Ships of My Traveller Universe

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Currently only the MT designs are finalized.  I'm working on the SSDS and/or FF&S2 translations, along with new designs as I have the time.  All T4 designs are subject to frequent and extensive changes.
Unless specified otherwise, all T4 designs were produced using Andy Akin's excellent spreadsheets.

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Hull Armour

Pending further investigation, I've implemented increased armour over the MT standard 40 units by using enough T4 hull armour to produce the same proportional increase over the standard USP 10 factor.  Most armoured Roach BOXER variants, for example, have an MT armour rating of 55, and these end up as T4 USP 20 -- the smallest value that is at least (10 * 55 / 40 = 13.75).

Under ssds, hull material is not a factor.  Again, Roach ships prove more difficult here because they often use lower-tech hull materials to reduce cost.  I've ignored this difference.

Laser Turrets

It's not clear exactly how to implement the MT standard double or triple laser turret under T4/ssds.  Do I maintain the number of laser units, or go for roughly similar offensive/defensive capability from a single mount?  What about T4/ssds's light vs. heavy laser?

Maximum Batteries

I haven't yet found a limitation on the number of turrets and/or bays, other than the ability to squeeze them on the surface area of the ship.  It would be trivial to double the armament of some ships if the MT limitation is ignored; so far, I've retained that limitation in most cases.

Missile Turrets

An MT triple missile turret is being implemented in T4/ssds as a unit of 3 light missile launchers, grouped into batteries accordingly.  This maintains the ability of massed missile turrets to fire an overwhelming salvo.

Missile magazines end up being *much* smaller capacity under T4/ssds than they are under MT.  Unfortunate, but there's not a lot I can do about it.

Plasma Guns

Ships tend to be simple, strong, heavy designs.  Tech level is 11, but with cunning and guile (of which the Roaches have plenty) they are capable of serious actions against more advanced but less well commanded navies.

The tendency is towards special roles for smaller ship designs.  There are at least a dozen variants of the BOXER class, each with its own special role: Heavy Combat and Infighting variants close with the enemy fleet, sharing sensor locks with lightly-armored Combat Support variants in the rear lines;  Light Combat variants are reserved for engagements with smaller and non-military opponents.

Ships of the Line are more general-purpose in nature, but retain the strong and simple philosophy.
 

The Navy in Scorpionis was the elite career, and along with the Press Corps ran the government.  Navy personnel are highly paid and very comfortable.  As opposed to cramped Imperium double-occupancy, the Scorpionis ships all have an entire large stateroom for every Naval person on board.

The benefits of the Navy do not extend to military personnel of other services: Army and even Marine soldiers (and officers!) travelling on Navy ships are assigned at best double occupancy, sometimes just allocated to large common areas to set up their own living arrangements.

In transition between TL-12 and TL-13, the TL-12 ships are more common .  At the time of the Unification, TL-13 version of the ships were replacing them in the elite fleets while the older ships shuffled back to lesser units; it is not yet clear what effect the wartime loss of manufacturing facilities will have, nor that of the superior Corona quality that is sure to be incorporated into future designs.