Du Shi Wang

Du Shi Wang
Production information
Manufacturer	???
Introduced	2380
Use	Battleship
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Cost	3,601,780,000 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass	900,000 tons
Length	870 m
Sail Diameter
Fuel	5,000 tons
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust
Top Thrust	5
Sail Integrity
KF Drive Integrity
LF Battery	None
Armament	4 x Heavy NPPC 2 x Medium NPPC 20 x NL45
Armor	2,024 tons of Standard
DropShip Capacity	2
Crew	60 officers, 265 enlisted/ non-rated, 30 gunners, 36 bay personnel, 10 marines, 5 first class passengers
Grav Decks	2 (150 and 70 meters diameter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	15/25
Heat Sinks	2,100
Structural Integrity
BV (1.0)	???
BV (2.0)	57,066

Description

Designed by the Duchy of Liao and launched as the first warship built by the newly formed Capellan Confederation, the Du Shi Wang was intended to anchor the massive armed merchant fleets the Confederation possessed. As such, the ship is normally escorted by a large number of support vessels to cover its design weaknesses and augment its strengths. Standard tactics is simply to point the battleship at the biggest target and pummel it till destruction. A large amount of armor is placed on the front of the vessel to aid the completion of this goal. Support vessels will handle the fighters and any small warships fast enough to maneuver from the God of Burning Suffocation.

The ship suffered from poor crew arrangements that emphasized a class system instead of efficiency. Officers and passengers were given priority over vital ship features like life boats and the gravity deck. This poor design feature contributed to the destruction of many vessels during the Age of War.

The Du Shi Wang is notable for being the first to use orbital bombardment on Novaya Zemlya in 2399. Only one vessel of this class exists today; it can be found mothballed at Strana Mechty after being nearly destroyed by Clan Smoke Jaguar during the Annihilation of Clan Mongoose.

Armament

Designed as a full frontal assault vessel due to lack of funds, 4 Heavy NPPC are placed in the nose. Secondary weapons consists of 20 NL45 where 6 are placed in the FL/FR, 8 in the LBS/RBS and 6 in the AL/AR sections. 2 Medium NPPC cover the Aft.

Cargo

• Bay 1: Fighters (18) 6 Doors
• Bay 2: Cargo (73,320 tons) 4 Doors
• Bay 3: Cargo (70,000 tons) 4 Doors

Named Vessels

• Quicksilver Mongoose - A vessel formerly known as the Jasmine Liao. It is not known if Clan Mongoose upgraded the vessel during her service to them. Currently mothballed in the Strana Mechty star system.

References

• Technical Readout: 3075 - pp 252-253