Command Ships:
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Fafnir-Class Command / Bombardment Frigate (CBFG):
-----------------------------------------------------------------Fafnir class Bombardment Frigate 25,000 tons 522 Crew 2606.75 BP TCS 500 TH 250 EM 0
500 km/s Armour 4-76 Shields 0-0 Sensors 50/50/0/0 Damage Control Rating 20 PPV 72
Maint Life 11.69 Years MSP 11303 AFR 250% IFR 3.5% 1YR 152 5YR 2284 Max Repair 150 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 108 months Spare Berths 2
Flag Bridge Magazine 1158
StarTech Systems Model A (2) Power 125 Fuel Use 8.84% Signature 125 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 2,180,000 Litres Range 177.6 billion km (4110 days at full power)
Triton Project "Atlas" Class Missile Launcher (3) Missile Size 24 Rate of Fire 720
Telos 10-5-1 100 Res FCS (3) Range 15.0m km Resolution 100
Teloshot 10-5-1 200 Res FCS (3) Range 21.2m km Resolution 200
Armaggedon XSM (48) Speed: 6,200 km/s End: 70.7m Range: 26.3m km WH: 13 Size: 24 TH: 24/14/7
Stellar Electronics Ltd. 15MR100 Beholder (1) GPS 3000 Range 15.0m km Resolution 100
InteliTech Farsight GS200-02 (1) GPS 4000 Range 14.1m km Resolution 200
Thermal Sensor TH10-50 'Regalia' (1) Sensitivity 50 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 50m km
Stellar Electronics Ltd. 10EM5 Regalia (1) Sensitivity 50 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 50m km
Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
--- Ship Characteristics:
- The successor to the Titan "Atlas", the Fafnir-Class Command / Bombardment Frigate is meant to be my first Command Ship and is intended to be gradually phased out by the Athens-Class when tech and industrial capacity permit.
--- Ship Doctrine:
- Whether operating in the command role, the bombardment role, or in the fire support role; the Fafnir should be kept as far away from the fries of battle as possible,lest the leaders of the Navy grow round and her warriors become weak with the bed sores of burden. For they are salty, overtly greasy and none too pleasant; an unhealthy torment to all those who would dare trifle with them... so beware, BEWARE THE FRIES OF BATTLE!!! I just ran with that typo, but anyway, as a command ship, the Faffy should be well behind the "front lines", faffin' about with the Admiral, Commodore or whoever it is that is commanding from her. in the bombardment or fire support role, she should try to remain in weapons range. However, when the Athens-Class finally arrives on the scene, the Fafnir-Class will become part of it's vanguard forces; ensuring the safety of the high-ranking officer within while serving double or even triple duty as fire support and backup command should the big wig go belly up in his or her big ship.
--- Description of Role:
- Big Missiles, a big Flag Bridge, big (if not necessarily deep) magazines, the Fafnir is a big ship with exaggerated proportions. It's big ol' missile launchers which comprise basically the entirety of the prow fed by them meaty mags and her big ol' pair of twenty five hundred ton StarTech Systems Model A drives make the roomy bridges astride this monstrosity look puny by compare. (Although not from the inside...) This disposition behooves the Fafnir, for as it is the heir to the ancient and (lore-wise) famous Titan "Atlas" (an extremely similar looking ship) it naturally fulfills the role of chunking great big ol' nookyular missiles at things from a real far ways away. Because that's what the Faffy is at heart, a Bombardment ship, meant to bombard planets and ships from afar with salvos of huge, highly-destructive missiles. It was only natural that this imposing vessel would become a Command ship as well, where it's long range firepower serves it well and where it's missiles are most likely to find a home in the freaky alien living rooms of humanity's strangest foes. That's the Fafnir, and trust you me when this thing comes up to bat... I ain't faffin' around. (I'M NOT SORRY!)
Athens-Class Command Ship:
-----------------------------------Athens class Command Ship 100,000 tons 1218 Crew 8880.01 BP TCS 2000 TH 1500 EM 0
750 km/s Armour 12-191 Shields 0-0 Sensors 100/100/0/0 Damage Control Rating 67 PPV 150.4
Maint Life 11.74 Years MSP 32164 AFR 1403% IFR 19.5% 1YR 430 5YR 6447 Max Repair 150 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 108 months Flight Crew Berths 41
Flag Bridge Hangar Deck Capacity 2000 tons Magazine 1659
StarTech Systems Model A (12) Power 125 Fuel Use 8.84% Signature 125 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 12,960,000 Litres Range 263.9 billion km (4072 days at full power)
Triton Project "Zeus" 15cm Laser Cannon (1) Range 60,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 6-0.25 RM 1 ROF 120 6 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Quad MiliTech 2cm Snub-Nose Gauss Cannon Turret (8x4) Range 10,000km TS: 10000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 1 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federal-Colonial M50 "Minuteman" CIWS (4x2) Range 1000 km TS: 5000 km/s ROF 5 Base 50% To Hit
MiliTech-RSI "Ravisher" 10cm Railgun (6x4) Range 10,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 3-1 RM 1 ROF 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MiliTech-RSI "Bomblast" 15cm Plasma Carronade (4) Range 60,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 6-1 RM 1 ROF 30 6 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
InteliTech Vangaurd FCS (1) Max Range: 60,000 km TS: 5000 km/s 83 67 50 33 17 0 0 0 0 0
SecuriTech Bulldog FCS (1) Max Range: 80,000 km TS: 1250 km/s 88 75 62 50 38 25 12 0 0 0
Westinghouse TP-20K/2.5kms "Fast-Trax" FCS (1) Max Range: 40,000 km TS: 2500 km/s 75 50 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Class-5 Military Reactor (1) Total Power Output 10 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Class-1 Military Reactor (1) Total Power Output 1 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Triton Project "Atlas" Class Missile Launcher (1) Missile Size 24 Rate of Fire 720
Pilum Missile System (3) Missile Size 3 Rate of Fire 90
Teloshot 10-5-1 100 Res FCS (1) Range 15.0m km Resolution 100
Teloshot 10-5-1 200 Res FCS (1) Range 21.2m km Resolution 200
Ingram Arms Archimedes FCS (1) Range 3.8m km Resolution 1
Armaggedon XSM (47) Speed: 6,200 km/s End: 70.7m Range: 26.3m km WH: 13 Size: 24 TH: 24/14/7
Javelin ASM (121) Speed: 4,400 km/s End: 59.3m Range: 15.6m km WH: 3 Size: 3 TH: 16/9/4
Pilum JSM (180) Speed: 2,500 km/s End: 548.3m Range: 82.2m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 10/6/3
MiliTech Tacti-Scan Series 250 (1) GPS 50 Range 500k km Resolution 25
MiliTech-RSI Project M007 "Aegis" Sensor System (1) GPS 40 Range 2.0m km MCR 218k km Resolution 1
Federal-Colonial Binary Low-Band (1) GPS 150 Range 610k km Resolution 150
Federal-Colonial Binary High-Band (1) GPS 75 Range 430k km Resolution 75
Stellar Electronics Ltd. 40MR10 Beholder (1) GPS 8000 Range 40.0m km Resolution 100
InteliTech Farsight GS200-02 (1) GPS 4000 Range 14.1m km Resolution 200
MiliTech Tacti-Scan Series 500 (1) GPS 100 Range 700k km Resolution 50
Thermal Sensor TH20-100 'Gorgon' (1) Sensitivity 100 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 100m km
Stellar Electronics Ltd. 20EM100 Gorgon (1) Sensitivity 100 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 100m km
Strike Group
8x Valkyrie Interceptor Speed: 1000 km/s Size: 5
Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
--- Ship Characteristics: - The
Athens-Class is a bit... odd. A Command Ship made out of a Battleship that wanted to be a Cruiser, the
Athens is all kinds of cock eyed. Twelve of the massive 2,500 ton StarTech Systems Model A drives that power most of the Imperial Navy's warships (and literally all of it's cruisers...) are the heart and soul of the
Athens-Class, nestled in it's twelve-point armoured hull and well-fed by nearly thirteen-million litres of fuel. Along with the command staff, a hearty array of missiles, plasma caronnades, rail guns, quad Gauss Turrets and even a laser cannon are taxied along by this stupendous cluster of mass-movers. A single formation of the Imperial Navy's then finest Starfighters, the
Valkyrie-Class[/left] Interceptor, grace the Hangar Deck of the
Athens-Class, while a sterling array of potent (and heavy!) sensors give it great, big eyes with which to peer out into the void and pierce the secrets that are held there within.
- However, 'tis not all sunshine and rainbows... the
Athens is a quartermasters nightmare, with high maintenance requirements and a lot of things which can fail; the
Athens suffers from a failure rate that is almost, if not more stupendous than it's 15,000 ton array of drives. Berths as well are at somewhat of premium aboard an
Athens-Class, and with a nine-year deployment that's gonna grate some nerves. And whilst it's array of weapons is certainly non-trivial and most assuredly diverse, the firepower of each is somewhat... lacking for the tonnage. The
Athens is rather modestly gunned for something which weighs as much four or five Cruisers or some eight or nine Destroyers! However, it's not a Battleship, and it isn't a Cruiser, no the
Athens-Class is a Command Ship. A proper Command Ship, not a hybrid like the
Fafnir (although you could balance a scale with four of those against just one
Athens!). So neither overwhelming firepower, nor extreme speed, nor heavy armor, nor ease of maintenance are of concern to this ship. All that matters is that it serves well the commander whose job it is to carry and support. And with such a diverse set of tools spread betwixt the armaments, drives, hangars, missile launchers capable of firing anything and everything served by magazines chock full of the same... the
Athens-Class serves that role, and serves it admirably.
--- Ship Doctrine:
- The doctrine concerning the employment of an Athens-Class is surprisingly simple and straightforward, entirely unlike the complexity of it's design. Just focus on supporting the fleet in whatever way is best, remain fluid, and maintain the safest (read: farthest) range possible. If acting in a "lead from the center" role, as in a Commodore's ship, the doctrine is exactly the same as when acting in a "lead from the rear" role, with the exception being to stay with the Task Group and not focus on not getting separated instead of trying to stay back from the battle. However, there is one caveat to all this... the Athens-Class should never, EVER be used to lead from the front. It is neither fast enough, nor heavily armoured enough, nor heavily armed enough to function in this capacity. Save that for Battleships, Dreadnoughts or Juggernauts.
--- Description of Role:
- The Athens-Class serves the fleet in the role of providing an acting Forward Command Center for the Imperial Navy's high-ranking Fleet Officers. It also serves as a tool-kit for the Fleet Officer aboard it, with which they can support the Fleet that is currently under their command. As such it carries a diverse spread of defensively and offensively orientated weapons systems, a modest Hangar Deck Capacity, and a comprehensive suite of both Passive and Active Sensors.
Ordinance:
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Armaggedon XSM:
----------------------Missile Size: 24 MSP (1.2 HS) Warhead: 13 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 12
Speed: 6200 km/s Engine Endurance: 71 minutes Range: 26.3m km
Active Sensor Strength: 0.05 Sensitivity Modifier: 50%
Resolution: 150 Maximum Range vs 7500 ton object (or larger): 30,000 km
EM Sensor Strength: 0.025 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 25,000 km
Cost Per Missile: 6.065
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 74.4% 3k km/s 24% 5k km/s 14.9% 10k km/s 7.4%
Materials Required: 3.25x Tritanium 0.045x Boronide 0.075x Uridium 2.695x Gallicite Fuel x250
--- Description of Role:
- The Armaggedon is an XSM, or Universal Missile for short. The acronym stands for "Surface-to-Surface, Ship-to-Ship, Ship-to-Surface, and Surface-to-Ship", which is a mouthful so it's just called the "Universal Missile" since it covers all the basic uses of missiles in the Imperialist Syndicate (AMMs, Probes, Mines and Cluster Missiles aren't considered basic by Imperialist Doctrine, only Anti-Ship and Planetary Bombardment missiles are considered 'basic'...). The successor to the "Atlas" Class ICBM, it makes use of the exact same launcher, albeit one mated with "White Stag" Magazines. It is one of the the only missiles employed by the Imperialist Syndicate to employ a sensors package, lending it some much needed accuracy. It is occasionally deployed as probe... though not often as it IS a missile used for planetary bombardment as well. Fun Fact: The XSM acronym was made by a company which was called A.C.R.O.N.Y.M that made really complicated acronyms. Their name was also an acronym, an acronym so complex that even they forgot what it meant, or so they claimed. They were promptly barred from naming anything else in the Imperialist Syndicate following the Armaggedon XSM.
Javelin ASM:
---------------Missile Size: 3 MSP (0.15 HS) Warhead: 3 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 11
Speed: 4400 km/s Engine Endurance: 59 minutes Range: 15.6m km
Cost Per Missile: 0.9476
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 48.4% 3k km/s 11% 5k km/s 9.7% 10k km/s 4.8%
Materials Required: 0.75x Tritanium 0.1976x Gallicite Fuel x250
--- Description of Role:
- The Javelin is an ASM, developed from the StarTech Systems Model D Missile Engine, which was originally developed for the Pilum JSM, which was then the Sparrow X-1. The Javelin is an Anti-Ship Missile, designed to soften up enemy ships from afar before closing in for the kill. To this end, the Javelin mounts a warhead that is three times as powerful as the Pilum JSM, with a focus on speed over range and maneuverability. The Javelin also makes use of nine StarTech Model E Missile Engines, developed in response to the shift from the lone Sparrow X-1 to the Pilum Missile System.
Pilum JSM:
-------------Missile Size: 1 MSP (0.05 HS) Warhead: 1 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 13
Speed: 2500 km/s Engine Endurance: 9.1 hours Range: 82.2m km
Cost Per Missile: 0.3412
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 32.5% 3k km/s 0% 5k km/s 6.5% 10k km/s 3.2%
Materials Required: 0.25x Tritanium 0.0912x Gallicite Fuel x250
--- Description of Role:
- It put the "Pilum" in the Pilum Missile System, the Pilum is a Joint-Strike Missile. Designed to function as a lightweight, mass-salvo XSM as well as an Anti-Missile Missile, the Pilum gets it's moniker from the Roman Spear of the same name. Designed to be fired from the same magazines out of the same launchers that the it's bigger brother the Javelin uses, it serves to lend a great deal of flexibility to the Task Groups of the Earth Empire. It is worth nothing that adapters exist to fire both the Pilum AND the Javelin from the same launchers as the Armaggedon XSM