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Another one of my old designs that showed up in Dragon Cat's AU:

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                    AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name:  Columbia class Battleship
Tech:              Inner Sphere / 2750
Vessel Type:       WarShip
Rules:             Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set:         AeroTech2

Mass:              1,530,000 tons
Hull:              Galadin SYN
K-F Drive System:  KF Tiger I
Length:            1,185 meters
Sail Diameter:     1,395 meters
Power Plant:       3 Rolls Royce Kraken
Safe Thrust:       5
Maximum Thrust:    8
Armor Type:        Panthex YM1
Armament:         
    4 Sunspot-3L Naval Particle Projection Cannons
   30 Tronel-55 Series Naval Lasers
   12 Killer Whale Missile Tubes
Manufacturer:   New Avalon Shipyards
  Location:     New Avalon
Communications System:  Pathfinder 43CD
Targeting & Tracking System:  MORSAT------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==Overview:==
     A carrier/battleship hybrid, the Federated Suns Columbia class Battleship
was the pride and joy of the AFFS Navy, a shining beacon that acted as a
centre point for their Battle Fleets.

==Capabilities:==
     With a tern of speed that would put a modern Destroyer to shame, the
Columbia class was a race-horse, designed to escort DropShips in-system during
planetary invasions and obliterate any picket ships and orbital defences.
Despite its size, the Columbia class relied on its complement of Aerospace
Fighters for its offensive punch, its armament being relatively light, and
geared more towards defensive capabilities.
     This said, the Columbia was capable of going toe-to-toe with any ship
that made the mistake of thinking it was an easy kill: multiple Tronel-55
Series Naval Lasers spaced out in double-turrets around the hull provided the
bulk of the firepower, while a concentration of four Sunspot-3L Naval Particle
Projection Cannon in the nose provided a head-on punch that could inflict
damage on most Warships.
     Rounding off the armament, and providing an extreme-range punch, the
Columbia was equipped with twelve Killer Whale Missile Tubes in the
for-section, allowing it to target multiple hostile Warships at one time.

==Battle History:==
Battle of New Avalon (First Succession War)
     When a large DCMS force made a push towards New Avalon in the early years
of the First Succession War, three entire Battle Fleets were called in to
bolster the standing guard-fleet. These were lead by the Battleships Columbia,
Acropolis and Atlantia.
     The fierce fighting that followed claimed all three Battleships the
Acropolis and Atlantia were destroyed outright, while the Columbia was so
badly damaged it had to be towed out of orbit and scrapped for much-needed
parts.
     Despite this, the attack was pushed back, but at the cost of the New
Avalon Shipyards, the birthplace of the Columbia class Battleship.

==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
Armed Forces of the Federated Suns:
FSS Columbia (Lost, First Succession War)
FSS Acropolis (Lost, First Succession War)
FSS Atlantia (Lost, First Succession War)
FSS Pacifica (Lost, Second Succession War)
FSS Pegasus (fate unknown)
FSS Rycon (fate unknown)
FSS Triton (Lost, Second Succession War)

==Deployment==
     Officially, three Columbia class Battleships, the Columbia, Acropolis and
Atlantia) were lost during the long and bloody First Succession War. The
Pacifica and Triton were lost early in the Second Succession War, having never
been fully repaired following battle during the previous war.
     It is at this point that the facts become a little hazy: two Battleships,
the Pegasus and Rycon, remain unaccounted for.
     Official AFFS Admiralty records show them as lost in action, but no
additional information is given. This leads some conspiracy theorist to
believe that the two Battleships were mothballed at some hidden location when
the knowledge needed to keep them operational was lost during the Succession
Wars.
     Where they could have been hidden remains a hotly contested topic; all
known shipyards capable of handling the task were destroyed or damaged during
countless raids and assaults. This leaves secret naval stations hidden in
uninhabited systems and above worlds rendered uninhabitable during the dark
days of the early Succession Wars.
     The truth may never be known, but there have been unconfirmed reports of
at least one ship matching the outline of a Columbia class Battleship seen in
the livery of the AFFS Navy making its way across the Federated Commonwealth
shortly before the start of the Davion Civil War.
     Whether or not this is truly one of the missing Battleships remains to be
see.

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Class/Model/Name:  Columbia class Battleship
Mass:              1,530,000 tons

Equipment:                                                            Mass 
Power Plant, Drive & Control:                                      459,000.00
Thrust:  Safe Thrust: 5
      Maximum Thrust: 8
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive:  Compact (Integrity = 30)               692,325.00
Lithium Fusion Battery                                              15,300.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 6)                                106.00
Structural Integrity: 110                                          168,300.00
Total Heat Sinks:    1,845 Double                                      842.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps:                                                  10,200.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters:              3,825.00
Fire Control Computers:                                                   .00
Food & Water:  (730 days supply)                                     3,431.00
Armor Type:  Ferro-carbide  (2,759 total armor pts)                  3,366.00
                           Capital Scale Armor Pts
   Location:                            L / R
   Fore:                                510
   Fore-Left/Right:                  459/459
   Aft-Left/Right:                   459/459
   Aft:                                 413

Cargo:
   Bay 1:  Fighters (36) with 4 doors                                5,400.00
           Small Craft (4)                                             800.00
   Bay 2:  Fighters (36) with 4 doors                                5,400.00
           Small Craft (4)                                             800.00
   Bay 3:  Cargo (1)                                                53,250.00

DropShip Capacity:  4 Docking Hardpoints                             4,000.00
Grav Deck #1:  (55-meter diameter)                                      50.00
Grav Deck #2:  (65-meter diameter)                                      50.00
Grav Deck #3:  (95-meter diameter)                                      50.00
Life Boats:  75 (7 tons each)                                          525.00
Escape Pods:  75 (7 tons each)                                         525.00

Crew and Passengers:
    115 Officers (87 minimum)                                        1,150.00
    375 Crew (236 minimum)                                           2,625.00
     60 Gunners (46 minimum)                                           420.00
     20 1st Class Passengers                                           200.00
     40 2nd Class Passengers                                           280.00
     60 Steerage Passengers                                            300.00
     86 Marines                                                        430.00
    184 Bay Personnel                                                     .00
Weapons and Equipment      Loc        SRV    MRV    LRV    ERV  Heat    Mass
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4 Heavy NPPC               Nose        60     60     60     60  900 12,000.00
2 NL55                     Nose        11     11     11     11  170  2,200.00
4 Killer Whale(80 msls)    Nose        16     16     16     16   80  4,600.00
2 NL55                     FL/R        11     11     11     11  340  4,400.00
2 NL55                     FL/R        11     11     11     11  340  4,400.00
4 Killer Whale(80 msls)    FL/R        16     16     16     16  160  9,200.00
2 NL55                     L/RBS       11     11     11     11  340  4,400.00
2 NL55                     L/RBS       11     11     11     11  340  4,400.00
2 NL55                     AL/R        11     11     11     11  340  4,400.00
2 NL55                     AL/R        11     11     11     11  340  4,400.00
2 NL55                     Aft         11     11     11     11  170  2,200.00
2 NL55                     Aft         11     11     11     11  170  2,200.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (2.50%)                                           38,250.00
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TOTALS:                                            Heat: 3,690   1,530,000.00
Tons Left:                                                                .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        15,678,108,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:      122,319
Cost per BV:       128,173.94
Weapon Value:      93,301 (Ratio = .76)
Damage Factors:    SRV = 2,503;  MRV = 2,503;  LRV = 1,972;  ERV = 790
Maintenance:       Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 863,036
                   (191,384 Structure, 575,232 Life Support, 96,420 Weapons)
                   Support Points (SP) = 679,155  (79% of MPV)
BattleForce2:      Not applicable