Vanir

Vanir
Production information
Manufacturer	Clan Ghost Bear
Production Year	3077
Use	Escort Missile Defense Vessel
Type	Military Spheroid
Tech Base	Clan (Advanced)
Technical specifications
Mass	18,000 tons
Structural Integrity	25
Length	110 meters
Width	100 meters
Height	150 meters
Drive System	Fusion Engine
Safe Thrust	2.5 g
Max Thrust	4 g
Fuel (tons)	1,200
Fuel (days)	184
Armament	12 x Piranha SubCap Missile 6 x Stingray SubCap Missile 6 x HAG 40 12 xATM 12 15 x ER Large Laser 18 x Large Pulse Laser 30 x AMS
Armor	Ferro-Aluminum armor
Crew	9 Officers 20 Enlisted/Non-Rates 17 Gunners 25 Battle Armor Marines 75 Bay personnel
Heat Sinks	423 (846)
BV (2.0)	43,195

Description

The Vanir Class Assault DropShip is one of two similar ships designed during the Jihad for Clan Ghost Bear. Sister to the Aesir Fighter-Carrier, together the ships were designed provide escort to convoys and the clan's remaining WarShip assets. The Vanir entered production in 3077 at two of the clan's shipyards located at Rasalhague and Alshain. The Vanir primarily acts as a fleet defender, using its weapon bays of Sub-Capital Missiles launchers. Prior to the events of Liberation of the Terra, some of the ships were gifted to Clan Nova Cat as part of a secret agreement between the Bears and Allied Coalition leader, Devlin Stone. The Vanirs that were given to the Nova Cats were taken from heavy escort forces for the Leviathan-Class Heavy Battleship, Great Bear. The Warship was later lost during the liberation in 3078, seeding resentment among the Clan Ghost Bear people. After the war, the ship remained in limited production, with few examples of the design seen outside Ghost Bears' touman.

The ship's protection includes 90 tons of Ferro-Aluminum Armor which provides considerable protection from attacks by capital grade weaponry. The ship has been equipped with a small Naval Comm-Scanner Suite, which gives the ship considerable sensor detection abilities.

Armament

The Vanir is designed with wide array of standard and some sub-capital weaponry.

Nose Mounted Weapons

Conventional weaponry: 3 ER Large Lasers, 3 Large Pulse Lasers, 2 ATM 12 Launchers, and 5 Anti-Missile Systems.

Front Left & Right Sides

Capital weaponry: 3 Stingray Sub-Capital Missile Launchers and 3 Piranha Sub-Capital Missile Launchers

Conventional weaponry: 2 HAG 40s, 3 ER Large Lasers, 3 Large Pulse Lasers, 2 ATM 12 Launchers, and 5 Anti-Missile Systems.

Aft Left & Right Sides

Capital weaponry: 3 Stingray Sub-Capital Missile Launchers and 3 Piranha Sub-Capital Missile Launchers

Conventional weaponry: 3 ER Large Lasers, 3 Large Pulse Lasers, 2 ATM 12 Launchers, and 5 Anti-Missile Systems.

Aft

Conventional weaponry: 2 HAG 40s, 3 Large Pulse Lasers, 2 ATM 12 Launchers, and 5 Anti-Missile Systems.

Cargo

• Bay 1: Cargo (1574 tons) - 2 Doors
• Bay 2: Small Craft (3) - 2 Doors

Variants

• Aesir - Assault DropShip (fighter carrier) variant

Notes

As of this writing, there is published canon record sheet for Vanir.

Bibliography

• Technical Readout: 3085