Okay another work up on incorperating fluff into the designs of the Beast Clan AU, comments welcome.
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Chimera class Battleship
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2820
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 1,600,000 tons
K-F Drive System: (Unknown)
Length: 1,220 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,419 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide
Armament:
80 NL55
32 NAC/30
32 Killer Whale
32 AMS
64 ER PPC
64 Gauss Rifle
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==Overview:==
With the ongoing need for mass produced non LF Battery equipped combat
vessels for the Outer Fleet of the 12th THSSOG(Terran Hegemony Secret Special
Operations Group) to defend the Ghost Rift stellar cluster which is now home
to the 12th and its dependents, the Chimera class Battleship is the largest
of
the Outer Fleet warships defending the cluster, coming in at 1.6 million
tons
the Chimera is more than capable of matching the current generations of
Realm's warships which are still vastly smaller and less technically
advanced.
The Chimera falls between a Texas class and Farragut class battleship in
tonnage, yet is more heavily armored and armed than either vessel, this come
at a price though the fairly limited cargo tonnage the Chimera has is far
below the tonnages normally assigned to Star League combatants, but with the
combination of uncharted deep space depots and mobile supply fleet's the
tonnage limit is not as crippling as it would have been for the Chimera's
older forebears with their extended long range deployments..
Strangely enough the Chimera is only called upon when massed Realm Fleet's
start to gather for concentrated sorties into penetrating the Ghost Rift's
defensive lines of the 12th. More often that not the swift Alicorn
Battlecruiser battle groups are the ones normally assigned to the intercept
and intervention role, but when heavy and brutal fire power is needed to be
brought to bear upon larger enemy formations the Chimera and here sister ships
are called up from the forward deployment sites and form up into a rare line
of battle which they are supremely well suited for.
With it's heavy firepower and armor and internal structure that is capable
of surviving nuclear strikes and combined with is massive allotment of
aerospace fighters and assault dropship's acting in tandems with the Chimeras
main weapons, each Battleship acts as Flagship for it's individual Outer
Fleet
sector assignment. The Chimera's are usually escorted by two heavy cruisers of
the Black Tiger class(stretch hull variant of the Black Lion that was refitted
with a energy weapons array to compliment the class's Naval Auto Cannon’s.),
one Swift Fast Escort Carrier and six of the Ferret class destroyers.
Considering the vastly different duties of the Alicorn class and Chimera
class, it is a rare occurrence to see them serving together with the exception
of Invasion intercept duties.
==Capabilities:==
The 1.6 million ton Chimera is the heavyweight of the Outer Fleet of the Beast
Clan's Ghost Rift territory’s, as such it was decided that the ship would pack
the greatest amount of weapons and armor possible available to the Beast
Clan's resources.
Built around a Class 132 Internal Structure, the hull of the Chimera is very
robust allowing for a impressive 4200 tons of Lamellor Ferro-carbide armor
to be mounted and give the design the ability to withstand Nuclear weapon
strikes with a chance of survival.
As for speed the design is fairly standard with a 1.5g cruise speed and a
flank rating of 2.5g provided by the three Roll's Royce Phantom class
interplanetary drives which account for over 288,000 tons of the ships weight.
To provide a large cruising range a 16,000 fuel bunker was provided which
give the design 168 max burn day rating and 420 1g burn day rating.
One of the most interesting choices made concerning the Chimera was decision
to incorporate a over large Aerospace fighter compliment, this was mostly made
due to the past history of the 12ths/Beast Clans, Commander and Founder
Admiral Travis who was a major proponent of including heavy fighter and
dropship compliment to the 12th's designs and later Beast Clan designs. With
108 fighters on board the Chimera has enough fighters to rival or exceed
earlier carrier designs of both the Star League and Houses, supplemented with
24 small craft for various multi role duties, the aerospace compliment is well
supported. This in turn is supported by the ships compliment of 160 Armored
Combat Marines for either boarding duties or extreme risk rescue missions.
For other duties the Chimera supports 10 docking hard points for dropships,
this is usually a mix of escort and secondary cargo haulers, but for more
combat orientated missions, Assault ships and CV's are assigned.
The main weapons of the Chimera consist of the ships thirty two Naval Auto
Cannons of the type 30 class, these provide the main medium to long range
hitting power of the ship, in turn these are supported by the ship over large
array of eighty Naval Laser's of the type 55 class, to help provide extreme
range firepower versus both ships and fighters thirty two Killer Whale missile
launchers was incorporated into the weapons mix, also this provides the design
with nuclear weapons option.
Secondary weapons support is provided by a dual battery of sixty four
Extended Range Particle Projection Cannons and sixty four Gauss Rifles, this
provides for both hard hitting firepower against both fighters and dropships,
to help protect the design against normal and nuclear missile attack of both
conventional missiles and Capital Missiles, Thirty two Anti Missile Systems
with overly large ammo bins was included.
==Variants:==
There is unconfirmed rumors floating thru the fleet of a LF equipped version
of the chimera, but in order for the needed LF Battery to be refitted into the
design, there is expected major change to the Primary Chimera Hull itself in
order to accomadate the change or even possible increase of tonnage, making
for a possible Block II designation.
==Deployment==
Currently the Chimera is deployed with the three Quadrant Main outer fleet's
which in turn support the 6 Sector Outer fleet's,(ie two sector fleets to
every quadrant fleet.
At this time there is a total of 12 Chimeras deployed with the Quadrant
Fleets; four per Quadrant, each Chimera operates in a BCG(Battleship Carrier
Group) consisting of a Chimeria Battleship, one Black Tiger Battle
Carrier(Alpha Version) , two Black Tiger heavy cruisers(Primary Version) and
six Ferret Class Destroyers.
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Class/Model/Name: Chimera class Battleship
Mass: 1,600,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 288,000.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 31) 724,000.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 6) 110.00
Structural Integrity: 132 211,200.00
Total Heat Sinks: 5,848 Double 5,045.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 16,932.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 4,000.00
Fire Control Computers: 20,624.00
Food & Water: (400 days supply) 2,162.00
Hyperpulse Generator: 50.00
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide (4,300 total armor pts) 4,222.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 760
Fore-Left/Right: 700/700
Aft-Left/Right: 700/700
Aft: 740
Cargo:
Bay 1: Fighters (108) with 6 doors 16,200.00
Small Craft (24) with 2 doors 4,800.00
Bay 2: Cargo (1) with 5 doors 50,132.00
DropShip Capacity: 10 Docking Hardpoints 10,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 4: (160-meter diameter) 400.00
Grav Decks #5 - 8: (120-meter diameter) 400.00
Life Boats: 96 (7 tons each) 672.00
Escape Pods: 96 (7 tons each) 672.00
Crew and Passengers:
100 Officers (97 minimum) 1,000.00
300 Crew (265 minimum) 2,100.00
185 Gunners (171 minimum) 1,295.00
160 Marine Battle Armor Troopers/Elementals 1,120.00
336 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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10 NL55 Nose 55 55 55 55 850 11,000.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) Nose 60 60 60 -- 200 7,160.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) Nose 60 60 60 -- 200 7,160.00
4 Killer Whale(60 msls) Nose 16 16 16 16 80 3,600.00
4 AMS(1920 rounds) Nose -- -- -- -- 4 162.00
8 ER PPC Nose 8(80) 8(80) 8(80) -- 120 56.00
8 Gauss Rifle(800 rounds) Nose 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 8 220.00
10 NL55 FL/R 55 55 55 55 1700 22,000.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) FL/R 60 60 60 -- 400 14,320.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) FL/R 60 60 60 -- 400 14,320.00
4 Killer Whale(60 msls) FL/R 16 16 16 16 160 7,200.00
4 AMS(1920 rounds) FL/R -- -- -- -- 8 324.00
8 ER PPC FL/R 8(80) 8(80) 8(80) -- 240 112.00
8 Gauss Rifle(800 rounds) FL/R 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 16 440.00
10 NL55 L/RBS 55 55 55 55 1700 22,000.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) L/RBS 60 60 60 -- 400 14,320.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) L/RBS 60 60 60 -- 400 14,320.00
4 Killer Whale(60 msls) L/RBS 16 16 16 16 160 7,200.00
4 AMS(1920 rounds) L/RBS -- -- -- -- 8 324.00
8 ER PPC L/RBS 8(80) 8(80) 8(80) -- 240 112.00
8 Gauss Rifle(800 rounds) L/RBS 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 16 440.00
10 NL55 AL/R 55 55 55 55 1700 22,000.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) AL/R 60 60 60 -- 400 14,320.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) AL/R 60 60 60 -- 400 14,320.00
4 Killer Whale(60 msls) AL/R 16 16 16 16 160 7,200.00
4 AMS(1920 rounds) AL/R -- -- -- -- 8 324.00
8 ER PPC AL/R 8(80) 8(80) 8(80) -- 240 112.00
8 Gauss Rifle(800 rounds) AL/R 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 16 440.00
10 NL55 Aft 55 55 55 55 850 11,000.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) Aft 60 60 60 -- 200 7,160.00
2 NAC/30(200 rounds) Aft 60 60 60 -- 200 7,160.00
4 Killer Whale(60 msls) Aft 16 16 16 16 80 3,600.00
4 AMS(1920 rounds) Aft -- -- -- -- 4 162.00
8 ER PPC Aft 8(80) 8(80) 8(80) -- 120 56.00
8 Gauss Rifle(800 rounds) Aft 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 8 220.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 11,696 1,600,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 14,712,576,800 C-Bills
Battle Value: 354,787
Cost per BV: 41,468.76
Weapon Value: 233,660 (Ratio = .66)
Damage Factors: SRV = 15,561; MRV = 15,162; LRV = 11,480; ERV = 4,310
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 1,109,249
(251,023 Structure, 414,450 Life Support, 443,776 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 674,680 (61% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
