And here is the Super Tigress from my story Edward's War. Enjoy!
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TIG-17A2 Super Tigress
Overview
Based on the old TIG-15 Tigress gunboat, the TIG-17A2 Super Tigress is an
entirely new craft that only bears an outward resemblence to its famous
ancestor.
When the TDF realized that it had stagnated during the Succession Wars and
implemented programs to restore its military might in the late 2900s, the need
for a new and improved gunboat was seen as a high priority. Thirty tons
heavier than the old Tigress, the Super Tigress is able to match the
acceleration and manevuerability of the older vessel, but carries far heavier
firepower and armor protection. Concentrated in the Taurian Fleet assigned to
protect the Hyades and other high-value targets such as New Vandenberg, only a
handful of these gunboats have been encountered by forces hostile to the
Concordat.
In these few skirmishes, however, the heavy firepower and armor protection of
the Super Tigress has proven itself as a worthy successor to the original
design.
Capabilities:
The Super Tigress is 30-tons heavier than its renowned ancestor, tipping the
scales at 180 tons. Despite that weight increase, it retains the 2-g safe
acceleration and 3-g emergency thrust of the original design and has proven to
be just as maneuverable in space.
The design team retained the nose-mounted PPC and wing-mounted twin Medium
Lasers. However, they replaced the nose LRM-15 launcher and ammunition with a
heavier LRM-20, increasing the size of the missile magazine to five tons (30
salvoes). A fifth Medium Laser was added to the nose, and two more serve as
rear-firing tail guns. This increase in armament required the addition of a
fifth crewman who operates the stern weapon systems.
Like the Tigress before it, the Super Tigress has a fifteen-ton fuel tank and
has provisions and life support for 40 days of patrol operations. Cargo space
on the Super Tigress has been cut by five tons, however, leaving just two tons
for spare parts and equipment.
Armor protection has dramatically increased, however, with the Super Tigress
carrying 24.5 tons of armor compared to the 14 tons of the Tigress. The Super
Tigress is immune to thresholding by PPCs and AC-10s on the nose and both
wings, while the stern is proof versus Large Laser fire. Crews assigned to
the Super Tigress appreciate the added protection, especially against Davion
Stuka-class heavy aerospace fighters.
Deployment
The majority of all Super Tigeress gunboats in service serve in the Hyades
Defense Fleet, with a handful assigned to New Vandenberg. Production is
steady, but slow, and a trickle of these craft have made their appearance on
other stations. The TDF plans to eventually replace all existing Tigress
class gunboats in service with the Super Tigress, although this is projected
to take decades to carry out.
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
VALIDATED
Class/Model/Name: TIG-17A2 Super Tigress
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3000
Vessel Type: Aerodyne Small Craft
Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 180 tons
Length: 29 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
1 PPC
1 LRM 20
7 Medium Laser
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Class/Model/Name: TIG-17A2 Super Tigress
Mass: 180 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 47.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Structural Integrity: 6 5.50
Total Heat Sinks: 16 Single 16.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 15.50
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 1.50
Fire Control Computers: .00
Food & Water: (40 days supply) 1.00
Armor Type: Standard (416 total armor pts) 24.50
Standard Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 122
Left/Right Wings: 106/106
Aft: 82
Crew and Passengers:
1 Officers (0 minimum) 10.00
2 Crew (2 minimum) 14.00
2 Gunners (2 minimum) 14.00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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1 PPC Nose 10 10 -- -- 10 7.00
1 LRM 20 Nose 12 12 12 -- 6 10.00
Ammo (LRM 20) 30 --- 5.00
1 Medium Laser Nose 5 -- -- -- 3 1.00
2 Medium Laser RW 5 -- -- -- 6 2.00
2 Medium Laser LW 5 -- -- -- 6 2.00
2 Medium Laser Aft 5 -- -- -- 6 2.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (1.11%) 2.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 37 180.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 11,432,196 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,196
Cost per BV: 9,558.69
Weapon Value: 2,952 (Ratio = 2.47)
Damage Factors: SRV = 23; MRV = 7; LRV = 1; ERV = 0
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 1,913
(589 Structure, 720 Life Support, 604 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 6,077 (318% of MPV)
BattleForce2: MP: 4, Armor/Structure: 10 / 0
Damage PB/M/L: 3/1/1, Overheat: 2
Class: DS; Point Value: 12
Specials: if
