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Halcyon-class Cruiser
Tech:               Clan/3086
Era:               What if
Mass:               600,000 tons      
K-F Drive System:         Compact       
Length:               540 metres
Sail Diameter:            920 meters
Power Plant:            Standard
   Safe Thrust:    2      Maximum Thrust:    3
Armour Type:                        Lamellor Ferro-Carbide
Armament:
   1 Heavy Naval Gauss Cannon
   4 Capital Naval Autocannon /35
   28 Capital Naval Autocannon
   40 Fifteen-tube Long Range Missile Launcher
   12 Clan Rotary Autocannon - 2
   16 Hyper Assault Gauss Rifle - 40
   33 Anti-Missile System

Overview
   Developed in conjunction with the Pelican-class Landing Craft, Small Craft, the Halcyon-class Cruiser was the first Hell's Horse WarShip designed and built in the Inner Sphere.  This vessel though small for a Cruiser the vessel was the first built at the Clan's new shipyards and was quite capable with some of its unique capabilities.

Capabilities
   Though possessing only a small engine compared to other large WarShips the Halcyon a bit sluggish and was not developed to win a race it was designed to take damage and deal out plenty damage too.  Designed with a durable Structural Integrity and with over seven hundred tons of Lamellor Ferro-Carbide armour the vessel can take some damage until it closes on the enemy vessel.
   Offensively the Halcyon is strange for all Clan and modern Inner Sphere WarShips for it has not a single laser, or particle, based weapon system instead relying exclusively on various types of Autocannon, Gauss Rifle and Long Range conventional missiles.  This provides the Halcyon with a heavy hitting weapons array if shorter lived than other craft due to the use of ammunition based systems.
   The ship's forward weapons consist of a Heavy Naval Gauss Rifle supported by four class-35 Naval Autocannons, Clan-made Rotary Autocannons and Anti-Missile systems.  In the ships remainder arcs a mix of twenty-eight Class-30 Naval Autocannons, Clan Rotary Autocannons, Fifteen-tube Long Range Missile Launchers, mammoth class 40 Heavy Assault Gauss Rifles and anti-missile systems divided equally by the arcs.  These weapons are able to inflict serious damage on any opponent up to long range though they excel close in and when using bracket fire enemy fighters and DropShips stand no chance.
   This does not end the Halcyon's capabilities however as well as being equipped with a mobile Hyper Pulse Generator, as is standard on most Clan Capital vessels, the vessel is equipped to carry an entire Cluster of ground troops which mixes every type of Clan ground and aerospace unit.  Firstly it carries a single star, ten, of aerospace fighters for defence, attack and escort.  Then there are a Trinary, thirty, of Pelican-class Small Craft, these landing craft are each capable of carrying up to one hundred tons of encased cargo, including heavy vehicles.  Alongside the Pelicans are thirty heavy vehicle bays, an entire Trinary, each equipped with ceramic drop cocoons.  In the next cargo bay are fifteen OmniMechs, another Trinary of troops, which can be dropped with ceramic drop cocoons by themselves.  Alongside these Mechs are berths for fifteen points, seventy-five, Battle Armour troopers an entire Trinary of Elemental troopers like the Mechs these troops can be dropped with cocoons or be transferred to Pelican Landing Craft.  Alongside these OmniMechs and Battle Armour troopers the Hell's Horses chose to include a full Trinary, seventy-five, of ProtoMechs though these pint-sized BattleMechs were yet to be common among most Clans the Hell's Horses had begun to equip entire Trinaries with ProtoMechs and attach them to Clusters or Galaxies as conventional armour hunters.  Like the OmniMechs and Battle Armour the could be dropped individually onto a planet's surface with ceramic cocoons directly dropped from the WarShip's belly.  Finally and possibly most unique about the Halcyon-class is the three hundred-and-seventy-five conventional marines aboard the vessel, unlike most Clan marines these are non-Battle Armoured marines and each trooper is provided with their own basic quarters on board the ship instead of barracks seen on other ships why this move was taken is unknown however the sheer number of marines makes them a potent defence force.
   In the final cargo bay there is almost 79,000 tons of Cargo for their ground forces and for spare parts.  Additionally the Halcyon has two DropShip Collars each of which are normally equipped with Outpost-class DropShips that can bring another Trinary of Ground troops to the battle themselves allowing the craft to being the equivalent to six Trinaries of troops to a battlefield.

Battle History
   Classified

Deployment
   The first Halcyon-class cruiser came online with Clan Hell's Horses in 3086, the Pillar of Autumn.  This vessel is rumored to have already engaged in a major naval action however the Hell's Horses have remained tight lipped about the incident.  Following this deployment came deployments with Clan Sea Fox, Clan Snow Raven and Clan Nova Cat.  So far these vessels have not seen much combat and what has happened has been Classified by the Clan's Watch.

Halcyon-class Cruiser               WarShip                     600,000 tons
Equipment:                                                            Mass 
Power Plant, Drive & Control:                                       72,000
Thrust:  Safe Thrust: 2
      Maximum Thrust: 3
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive:  Compact (Integrity = 11)               248,875
Lithium Fusion Battery                                               6,000
Jump Sail:                          (Integrity = 5)                  0,057.5
Structural Integrity:                     80                        44,000
Heat Sinks:                             1,368 (2,736)                1,000
Fuel & Fuel Pumps:                      5,000                        2,040
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters:              1,500
Mobile HPG:                                                          0,012.5
Armour Type:  Lamellor Ferro-carbide (792 total pts)                 0,720
   Fore:                                134
   Fore-Left/Right:                     133
   Aft-Left/Right:                      131
   Aft:                                 130

Cargo:
   Bay 1:  Fighters (10) with 4 doors                                1,500
   Bay 2:  Small Craft (30) with 4 doors                             6,000
           Heavy Vehicles (30) with no doors                         3,000
           Cargo with no doors                                       5,300
   Bay 3:  OmniMechs (15) with 2 doors                               2,250
           Battle Armour (15 points) with 2 doors                    0,150
           ProtoMechs (15 points) with 2 doors                       0,750
   Bay 4:  Cargo (1) with 1 doors                                   78,9685

DropShip Capacity                 2                                  2,000
Grav Decks #1-2:                (50-meter diameter)                  0,100
Grav Deck 3:                    (100 meter diameter)                 0,100
Escape Pods:                    50                                   0,350
Life Boats:                     50                                   0,350

Crew and Passengers:
     50 Officers                                                     0,500
    154 Crew                                                         1,078
     50 Gunners                                                      0,420
    375 Marines                                                      1,875

Weapons and Equipment        Location   Damage (C)   Max Range       Mass
Heavy Naval Gauss Rifle      Nose          30        Extreme         7,000
2 NAC/35                     Nose          70        Medium          8,000
2 NAC/35                     Nose          70        Medium          8,000
2 CLAN RAC/2                 Nose           2(16)    Extreme         0,016
5 AMS                        Nose          --        Point Defence   0,002.5
2 NAC/30                     FL/R          60        Long           14,000
2 NAC/30                     FL/R          60        Long           14,000
10 LRM-15 w/Artemis          FL/R          12(120)   Long            0,090
2 HAG/40                     FL/R        7/5(72/48)  Long            0,064
4 AMS                        FL/R          --        Point Defence   0,004
2 NAC/30                     L/RBS         60        Long           14,000
2 NAC/30                     L/RBS         60        Long           14,000
4 HAG/40                     L/RBS     14/10(144/96) Long            0,128
4 CLAN RAC/2                 L/RBS          3(32)    Extreme         0,064
4 AMS                        L/RBS         --        Point Defence   0,004
2 NAC/30                     AL/R          60        Long           14,000
2 NAC/30                     AL/R          60        Long           14,000
10 LRM-15 w/Artemis          AL/R          12(120)   Long            0,090
2 HAG/40                     AL/R        7/5(72/48)  Long            0,064
4 AMS                        AL/R          --        Point Defence   0,004
2 NAC/30                     Aft           60        Long           14,000
2 NAC/30                     Aft           60        Long           14,000
2 CLAN RAC/2                 Aft           2(16)    Extreme          0,016
4 AMS                        Aft           --        Point Defence   0,004

Ammo
Heavy Naval Gauss Rifle   100 Rounds (50 per rifle)                  0,050
NAC/35                    200 Rounds (50 per cannon)                 0,050
NAC/30                  1,400 Rounds (50 per cannon)                 1,120
HAG/40                    480 Rounds (30 per cannon)                 0,160
CLAN RAC/2              2,160 Rounds (180 per cannon)                0,360
LRM-15                 25,600 Rounds (64 Rounds per launcher)        0,320
Anti-Missile System    15,840 Rounds (480 per system)                0,645

Pelican-class Landing Craft/Short Range Transport
Tech:               Clan Hell’s Horses / 3087
Era:               What if
Vessel Type:            Aerodyne Small Craft
Mass:               200 tons
Dimensions
   Length:   42 Metres   Width: 28 Metres   Height: 14 Metres
Power Plant:            Standard
   Safe Thrust:         5   Maximum Thrust:         8
Armour Type:            Ferro Aluminium
Armament:         
   2 Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifle
   2 ATM-6
   1 Watchdog Composite Electronic Warfare System (Experimental)
   1 Lifting Gear Equipment

Overview
   When developing their new Halcyon-class Cruiser, Clan Hell’s Horses decided to develop a new small craft to assist their varied ground troops in making landfall on a planet.  The end result was the Pelican-class Landing Craft one of the most specialised Small Craft ever developed.

Capabilities
   With just over a quarter of its mass devoted to the engine the craft can reach modest speeds as it moves from space to the ground.  Twenty tons of fuel allows the craft to keep flying for extended periods, making it useful for planetary duties as well, while ten tons of Clan-grade Ferro Aluminium armour the craft is able to sustain moderate amounts of damage.
   In the aft of the main hold of the craft is a fifty-seven ton cargo bay. Fifty tons of this mass is given over to a carnivores Battle Armour bay for Clan Elementals, as this bay can be turned over to open space with the Elementals in their armour the ships can also be used as Marine border craft.  The rest of the seven tons cargo bay is just behind the two-seat cockpit and is fully pressurized.
   Offensively the craft mounts a pair of brand-new Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifles gained from the Ghost Bears in trade these weapons are decent close defence weapons and each gun is provided with a ton of ammo held in a CASE protected ammo bin.  In each wing is a six-tube Advanced Tactical Missile Launcher with three tons of ammo for both launchers, these missiles can be of any of the ATM’s specialized ammunitions like the Gauss Ammo these missiles are held in CASE protected bins.
   Finally the Hell’s Horses engineers decided to mount two pieces of specialized equipment, firstly was a set of lifting gear to the rear of the craft.  This lifting gear equipment is capable of holding one hundred tons of equipment that when encased in a heat cocoon can survive re-entry into a planet’s atmosphere.  The second piece of equipment to be mounted was the Watchdog Composite Electronic Warfare System, an experimental piece of equipment initially developed by the Smoke Jaguar Clan, this combined an ECM Suite and a Light Active Probe system into one unit and was still prone to glitches.  Despite this systems shortcomings it was installed specifically to allow the Pelican to see the ground around it as it dropped off ground troops.  Slaved to the Gauss weapons this makes the Pelican's defences very effective against any type of opponent.

Deployment
   With the development of the Halcyon-class Cruiser the Pelican is almost exclusively deployed with it, though some other Clans have gained it and use it as part of the infrastructure on other worlds.  Since the Hell’s Horses class this craft as a line battle asset it is unlikely they will use the Pelican in such a way.

Pelican-class Landing Craft     Small Craft                            200 tons
Engine                          Standard                                61
                                Safe    5
Max     8
Structural Integrity                    8                                8
Heat Sinks                      10                                       8
Fuel                            1,600                                   20
Control Components                                                       2
Armour (Ferro Aluminium)        179                                     10
                                           Armour Value
        Nose                                    53
        Right/Left Wing                         42
        Aft                                     42

Cargo Bay (Aft)                 25 Elementals with 1 Door               50
                                Cargo                                    7

Weapons and Equipment           Location   Damage   Max Range         Mass
2 Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifle    Nose       1 (6)    Short                1
Watchdog CEWS                   Nose       --       Short                1.5
ATM-6                           L/R Wing   1 (8)    Medium               7
Lifting Hoist                   Aft        --       --                   3

Ammo
Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifles     80 Rounds (40 Per Gun)                   2
ATM-6                           60 Rounds (30 Per Launcher)              6

ATM Damage multiply by 1.5 short range if using HE munitions. multiply damage
by 0.5 long range using ER munition

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