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| Potemkin | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Riga Interstellar Shipyards |
| Introduced | 2611 |
| Use | Troop Cruiser |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
| Cost | 22,646,353,000 C-Bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 1,510,000 tons |
| Length | 1,508m |
| Sail Diameter | 1,345m |
| Fuel | 25,000 tons |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 1 g |
| Top Thrust | 1.5 g |
| Sail Integrity | 6 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 29 |
| LF Battery | No |
| Armament | 16 x NL45 8 x Barracuda Launchers 24 x Heavy NPPCs |
| Armor | Ferro-Carbide |
| DropShip Capacity | 25 |
| Crew | 445 |
| Grav Decks | One (95m) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 50/50 |
| Heat Sinks | 3,325 (Double) |
| Structural Integrity | 80 |
| BV (1.0) | 96,567 |
| BV (2.0) | ??? |
Contents
Description
The Potemkin-class troop cruiser, better known as the "Corncob Cruiser" thanks to its DropShip collar arrangement, was introduced in the early 2600s as a solution to the poorly protected transports of the day. Weighing in at one and a half million tons, the Potemkin is larger then many battleships, not only in mass, but in sheer volume, with a length well over a kilometer. This massive size was built for one purpose: transport. Arranged in five rings around the Potemkin are twenty five DropShip collars, the most of any vessel ever deployed. Thick armor and weaponry fit for a heavy cruiser enable the Potemkin to protect her DropShips with impunity and has helped the design survive the ravages of war and time.[1]
Despite its impressive performance as a mass transport, the Potemkin does have its flaws. The use of a Potemkin, while certainly imposing, runs the risk of it becoming the primary target of opposing forces bent on stranding its attached DropShips. In addition, carrying so many DropShips requires a staggering amount of fuel, further requiring the use of tankers which themselves need protection. Finally, the facilities aboard the ship are geared mostly towards the ship's own crew, the most blatant example being the single 95 meter gravity deck. Extended stays can get uncomfortable for the DropShip crews, left to either mill about on their own vessels or go exploring the Potemkin's lengthy corridors.[1]
Production of the Potemkin ceased in 2781 when improvements in escort tactics and craft made it difficult to justify deployment of the large ship. A total of 106 Potemkins were built, roughly 30 of which survived the Amaris coup and departed with General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus.[1]
Armament
Tasked with protecting up to twenty five DropShips, the Potemkin is easily capable of fending off all but the largest of enemy craft thanks to its banks of Naval Lasers and Heavy NPPCs. The fore and aft are protected by Barracuda Capital Missiles, a highly accurate and lethal deterent for those that would attempt flanking or trailing maneuvers. Because at least some of the Potemkin's attached DropShips are usually dedicated assault craft she does not carry aerospace fighters, nor conventional weapons to protect against the same. Ten small craft bays can hold fighters in a pinch, but are better used for the small transports they are meant to service.[1]
Cargo
386,362.5 tons
- Bay 1: 5 Small Craft
- Bay 2: 5 Small Craft
- Bay 3: Cargo
Variants
As with much of the SLDF fleet that accompanied the Exodus, the Potemkins that left with General Kerensky still serve in the Clan fleets. The Clans have performed their routine upgrades on the class, the most drastic change being the inclusion of a Lithium-Fusion Battery in exchange for a portion of the cargo space.
After the Jihad, many Potemkin-class ships are modified into mobile habitats known as ArcShips[2] and CargoShips[3] by Clan Sea Fox.
Named Vessels
- Star League Defense Force
- SLS Potemkin
- SLS Riga
- Com Guards
- CSV Vision of Truth - Assigned to Com Guard First Fleet at Luyten 68-28, destroyed during the ill-fated Case White.
- Clan Hells Horses
- CHH Steel Shield - Originally a SLDF Vessel that left with Exodus Fleet, this should would become part of Clan Hells Horse's Touman of WarShips. In early Jihad, the ship was used as part of Clan's invasion of Clan Wolf's Occupation Zone. It was then used to take Ice Hellion held world of Toland in November 3071, where it destroyed Hellion WarShip, CIH Moore's Honor.[4]
- CHH Armageddon [5]
- CHH Blood Horse [5]
- Clan Ice Hellion
- Coterle (Clan Ice Hellion) - Former SLDF Warship that was part of the General Kerensky Exodus Fleet to Periphery. The ship later entered the service of the Ice Hellions' Naval Assets. The ship was utilized as part of the Hellion's invasion of Clan Jade Falcon's Occupational Zone in 3071. The ship was assigned to saKhan Conner Rood's task force. When that conflict ended badly for the Hellions, Coterle was used as an escape vessel for the survivors of Beta Galaxy in April 3072. It's believed to be the last of Ice Hellion's Warship fleet.[6]
- Clan Star Adder
- CSA Renown (Clan Star Adder)
- Clan Cloud Cobra
- CSA True Sight - This Vessel is assigned to Beta Naval Reserve of Clan Cloud Cobra.[7]
- Clan Coyote
- Midnight Star - This Vessel is assigned to the Alpha Naval Reserve (Clan Coyote).[8]
- Morning Star - This Vessel is assigned to the Beta Naval Reserve (Clan Coyote).[8]
- Clan Diamond Shark
- CDS Poseidon - This Vessel is the Flag ship of Clan Diamond Shark's merchant caste.[9]
- CDS Tsunami[9]
- CDS Red Tide[9]
- CDS Kraken[9]
- Clan Fire Mandrill
- CFM Fire-Eater - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Fire Mandrill Touman.[11]
- CFM Jungle Heat (Clan Fire Mandrill)
- Clan Cloud Cobra
- CVS Wisdom of the Ages - This Vessel is also assigned to Clan Cloud Cobras Beta Naval Reserve.[7]
- Clan Goliath Scorpion
- CGS Enceladus - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Delta Galaxy.[12]
- CGS Epimetheus - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Tau Galaxy.[12]
- CGS Prometheus - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Rho Galaxy.[12]
- Clan Snow Raven
- CSR Epimetheus (Clan Snow Raven) (Crippled)
- CSR Wild Swan - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Snow Raven's Fleet Command Star.[13]
- CSR Snowflake (Clan Snow Raven)
- CSR Bonaventure (Clan Snow Raven)
- CSR Eden Rose (Clan Snow Raven)
- CSR Rook (Clan Snow Raven)
- CSR Treachery (Clan Snow Raven) (Former SLS Hermes)
- Clan Steel Viper
- CStV Ophidian - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Steel Viper.[14]
- CStV Serpentes - This Vessel is also assigned to Clan Steel Viper.[14]
- Clan Wolf-in-Exile
- CWiE Full Moon - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Wolf-in-Exile.[15]
- Clan Smoke Jaguar
- Osis' Pride (Clan Smoke Jaguar) (Location unknown)
WarShip Gallery
- Potemkin 3057.jpg
Clan Refit Potemkin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp.158-159, "Potemkin Profile"
- ↑ Hunters of the Deep, p. 169, "ovKhan Petr Kalasa describing the changes of the Poseidon"
- ↑ Touring the Stars, p.??[citation needed] information regarding CargoShips & ArcShips.
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 29 Toland - Steel Shield noted as one vessels used to take Toland and destroy Moore's Honor.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 60, "Clan Hells Horse's Naval Assets"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, pp.28-30, "Operation: Ice Storm" - Coterle named as ship used for Ice Hellion survives to retreat from the Inner Sphere.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 28, "Clan Cloud Cobra Naval Forces"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 46, "Clan Coyote Naval Assets"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 65, "Clan Diamond Shark Naval Assets"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 134, Crimson Hawk Profile
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 44, "Clan Fire Mandrill Naval Assets"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 108, "Clan Goliath Scorpion Naval Assets"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 124, "Clan Snow Raven Command Assets"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 139, "Clan Steel Viper Command Assets"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 156, "Clan Wolf-in-Exile Naval Assets"