This was designed by JA Baker/Starbug - I had intended on posting it ages ago and have forgotten. Before it's lost on the BT forums (you never know) I'm posting here.
Capabilities fluff is taken directly from the original fluff
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Mandarin class Battlecruiser
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3105
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 1,150,000 tons
Hull: Necromo BC-01
K-F Drive System: Phoenix 990
Length: 1,137 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,295 meters
Power Plant: Phoenix 970 Standard
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Armor Type: Panthex YM1 Improved Ferro-aluminum
Armament:
4 Fusigon-2a Medium Naval Particle Projection Cannons Medium NPPC
42 Martell Extended Range Large Laser ER Large Laser
32 LFN Lindblad Shotgun AMS
72 Tronel-55 Series Naval Laser Cannons NL55
8 White Shark Missile Launchers White Shark
Manufacturer: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Communications System: Pathfinder 43CD
Targeting & Tracking System: MORSAT
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==Overview:==
In an effort to counter the larger Federated Suns fleet and the forces of the
neighbouring Free Worlds League the Capellans built the Mandarin-class to
support their predominately carrier based fleet. The first three examples of
this class were launched together from a secret shipyard.
==Capabilities:==
Given the limited resources that the Confederation has access to, it's
not unsurprising that the Mandarin class is somewhat basic, lacking many of
the more advanced systems that its counterparts from other nations would
carry. The main armament is made up of a staggering 72 Tronel-55 Series Naval
Laser Cannons in the broadsides, relying on quantity over quality; there are
so many weapons, at least some of them are likely to hit and do damage.
Providing a head-on punch are two twin-mounted Fusigon-2a Medium Naval
Particle Projection Cannons in the bow, allowing for a heavier attack when
advancing on an enemy.
However, many speculate that the ship's true armament may be within the
magazines for its eight White Shark Missile Launchers.
While it is unconfirmed, there has been increased chatter in intelligence
circles and between information brokers that the Confederation has been
re-evaluating and updating its strategic stockpile of nuclear weapons,
including refurbishing a number of Santa Ana 50-kiloton nuclear warheads.
While it is not unheard of for a Successor State to keep such weapons up to
date as a deterrence against possible attack with WMD's, the Santa Ana was
purposefully designed to be fitted to the White Shark capital missile. Further
chatter indicate that the three Mandarins received shipments of "enhanced
munitions" before entering service. Given that the only other weapon they
carry that uses physical ammunition are its LFN Lindblad Shotgun anti-missile
emplacements, it is hard to believe that they are anything but nuclear tipped
missiles for use against larger Davion warships.
If the Mandarin has one chink in its armour, it's the lack of any capital
grade weapons covering the rear of the vessel; in order to give the ship the
desired acceleration curve, the engineers were forced to fit it with multiple
smaller sub-light drives, which in turn take up the bulk of the available
space. While many of the rear flank weapons are able to cover most of this
area, they can not transverse enough to cover it all, leaving a narrow opening
in the defences that a skilled and desperate commander could exploit.
Weapons aside, the Mandarin is an economical design; it only carries two
DropShip docking collars, one on either side of the main hull, while a single
bay on the ventral hull holds 26 Aerospace fighters and 4 small craft. The
ships crew numbers just under 600, leaving little redundancy, and there are no
passenger cabins. The ship has two counter-rotating 95-meter gravity decks,
unusually located horizontally within the main hull, one above and one below
the KF-drive core. This unusual configuration was chosen because it made for a
smaller outline head-on, but has apparently proven to be overly complex, and
there are reports that they are seldom set to more than .8-G.
==Battle History:==
The CCSS Qin Shi Huang was lost in the New Delos system in 3109 when the
Capellan Confederation engaged the Free Worlds League's District of Regulus
in open combat.
==Variants:==
None to date.
==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
CCSS Qin Shi Huang (destroyed)
CCSS Wu Zetian
CCSS Sun Wukong
==Deployment==
There is, however, two mysteries about the Mandarin-class that remain
tantalisingly unknown.
First and perhaps most obvious is the question of just where they were
constructed? No one outside the Confederation knew of their construction
before their public debut. How the Confederation maintained the secrecy around
their construction is unknown.
Second, there is the question of just how many ships in this class have
actually been built. The CCSS Qin Shi Huang and the CCSS Wu Zetian have been
seen to carry the hull-numbers BC-101 and BC-102 respectively, but the CCSS Sun
Wukong carries the number BC-104, indicating that there is at least one vessel
unaccounted for. The CCAF has issued a press release on the subject after
questions were asked both within and outside their boarders, stating that the
BC-103 was badly damaged in an accident as it neared completion, and it was
deemed to be cheaper and more efficient to scrap it for parts and start again
from scratch than repair it.
While this statement has been accepted by Capellan State media outlets,
but there are those who question if the BC-603, and possibly others, are out
there, not necessarily under the control of Sian.
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Class/Model/Name: Mandarin class Battlecruiser
Mass: 1,150,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 276,000.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 23) 520,375.00
Lithium Fusion Battery 11,500.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 5) 88.00
Structural Integrity: 120 138,000.00
Total Heat Sinks: 3,600 Double 2,813.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 5,100.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 2,875.00
Fire Control Computers: 6,268.00
Food & Water: (334 days supply) 1,000.00
Armor Type: Improved Ferro-aluminum (1,459 total armor pts) 2,311.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 268
Fore-Left/Right: 243/243
Aft-Left/Right: 243/243
Aft: 219
Cargo:
Bay 1: Fighters (26) with 6 doors 3,900.00
Small Craft (4) with 2 doors 800.00
Bay 2: Cargo (1) with 2 doors 50,000.00
DropShip Capacity: 2 Docking Hardpoints 2,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 2: (95-meter diameter) 100.00
Life Boats: 50 (7 tons each) 350.00
Escape Pods: 50 (7 tons each) 350.00
Crew and Passengers:
80 Officers (70 minimum) 800.00
250 Crew (195 minimum) 1,750.00
100 Gunners (97 minimum) 700.00
84 Marines 420.00
12 Marine Battle Armor Troopers/Elementals 84.00
72 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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2 Medium NPPC Nose 18 18 18 18 270 3,600.00
2 Medium NPPC Nose 18 18 18 18 270 3,600.00
3 ER Large Laser Nose 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 36 15.00
3 ER Large Laser Nose 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 36 15.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) Nose -- -- -- -- 4 42.00
4 NL55 FL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 NL55 FL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 NL55 FL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 White Shark(72 msls) FL/R 12 12 12 12 120 6,720.00
3 ER Large Laser FL/R 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 72 30.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) FL/R -- -- -- -- 8 84.00
4 NL55 L/RBS 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 NL55 L/RBS 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 NL55 L/RBS 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 NL55 L/RBS 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
3 ER Large Laser L/RBS 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 72 30.00
3 ER Large Laser L/RBS 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 72 30.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) L/RBS -- -- -- -- 8 84.00
4 NL55 AL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
4 NL55 AL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
3 ER Large Laser AL/R 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 72 30.00
3 ER Large Laser AL/R 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 72 30.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) AL/R -- -- -- -- 8 84.00
3 ER Large Laser Aft 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 36 15.00
3 ER Large Laser Aft 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 36 15.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) Aft -- -- -- -- 4 42.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (2.50%) 28,750.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 7,316 1,150,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 10,231,404,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 124,379
Cost per BV: 82,259.9
Weapon Value: 84,626 (Ratio = .68)
Damage Factors: SRV = 4,503; MRV = 4,353; LRV = 3,333; ERV = 1,299
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 682,480
(150,466 Structure, 357,938 Life Support, 174,076 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 509,800 (75% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
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