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AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name:  Potemkin MK II (Troop Cruiser)
Tech: Clan / 2611
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 1,510,000 tons
Hull: Cortex DuoStress
K-F Drive System: KF Mark LC
Length: 1,508 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,345 meters
Power Plant: Chatham 7500 Standard
Safe Thrust: 2
Maximum Thrust: 3
Armor Type: Grumman TR8 Lamellor Ferro-carbide
Armament:
20 NL55
64 ER PPC
80 Micro Pulse Laser
24 AR10 Launcher
12 Heavy NPPC
12 Kreuss XX Heavy NPPC
Manufacturer: Riga Interstellar Shipyards
Communications System: TelStar HN
Targeting & Tracking System: KTI 600I
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==Overview:==
After the Reunification War, the SLDF admiralty decided that their
valuable troop DropShips were inadequately protected by existing escorte
vessels. To remedy this situation, the SLDF commissioned a new escort cruiser.
That commission produced the massive Potemkin Class troop cruiser, one of the
most unusual designs ever built.
Initially Riga Interstellar Shipyards submitted a design for a
750,000-ton vessel, capable of transporting and defending ten DropShips. The
design pleased the SLDF admirals, who nevertheless requested a number of
modifications. After eight years and eleven redesigns, the SLDF quartermaster
approved the new design. At 1.5 million tons, the new vessel was larger than
several battleship classes and required a new classification. And so in 2611,
the first Potemkin Class troop cruiser emerged from the Riga shipyards. The
Potemkin could carry an unprecedented 25 DropShips on docking collars arranged
in five rows that ring the vessel's hull. This unique design feature led
troops to nickname the new JumpShip the "Corncob."
The Potemkin mounts a formidable array of weapons. Twenty Fugison-2a
Naval PPCs line each side of the vessel, supported by Maxell-45 Naval Lasers
in the bow and stern. These weapons allow the Potemkin to engage targets up to
450 kilometers away, a range that is considerably greater than that of any
DropShip or fighter, as well as those of many WarShips. However, these
powerful energy weapons create massive amounts of heat and so require a large
coolant system.
Many of the 106 Potemkins known to exist served admirably in the
Periphery campaigns, as well as Operation Liberation. However, most of these
vessels were decommissioned after the collapse of the Star League, and many
were dismantled. Only about thirty Potemkins remained intact to flee the Inner
Sphere during General Kerensky's Exodus. Most of these vessels transported the
families of SLDF troops during the 18-month trek to the Pentagon. Each
Potemkin became a spaceborne city, with the crews and passengers of each
WarShip's 25 DropShips mingling and trading goods. The children of the first
post-Exodus generation were born in these communities, which also contained
seeds of dissent against Kerensky's rule. The Potemkin Class Hermes was one of
those vessels involved in the Prinz Eugen revolt, and its commanding officer,
Admiral Robert Nicholls, was among those executed.
All 30 Potemkins from the Exodus fleet--except one ship lost after the
formation of the Clans--remain in service with the Clans. Most Clan fleets
contain at least one of these vessels, which have been fitted with
lithium-fusion batteries and hull-sealant units.
As usal the Snow Ravens have decided to apply their MK II refit to their 7
Potemkins, from reports gleaned by other Clan Watch's the Potemkin MK II refit
seems to be a formidable revision to the old Star League design, while the
design looses in cargo capacity is made up for in defensive measures. Cost for
the refit is estimated around the 508,000,000.00 mark.
==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
Clan Vessels:
Cloud Cobras - Wisdom of Ages, True Sight
Coyote - Midnight Star, Morning Star
Diamond Sharks - Poseidon, Titanic, Tsunami, Red Tide, Kraken
Goliath Scorpions - Enceladus, Karttikeya, Epimetheus, Prometheus
Hell's Horses - Steel Shield, Armageddon, Blood Horse
Ice Hellion - Coterie
Snow Ravens - Wild Swan, Snow Flake, Bonaventure, Eden Rose, Rock, Treachery
Star Adders - Renown
Steel Vipers - Ophidian, Serpentes
WiE - Full Moon
Inner Sphere Vessels:
Comstar - Vision of Truth
Old Star League Vessels:
Hermes (Exodus - Clan Snow Raven Treachery)
Richardson (D - Amaris Liberation)
Potemkin
Riga
Nightwind
Potemkin MK II Refits
Snow Ravens - Wild Swan, Snow Flake, Bonaventure, Eden Rose, Rock, Treachery
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Class/Model/Name: Potemkin MK II (Troop Cruiser)
Mass: 1,510,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 181,200.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 2
Maximum Thrust: 3
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 29) 683,275.00
Lithium Fusion Battery 15,100.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 6) 106.00
Structural Integrity: 90 135,900.00
Total Heat Sinks: 4,310 Double 3,664.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 10,200.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 3,775.00
Fire Control Computers: 10,048.00
Food & Water: (364 days supply) 1,935.00
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide (3,044 total armor pts) 2,718.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 560
Fore-Left/Right: 507/507
Aft-Left/Right: 507/507
Aft: 456
Cargo:
Bay 1: Small Craft (10) with 2 doors 2,000.00
Battle Armor Points/Squads (20) 200.00
Bay 2: Small Craft (10) with 2 doors 2,000.00
Battle Armor Points/Squads (20) 200.00
Bay 3: Cargo (1) with 1 door 271,915.00
Fighters (40) with 4 doors 6,000.00
BattleMechs (1) 4,000.00
DropShip Capacity: 25 Docking Hardpoints 25,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 2: (120-meter diameter) 200.00
Life Boats: 100 (7 tons each) 700.00
Escape Pods: 100 (7 tons each) 700.00
Crew and Passengers:
120 Officers (104 minimum) 1,200.00
400 Crew (227 minimum) 2,800.00
120 Gunners (92 minimum) 840.00
422 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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4 NL55 Nose 22 22 22 22 340 4,400.00
8 ER PPC Nose 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 120 48.00
10 Micro Pulse Laser Nose 3(30) -- -- -- 10 5.00
4 AR10 (40 KW, 40 WS, 40 B)Nose * * * * 80 5,800.00
2 Heavy NPPC Nose 30 30 30 30 450 6,000.00
4 NL55 FL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
8 ER PPC FL/R 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 240 96.00
10 Micro Pulse Laser FL/R 3(30) -- -- -- 20 10.00
4 AR10 (40 KW, 40 WS, 40 B)FL/R * * * * 160 11,600.00
3 Heavy NPPC L/RBS 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
3 Heavy NPPC L/RBS 45 45 45 45 1350 18,000.00
8 ER PPC L/RBS 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 240 96.00
10 Micro Pulse Laser L/RBS 3(30) -- -- -- 20 10.00
4 AR10 (40 KW, 40 WS, 40 B)L/RBS * * * * 160 11,600.00
2 Heavy NPPC AL/R 30 30 30 30 900 12,000.00
2 Heavy NPPC AL/R 30 30 30 30 900 12,000.00
4 NL55 AL/R 22 22 22 22 680 8,800.00
8 ER PPC AL/R 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 240 96.00
10 Micro Pulse Laser AL/R 3(30) -- -- -- 20 10.00
8 ER PPC Aft 12(120)12(120)12(120) -- 120 48.00
10 Micro Pulse Laser Aft 3(30) -- -- -- 10 5.00
4 AR10 (40 KW, 40 WS, 40 B)Aft * * * * 80 5,800.00
2 Heavy NPPC Aft 30 30 30 30 450 6,000.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (1.00%) 15,100.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 8,620 1,510,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 66,076,110,000 C-Bills
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