Kirishima
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| Kirishima | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Stellar Trek, Togura Shipyards Midway Shipyards, Midway |
| Introduced | 3061 |
| Use | Cruiser |
| Tech Base | Star League |
| Cost | 12,730,674,001 C-bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 790,000 |
| Length | 748 m |
| Sail Diameter | 1,350 m |
| Fuel | 7,450 tons |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 2.5 g |
| Top Thrust | 4 g |
| Sail Integrity | 4 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 16 |
| LF Battery | Yes |
| Armament | 16 x ER Large Lasers 16 x ER PPCs 32 x Large Pulse Lasers 32 x Medium Pulse Lasers 16 x Small Pulse Lasers 8 x NAC/20s 2 x NAC/25s 4 x NAC/30s 12 x NL45s 2 x Light NPPCs 16 x Medium NPPCs 2 x Heavy N-Gauss |
| Armor | Ferro-Carbide |
| DropShip Capacity | 3 |
| Crew | 275 |
| Grav Decks | 2, 100 and 130 meter diameters |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 45 |
| Heat Sinks | 519 Double Heat Sinks |
| Structural Integrity | 75 |
| BV (1.0) | 66,790 |
| BV (2.0) | ??? |
Description
The heaviest post-Succession Wars era WarShip design in the Draconis Combine fleet, the Kirishima-class Cruiser emphasized firepower and speed at the cost of armor and cargo capacity.
The second modern WarShip design developed by the Combine, and the most numerous after the lead Kyushu, the Kirishima was superior to other SLDF cruisers such as the Sovetskii Soyuz still in service in the Clan toumans, mounting more weaponry and a Lithium-Fusion Battery System and with a much higher thrust capacity. While below some of the other modern Great House vessels developed around the same time, 1,099 and a half tons of Ferro-Carbide armor was again superior to SLDF ships of the same weight and role.
Armament
Like many post-Helm Memory Core Inner Sphere designs, the Kirishima features a mix of both anti-fighter and capital class weaponry. The nose bays feature a single NAC/25 and Light NPPC supported by twin Medium NPPCs, rounded out with four Large and Medium Pulse Lasers and two ER Large Lasers, Small Pulse Lasers and ER PPCs each. Each forward and aft angle mounts a NAC/30, two NAC/20s, NL45 and Medium NPPCs each, supported by the same anti-fighter weaponry as the nose. The broadsides continue this thread in light weaponry, with capital weapons consisting of two NL45s and Medium NPPCs in support of a massive Heavy N-Gauss cannon. The rear of the craft apes the nose, save for dropping the Light NPPC.
Cargo
While featuring impressive speed and firepower, the Kirishima cannot operate away from home for extended periods due to its relatively small cargo capacity for its size of 12,326 tons. Aside from its ability to carry three DropShips, the Kirishima caries just twelve aerospace fighters and two Small Craft.
Named Vessels
- Draconis Combine
- Federated Suns
- FCS Covenant - A sign of the level of detente between the Combine and the Victor Steiner-Davion led Federated Commonwealth, an unfinished Kirishima hull was delivered to the New Syrtis Shipyards where it underwent extensive refitting and cosmetic modification to become the lead ship of the so-called Covenant-class and entered active service prior to 3062.[1] Stationed at New Syrtis during the FedCom Civil War, the Covenant fought against the Loyalist Avalon-class FCS Hanse Davion on November 1st 3065, ramming and destroying the Loyalist ship at the cost of itself.[2]