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Artemis-class Diplomatic Escort Vessel
Tech:            Inner Sphere /3060
Era:            What if
Vessel Type:         WarShip
Mass:            100,000 tons
K-F Drive System:      (Unknown)
Length:            257 meters
Sail Diameter:         469 meters
Power Plant:         Standard
   Safe Thrust:         7   Maximum Thrust:      11
Armour Type:         Lamellor Ferro-Carbide
Armament:
    6 Large Pulse Laser
   12 Small Pulse Laser
   16 AMS
    2 NL45
    8 LB 5-X AC
    8 Medium Pulse Laser
    6 Streak SRM 4
    1 NL35

Overview
   In the early 3020s New Earth Trading Company designed a diplomatic JumpShip, by the 3050s and the entrance of the Clans this vessel had evolved into a WarShip.  Unfortunately for New Earth Trading they had no way of building this vessel and the project was shelved.
   In late 3058 this changed as ComStar was thrown out of the Terran system.  With the Inner Sphere reforming the Star League and ComStar joining as an auxiliary to the newly formed SLDF the ComStar First Circuit noticed the need for Diplomatic vessels, however they also noticed the need for a vessel that could defend itself.
   ComStar’s long ties with New Earth Trading Company (NETC) allowed them access to their records and the Diplomatic Escort Vessel was found safe and well.  ComStar bought the vessel design and at the Ross 248 Anchorage the first two vessels were built inside the Dover, the Faslane-class vessel docked there, Dubbed the Artemis-class ComStar kept one vessel for themselves and sold the other to the SLDF.

Capabilities
   One of the smallest WarShip hulls ever built at one hundred thousand tons the vessel is built with speed as its best asset the Artemis-class Diplomatic Escort can reach a top speed of 5.5Gs for brief periods and a cruising speed of 3.5Gs making it the swiftest WarShip ever constructed.  It is easily as fast as most DropShips and can out maneuver most other space borne ships the crews of the Artemis-class are often former Assault DropShip crew by necessity due to the high acceleration factors.  The vessel also mounts ninety-two tons of Lamellor Ferro-Carbide armour giving it a hide as thick as some Star League-era Corvettes twice its size.  The vessel also carries nearly two thousand tons of fuel and cargo
   For crew comforts every single officer, crewman and gunner is afforded single occupancy quarters normally reserved for commanders and executive officers of WarShips and a ninety metre gravity deck provides the crew with a gym and a briefing room.  Additionally ten First-class Occupancy Quarters have been added for a diplomat and his immediate staff.
   Offensively the Artemis-class Diplomatic Escort Vessel carries what is possibly the smallest offensive armament of any WarShip ever constructed - only three capital weapons.  Two forward mounted Class-45 Naval Lasers and a single aft mounted Class-35 Naval Laser round out the naval weapons.  While defensively the WarShip carries a mix of pulse lasers of various size, several medium calibre LB-class Autocannons and four-tube Streak Short Range Missile Launchers.  For missile point defence the Artemis-class Diplomatic Escort Vessel has Anti-Missile Systems evenly spaced around the hull of the vessel.
   The WarShip also carries a ComStar run HPG array giving the vessel’s crew constant contact with the entire Inner Sphere, finally the WarShip has a single DropShip docking collar, which is normally reserved for the diplomats personal DropShip, and two small craft, often a pair of Lyran-built LC-100 Astrolux Staryachts.

Deployment
   The first of this class the SLS Unity City, named after the Star League’s Capital City on Terra, was launched in 3060 just after the end/return of the forces involved in Operations Bulldog and Serpent.  The vessel was sold by ComStar directly to the Star League with ten percent of the money sent to the NETC as part of the initial deal.  ComStar kept the second vessel, Terra, for its own diplomatic vessel it also serving as a symbol for ComStar's desire to return to Terra.
   With ComStar embroiled in CASE WHITE (The Battle for control over Terra) it is unknown when and if more Artemis will be built.  The Hilton Head joined the Ghost Bear Dominion navy when the Free Rasalhague Republic was absorbed by the Dominion the vessels current whereabouts are unknown.  The SLS Unity City was destroyed in 3068 in the Chaos March by [BREAK: corrupted by the heritic Focht] forces during an attempted assassination against First Lord Victor Steiner-Davion.  The Terra escorted Precentor-Martial Anastasius Focht to Terra but its fate is unknown at present.

Class/Model/Name:  Class/Model/Name:  Artemis-class Diplomatic Escort Vessel Original Model
Mass:              100,000 tons

Equipment:                                                            Mass 
Power Plant, Drive & Control:                                       42,000.00
Thrust:  Safe Thrust: 7
      Maximum Thrust: 11
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive:  Compact (Integrity = 4)                 45,250.00
Lithium Fusion Battery                                               1,000.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 3)                                              35.00
Structural Integrity: 46                                             4,600.00
Total Heat Sinks:    334 Double                                           .00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps:                                                   1,020.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters:                250.00
Fire Control Computers:                                                   .00
Food & Water:  (9 days supply)                                           5.00
Armor Type:  Lamellor Ferro-carbide  (159 total armor pts)              92.00
                           Capital Scale Armor Pts
   Location:                            L / R
   Fore:                                 30
   Fore-Left/Right:                   26/26
   Aft-Left/Right:                    26/26
   Aft:                                  25

Cargo:
   Bay 1:  Cargo (1)                                                   818.00
   Bay 2:  Small Craft (1)                                             200.00

DropShip Capacity:  1 Docking Hardpoints                             1,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 2:  (90-meter diameter)                                100.00
Life Boats:  5 (7 tons each)                                            35.00
Escape Pods:  5 (7 tons each)                                           35.00

Crew and Passengers:
     20 Officers (13 minimum)                                          200.00
     45 Crew (45 minimum)                                              315.00
     13 Gunners (13 minimum)                                            91.00
     10 1st Class Passengers                                           100.00
     20 2nd Class Passengers                                           140.00
      5 Bay Personnel                                                     .00
Weapons and Equipment      Loc        SRV    MRV    LRV    ERV  Heat    Mass
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4 Large Pulse Laser        Nose     4(36)  4(36)     --     --   40     28.00
8 Small Pulse Laser        Nose     2(24)     --     --     --   16      8.00
2 AMS(48 rounds)           Nose        --     --     --     --    2      5.00
1 NL45                     FL/R         5      5      5      5  140  1,800.00
2 LB 5-X AC(80 rounds)     FL/R      1(6)   1(6)   1(6)     --    4     40.00
2 AMS(48 rounds)           FL/R        --     --     --     --    4     10.00
4 Medium Pulse Laser       L/RBS    2(24)     --     --     --   32     16.00
3 Streak SRM 4(75 rounds)  L/RBS    2(24)     --     --     --   18     24.00
2 AMS(48 rounds)           L/RBS       --     --     --     --    4     10.00
2 LB 5-X AC(80 rounds)     AL/R      1(6)   1(6)   1(6)     --    4     40.00
2 AMS(48 rounds)           AL/R        --     --     --     --    4     10.00
1 NL35                     Aft          4      4      4     --   52    700.00
2 Large Pulse Laser        Aft      2(18)  2(18)     --     --   20     14.00
4 Small Pulse Laser        Aft      1(12)     --     --     --    8      4.00
2 AMS(48 rounds)           Aft         --     --     --     --    2      5.00
TOTALS:                                              Heat: 350     100,000.00
Tons Left:                                                                .00