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AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Centurion Class Cruiser
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2675
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 800,000 tons
K-F Drive System: (Unknown)
Length: 791 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,134 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Armor Type: Improved Ferro-aluminum
Armament:
16 Medium NPPC
16 NAC/10
60 PPC
40 Large Laser
80 Medium Laser
6 Autocannon/2
33 LRM 20
30 SRM 6
8 Killer Whale
44 NL45
10 LRM 5
10 SRM 2
50 Autocannon/20
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==Overview:==
Introduced in 2675 by the Rim Worlds Republic to escort it’s Phalanx
Battleships and Snow Kite class Carriers, the 750,000 ton Centurion class
Cruiser became the mainstay of the Republics escort fleets with its massive
array of antifighter weaponry, exceptional speed and heavy armour making it a
fine ship in its own right. However its flaws would eventually be its undoing,
as the War against Amaris turned the majority of the SLDF fleet against the
class.
==Capabilities:==
With roots in several of the SLDFs highly successful frigate class vessels
the Centurion was constructed to safeguard larger vessels such as the Phalanx
from aerofighter assault as well as from smaller vessels, the Centurion
carries state of the art Starcutter Drives capable of pushing the titanic
vessel up to one and a half Gs for short periods making it as fast as the
Cameron Class Battlecruiser as well as allowing it to keep up with the
majority of larger ships generally available to the Great Houses. This also
gives the vessel good tactical flexibility in combat when in the company of
larger vessels as its speed enables it to be redeployed from one area of the
battlefield to another with speed and ease.
This speed allowed the Centurion to engage in its primary task, destruction of
inbound fightercraft and dropships. Armed with one of the largest arrays of
antifighter weaponry found on in ship in service, it gave the Centurion to
neutralise the threat posed by ships such as the Vengeance class Dropship with
their massive fighter wings. Composed of multiple types of weaponry this
battery has the advantage that when a fighter gets past one layer of weaponry
it still has to content with the rest of the Centurions weaponry.
Long ranged firepower is composed of 40 massive Long Range missile racks each
capable of firing twenty missiles which can put enough ordinance in the air to
scare off small dropships, supported by 48 Magna Hellstar PPCs this provides a
tremendous punch at long range.
Medium range is just as well covered with another 40 Large Lasers providing
accurate firepower with 40 SRM 6 packs backing them up and shredding armour
off any craft stupid enough to brave the Centurions barrages.
Short Range is possibly the most deadly for any craft, as sixty Republic built
AC 20s come online. Capable of destroying fightercraft in one shot, these
weapons are worthy of respect and more than one pirate corvette that came too
close to a Centurion has found itself screwed after those cannons came online.
Lastly is the ‘point defence’ which to put it simply is eighty medium lasers.
However this antifighter firepower did come at a cost, as the Centurion is
somewhat lacking in capital scale weaponry and that it has was chosen to
compliment its fighter shredding firepower. 16 Medium Naval PPCs spread across
the bow and broadsides provide most of the firepower with twenty class 10
Naval Autocannons along the bow and broadsides providing a backup punch. 8
barracuda missile launchers built off plans stolen from the SLDF were placed
along the front of the ship, aimed at scaring off ships at extreme range,
while thirty Naval Lasers scattered across the sides and aft of the Centurion
keep dropships away from nearby ships.
The Centurions armour is also impressive, with over 1,000 tons of Ferro
Aluminium armour providing greater protection than found on some battleships
of the day, in addition two Docking Collars and bays for eighteen Republic
Aerofighters put the Centurion into a secondary role as a carrier, however the
titanic Snow Kite class Carrier performed many of the Rim Worlds carrier
duties and the Centurions rarely carried a full load of Fighters.
==Deployment==
However for the first few years of the Centurions service most of the foes
encountered were Pirate Corvettes and Destroyers. Which often ran from the
sight of a Rim Worlds battlegroup, only a few battles allowed the Centurion to
distinguish itself from other classes, and none are truly remembered. Most of
the time the four Centurions on patrol duty found themselves relocated to
defending static locations like Apollo or the Star’s End Shipyards.
When the Amaris Conflict came around, the 12 ships of the Centurion class was
on the forefront leading attack forces of Destroyers and Frigates into the
midst of Kerenskys Fleets while they concentrated on annihilating larger
ships. The Centurion class Demonic was responsible for the most dramatic of
these encounters in the skies over New St Andrews.
In the midst of battle Demonic and three Raven class Frigates leapt free of
the raging battle, having been assigned to protect the Stefan Amaris, however
with the mighty ship taking volleys from the Fireball and Hellgate despite
several Swiftlings dancing and darting around the ponderous Hellgate
attempting force her off her run.
There wasn’t any smart plan to it, as the Demonic and the Ravens came in at
the Fireball from below, attempting to use their meagre weaponry to pierce the
McKennas thick hide.
In just under five minutes of combat the Fireball eviscerated the Raven Class
Blackbird, forcing the remaining two Ravens pulled back as the Demonic surged
forward firing full broadsides into the Fireball. At the high point of the
battle, just as the Demonic seemed to be about to disable the Fireball it was
engulfed in PPC fire from the Hellgate which had dispatched 3 of the 5
Swiftlings and was returning to assist it’s partner.
In response portals snapped open in the Demonics belly, as it’s final defense
prepared. Before either McKenna fired a volley, 18 aerospace fighters joined
the battle, ready to exploit the McKennas lack of anti fighter weapons they
swooped in on the Fireball as the Demonic slammed into the Hellgate, just aft
of her docking collars, the resulting impact set off the Demonic’s ammunition
stores and gutted the ship as well as finishing off the now crippled Hellgate.
In the end however the Star League forces won the day with superior numbers
and technology.
The Demonic and her crew are credited with the destruction of both McKennas.
=Notable Vessels=
Demonic
In Class at Height: 12
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Class/Model/Name: Centurion Class Cruiser
Mass: 800,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 144,000.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 16) 362,000.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 4) 70.00
Structural Integrity: 73 58,400.00
Total Heat Sinks: 4,440 Double 3,859.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 8,500.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 2,000.00
Fire Control Computers: 20,702.00
Food & Water: (356 days supply) 1,472.25
Armor Type: Improved Ferro-aluminum (699 total armor pts) 1,094.50
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 131
Fore-Left/Right: 116/116
Aft-Left/Right: 116/116
Aft: 104
Cargo:
Bay 1: Fighters (18) with 4 doors 2,700.00
Bay 2: Small Craft (12) with 4 doors 2,400.00
Bay 3: Cargo (1) with 4 doors 61,707.25
DropShip Capacity: 2 Docking Hardpoints 2,000.00
Grav Deck #1: (110-meter diameter) 100.00
Life Boats: 184 (7 tons each) 1,288.00
Crew and Passengers:
90 Officers (80 minimum) 900.00
250 Crew (115 minimum) 1,750.00
150 Gunners (138 minimum) 1,050.00
240 Marines 1,200.00
1 New Crew/Passenger Type 5.00
96 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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4 Medium NPPC Nose 36 36 36 36 540 7,200.00
2 NAC/10(60 rounds) Nose 20 20 20 -- 60 4,012.00
6 PPC Nose 6(60) 6(60) -- -- 60 42.00
5 Large Laser Nose 9(90) 4(40) -- -- 40 25.00
10 Medium Laser 30 10.00
6 Autocannon/2(90 rounds) Nose 1(12) 1(12) 1(12) -- 6 38.00
8 LRM 20(120 rounds) Nose 10(96) 10(96) 10(96) -- 48 100.00
5 SRM 6(120 rounds) Nose 4(40) -- -- -- 20 23.00
8 Killer Whale(80 msls) Nose 32 32 32 32 160 5,200.00
2 Medium NPPC FL/R 18 18 18 18 540 7,200.00
6 NL45 FL/R 27 27 27 27 840 10,800.00
2 NAC/10(20 rounds) FL/R 20 20 20 -- 120 8,008.00
6 PPC FL/R 6(60) 6(60) -- -- 120 84.00
5 LRM 5(120 rounds) FL/R 2(15) 2(15) 2(15) -- 20 30.00
5 SRM 2(100 rounds) FL/R 1(10) -- -- -- 20 14.00
8 Autocannon/20(80 rounds) FL/R 16(160) -- -- -- 112 256.00
5 Large Laser FL/R 9(90) 4(40) -- -- 80 50.00
10 Medium Laser 60 20.00
2 Medium NPPC L/RBS 18 18 18 18 540 7,200.00
6 NL45 L/RBS 27 27 27 27 840 10,800.00
2 NAC/10(20 rounds) L/RBS 20 20 20 -- 120 8,008.00
6 PPC L/RBS 6(60) 6(60) -- -- 120 84.00
5 Large Laser L/RBS 9(90) 4(40) -- -- 80 50.00
10 Medium Laser 60 20.00
6 PPC L/RBS 6(60) 6(60) -- -- 120 84.00
5 LRM 20(54 rounds) L/RBS 6(60) 6(60) 6(60) -- 60 118.00
5 SRM 6(120 rounds) L/RBS 4(40) -- -- -- 40 46.00
8 Autocannon/20(100 rounds)L/RBS 16(160) -- -- -- 112 264.00
2 Medium NPPC AL/R 18 18 18 18 540 7,200.00
6 NL45 AL/R 27 27 27 27 840 10,800.00
2 NAC/10(20 rounds) AL/R 20 20 20 -- 120 8,008.00
5 LRM 20(120 rounds) AL/R 6(60) 6(60) 6(60) -- 60 140.00
5 SRM 6(120 rounds) AL/R 4(40) -- -- -- 40 46.00
5 Large Laser AL/R 9(90) 4(40) -- -- 80 50.00
10 Medium Laser 60 20.00
6 PPC AL/R 6(60) 6(60) -- -- 120 84.00
6 Autocannon/20(60 rounds) AL/R 12(120) -- -- -- 84 192.00
8 NL45 Aft 36 36 36 36 560 7,200.00
2 NAC/10(10 rounds) Aft 20 20 20 -- 60 4,002.00
6 PPC Aft 6(60) 6(60) -- -- 60 42.00
5 Large Laser Aft 9(90) 4(40) -- -- 40 25.00
10 Medium Laser 30 10.00
5 LRM 20(120 rounds) Aft 6(60) 6(60) 6(60) -- 30 70.00
5 SRM 6(120 rounds) Aft 4(40) -- -- -- 20 23.00
6 Autocannon/20(100 rounds)Aft 12(120) -- -- -- 42 104.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (1.88%) 15,000.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 7,754 800,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 3,897,527,864 C-Bills
Battle Value: 136,935
Cost per BV: 28,462.61
Weapon Value: 75,749 (Ratio = .55)
Damage Factors: SRV = 7,662; MRV = 5,876; LRV = 3,978; ERV = 1,527
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 498,266
(69,111 Structure, 221,550 Life Support, 207,605 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 578,450 (116% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
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Karagin
10/26/06 12:30 PM
216.40.86.54
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As said on HM PRo awesome ship. Like it and it's brethern.
Good job!
Karagin
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