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AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Arcturus (Battleship)
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 1,380,000 tons
Hull: Thorin Battleship Collective Proposal 15
K-F Drive System: KF Mark XXb
Power Plant: Tenaka Advance Standard
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Armor Type: Kallon Dominance Lamellor Ferro-carbide
Armament:
24 TharHes Thunderbolt-12 NL55
24 Maelstrom AR10 Launcher
32 Mainfire Point Defense AMS
18 Intek P-100 Large Pulse Laser
8 Defiance Protector Screen Launcher
18 Johnson Stellar Heavy NPPC
12 Magna NovaStar Medium NPPC
6 Defiance 6200 Light NPPC
12 Defiance Equalizer NAC/25
6 Defiance Arbiter NAC/20
Manufacturer: Various
Location: Various
Communications System: Nashan Quartet ComSy-N
Targeting & Tracking System: Nashan Diana Mark III-N
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==Overview:==
Even as Victor Ian Steiner-Davion was moving to re-consolidate the Federated
Commonwealth, he was looking towards the future. Recently having had
experience with the power of naval warships himself, he began to consider the
potential threat posed by the Clan Battleships stationed on his Lyran border.
Advised by the Admiralty that even the potent Mjolnir Class "Battle-cruisers"
would likely be unable to successfully engage one of these powerful vessels,
Victor sought a Battleship of his own to take against McKennas, Nightlords,
and Texases. Even before the Lyran Alliance Insurgency came to its conclusion,
a crack team of naval developers was already being assembled at the old Thorin
Academy in the Isle of Skye, where they went to work on the initial blueprints
for what would become known as the Arcturus Class Battleship.
When May 1, 3067 brought the beginning of what would be known as the Jade
Falcon War, the FCN hurriedly pressed the mostly-completed prototype into
action in a desperate thrust against the Wolf Clan Capital of Tamar.
Since the Jade Falcon War, the Arcturus Class has become the backbone of the
FCN, a heavy warship that can always be relied upon in a gun duel, they have
been produced in remarkable numbers and have become one of the most common
heavy warship classes in the Inner Sphere.
==Capabilities:==
Smaller than most SLDF Battleship classes, the Arcturus suffers from no
shortage in firepower, armor, or fittings. Able to outgun a McKenna, far
tougher than a Texas, and fitted with a traditional allocation of six
dropships, forty fighters, and twenty small craft, the Arcturus held the title
of the Inner Sphere's most powerful warship until the debut of the Kuritan
Yamato and Capellan and Free Worlds League Battleships cast the title into
doubt.
Primary firepower is provided by a mixed array of naval particle cannons
arrayed along the vessel's broadside, backed up by a potent array of
medium-caliber naval autocannons and twenty-four AR-10 mutlipurpose missile
launchers.
Defensive fire is provided by a number of screen launchers and anti-missile
systems. While the Arcturus also carries a small array of 8cm Pulse Lasers,
these weapons are hardly considered noteworthy.
Even more impressive than its main battery is the Arcturus's sturdy frame and
thick Lamellor armor, sucessfully tested against stresses that would tear a
lesser ship to bits or punch through lesser armor plating.
Though considered unspectacular in this day and age, the Arcturus is a credit
to its designers, who helped to usher in the modern era of warships.
==Battle History:==
Deployed during the Jade Falcon War, FCS Arcturus was instrumental to the
Tamar Thrust, engaging not the Battleships she had been designed to fight but
instead two Wolf Clan Liberator-Class Cruisers (as well as various smaller
vessels along the way.) Despite her uncompleted armament and armor belt,
Arcturus was able to force the Wolf vessels to retire from the field, allowing
AFFC ground forces to land and finally liberate the capital of the Tamar
Domains.
==Variants:==
Some of the FCN Admiralty have begun to argue for a variant of the Arcturus
which would simplify her armament and expand her cargo space -- considered a
little tight by modern fleet standards. Though the proposal enjoys broad-based
support among the captains' list, another faction, which favors the devlopment
of a more modern Battleship, or complete abandonment of the Battleship
programme, has so far blocked the proposal.
==Notable Vessels & Crews:==
AFFC-
3067 - Arcturus (Alarion. Prototype, incomplete)
3070 - Arcturus (Tharkad, Prototype, completed)
3072 - Thorin (Alarion), New Avalon (Galax, deployed with FCS Crucis), Tharkad
(Tharkad, deployed with FCS Donegal)
3074 - Kathil (Galax, deployed with FCS Sarna), Tamar (Tharkad)
3075 - New Kyoto (Alarion, deployed with FCS Alarion)
3077 - New Syrtis (Galax, deployed with FCS Capellan), Furillo (Tharkad)
3078 - Robinson (Galax, deployed with FCS Draconis), Edasich (Alarion)
3079 - Chesterton (Galax), Winfield (Tharkad, deployed with FCS Coventry)
3080 - Chukchi III (Alarion, deployed with FCS Bolan)
3083 - Port Moseby (Tharkad), Macintosh (Galax)
3085 - Gallery (Alarion)
3088 - Nanking (Galax)
3090 - New Valencia (Galax)
3093 - Glengarry (Alarion)
3096 - Port Moseby (Tharkad)
3099 - Tikonov (Galax), Carlisle (Alarion)
SLDF
3080 - Arc-Royal (Tharkad), Galax (Galax)
3085 - Kasai (Galax)
3087 - Hesperus (Tharkad)
3089 - Summer (Alarion)
3092 - Kentares (Galax)
3093 - Aur (Alarion)
3097 - Belledonna (Galax)
==Deployment==
Though typically deployed as escorts for the nine Sarna-Class Supercarriers,
the Arcturus-class vessels are common enough that they sometimes pull
independent assignments, typically showing the flag around the edges of the
Federated Commonwealth's periphery. As with the DCA Yamato-Class Battleships,
a significant percentage of Arcturus-Class vessels are deployed with the Star
Leage Navy on permanent assignment.
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Class/Model/Name: Arcturus (Battleship)
Mass: 1,380,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 248,400.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 27) 624,450.00
Lithium Fusion Battery 13,800.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 6) 99.00
Structural Integrity: 148 204,240.00
Total Heat Sinks: 5,256 Double 4,507.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 10,351.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 3,450.00
Fire Control Computers: .00
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide (4,170 total armor pts) 4,080.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 693
Fore-Left/Right: 697/697
Aft-Left/Right: 696/696
Aft: 691
Cargo:
Bay 1: Cargo (1) with 5 doors 65,641.00
Bay 2: Fighters (40) with 8 doors 6,000.00
Bay 3: Small Craft (20) 4,000.00
DropShip Capacity: 6 Docking Hardpoints 6,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 6: (90-meter diameter) 300.00
Life Boats: 101 (7 tons each) 707.00
Escape Pods: 101 (7 tons each) 707.00
Crew and Passengers:
80 Officers (77 minimum) 800.00
250 Crew (241 minimum) 1,750.00
120 Gunners (119 minimum) 840.00
48 Marine Battle Armor Troopers/Elementals 336.00
180 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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3 NL55 Nose 17 17 17 17 255 3,300.00
3 AR10 (10 KW, 10 WS, 10 B)Nose * * * * 60 1,950.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) Nose -- -- -- -- 4 42.00
9 Large Pulse Laser Nose 8(81) 8(81) -- -- 90 63.00
1 Screen Launcher(10 scrns)Nose -- -- -- -- 10 140.00
3 Heavy NPPC FL/R 70 70 70 63 1350 18,000.00
2 Medium NPPC 540 7,200.00
1 Light NPPC 210 2,800.00
2 NAC/25(200 rounds) FL/R 70 70 70 -- 340 12,240.00
1 NAC/20(100 rounds) 120 5,080.00
3 NL55 FL/R 17 17 17 17 510 6,600.00
3 AR10 (10 KW, 10 WS, 10 B)FL/R * * * * 120 3,900.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) FL/R -- -- -- -- 8 84.00
1 Screen Launcher(10 scrns)FL/R -- -- -- -- 20 280.00
3 Heavy NPPC L/RBS 70 70 70 63 1350 18,000.00
2 Medium NPPC 540 7,200.00
1 Light NPPC 210 2,800.00
2 NAC/25(200 rounds) L/RBS 70 70 70 -- 340 12,240.00
1 NAC/20(100 rounds) 120 5,080.00
3 NL55 L/RBS 17 17 17 17 510 6,600.00
3 AR10 (10 KW, 10 WS, 10 B)L/RBS * * * * 120 3,900.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) L/RBS -- -- -- -- 8 84.00
1 Screen Launcher(10 scrns)L/RBS -- -- -- -- 20 280.00
3 Heavy NPPC AL/R 70 70 70 63 1350 18,000.00
2 Medium NPPC 540 7,200.00
1 Light NPPC 210 2,800.00
2 NAC/25(200 rounds) AL/R 70 70 70 -- 340 12,240.00
1 NAC/20(100 rounds) 120 5,080.00
3 NL55 AL/R 17 17 17 17 510 6,600.00
3 AR10 (10 KW, 10 WS, 10 B)AL/R * * * * 120 3,900.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) AL/R -- -- -- -- 8 84.00
1 Screen Launcher(10 scrns)AL/R -- -- -- -- 20 280.00
3 NL55 Aft 17 17 17 17 255 3,300.00
3 AR10 (10 KW, 10 WS, 10 B)Aft * * * * 60 1,950.00
4 AMS(480 rounds) Aft -- -- -- -- 4 42.00
9 Large Pulse Laser Aft 8(81) 8(81) -- -- 90 63.00
1 Screen Launcher(10 scrns)Aft -- -- -- -- 10 140.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 10,492 1,380,000.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 21,145,310,384 C-Bills
Battle Value: 264,246
Cost per BV: 80,021.31
Weapon Value: 186,537 (Ratio = .71)
Damage Factors: SRV = 10,040; MRV = 9,939; LRV = 7,713; ERV = 3,037
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 945,103
(227,016 Structure, 344,745 Life Support, 373,342 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 627,560 (66% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
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