Editing Tracker

{{InfoBoxWarShip
| image = [[File:Tracker (Surveillance) TRO3057r.png|200px]]
| name = ''Tracker''
| manufacturer = 
| Use = Surveillance
| Tech Base = [[Star League]]
| Cost = 3,071,572,000 [[C-bills]]{{cn}}
| Introduced = [[2407]]
| production year=2407
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5270/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Mass = 120,000 tons
| Length = 318 meters
| Sail Diameter = 1150 meters
| Fuel = 2,800 tons (14,000)
| Structural Integrity = 36
| Burn Rate = 19.75
| Safe Thrust = 2 g
| Top Thrust = 3 g
| Sail Integrity = 3
| KF Drive Integrity = 4 
| LF Battery = No
| Armament = <span></span>
* 2x [[Barracuda]]
* 1x [[NL45]]
* 2x [[PPC]]
| Armor = 86 tons [[Armor (Capital)|standard]]
| DropShip Capacity = 2
| Crew = 79<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/>
* 15 Officers
* 60 Enlisted
* 4 Gunners
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* Bay Personnel: 20<br/>
* Marines: 56 
| Grav Decks = 1 x 75 meters diameter
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/10
| Heat Sinks = 285 single
| BV (1.0) = 8,230<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 186, "Tracker WarShip Profile"</ref>
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

==Description==
The small '''''Tracker'''''-class surveillance vessel was a [[WarShip]] designed to ply trade routes and observe in-system communications. At the size of a Corvette, it was not designed to stand up to a determined assault, mounting only the most minimal of deterrents and being considered a [[WarShip]] solely by virtue of being designed with a [[Compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive]].<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>

==Armament==
The ''Tracker'' was very poorly armed. The ''Tracker'''s armament includes 2 Barracuda Missile Systems, a pair of [[PPC]]s, and a single [[NL45]], allowing the vessel to deter both capital vessels and [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s. However, against any determined attack, the ''Tracker'' was severely undergunned. It was quick though, compared with many naval elements, so escape was probably the best course of action for a cornered ''Tracker''.<ref name=TRO:3057Rp186/>

==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 &mdash; 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/>

It should be noted that the now-classic [[hardpoint]]/[[docking collar]] technology was only invented in [[2458]]. Earlier JumpShips &mdash; implicitly those the ''Tracker'' sought to imitate &mdash; 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.

==See Also==
* [[:Category:Individual Tracker-class WarShips|List of named ''Tracker''-class WarShips.]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Tracker (Surveillance) TRO3057r.png|Original ''Tracker'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised|TRO:3057 Revised]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleCorps Ship Profiles#Ship Profile: RWS Krait]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''


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