STATISTICS
| Mass: 40 tons | Movement Type: Fusion-Jet Submersible |
| Power Plant: TME 170 eXtraLight | Armor Type: TME 3000 Standard |
| Comm Systems: TME Vox Et Deus | Cruising Speed: 55 kph |
| Targeting/Tracking Systems:
TME 3050 Point-And-Shoot |
Maximum Speed: 86 kph |
| Chassis: TME CSB 2997 "Ocean Skimmer" | |
| Armament: 1 TME/BTSTS-HLRT:3000 "Waterspout" Long Range Torpedo 15-Rack 1 TME/BTSTS-HSRT:3000 "Roundhouse Tides" Short Range Torpedo 6-Rack 1 TME/BTSTS-PLL:3049 "Bren Laser" Large Pulse Laser |
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OVERVIEW
The TME-126 takes up the duties of destroyer-size vessels of the wet navies of yesteryear: submarine killer. With submarines of greater and greater lethality (mostly designed by TME) plying the waters of the deep, surface convoys and coastal installations need superior protection. Thus, the TME-126 Whaler, a fast enough and well-armed vessel.
CAPABILITIES
The TME-126's main firepower was to come from a Piranha Tide medium-range torpedo forty-rack, but, due to delays in their manufacture, a long-range torpedo fifteen-rack and a short-range torpedo six-rack serve in its stead. Combined with superior sonar and longwave sea-scanning instruments, the TME-126 can easily protect any wet naval assets from submarine attack. It can also patrol coasts to stop pesky invading underwater transports, like... oh, say... the TME-123 Tortoise? For surface engagements the TME-126 is equipped with a large pulse laser in a bow turret. While this may be paltry compared to the kind of firepower apparant in the TME-46 Thunderchild, it is far superior to weapons in common coastal defense vessels like the Sea Skimmer-class corvette. Slightly less than eight tons of armor give the Whaler ample protection from most opposition, especially as it is inexpensive enough to operate in force.
TME-126 Whaler Surface Sub-Killer |
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| 40 tons | Displacement Hull | Cruising MP: 5 (54.0 kph) | Flank MP: 8 (86.4 kph) |
| Engine: 170 XL Fusion | Engine Mass: 4.5 t | Control Mass: 2 t | No Lift Equipment |
| No Power Amplifier | 10 Heat Sinks | Internal Structure: 4 t | Turret Mass: 0.7 t |
| Armor Mass: 7.8 t | Armor Points: 125 | Crew: 2 | No Sponson |
ARMOR |
EQUIPMENT |
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| Front: | 35 |
Large Pulse Laser | F. Turret |
| Left/Right Side: | 20 / 20 |
LRT-15 | Front |
| Rear: | 20 |
SRT-6 | Front |
| Front Turret: | 20 |
16 LRT-15 shots | Body |
| Rear Turret: | not applicable |
30 SRT-6 shots | Body |