wolfcannon
05/03/03 01:41 AM
204.180.112.62
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Lola II
Type: Destroyer
In Class: 120
Mass: 450,000
Sail Integrity: 4
Thrust: 4/6
Fuel: 1000 tons
Structural Integrity: 45
Armor: 320 tons of standard armor (42 fwd, 40 FB L/R, 40 B L/R, 40 AB L/R, Aft 38)
Docking Collars: 0
Fighters: 6
Small Craft: 4
Crew: 110
Lifeboats: 15
Escape Pods: 6
Grav Decks: 1 60 meter
Cargo: 56,976
Bay 1: Fighters (6) 2 doors
Bay 2: Cargo (56,976) 1 door
Bay 3: Small Craft (4) 1 door
Armament:
14 NAC-10
6 NL-55
6 NL-45
5 White Shark Missle Launchers
5 Barricuda Missle Launchers
Ammo:
80 tons ammo NAC-10
800 tons ammo White Shark Missle
400 tons ammo Barricuda Missle
Weapons:
Forward:
2 NAC 10
3 White Shark
Fore Left / Fore Right
2 NAC 10
1 NL-55
1 White Shark
Left Broadside / Right Broadside
2 NAC-10
1 NL-55
1 Barricuda
Aft Left / Aft Right
2 NAC 10
1 NL-55
2 Barricuda
Aft
6 NL 45
1 Barricuda
Overview:
First designed by Blue Nose Clipperships in 2600 to supplement the aging Lola I class destroyer but the
contract was rejected in favor for Baron class. In 2620 The SLDF Admiralty tired of the poor performance of the
Baron began looking for a new destroyer, The Blue Nose were given a limited contract to produce the Lola 2 for
the Star League. The first vessel laid down was the Ambermarle, in 2621 work began on her keel and she was
launched in March 2622(due to minor design problems and revisions by the SLDF Admiralty). Please with the
new warship the Star League ordered 149 more. The Warship construction program was soon launching three a
year. At first the Lola 2 was a problem free vessel but soon minor problems began popping up. problems like the
Grav deck suddenly shorting out, power fluctuations, the Main drives cutting out after a few minutes. Ships
Captains complaints were soon piling up on the SLDF Admiralty collective desks and something had to be done,
so several vessels were pulled from duty for a system check and upgrade. The problems were soon traced to poorly
designed electrical systems that powered the warship. Only 14 vessels were constructed and all other were halted
to fix this problem, the engineers soon fixed the problem on the vessels underconstruction but the 14 vessels built
would be stripped of Star League tech and sold to Member states without the knowledge of the problems.
Capabilities
Designed to be a flotilla leader of corvettes and frigates the Lola 2 was to be a command vessel for the flotilla. The
Lola 2 was often used to hunt down pirates and rogue vessels. Also the Lola 2 was used as a escort screen for the
Battleships and Battlecuisers.
Deployment
The 14 Lola 2's that were not fixed were sold to various Houses the rest were incorporated into the Star League
fleet and served well until 2662 when the advanced Lola 3 was introduced. many of the Lola 2's and Lola 1's were
used as test beds for the Casper SDS system adn were still active during the Amaris Crisis. of the 250 Caspers at
Terra, 25 were Lola 2's. all converted Lola's were lost. 50 Lola 2's were still in operation with the Star League at the
start of the conflict many would be lost fighting their sister ships that were SDS's. 4 vessels survived the horrific
conflict(SLS Adventure, SLS Challenger, SLS Dante, SLS Survivor), these vessels left with Kerensky and were
mothballed after the landings at the Pentagon worlds. Two of them would be lost during the Pentagon Civil War
while the other two were lost with the other cache fleets.
Recently Clan Blood Spirit found the two missing warships(SLS Challenger, SLS Dante) and are looking to restore
them.
Clan Wolf in Exile reported finding one Lola 2 in a raid into the Jade Falcon OZ, sending over a boarding party they
were able to salvage the vessel and bring it back to Morges.
=Notable Vessels=
SLS Ambermarle
SLS Adventure
SLS Challenger
SLS Dante
SLS Survivor
SLS Holiday
Clan Wolf in Exile
328th Assault Cluster(the Lion Hearted)
Bravo Trinary
Alpha Star
Star Captain James Sword
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Cray
05/03/03 10:42 AM
67.8.169.156
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Excellent capture of the feel of Star League warships - thinly armored, no secondary weapons.
Question about the fluff: how do gravdecks short out? The motors that spin and brake them?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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wolfcannon
05/03/03 03:34 PM
204.180.112.197
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i figured that the power systems of the Grave deck was faulty and would overload when rotated.
Clan Wolf in Exile
328th Assault Cluster(the Lion Hearted)
Bravo Trinary
Alpha Star
Star Captain James Sword
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Cray
05/03/03 04:25 PM
67.8.169.156
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Yup, I could see that, too. Getting so many tons spun up to speed could burnout an understrength or improperly geared motor.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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wolfcannon
05/05/03 10:49 PM
204.180.112.192
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helloooooooo???? anybody out there in sarna land?
Clan Wolf in Exile
328th Assault Cluster(the Lion Hearted)
Bravo Trinary
Alpha Star
Star Captain James Sword
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Bob_Richter
05/06/03 05:30 PM
4.35.174.250
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Nobody here but us sophisticated thinking machines, boss.
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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wolfcannon
10/13/05 02:17 PM
63.106.39.21
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yahoo. i am vindicated on this by tro 3026r.
Clan Wolf in Exile
328th Assault Cluster(the Lion Hearted)
Bravo Trinary
Alpha Star
Star Captain James Sword
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