Baron (WarShip class)

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Baron
Production information
Manufacturer	???
Introduced	2520
Use	Destroyer
Tech Base	Star League
Cost	???
Technical specifications
Mass	480,000 tons
Length	545.5 meters
Sail Diameter
Fuel
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust
Top Thrust	3G
Sail Integrity
KF Drive Integrity
LF Battery	No
Armament	19 x NL35 Capital Lasers 4 x NAC/10 Capital AC 4 x White Shark Missile Launchers
Armor	256 tons Improved Ferro-Aluminum Armor
DropShip Capacity	0
Crew	40 Officers, 150 enlisted/un-rated, 43 gunners, 42 bay personnel, 10 first class passengers, 20 second class passengers
Grav Decks	1 (65 meters diameter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	38/13
Heat Sinks	1,100
Structural Integrity
BV (1.0)	34,661

Description

The Baron Class Destroyer was a moderately effective design that suffered due to protracted development and construction. With initial construction beginning in 2515 in the midst of a massive arms race intended to allow the Terran Hegemony to maintain it's edge against the Great Houses, flaws were discovered with Baron Class' then revolutionary interplanetary engines. While the fault was correctable, it took 2 years and greatly reduced their performance, by which point naval design had marched steadily onward and the Baron Class was considered second rate before a single ship had slipped it's moorings. By 2582 the Star League had presented over half the constructed Barons to its member states, and though it would see action in the Reunification War, the design became much maligned.

The design's sole saving graces were its generously sized fuel bunkers and accommodations for 30 extra passengers, which caused many high ranking Star League diplomats to select ships of the Baron Class as heavily armed transports into high risk areas of the Periphery. However by 2720, the SLDF had decommissioned and sold the remaining ships to the Great Houses, where they served until being destroyed during the early Succession Wars.

Mounts

Armament

19 NL35 Captal Lasers, 4 NAC/10 Capital AC - 320 rounds 4 White Shark Missile Launchers - 60 missiles

Cargo

Bay 1: Fighters (6) - 2 doors Bay 2: Small Craft (6) - 1 door Bay 3: cargo (137,962 tons) - 1 door

Notable Ships of the Class

• DCS Yedo - Baron Class vessel sold to Draconis Combine. She was among the last WarShips of the DCMS's WarShip fleet. Also, the Baron Class ship remain in service in the Succession Wars. The Yedo has part of the failed in invasion of Hesperus II in 2853. She was destroyed at the Lyran Battlecruiser, LCS Invincible.

References

• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised - pp 200-201