Taurus-class Frigate
Much has been made of the story of the corvette Vandenberg . . . the albatross on which the Concordat was reported to be spending vast sums in a vain attempt to restore the old SLDF vessel to her former glory. But, in a twist of fate that has driven many spies to shame, it turns out that the Taurians were NOT attempting to restore the old Vincent-class ship . . . but were spending money hand-over-fist to reverse engineer the compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive Core and sub-light transit engines.
By 3058, the fruits of those labors had been revealed. Three newly built WarShips were in the final stages of construction and outfitting, while the leadship of the class (TCS Taurus) underwent her space trials. Basing their design upon the old Taurian Concordat-class Frigate, the engineers of Taurus reduced that vessel by twenty thousand tons to match the mass of the Vincent-class core they were duplicating.
The new ship quickly proved that it possessed even more firepower and armor protection than the old pre-Reunification War vessel it was based upon . . . although cargo space was lower, and the design engineers had to remove docking collars from the design (as their study vessel, the Vandenberg had not included any. Still, the final result more than pleased Protector Jeffrey Calderon . . . and caused heads to roll (literally) among the ranks of ComStar's ROM who had been completely hoodwinked by the Taurian subterfugue.
The Taurian Concordat Navy has announced that if the remaining trials are completed as handily as the initial tests, TCS Taurus will take her place on station as the first Taurian active-duty WarShip in more than two centuries. Her three sister ships (TCS Samantha, TCS Jamestown, and TCS New Columbia) are expected to join the rapidly expanding Taurian Fleet over the course of 3059 and 3060.
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Taurus
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3057
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 420,000 tons
K-F Drive System: (Unknown)
Length: 485 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,220 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 White Shark
18 NAC/20
16 LRM 15
16 Large Laser
16 Autocannon/10
32 Medium Pulse Laser
56 Small Pulse Laser
4 Barracuda
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Class/Model/Name: Taurus
Mass: 420,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 100,800.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 10) 190,050.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 4) 51.00
Structural Integrity: 65 27,300.00
Total Heat Sinks: 823 Double 330.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 7,257.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 1,050.00
Fire Control Computers: .00
Food & Water: (180 days supply) 378.00
Armor Type: Standard (260 total armor pts) 544.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 44
Fore-Left/Right: 44/44
Aft-Left/Right: 44/44
Aft: 40
Cargo:
Bay 1: Fighters (8) with 4 doors 1,200.00
Bay 2: Small Craft (2) with 2 doors 400.00
Bay 3: Cargo (1) with 2 doors 26,184.00
Grav Decks #1 - 2: (130-meter diameter) 200.00
Escape Pods: 70 (7 tons each) 490.00
Crew and Passengers:
30 Officers (30 minimum) 300.00
99 Crew (99 minimum) 693.00
47 Gunners (47 minimum) 329.00
158 2nd Class Passengers 1,106.00
60 Marines 300.00
26 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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1 White Shark(20 msls) Nose 3 3 3 3 15 920.00
2 NAC/20(50 rounds) Nose 40 40 40 -- 120 5,020.00
2 LRM 15(40 rounds) Nose 2(18) 2(18) 2(18) -- 10 19.00
2 Large Laser Nose 2(16) 2(16) -- -- 16 10.00
2 Autocannon/10(40 rounds) Nose 2(20) 2(20) -- -- 6 28.00
4 Medium Pulse Laser Nose 2(24) -- -- -- 16 8.00
7 Small Pulse Laser Nose 2(21) -- -- -- 14 7.00
1 Barracuda(20 msls) FL/R 2 2 2 2 20 1,380.00
2 NAC/20(50 rounds) FL/R 40 40 40 -- 240 10,040.00
2 LRM 15(40 rounds) FL/R 2(18) 2(18) 2(18) -- 20 38.00
2 Large Laser FL/R 2(16) 2(16) -- -- 32 20.00
2 Autocannon/10(40 rounds) FL/R 2(20) 2(20) -- -- 12 56.00
4 Medium Pulse Laser FL/R 2(24) -- -- -- 32 16.00
7 Small Pulse Laser FL/R 2(21) -- -- -- 28 14.00
3 NAC/20(75 rounds) L/RBS 60 60 60 -- 360 15,060.00
2 LRM 15(40 rounds) L/RBS 2(18) 2(18) 2(18) -- 20 38.00
2 Large Laser L/RBS 2(16) 2(16) -- -- 32 20.00
2 Autocannon/10(40 rounds) L/RBS 2(20) 2(20) -- -- 12 56.00
4 Medium Pulse Laser L/RBS 2(24) -- -- -- 32 16.00
7 Small Pulse Laser L/RBS 2(21) -- -- -- 28 14.00
1 Barracuda(20 msls) AL/R 2 2 2 2 20 1,380.00
2 NAC/20(50 rounds) AL/R 40 40 40 -- 240 10,040.00
2 LRM 15(40 rounds) AL/R 2(18) 2(18) 2(18) -- 20 38.00
2 Large Laser AL/R 2(16) 2(16) -- -- 32 20.00
2 Autocannon/10(40 rounds) AL/R 2(20) 2(20) -- -- 12 56.00
4 Medium Pulse Laser AL/R 2(24) -- -- -- 32 16.00
7 Small Pulse Laser AL/R 2(21) -- -- -- 28 14.00
1 White Shark(20 msls) Aft 3 3 3 3 15 920.00
2 NAC/20(50 rounds) Aft 40 40 40 -- 120 5,020.00
2 LRM 15(40 rounds) Aft 2(18) 2(18) 2(18) -- 10 19.00
2 Large Laser Aft 2(16) 2(16) -- -- 16 10.00
2 Autocannon/10(40 rounds) Aft 2(20) 2(20) -- -- 6 28.00
4 Medium Pulse Laser Aft 2(24) -- -- -- 16 8.00
7 Small Pulse Laser Aft 2(21) -- -- -- 14 7.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (2.50%) 10,500.00
26 Bay Personnel Quarters 182.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 1,646 420,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 1,924,502,512 C-Bills
Battle Value: 128,778
Cost per BV: 14,944.34
Weapon Value: 37,047 (Ratio = .29)
Damage Factors: SRV = 4,191; MRV = 3,747; LRV = 2,757; ERV = 1,061
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 305,575
(60,566 Structure, 140,805 Life Support, 104,204 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 202,798 (66% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
