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Class/Model/Name:  Mercury class Heavy Battleship FSS Black Prince
Tech:              Inner Sphere / 3095
Vessel Type:       WarShip
Rules:             Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set:         AeroTech2

Mass:              1,950,000 tons
Hull:              Galadin SYN
K-F Drive System:  KF Tiger II
Length:            1,392 meters
Sail Diameter:     1,544 meters
Power Plant:       4 Rolls Royce Kraken Standard
Safe Thrust:       4
Maximum Thrust:    6
Armor Type:        Panthex YM1 Ferro-carbide
Armament:          
    8 Heavy Naval Gauss Rifles Heavy N-Gauss
   14 Super-Rand Heavy Naval Particle Projection Cannons Heavy NPPC
   32 Mydron Excel 5SG LB 5-X AC
   40 MainFire Point Defense Cannons AMS
   48 Diverse Optics Type 30X ER Large Laser
   32 Scarborough-30 Series Naval Autocannons NAC/30
    8 XP1 Kamen Screen Launcher
Manufacturer:   Unknown
  Location:     Hadrian's Command
Communications System:  Pathfinder 43CD
Targeting & Tracking System:  MORSAT w. Naval C3
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==Overview:==
     Created in utmost secrecy at the secure Hadrian's Command anchorage, the
FSS Black Prince is the lead ship in a new class of Heavy Battleship intended
to ensure the superiority of the Federated Suns fleet against all potential
aggressors. One of the largest vessels ever built, the new Mercury class if
out-massed only by the Clan's Leviathan class.

==Capabilities:==
     The Black Prince has taken far longer than intended to enter service; the
original designed called for the same high acceleration as the Columbia class
Battleship it is intended to replace, but early attempts to build a drive unit
big enough to move a ship its size at 3G's created sympathetic vibrations that
almost ripped apart the shipyard. Even when they were shut down, the damage
done took years to repair and delayed the project while they tried to find a
way around the problem. In the end it was estimated that the required
strengthening of the ships internal structure would require the removal of
most of its offensive armament, and it was decided to go with a smaller drive
and lower acceleration profile, but with an improved weapons load-out.

     Beyond that, the Black Prince carries a fairly typical weapons load for a
modern Battleship; the heavy weaponry is concentrating in the forward and side
arcs, with enough in the rear to dissuade people from following too close. The
primary ship-to-ship weapons are a number of Super-Rand Heavy Naval Particle
Projection Cannons and Scarborough-30 Series Naval Autocannons, but they are
supplemented by eight Heavy Naval Gauss Rifles in the forward arc to pound the
enemy while the Black Prince closes range. Anti-fighter defence is taken care
of by a number of medium calibre LBX autocannons and banks of lasers.

     Protection comes in the form of forty MainFire Point Defense Cannons and
almost 3,500 tons of ferro-carbide armour. An additional safety feature is the
placing of the fuel bunkers deep within the ship, around the Kearny-Fuchida
Hyperdrive attached to the KF Drive is a Lithium Fusion Battery Mk II a new 
experimental piece of equipment developed by the NAIS.  This system allows
the Mercury-class to make three jumps without recharging the vessel's energy
cells.  The system is still in the development stages and although it gives the
vessel increased tactical frequency overuse could cause the WarShip catastropic
damage.  A number of XP1 Kamen Screen Launchers provide an extra layer of
defence.

     The Black Prince carries 120 fighters, eight small and four DropShips,
and has full flag capacity, with extra accommodations, a rare Naval
Comm-Scanner Suite and a Naval C3 system.

==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
FSS Black Prince (originally FSS Mercury)
FSS Prince of Luther (planned)

==Deployment==
     The unavailing of the Black Prince sent shock-waves across the Inner
Sphere and beyond. Few believed that anyone outside of the Ghost Bears and the
Snow Ravens had the means or inclination to build something so massive and
powerful, and with current tensions along their shared boarder remaining
strained at best, the Capellan Confederation is understandably concerned.
Their ambassador to the Star League called the Black Prince a direct and
unmistakable provocation, but he was unable to gather enough support to force
a vote on having the ship conscripted by the Star League Defence Force.
     It remains unknown just how the Capellan Confederation plans to respond
to a ship that could cripple the bulk of their fleet with ease.

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Class/Model/Name:  Mercury class Heavy Battleship FSS Black Prince
Mass:              1,950,000 tons

Equipment:                                                            Mass  
Power Plant, Drive & Control:                                      468,000.00
Thrust:  Safe Thrust: 4
      Maximum Thrust: 6
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive:  Compact (Integrity = 37)               882,375.00
Lithium Fusion Battery Mk II                                        39,000.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 7)                                128.00
Structural Integrity: 110                                          214,500.00
Total Heat Sinks:    3,610 Double                                    2,598.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps:                                                   5,100.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters:              4,875.00
Fire Control Computers:                                             19,849.00
Food & Water:  (251 days supply)                                     1,920.00
Armor Type:  Ferro-carbide  (2,868 total armor pts)                  3,503.00
                           Capital Scale Armor Pts
   Location:                            L / R
   Fore:                                526
   Fore-Left/Right:                  478/478
   Aft-Left/Right:                   478/478
   Aft:                                 430

Cargo:
   Bay 1:  Fighters (60) with 4 doors                                9,000.00
           Small Craft (8 )                                          1,600.00
   Bay 2:  Fighters (60) with 4 doors                                9,000.00
           Small Craft (8 )                                          1,600.00
   Bay 3:  Large Naval Comm-Scanner Suite (1)                          500.00
           Naval C3 System (1)                                         500.00
   Bay 4:  Cargo (1) with 4 doors                                   58,250.00

DropShip Capacity:  4 Docking Hardpoints                             4,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 2:  (75-meter diameter)                                100.00
Grav Deck #3:  (125-meter diameter)                                    100.00
Life Boats:  100 (7 tons each)                                         700.00
Escape Pods:  100 (7 tons each)                                        700.00

Crew and Passengers:
    138 Officers (132 minimum)                                       1,380.00
    560 Crew (297 minimum)                                           3,920.00
    100 Gunners (82 minimum)                                           700.00
     30 1st Class Passengers                                           300.00
     80 2nd Class Passengers                                           560.00
    200 Steerage Passengers                                          1,000.00
    102 Marine Battle Armor Troopers/Elementals                        714.00
    320 Bay Personnel                                                     .00
Weapons and Equipment      Loc        SRV    MRV    LRV    ERV  Heat    Mass
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2 Heavy N-Gauss(50 rounds) Nose        60     60     60     60   36 14,025.00
2 Heavy N-Gauss(50 rounds) Nose        60     60     60     60   36 14,025.00
2 Heavy NPPC               Nose        30     30     30     30  450  6,000.00
4 LB 5-X AC(200 rounds)    Nose     1(12)  1(12)  1(12)     --    4     42.00
5 AMS(600 rounds)          Nose        --     --     --     --    5     52.50
6 ER Large Laser           Nose     5(48)  5(48)  5(48)     --   72     30.00
2 Heavy N-Gauss(50 rounds) FL/R        60     60     60     60   72 28,050.00
2 Heavy NPPC               FL/R        30     30     30     30  900 12,000.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        FL/R        60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        FL/R        60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
4 LB 5-X AC(200 rounds)    FL/R     1(12)  1(12)  1(12)     --    8     84.00
5 AMS(600 rounds)          FL/R        --     --     --     --   10    105.00
6 ER Large Laser           FL/R     5(48)  5(48)  5(48)     --  144     60.00
2 Screen Launcher(40 scrns)FL/R        --     --     --     --   40    960.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        L/RBS       60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        L/RBS       60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        L/RBS       60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        L/RBS       60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
4 LB 5-X AC(200 rounds)    L/RBS    1(12)  1(12)  1(12)     --    8     84.00
5 AMS(600 rounds)          L/RBS       --     --     --     --   10    105.00
6 ER Large Laser           L/RBS    5(48)  5(48)  5(48)     --  144     60.00
2 Heavy NPPC               AL/R        30     30     30     30  900 12,000.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        AL/R        60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
2 NAC/30(40 rounds)        AL/R        60     60     60     --  400 14,064.00
4 LB 5-X AC(200 rounds)    AL/R     1(12)  1(12)  1(12)     --    8     84.00
5 AMS(600 rounds)          AL/R        --     --     --     --   10    105.00
6 ER Large Laser           AL/R     5(48)  5(48)  5(48)     --  144     60.00
2 Screen Launcher(40 scrns)AL/R        --     --     --     --   40    960.00
4 Heavy NPPC               Aft         60     60     60     60  900 12,000.00
4 LB 5-X AC(200 rounds)    Aft      1(12)  1(12)  1(12)     --    4     42.00
5 AMS(600 rounds)          Aft         --     --     --     --    5     52.50
6 ER Large Laser           Aft      5(48)  5(48)  5(48)     --   72     30.00
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TOTALS:                                            Heat: 7,222   1,950,000.00