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| − | | name = Samarkand '''Block II'''
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| − | | manufacturer = [[Draconis Combine]]
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| − | | Use = Aerospace Carrier <br/> Troop Transport <br/> Orbit-to-Surface Fire Support <br/> Escort Ship
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| − | | Tech Base = Inner Sphere [[Technology Rating|Advanced]]
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| − | | Cost = ???
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| − | | Introduced = [[2668]]
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| − | | production year=2668
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| − | | year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4971/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
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| − | | Mass = 350,000 tons
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| − | | Length = 501 meters
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| − | | Sail Diameter = 967 meters
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| − | | Safe Thrust = 2 g
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| − | | Top Thrust = 3 g
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| − | | Fuel = 2,678 tons (6,562 points)
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| − | | Burn Rate = 66.42 (maximum days)
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| − | | Sail Integrity = 3
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| − | | KF Drive Integrity = 8
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| − | | LF Battery = no
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| − | | Armament = 2 [[Heavy NPPC]] x [[Medium NPPC]] <br/> 2 x [[NAC/20]] <br/> 2 x [[NL45]] <br/> 6 x [[NL35]] <br/> 5 x [[LRM 20]] <br/> 8 x [[LRM 10]] <br/> 6 x [[SRM 4]] <br/> 4 x [[Large Laser]] <br/> 10 x [[Medium Laser]] <br/> 38 x [[Machine Gun]]
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| − | | Armor = [[Ferro-Carbide|Ferro-Carbide Armor]]
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| − | | DropShip Capacity = 4
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| − | | Crew = 35 Officers, 110 Enlisted/nonrates, <br/> 100 Marines, 204 Bay personnel
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| − | | Grav Decks = 150 meter <br/> 60 meter
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| − | | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 30/0
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| − | | Heat Sinks = 1,700
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| − | | Structural Integrity = 73
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| − | | BV (1.0) = ???
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| − | | BV (2.0) = 35,258
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| − | ==Description==
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| − | The '''''Samarkand'''''-Class ''Block II'' is a second-generation [[Draconis Combine]] WarShip sized aerospace fighter carrier. They were considered good escort vessels, but they are noted for not being able to handle vessels larger than itself due to its light compliment of capital weaponry in addition to its thin rear facing armor and weapons. In desperate situations, when fighter availability was low, the ''Samarkand'' was utilized as a last-ditch decoy to buy time for embattled ground forces.
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| − | The Class was originally introduced in [[2579]] and served in the [[Reunification War]]. In [[2668]], 89 years later, [[Coordinator]] [[Urizen Kurita (27th c.)|Urizen Kurita]] authorized the construction of a new improved version of the venerable class. The ''Block II'' was infused with new technologies that improved the ship's weaponry and armor over the original design. A large quantity of the class was produced which was utilized by the [[Star League Defense Force]] as escorts.
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| − | These ships were used as part of the liberation of [[Terra]] from the tyrant [[Stephan Amaris]] and his [[Rim Worlds Republic|Rim Worlds Republican]] Army. Most of these ships were destroyed during [[Operation LIBERATION]]. At least one ''Samarkand'' - the [[Beijing|SLS ''Beijing'']] - joined [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Aleksandr Kerensky's]] [[Operation Exodus|Exodus Fleet]].<ref name="WORp162">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 162, "WarShips"</ref>
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| − | The surviving units in the Combine's naval service were stationed on the border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the [[Federated Suns]]. Nearly all these survivors were destroyed in the [[First Succession War|First]] and [[Second Succession War|Second Succession Wars]].
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| − | Only a single survivor of the class exists in the [[Inner Sphere]] as of [[3075]], which has been converted into an orbiting museum.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 216 Samarkand (Carrier) - Background.</ref>
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| − | ==Armaments & Capacities==
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| − | ===Weaponry===
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| − | The principal capital weaponry includes; Its front arc has a pair of Medium Naval PPCs & a pair of Class 35 Naval Lasers. On its front sides it has single Class 20 Naval Autocannon compliment per front-side arcs. Its capital broadsides feature only a single Heavy Naval PPC per arc, while its aft sides carry a pair of Class 35 Naval Lasers. Protecting its aft quarter is a pair of Class 45 Naval Lasers.
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| − | Its conventional weaponry includes; In the nose is mounted five LRM-20 Launchers, backed up four medium lasers. On the ship's front sides, it has four LRM-10 launchers and three SRM 4 launchers providing close up protection. On its broadsides, it has ten Machine Guns per broadside, providing last ditch defense with 100 rounds per side.
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| − | In each of its aft sides it mounts; A pair of Large Lasers and a pair of Medium lasers together in a weapons, Five LRM-20 launchers, and six Machine guns per side with 100 rounds of ammo.
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| − | In the aft, the ''Samarkand'' has a single Large Laser with a pair of Medium Lasers and six Machine Guns providing protection against conventional threats.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', pp. 216-217 Samarkand (Carrier) - Stats.</ref>
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| − | ===Protection===
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| − | The ''Samarkand'' has 511 tons of Ferro-Carbide Armor protecting its side and aft nearly evenly with 21 more tons mounted in the bow. Its structural integrity is 74, 3 points more than the Block I ships.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 216 Samarkand (Carrier) - Armor protection.</ref>
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| − | ==Cargo==
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| − | The ship's principal payload includes;
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| − | *Bay 1: Fighters (36) - 4 Doors
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| − | *Bay 2: Small Craft (12) - 1 Door
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| − | *Bay 3: Fighters (36) - 4 Doors
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| − | *Bay 4: Cargo (36,029 tons) - 6 Doors
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| − | ==Named Vessels==
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| − | :<u>Clan Cloud Cobra</u>
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| − | :* [[Beijing|CCS ''Beijing'']]
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| − | :<u>Clan Diamond Shark</u>
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| − | :* [[Deal Breaker|CDS ''Deal Breaker'']]
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| − | :<u>Clan Star Adder</u>
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| − | :* [[Yorktown (Samarkand)|CSA ''Yorktown'']]
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| − | :<u>Draconis Combine</u>
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| − | :* [[An Ting (Samarkand)|DCS ''An Ting'']]
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| − | :* [[Galedon II|DCS ''Galedon II'']] - the last active ''Samarkand'' to remain in service; destroyed by the [[Invincible (Tharkad)|LCS ''Invincible'']] at [[Hesperus II]] in [[2853]].<ref>Tactics of Desperation, Part I (BattleCorps Scenario)</ref><ref>Tactics of Desperation, Part II (BattleCorps Scenario)</ref>
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| − | :* [[Hagiwawa (Samarkand)|DCS ''Hagiwawa'']]
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| − | :* [[New Samarkand (Samarkand)|DCS ''New Samarkand'']]
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| − | :* [[Radstadt (Samarkand)|DCS ''Radstadt'']]
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| − | :* [[Togura (Samarkand)|DCS ''Togura'']]
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| − | :* [[Trondheim (Samarkand)|DCS ''Trondheim'']]
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| − | :<u>Free Worlds League</u>
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| − | :* [[Chronos (WarShip)|FWLS ''Chronos'']]
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | * [[:Category:Individual Samarkand-class WarShips|List of named ''Samarkand'' class WarShips.]]
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| − | * [[Samarkand (Block I)|''Samarkand'' (Block I) Class Carriers]]
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | No canon record sheet has been produced for the Samarkand Block II at the time of this writing.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'', p. 218
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | * ''[[Tactics of Desperation]]'' (BattleCorps Scenario)
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| − | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
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| − | * ''[[Wars of Reaving]]''
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| − | [[Category:WarShip classes]]
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| − | [[Category:Draconis Combine WarShip classes]]
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| − | [[Category:Carrier WarShip classes]]
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| − | [[Category:SLDF 2750 AeroSpace Vessels]]
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