Davion II (WarShip class)

Davion, Block II
Production information
Manufacturer
Introduced	2552
Production Year	2552
Use	Destroyer
Tech Base	Star League
Cost	3,766,058,000 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass	580,000 tons
Length	685 meters
Sail Diameter	1,120 meters
Fuel	5,000 tons
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust	2 g
Top Thrust	3 g
Sail Integrity	4
KF Drive Integrity	12
LF Battery	No
Armament	10x NAC/25 4x NAC/30 2x NAC/40 16x PPC 16x Large Laser 42x medium laser 16x LRM-15
Armor	623.5 tons of Ferro-Carbide
DropShip Capacity	2
Crew	405
Grav Decks	2 x 65 meter diameter
Escape Pods/Life Boats	30/24
Heat Sinks	1,000 Double Heat Sinks
Structural Integrity	60
BV (1.0)	144,353

Description

The Block II Davion-class destroyer was commissioned by First Prince Alexander Davion, but despite officially being the second block of Davions, the Block IIs bore relatively little resemblance to the original Davion Block I WarShips. The procurement of the original Davions was marred by corruption, administrative incompetence and delays that resulted in a ship that was late into service and underwhelming in comparison to the original requirement. Alexander made sweeping reforms when he came into power, including dismantling the bureaucratic systems that resulted in the Block I Davion. After he authorized the production of the Block II Davions, the resulting heavy destroyers that began entering service forty years after the cancellation of the Block I ships were 60,000 tons heavier and vastly superior in performance; unlike the earlier ships, the Block II Davions had docking points for two DropShips, a full aerospace fighter wing, a substantially revised arsenal of weaponry and significantly more armor. Changing the armor used from standard armor to Ferro-Carbide Armor meant that while a Block II Davion only carried approximately 50 tons more armor in total than its predecessor, the amount of protection offered by that armor was almost double that of the earlier ships.

Because of the improvements to the overall design, the Block II Davion was able to serve the navies of the Federated Suns for more than 200 years.

The Davion II served in the Federated Suns navy throughout the Star League era; in 2765, no less than fifteen Davion IIs were in service across the four active fleets, making it the most numerous class in service with the Federated Suns at that point in time. While all of the Davion I class WarShips had been retired from active service, there were rumors at the time that the navy would reactive some mothballed Davion Is as a part of the rapid rearmament program, which would have resulted in both classes of ship potentially operating alongside each other. No Davion IIs survived the Succession Wars.

Armament and Equipment

Whereas a Block I Davion sported a mix of capital weapons, combining NAC/25s and NAC/30s with NL45s and Light Naval PPCs, the Block II Davion was instead designed to incorporate only naval autocannon. The mix of NAC/25s, NAC/30s and NAC/40s significantly boosted the amount of damage a Block II Davion could inflict with its capital weapons compared to a Block I Davion, but did leave the Block II Davions without weapons that could inflict damage at extreme range. The Block II Davion also incorporated a substantially increased anti-fighter arsenal compared to its predecessor, replacing the earlier ships LRM-20s with a larger number of LRM-15s, adding multiple PPCs to several arcs and boosting the number of lasers substantially.

Cargo

• Bay 1: Fighters/Small Craft (18), 6 Doors
• Bay 2: 72,036.5 tons of Cargo, 2 Doors

Named vessels

(See Category:Individual Davion-class WarShips for a list of named vessels, both Block I and Block II.)

Notes

• When first fielded, a Davion II would commonly transport a pair of assault DropShips, typically Achilles-class DropShips, but later Vengeance-class DropShips were permanently assigned to Davion IIs.

Gallery

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  Original Davion from TRO:3057 Revised

Bibliography

• Field Report 2765: AFFS
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised