Aegis (WarShip class)
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| Aegis | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Di Tron Heavy Industries |
| Introduced | 2372 |
| Use | Heavy Cruiser |
| Tech Base | Star League |
| Cost | 14,980,141,000 C-bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 750,000 tons |
| Length | 725 m |
| Sail Diameter | 1.308 m |
| Fuel | 1,000 tons |
| Burn Rate | |
| Safe Thrust | |
| Top Thrust | 1.5 g |
| Sail Integrity | 4 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 16 |
| LF Battery | Yes |
| Armament | 18 x NAC/35s 8 x White Shark tubes 24 x NAC/20s 12 x NL55 4 x Barracuda tubes 4 x NL45s |
| Armor | 597.5 tons of Grumman K5 Ferro-Carbide |
| DropShip Capacity | 4 |
| Small craft/ Aerospace fighters |
10/18 |
| Crew | 180 |
| Grav Decks | 2, both 90 meter diameter |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 0/20 |
| Heat Sinks | 2,046 |
| Structural Integrity | 75 |
| BV (1.0) | 84,526 |
| BV (2.0) | ??? |
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Description
First launched in 2372, the Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser is one of the oldest WarShip designs still in common use, serving with distinction with the Terran Hegemony, Star League, ComStar and Clan fleets to this day.
Among the most sophisticated designs at the time of its creation, including many new features that would go on to become standard, the Aegis boasted excellent firepower and maneuverability, going on to serve with the Hegemony Armed Forces until 2531 when after a number of refits designed to keep pace with newer vessels the decision was made to retire the aging class in favor of the Avatar-class. However, Deborah Cameron, the cautious Director-General of the Terran Hegemony at the time, chose to send the 106 surviving ships to mothballs just in case. This was to prove a boon to the newly formed Star League who found a critical need for WarShips to serve in the Reunification War, with First Lord Ian Cameron ordering the return of the Aegis cruisers to active duty in 2582. One-third of the cruisers were turned over to the Council Lords to be added to their private fleets, with the rest went to Hegemony shipyards to be refitted for use in the Star League Navy.
Di Tron spent the next ten years transforming the relics into some of the most advanced warships of their time. The newer equipment was mostly smaller than the old, and there was enough room to add a few amenities, such as a Zero-G pool. One of the most important innovations was the Lithium-Fusion Battery System, the Aegis being among the first designs to receive it across the class. The archaic and age worn materials and construction techniques made the hull of the Aegis weaker than on later ships, also leaving the ship more easily detected by enemy sensors, but a surprising number survived the fall of the Star League and departed the Inner Sphere during the Exodus. A number of these craft have been observed in Clan toumans, the design highly favored by Clan Jade Falcon who use it to perform escort and transport duties.
Armament
The main firepower of the Aegis is its eighteen Armstrong II 35-Series naval autocannons, two each in the nose and each forward angle with four on each broadside and mounted aft, and eight White Shark missile tubes, three on each fore angle with two directly aft. The secondary large-caliber armament is intended to defend the fighter launch bays and consists of three Randall-55 NL55s and a single Barracuda tube on each broadside, a further three NL55s, Baracuda tube and six Imperator-20 NAC/20s on each rear angle, with four Magna-45 NL45s directly aft.
Cargo
The Star League era Aegis has a single 85,835 ton capacity cargo bay, with enough small craft bays to carry three squadrons of AeroSpace Fighters, eighteen fighters total, and ten Small Craft, alongside it's four docking collars.
Variants
- Clan - The Clan version differs little from those used by the SLDF and ComStar, save a minor reduction in armor and cargo space to boost the fighter compliment to twenty, 2 Stars, in line with Clan military structure. BV (1.0) = 167,790
Named Vessels
- FWLS Nueva Badajoz - Formerly the SLS Impetuous, it was recovered with Blakist aid and entered service in 3060, assigned to FWLM Secret Fleet. At some point after the Jihad began, it was taken over by the Blakists and renamed the WoBS Impetuous.[1]
- SLS Chronicle - Clan Nova Cat Mystic Naval Star
- SLS Principle - Clan Nova Cat Mystic Naval Star
- SLS Remembrance - Clan Nova Cat Mystic Naval Star
- SLS Vision Quest - Clan Nova Cat Transcendent Naval Star. The Vision Quest was captured by the Word of Blake, and was subsequently destroyed in the Luthien system in 3075.[2]
- Word of Blake
- WoBS Herald of Justice - The Herald of Justice was destroyed in the New Avalon system in 3068.[2]
- WoBS Herald of Retribution - The Herald of Retribution was destroyed in the Sian system in 3070.[2]
- WoBS Herald of Wisdom - The Herald of Wisdom was one of five Word of Blake vessels to be destroyed during CASE WHITE in 3068.[2]
- WoBS Immortal Spirit - Word of Blake recovered this ship, formerly the SLS E Presley. She was the command ship of Admiral Braso's 568th Armed Transport Flotilla, and was presumed destroyed by the Epsilon Indi SDS.[3] The Immortal Spirit was destroyed in the Coventry system in 3074.[2]
- WoBS Impetuous - Formerly the FWLS Nueva Badajoz, the Impetuous was taken over by the Blakists after the Jihad began. In 3070 it was destroyed in the Shiloh system by the FWLS Lancelot, FWLS Galahad, and the FWLS Menelaus.[4][2]
- Clan Blood Spirit
- CBS Exanguine - This Vessel is assigned to the Blood Spirit Naval Reserve.[5]
- Clan Goliath Scorpion
- CGS Corona Borealis - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Einheriar Battlegroup.[6]
- CGS Corona Austrina - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Fire Wheel Battlegroup.[6]
- Clan Jade Falcon
- CJF Blue Talon - The Blue Talon served as a part of Task Force CRONUS, the predominantly-Clan naval force responsible for capturing the Titan Yards in 3078 as a part of the allied coalition efforts to liberate Terra from the Word of Blake.[7]
- CJF Jade Talon - The Jade Talon helped crush a major AFFC raid on Sudeten around 3053. [8] Active as of 3136, the Jade Talon took part in the Battle over Sudeten during the Jade Falcon Civil War. It recieved heavy Damage during the fighting by the weakened, but still powerfull Nightlord-Class Warship Emerald Talon, though it managed to cripple the once powerful Warship in the process. The fate of the Jade Talon after the Battle is unknown.
- CJF Red Talon - Former Star League vessel that accompanied General Kerensky in Exodus from the Inner Sphere. The ship became part of Clan Jade Falcon. It later participated in the Jade Falcon's invasion of the Lyran Commonwealth in 3142, destroying both the Kell Hounds and the Hell's Horses Beta Galaxy on Timkovichi.[9]
- CJF White Talon - Active as of 3067 with Clan Jade Falcon, served during the Falcon Incursion of 3064.
- Wolf's Dragoons
- WDS Alexander - The Alexander was the flagship of Wolf's Dragoons' General Maeve Wolf. In December 3067, the vessel was at the forefront when Wolf returned to Outreach. The Alexander destroyed several Blakist DropShips and damaged two WarShips in the process. The Alexander was lost while covering the Dragoons' withdrawal from Outreach.[10][11]
See Also
Gallery
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Clan Refit Aegis
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Clan Refit Aegis cut-away
References
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, pp. 108-109 & Blake Ascending, pp. 268-269, "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 125, "Immortal Spirit Sighting"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, pp. 108-109 & Blake Ascending, pp. 268-269 "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 26, "Clan Blood Spirit Naval Assets"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 108, "Clan Goliath Scorpion Naval Assets"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 98
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 88, "12th Deneb Light Cavalry: The Blur-Snakes"
- ↑ A Bonfire of Worlds, p. 193
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad & Blake Ascending, p. 35 "Outreach: A Survivor's Account"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, p. 14 & Blake Ascending, p. 174, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- Technical Readout: 2750, pp 132-133
- Technical Readout: 3057, pp 144-145
- Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp 142-143
- Field Manual: ComStar, pp 44, 110
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League, pp 119
Bibliography
- Blake Ascending
- Dawn of the Jihad
- Field Manual: Crusader Clans
- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: Warden Clans
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3070
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Technical Readout: 2750
- Technical Readout: 3057
- Technical Readout: 3057 Revised