     Missile Magazine = 1 50t bay, capacity = 6750 missiles

Def: Def DM +15
     Meson Screen - 9
     Nuclear Damper - 9

Control: ECP, Computer=9(fib)x3, Panel=Hololink x1945, Special=LargeHoloDisp x3,
         HeadsUpHoloDisp=5, Environ=BasicEnv, BasicLS, ExtLS, GravPlates,
         Airlocks x12

Accom: x (Cc =18, Cb=12, Ce=17, Cm=0, Cg=52, Ct= 30, Cf=0, Cs=4, 2xCf=19, Cd=2),
       Staterooms=70, LowBerth=40, EmergLowBerth=34

Other: Fuel= (refined) - 2000 kl, (unrefined{ammonia}) - 18000, ObjSize=Large,
       EMM, EmLevel=Moderate
       Fuel refinery (capacity 2000Kl/6hrs)

       Cost of one full loadout of nuclear missiles - MCr 1027.5
                                   Standard missiles - MCr 137