The Alaska class Battle Cruiser was meant to serve the SLDF, but all six instead wounding fighting for Amaris. Here they is.
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Alaska
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2750
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 1,200,000 tons
K-F Drive System: (Unknown)
Length: 1,013 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,277 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide
Armament:
39 Heavy NPPC
18 AR10 Launcher
12 NAC/20
3 Medium NPPC
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==Overview:==
Intended to be a new breed of battlecruiser, the six Alaska class vessels were
still under construction when the Amaris Coup captured Terra and the Titan
Shipyards. Amaris engineers managed to rush the first two ships into service
fast enough to participate in the 2nd Battle of Asta, but both vessels were
lost in that engagement. The remaining four ships were completed and served
with Amaris's Fleet during the Battle of Terra in 2770. All four were lost
with all hands during the engagement.
==Capabilities:==
Massing 1,200,000 metric tons, the Alaska class were intended to be heavily
armored ships that were less expensive than a McKenna class battleship, but
could still overawe any WarShip of the Great Houses. The class included
lithium-fusion batteries and more than 1,600 tons of lamellar ferro-carbide
armor plating, but their close-in defensive systems were still woefully
inadequete (which the DCA and SLDF fighter Corps proved time and again during
the Coup). In their defense, all SLDF WarShips of the time lacked a
substantial battery of secondaries, relying instead on interlocking capital
missile fire to deter enemy fighters. In large squadrons, task groups, and
fleets, this tactic worked well, but against individual ships in fleets that
did not train to use those defensive tactics, the lack of secondary weapons
proved a major disadvantage.
The majority of an Alaska-class vessels firepower was concentrated along the
flanks, with each arc mounting three AR-10 Maelstrom missile launchers (10
Barracuda, 10 White Shark, and 10 Killer Whale missiles each), six Heavy Naval
PPCs, and two NAC-20 naval autocannons (50 shots each). Three Heavy Naval
PPCs were mounted in the nose, while three Medium Naval PPCs covered the
stern.
Cargo and fuel were average for late-generation SLDF vessels, and the Alaskas
could embark up to six DropShips on their docking collars. Eighteen aerospace
fighters and six small craft could be embarked as well, typically consisting
of Rapier heavy ASF and Aries class shuttles.
==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
RWS Alaska, RWS Hawaii, RWS Puerto Rico, RWS Guam, RWS Samoa, RWS Phillipine
Islands
==Deployment==
All completed Alaska class vessels served in the Rim Worlds Republic Naval
Forces--each was lost fighting against the very SLDF that had designed and
built them.
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Class/Model/Name: Alaska
Mass: 1,200,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 216,000.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 24) 543,000.00
Lithium Fusion Battery 12,000.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 6) 90.00
Structural Integrity: 70 84,000.00
Total Heat Sinks: 5,130 Double 4,428.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 14,513.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 3,000.00
Fire Control Computers: .00
Food & Water: (360 days supply) 1,512.00
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide (1,702 total armor pts) 1,660.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 290
Fore-Left/Right: 290/290
Aft-Left/Right: 290/290
Aft: 252
Cargo:
Bay 1: Fighters (18) with 6 doors 2,700.00
Bay 2: Small Craft (6) with 2 doors 1,200.00
Bay 3: Cargo (1) with 2 doors 64,212.00
DropShip Capacity: 6 Docking Hardpoints 6,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 4: (135-meter diameter) 400.00
Escape Pods: 140 (7 tons each) 980.00
Crew and Passengers:
63 Officers (61 minimum) 630.00
222 Crew (222 minimum) 1,554.00
72 Gunners (72 minimum) 504.00
165 2nd Class Passengers 1,155.00
252 Marines 1,260.00
66 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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3 Heavy NPPC Nose 45 45 45 45 675 9,000.00
3 AR10 (30 KW, 30 WS, 30 B)FL/R * * * * 120 8,700.00
3 Heavy NPPC FL/R 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
3 Heavy NPPC FL/R 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds) FL/R 40 40 40 -- 240 10,080.00
3 AR10 (30 KW, 30 WS, 30 B)L/RBS * * * * 120 8,700.00
3 Heavy NPPC L/RBS 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
3 Heavy NPPC L/RBS 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds) L/RBS 40 40 40 -- 240 10,080.00
3 AR10 (30 KW, 30 WS, 30 B)AL/R * * * * 120 8,700.00
3 Heavy NPPC AL/R 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
3 Heavy NPPC AL/R 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds) AL/R 40 40 40 -- 240 10,080.00
3 Medium NPPC Aft 27 27 27 27 405 5,400.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (5.00%) 60,000.00
66 Bay Personnel Quarters 462.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 10,260 1,200,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 20,569,037,024 C-Bills
Battle Value: 206,017
Cost per BV: 99,841.45
Weapon Value: 114,667 (Ratio = .56)
Damage Factors: SRV = 8,470; MRV = 8,470; LRV = 6,673; ERV = 2,646
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 736,142
(98,702 Structure, 312,300 Life Support, 325,140 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 415,947 (57% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
