Gorgon (DropShip class)

Gorgon
Production information
Manufacturer	???
Use	Fighter Carrier
Type	Military Aerodyne
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass	6,800 tons
Structural Integrity	12
Length	103 meters
Width	86 meters
Height	39 meters
Safe Thrust	4
Max Thrust	6
Fuel (tons)	500
Fuel (days)	1.84
Armament	Weaponry 3 x ER PPCs 3 x Gauss Rifles 4 x LRM-15s + Artemis IV 2 x Heavy PPCs 2 x Large Pulse Lasers 9 x AMS
Armor	Ferro-Aluminum
Crew	3 Officers 3 Enlisted/No-Rates 4 Gunners 36 Bay personnel
Heat Sinks	88 Double Heat Sinks
BV (2.0)	6,133

Description

Designed near the end of the 31st Century, the Gorgon Class DropShip is a medium sized Fighter Carrier designed by the elements of the Free Worlds League. The class first appeared in 3096, designed to act as an interdiction vessel, where its fighter compliment as its primary means of carrying out its missions. The ship would serve for the splintered Free Worlds League well into mid-32nd Century where find itself serving partially reunited Great House.

Armament and Capacities

Though designed as interdiction and force-projection vessel, the Gorgon is considered to be slow for intended interdiction missions. However, the ship carries a large payload of fuel in order keep itself and its fighter compliment supplied for its missions. Being deployed in place of Assault and Pocket WarShip type DropShips, the Gorgon is fitted with 51.5 tons of Ferro-Aluminum Armor to allow it survive the riggers its combat engagements. Its armor is nearly evenly spread out throughout the full with slightly more armor in the nose and wings sections

The Class was designed as to be modern version of the ancient Titan Class Fighter Carrier-DropShips, with its abilities to deploy three Aerospace Fighter Squadrons. One of the ship's unique features is its length wise-long cargo bay, which is able hold of thousand tons of cargo help sustain its fighter compliment and itself. However, during course of the decades, the ship's compliments would modify these ship's cargo bays into Internal Bomb Bay, effectively allow the ship to act as massive bomber carrying aerospace craft being deliver devastating bombing runs to both space and ground targets.

The Ship's weaponry includes three Extended-Range PPCs and three Gauss Rifles with 48 rounds of ammunition in the nose section. These two weapons bay provide the ships with a powerful large craft capacity along with its wing section which has a Heavy PPC and pair of Artemis IV guided 15-Tubed Long-Range Missile Launchers with 48 volleys worth of fire. From these wing arcs, total of six Anti-Missile System (3 per wing section), provide screen of point defense fire again from missile small to capital scale. The Gorgon's aft weaponry include again pair of Artemis IV FCS controlled 15-tubed LRMs and three more Anti-Missile Systems.

Cargo

• Bay 1: Aerospace Fighter Bay (18 Fighters) - 3 Doors
• Bay 2: Cargo (1,002 tons) - 1 Door

Named Vessels

• Franco Liao (exFWS FWS Reginald Marik) - Formerly FWL Vessel in service of the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth, the ship was captured during the Victoria War of 3105. Retains as spoil of war, the ship would be renamed the Franco Liao by it’s the Confederation captures. The Commonwealth and later the reunited Free Worlds League would continue offer high bounty for its return.

• FWS Wanda Marik - Originally serving as part of the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth's navy, the vessel would be noted for its action during the Operation Hammerfall. The ship's noted action was during 3138 defense of Helm, where it fought against Clan Wolf and the Lyran Commonwealth invasion force and was able damage elements of the Wolves’ DropShip forces enough to delay their arrival on planet. During the fighting on Helm, the Wanda Marik utilized its modified cargo bays drop aerial bombs on enemy's expedition's ground forces.

Notes

The Gorgon Carrier is subject to the following Design Quirk:

• Internal Bomb Bay

Bibliography

• Master Unit List
• Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League