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Since I am picking where I left off in the K&K universe, I thought I would repost two of my favorite Draconis Ships:  the Mikasa-class battleship and the Kongo-class battlecruiser.  Once upon a time, they were here, but they have since gone away (is the new bird!  Here to stay is the blue bird!)

 

Enjoy!

Master Arminas

                    AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
                                  VALIDATED

Class/Model/Name:  Mikasa
Tech:              Inner Sphere / 2531
Vessel Type:       WarShip
Rules:             Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set:         AeroTech2

Mass:              1,000,000 tons
K-F Drive System:  (Unknown)
Length:            905 meters
Sail Diameter:     1,206 meters
Power Plant:       Standard
Safe Thrust:       3
Maximum Thrust:    5
Armor Type:        Improved Ferro-aluminum
Armament:         
   53 Medium NPPC
   16 NAC/20
   16 LRM 15
   16 PPC
   16 SRM 6
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==Overview:==
At the dawn of the Age of War, House Kurita stood poised to absorb its
neighbors.   Standing in their way, however, was the Terran Hegemony.   By the
first half of the 24th Century, the Terran Hegemony had several dozen
Dreadnought and Monsoon class Battleships in commission--the Draconis Combine
had none.   Unwilling to let the Hegemony outclass it with such a visible
display of power, the Coordinator directed the Draconis Combine Admiralty
(DCA) to build him a fleet which would awe the Terrans into their place.

But problems with the design of the K/F Drive Core--never an easy
task--plagued the project from the very beginning.   At first, determined to
match the size of the Monsoon, the DCA tried to plan for a ship equal in mass.
  They could not produce a stable core, however.   Eventually, the ISF
(Internal Security Force) gained the complete schematics and plans for the
Drive Core of Hegemony Dreadnought class Battleship.   Though lighter by over
three hundred thousand tons than the Monsoon, the DCA was forced to copy the
Dreadnought core exactly.   Although Kurita engineers eventually discovered
how to build larger cores, they seemed to prefer the greater maneuverability
of the smaller one million ton hull when compared to other battleships..

From 2351, when DCS Mikasa was commissioned in great ceremony at New Samarkand
to the dark days of the 2nd Succession War, the Mikasa class would serve the
Coordinator and the Combine with glory and honor.   Eventually, twenty-four
ships of this class would be built, but the goal of awing the Terrans into
submission was never accomplished.   Despite the excellent new ships the
Combine was building, its economy simply could not sustain a prolonged naval
arms race with the rich and populous worlds of the Terran Hegemony.

Perhaps because of this, the Combine often refused to scrap or retire its
older ships.   Instead, these vessels were often refitted and overhauled and
restored to pristine conditions.  Such was the case with the Mikasa class
which served with distinction for more than three centuries.

==Capabilities:==
The million-ton Mikasa class proved to be one of the most maneuverable
WarShips of its day, capable of generating a maximum thrust of 2.5-g's.   This
gave the new Combine ships an edge over the then standard Dreadnoughts and
Monsoons of the Hegemony, although that advantage was to quickly disappear
with the introduction of the Farragut, Texas, and McKenna over the new few
centuries.   Immense fuel bunkers gave the new ship excellent legs, while
50,000 tons of spare parts and a year's worth of life support, food, and water
for the 900 crew, marines, and passengers allowed the Mikasa class the ability
to conduct long operations with minimal need for resupply.   An additional
53,600 tons of open cargo volume was small when compared to contemporary
Hegemony ships, but more than ample for the DCA, which was used to making do
with less.

Six docking collars allowed the Mikasa class to transport a wide variety of
support vessels-from 'Mech or fighter carriers, to troop transports, to
assault ships, to a variety of cargo vessels and personnel transports. 
Thirty-six aerospace fighters and four small craft were also carried, in two
hangers, giving the Mikasa a solid strike force and combat air patrol.   Able
to launch her entire fighter complement in less than four minutes, these
fighters (typically two squadrons of Sabres or Sholagars, two of Shilones, and
two of Slayers) were more than able to provide the Mikasa class with a
'bubble' of protection from enemy aerospace assets.

Nearly 1,600 tons of Improved Ferro-Aluminum armor provided more than ample
protection for the ship from hostile fire.   This heavy armor gave the Mikasa
class a reputation for a rugged ability to sustain damage that would savage
many lesser ships.

The main firepower of the Mikasa class was concentrated along her flanks. 
Each of the fore-quarters, broadsides, and aft-quarters firing arcs mounted an
identical arrangement of weapons.   A two-gun battery of NAC-20 Naval
Autocannon with 50 shots each formed the single heaviest guns, but these were
not the main batteries of the ship.   That role was given to the two four-gun
batteries of Medium Naval PPCs that formed the heart and soul of the ship. 
With a maximum effective range of 900 kilometers, and only slightly less
damaging than the heavy NACs, the quad Naval PPC batteries were perhaps the
single most telling feature of the Mikasa and her sister ships.   An
anti-fighter battery of two LRM-20 launchers (40 shots each), two PPCs, and
two SRM-6 launchers (30 shots each) provided a punishing threat to fighters
that dared to come too close.

The forward and aft batteries each mantained the NAC-20 battery and the three
anti-fighter batteries.  In addition, the forward arc carried a single
five-gun Medium N-PPC battery.

DCS Mikasa served as the Flagship of the entire Combine Fleet for her entire
career, from her commissioning in 2531 to her demise in 2853--three hundred
and twenty-two years later.  This mighty vessel of the Combine was the last
serving battleship in the DCA as well as the first, and in her final battle,
she and her escorts destroyed the only three Golden Lion class dreadnoughts
that had thus far survived the Succession Wars.

==Variants:==
When the Mikasa first entered the Fleet, she was outfitted with 1,594 tons of
standard armor plating.   Beginning in 2590, she and her sister ships were
refitted with Improved Ferro-Aluminum, the overhauls being completed by 2620.

==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
DCS Mikasa
DCS Aki
DCS Asahi
DCS Azuma
DCS Fuji
DCS Fuso
DCS Hatsuse
DCS Hizen
DCS Iki
DCS Ise
DCS Kii
DCS Musashi
DCS Mutso
DCS Nagato
DCS Sagami
DCS Satsuma
DCS Settsu
DCS Shikishima
DCS Shinano
DCS Tosa
DCS Tsukuba
DCS Yamashiro
DCS Yamato
DCS Yashima

==Deployment==
Tactically, the Mikasa class Battleships would deploy in Battle Divisions of
two Mikasas and a pair of escorts, typically destroyers.   One of the Mikasa
class ships would be equipped as a flagship, serving as the lead vessel of the
Division.   Four such Divisions would form a Battle Squadron in the DCA. 
Unlike most of the Great Houses, but similar to the Hegemony and later SLDF,
House Kurita only seldom deployed its battleships as individuals or even as
divisions.   They were much more likely to deploy a full squadron--or at the
very least a half-squadron--to deal with any situations that may arise.

By the latter half of the 25th Century, the DCA had twenty-four Mikasa class
ships and three complete Battle Squadrons under its command.   During the
Reunification Wars, these ships were never seriously challenged by either the
Rim Worlds Republic or the Outworlds Alliance.   Many senior DCA officers
cursed the luck that gave the hardest fought battles to the Star League and
Davion forces instead of them.   Had the Coordinator permitted it, the DCA and
DCMS would have leaped at the chance to fight the Taurians.   Despite the lack
of any major battles, the DCA learned its lessons from the Wars of the 26th
Century though the use of observers in the Taurian Campaign.   They relearned
just how vital logistics were against even a small enemy and just how powerful
a fanatical defense could be.

Those lessons were absorbed by the DCA and came full circle when the
Succession Wars erupted into full fury after the Exodus of the SLDF.   Because
of those lessons, the DCA and DCMS drove into the heart of the Federated Suns
and very nearly destroyed one of their most bitter foes.   Only the incident
at Kentares IV prevented the House of Kurita from taking its rightful place as
the leader of the Inner Sphere.

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Class/Model/Name:  Mikasa
Mass:              1,000,000 tons

Equipment:                                                            Mass 
Power Plant, Drive & Control:                                      180,000.00
Thrust:  Safe Thrust: 3
      Maximum Thrust: 5
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive:  Compact (Integrity = 20)               452,500.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 5)                                 80.00
Structural Integrity: 80                                            80,000.00
Total Heat Sinks:    8,419 Single                                    7,774.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps:                                                  14,513.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters:              2,500.00
Fire Control Computers:                                                   .00
Food & Water:  (360 days supply)                                     1,620.00
Armor Type:  Improved Ferro-aluminum  (1,004 total armor pts)        1,593.00
                           Capital Scale Armor Pts
   Location:                            L / R
   Fore:                                172
   Fore-Left/Right:                  172/172
   Aft-Left/Right:                   172/172
   Aft:                                 144

Cargo:
   Bay 1:  Fighters (18) with 3 doors                                2,700.00
           Small Craft (2)                                             400.00
   Bay 2:  Fighters (18) with 3 doors                                2,700.00
           Small Craft (2)                                             400.00
   Bay 3:  Cargo (1) with 4 doors                                   53,600.00

DropShip Capacity:  6 Docking Hardpoints                             6,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 4:  (135-meter diameter)                               400.00
Escape Pods:  150 (7 tons each)                                      1,050.00

Crew and Passengers:
     56 Officers (56 minimum)                                          560.00
    189 Crew (189 minimum)                                           1,323.00
     77 Gunners (77 minimum)                                           539.00
     34 1st Class Passengers                                           340.00
    200 2nd Class Passengers                                         1,400.00
    252 Marines                                                      1,260.00
     92 Bay Personnel                                                     .00
Weapons and Equipment      Loc        SRV    MRV    LRV    ERV  Heat    Mass
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5 Medium NPPC              Nose        45     45     45     45  675  9,000.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds)       Nose        40     40     40     --  120  5,040.00
2 LRM 15(80 rounds)        Nose     2(18)  2(18)  2(18)     --   10     24.00
2 PPC                      Nose     2(20)  2(20)     --     --   20     14.00
2 SRM 6(60 rounds)         Nose     2(16)     --     --     --    8     10.00
4 Medium NPPC              FL/R        36     36     36     36 1080 14,400.00
4 Medium NPPC              FL/R        36     36     36     36 1080 14,400.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds)       FL/R        40     40     40     --  240 10,080.00
2 LRM 15(80 rounds)        FL/R     2(18)  2(18)  2(18)     --   20     48.00
2 PPC                      FL/R     2(20)  2(20)     --     --   40     28.00
2 SRM 6(60 rounds)         FL/R     2(16)     --     --     --   16     20.00
4 Medium NPPC              L/RBS       36     36     36     36 1080 14,400.00
4 Medium NPPC              L/RBS       36     36     36     36 1080 14,400.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds)       L/RBS       40     40     40     --  240 10,080.00
2 LRM 15(80 rounds)        L/RBS    2(18)  2(18)  2(18)     --   20     48.00
2 PPC                      L/RBS    2(20)  2(20)     --     --   40     28.00
2 SRM 6(60 rounds)         L/RBS    2(16)     --     --     --   16     20.00
4 Medium NPPC              AL/R        36     36     36     36 1080 14,400.00
4 Medium NPPC              AL/R        36     36     36     36 1080 14,400.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds)       AL/R        40     40     40     --  240 10,080.00
2 LRM 15(80 rounds)        AL/R     2(18)  2(18)  2(18)     --   20     48.00
2 PPC                      AL/R     2(20)  2(20)     --     --   40     28.00
2 SRM 6(60 rounds)         AL/R     2(16)     --     --     --   16     20.00
2 NAC/20(100 rounds)       Aft         40     40     40     --  120  5,040.00
2 LRM 15(80 rounds)        Aft      2(18)  2(18)  2(18)     --   10     24.00
2 PPC                      Aft      2(20)  2(20)     --     --   20     14.00
2 SRM 6(60 rounds)         Aft      2(16)     --     --     --    8     10.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (5.00%)                                           50,000.00
92 Bay Personnel Quarters                                              644.00
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TOTALS:                                            Heat: 8,419   1,000,000.00
Tons Left:                                                                .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        7,500,461,024 C-Bills
Battle Value:      182,507
Cost per BV:       41,096.84
Weapon Value:      85,671 (Ratio = .47)
Damage Factors:    SRV = 7,702;  MRV = 7,525;  LRV = 5,796;  ERV = 2,269
Maintenance:       Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 667,482
                   (96,229 Structure, 270,250 Life Support, 301,003 Weapons)
                   Support Points (SP) = 715,050  (107% of MPV)
BattleForce2:      Not applicable