Aegis (WarShip class)

Aegis
Production information
Manufacturer	Di Tron Industries
Introduced	2372
Use	Heavy Cruiser
Tech Base	Star League
Cost	14,980,141,000 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass	750,000 tons
Length	725 m
Sail Diameter	1.308 m
Fuel	1,000 tons
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust
Top Thrust	3
Sail Integrity	4
KF Drive Integrity	16
LF Battery	Yes
Armament	18 x NAC/35s 8 x White Shark tubes 24 x NAC/20s 12 x NL55 4 x Barracuda tubes 4 x NL45s
Armor	597.5 tons of Grumman K5 Ferro-Carbide
DropShip Capacity	4
Small craft/ Aerospace fighters	10/18
Crew	180
Grav Decks	2, both 90 meter diameter
Escape Pods/Life Boats	0/20
Heat Sinks	2,046
Structural Integrity	75
BV (1.0)	84,526
BV (2.0)	???

Description

First launched in 2372, the Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser is one of the oldest WarShip designs still in common use, serving with distinction with the Terran Hegemony, Star League, ComStar and Clan fleets to this day.

Among the most sophisticated designs at the time of its creation, including many new features that would go on to become standard, the Aegis boasted excellent firepower and maneuverability, going on to serve with the Hegemony Armed Forces until 2531 when after a number of refits designed to keep pace with newer vessels the decision was made to retire the aging class in favor of the Avatar-class. However, Deborah Cameron, the cautious Director-General of the Terran Hegemony at the time, chose to send the 106 surviving ships to mothballs just in case. This was to prove a boon to the newly formed Star League who found a critical need for WarShips to serve in the Reunification War, with First Lord Ian Cameron ordering the return of the Aegis cruisers to active duty in 2582. One-third of the cruisers were turned over to the Council Lords to be added to their private fleets, with the rest went to Hegemony shipyards to be refitted for use in the Star League Navy.

Di Tron spent the next ten years transforming the relics into some of the most advanced warships of their time. The newer equipment was mostly smaller than the old, and there was enough room to add a few amenities, such as a Zero-G pool. One of the most important innovations was the Lithium-Fusion Battery System, the Aegis being among the first designs to receive it across the class. The archaic and age worn materials and construction techniques made the hull of the Aegis weaker than on later ships, also leaving the ship more easily detected by enemy sensors, but a surprising number survived the fall of the Star League and departed the Inner Sphere during the Exodus. A number of these craft have been observed in Clan toumans, the design highly favored by Clan Jade Falcon who use it to perform escort and transport duties.

Armament

The main firepower of the Aegis is its eighteen Armstrong II 35-Series naval autocannons, two each in the nose and each forward angle with four on each broadside and mounted aft, and eight White Shark missile tubes, three on each fore angle with two directly aft. The secondary large-caliber armament is intended to defend the fighter launch bays and consists of three Randall-55 NL55s and a single Barracuda tube on each broadside, a further three NL55s, Baracuda tube and six Imperator-20 NAC/20s on each rear angle, with four Magna-45 NL45s directly aft.

Cargo

The Star League era Aegis has a single 85,835 ton capacity cargo bay, with enough small craft bays to carry three squadrons of AeroSpace Fighters, eighteen fighters total, and ten Small Craft, alongside it's four docking collars.

Variants

• Clan - The Clan version differs little from those used by the SLDF and ComStar, save a minor reduction in armor and cargo space to boost the fighter compliment to twenty, 2 Stars, in line with Clan military structure. BV (1.0) = 167,790

Named Vessels

• Chaos Sailor - The ship was original built for serve of the Terran Hegemony's Navy, the ship along with its sister ships were mothballed after being obsoleted. It later reactivated and upgraded for serves in the SLDF. The ship survived course of the Amaris Coup, and became part of General Kerensky's Exodus Fleet to Deep Periphery in 2784. It later became part of Clan Ice Hellion's Touman of Naval Assets. It served during the Clan's invasion of Clan Jade Falcon's Occupational Zone in June 3071. It had been assigned to Beta Galaxy's Naval Star, where it survive the brutal campaign to conqueror Falcon's territory. As CIE Chaos Sailor the ship fought Ice Hellion's Dark Nebula battle between Jade Falcons and Clan Hell's Horses. After the Hellion's lost the battle, the ship was claimed as isorla by the Hell's Horses in March 3072.

• ISS Righteous Fury - ComGuard First Independent Squadron

• ISS Swift Justice - ComGuard First Independent Squadron

• ISS Avenging Sword - ComGuard Second Independent Squadron

• FWLS Olympic - Originally purchased by the Free Worlds League in the late twenty-sixth century, the vessel was lost to a Draconis Combine battle group during the ComStar War. The derelict was rediscovered and reconditioned in 3057, assigned to FWLM Secret Fleet. Later this ship was taken over by the Word of Blake and used in their attack on Arc-Royal.

• FWLS Nueva Badajoz - Formerly the SLS Impetuous, it was recovered with Blakist aid and entered service in 3060, assigned to FWLM Secret Fleet. At some point after the Jihad began, it was taken over by the Blakists and renamed the WoBS Impetuous.

• SLS Blood Oath - Clan Nova Cat Vision Naval Star

• SLS Bond - Clan Nova Cat Vision Naval Star

• SLS Promise - Clan Nova Cat Vision Naval Star

• SLS Blade - Clan Nova Cat Transcendent Naval Star

• SLS Path of Honor - Clan Nova Cat Transcendent Naval Star

• SLS Vision Quest - Clan Nova Cat Transcendent Naval Star

• SLS Principle - Clan Nova Cat Mystic Naval Star

• SLS Chronicle - Clan Nova Cat Mystic Naval Star

• SLS Remembrance - Clan Nova Cat Mystic Naval Star

• WoBS Immortal Spirit - Word of Blake recovered this ship, formerly the SLS E Presley. She was the command ship of Admiral Braso's 568th Armed Transport Flotilla, and was presumed destroyed by the Epsilon Indi SDS. The ship was extensively used during the 3060s in black ops against various opponents. It was later captured by the Jade Falcon Aegis Cruiser Red Talon.

• WoBS Impetuous - Formerly the FWLS Nueva Badajoz, the Impetuous was taken over by the Blakists after the Jihad began. In 3070 it was destroyed in the Shiloh system by the FWLS Lancelot, FWLS Galahad, and the FWLS Menelaus.

• CBS Exanguine - This Vessel is assigned to the Blood Spirit Naval Reserve.

• CCV Consequence - The Vessel is directly assigned to Beta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra).

• CCV Inquisitor - The Vessel is directly assigned to Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra).

• CDS Bloodlust - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Diamond Shark.

• CGS Corona Borealis - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Einheriar Battlegroup.

• CGS Corona Austrina - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Goliath Scorpion's Fire Wheel Battlegroup.

• CJF Red Talon - Former Star League vessel that accompanied General Kerensky in Exodus from the Inner Sphere. The ship became part of Clan Jade Falcon.

• CJF Janice Hazen - Former SLDF vessel, which part of General Kerensky's Exodus Fleet. The ship later became part of Clan Jade Falcon's Touman of Naval Assets. The ship partipated in its defense of the Falcon's Occupational Zone when Clan Ice Hellion invaded. During last of the fighting in 3072, the ship was lost over Evciler when remains of Hellion aerospace support destroyed the ship.

• CJF Jade Talon - Active as of 3136, the Jade Talon took part in the Battle over Sudeten during the Jade Falcon Civil War. It recieved heavy Damage during the fighting by the weakened, but still powerfull Nighlord-Class Warship Emerald Talon, though it managed to cripple the once powerful Warship in the process. The fate of the Jade Talon after the Battle is unknown.

• CIH Taney - Former Terran Hegemony and SLDF WarShip, later was which was part part of the General Kerensky's Exodus Fleet. The ship became part of Clan Ice Hellion, touman of naval assets. The ship partipated in Ice Hellion's invasion of Clan Jade Falcon's occupational zone in the Inner Sphere in June of 3071. The ship was destroyed in naval battle over Somerset in July.

• CSR Blue Quest - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Snow Raven's Fleet Command Star.

• CSR Lord Death - This Vessel is also assigned to Clan Snow Raven's Fleet Command Star.

• CStV Steel Python - This Vessel is assigned to Clan Steel Viper.

• WDS Alexander - The Alexander was the flagship of Wolf's Dragoons' General Maeve Wolf. In December 3067, the vessel was at the forefront when Wolf returned to Outreach. The Alexander destroyed several Blakist DropShips and damaged two WarShips in the process. The Alexander was lost while covering the Dragoons' withdrawal from Outreach.

Gallery

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  Clan Refit Aegis from TRO:3057

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  Clan Refit Aegis cut-away

References

• Technical Readout: 2750, pp 132-133
• Technical Readout: 3057, pp 144-145
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp 142-143
• Field Manual: ComStar, pp 44, 110
• Field Manual: Free Worlds League, pp 119

Bibliography

• Blake Ascending
• Dawn of the Jihad
• Field Manual: Crusader Clans
• Field Manual: ComStar
• Field Manual: Free Worlds League
• Field Manual: Warden Clans
• Jihad Hot Spots: 3070
• Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
• Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
• Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
• Technical Readout: 2750
• Technical Readout: 3057
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised