Czar

Czar
Production information
Manufacturer	Deimos Clipperships
Production Year	2462
Use	Combat Transport
Type	Civilian Spheriod
Tech Base	Inner Sphere (Primitive)
Technical specifications
Mass	6,400 tons
Structural Integrity	7
Length	82 meters meters
Width	82 meters meters
Height	99 meters meters
Drive System	Fusion Engine
Safe Thrust	1.5g
Max Thrust	2.5g
Fuel (tons)	150 tons
Fuel (days)	3.37
Armament	12 x Large Lasers 24 x Medium Lasers
Armor	Primitive DropShip Armor
Crew	9 Officers 35 Enlisted/Non-rated 10 Gunners 1,013 Bay personnel
Heat Sinks	112

Description

The Czar Class was an early multi-role military DropShip which first entered service with the Terran Hegemony in 2468. The design first was developed by the Deimos Clipperships company of Mars as the military variant of their newly made civilian Clippership V design. The Czar shares the Clippership V's technological innovation of incorporating the newly developed prototype version of the K-F Boom & Docking Collar into its design.

Czar military career would begin as standard Combat Transport for Hegemony’s Regiments used for invasions. Ship would be first teamed with then newly Liberty Class JumpShips. The ship would soldier on through the centuries, which would include serving in the SLDF. After being decommissioned from military service, the ship would linger well after the fall of the Star League in civilian service with a few ancient survivors still active as of 3079.

Armament & Capacities

The design armed with only energy weapons, each of its weapons bays is fitted with two Large Lasers and four Medium Lasers. Twenty-Five tons primitive grade of military armor is used to protect the DropShip's hull from enemy fire.

As one of its features, the ship has the ability to be reconfigured to carry various military formations. Initially, it was configured for Infantry battalions, but decades later it could be configured to carry a battalion of Armor and Mechanized Infantry.

Cargo

• Bay 1 - Small Craft (1) - 1 door
• Bay 2 - Infantry (18 Foot Platoons) - 1 doors
• Bay 3 - Infantry (18 Foot Platoons) - 1 doors
• Bay 4 - Cargo (1,900 tons) - 2 doors
• Bay 5 - Cargo (1,900 tons) - 2 doors

Variants

• Clippership V 

  Civilian version of the Czar, first commissioned 2468 along with the Czar. It first used the prototype K-F Boom & docking collar would later be used in its military sistership.

• Clippership IV 

  Non-K-F Boom vessel, the design was originally designed to deploy with primitive JumpShips that stored its DropShips internally. The ship had 4,000 tons Cargo capacity. The design was first was used in 2458.

The Czar other configuations include the ability to transport; Armor Battalion, Mechanized Infantry, and carry 4 BattleMech Lances.

Design Quirks

The Czar is subject to the following Design Quirks:

• Difficult to Maintain
• Docking Arms
• Improved Targeting (Short Range)
• Sensor Ghosts
• Atmospheric Flight Instability
• Obsolete/2740

Notes

As of this writing, the Czar's variants and its Civilian sister ship, Clippership IV & V have no published Record Sheets. Nor does the Czar that was featured in the PDF Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives Vol. III have been assigned a Battle Value.

The image of the Czar was originally used with Dictator Class DropShip.

Bibliography

• Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 3