Kyushu (WarShip class)
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- This article is about the WarShip design. For other uses, see Kyushu.
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| Kyushu | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Midway Shipyards[1]
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| Introduced | 3053[2] |
| Production Year | 3057[3] |
| Use | Frigate |
| Tech Base | Star League |
| Cost | 14,703,264,000 C-bills[citation needed] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 630,000 tons |
| Length | 640 meters |
| Sail Diameter | 1,100 meters |
| Fuel | 4,500 tons |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 1.5 g |
| Top Thrust | 2.5 g |
| Sail Integrity | 4 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 13 |
| LF Battery | Yes |
| Armament |
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| Armor | 879.5 tons Improved Ferro-Aluminum |
| DropShip Capacity | 4 |
| Crew | 275[2]
Bay Personnel: 312 |
| Grav Decks | 2 (1 x 100 meters and 1 x 130 meters diameter) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 45/0 |
| Heat Sinks | 519 double |
| Structural Integrity | 70 |
| BV (1.0) | 66,790[2][4] |
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Description
Based on the Federated Suns' Robinson-class transport, a pair of which were captured during the early Succession Wars,[5] the Kyushu-class frigate was the initial design of the Draconis Combine's first generation of post–Clan Invasion WarShips and intended primarily for transport/defense of invasion task forces. Pieced together from parts sourced across the Combine, the Kyushu forms a large portion of the Combine's resurgent WarShip fleet.[2]
With initial construction beginning in 3053 and finishing in late 3057, the class was among the first modern Successor States WarShips completed. While not intended for anti-ship operations, the frigate’s weapons array, Lithium-Fusion Battery, Ferro-Aluminum armor, and Double Heat Sinks allow the Kyushu to defend itself and the units in its care admirably. Double-occupancy cabins for the crew are spread among six decks, each deck containing a mess hall and recreation facility with two grav decks available for use.[2]
While at one time the most numerous of the Clan Invasion era WarShips built by the Draconis Combine, the last Kyushu, the DCS Draconis Rift, was not used in any known operations after the Second Combine-Dominion War up to the time of the IlClan. The Draconis Rift and the DCS Winds of Heaven, an Inazuma-class corvette, were reportedly kept behind the main thrust into the Federated Suns as the DCMS conquered the New Avalon Prefecture, or Dragon's Tongue.[6]
Armament
Like many post–Helm Memory Core Inner Sphere designs, the Kyushu features primarily anti-fighter weaponry supported by a still sizable array of capital class weapons. The nose bays feature two NAC/40, two NAC/20s, two NL35s and a single Heavy NPPC supported by twin ER Large Lasers, two medium lasers, two Artemis enhanced LRM-20s, and five point defense Small Pulse Lasers. The fore angles each feature an NL35, two NAC/35s, two ER Large and two standard medium lasers, two LRM-20s, and five-point defense pulse small lasers, with each broadside bay featuring the same layout while adding a NAC/20 and Medium NPPC. The vessel's aft weaponry mirrors the fore, apart from upgrading the NAC/35s on the aft angles to NAC/40s.
Cargo
The vessel’s 61,245.5-ton cargo capacity is divided between a small cargo area, combined berthing for eighteen aerospace fighters and twelve Small Craft, and its huge BattleMech bay. The Kyushu's most notable feature, the bay features 108 'Mech cubicles, a complete 'Mech Regiment, which can be transported to a planet’s surface either by transferring to one of the four attached DropShips, two at a time via one of the Kyushu's twelve specially modified cargo shuttles, or if the WarShip is in low orbit, directly from the cargo bay via Drop Pods.
- Bay 1: Aerospace Fighters (18) / Small Craft (12), 6 doors
- Bay 2: Cargo (61,245.5 tons), 2 doors
- Bay 3: BattleMechs (108), 2 doors
Related WarShips
- Robinson Transport - the Kyushu-class frigate was actually based in part on Davion Robinson-class transports captured by the Combine in the early Succession Wars.
See Also
Gallery
Original Kyushu from TRO:3057
References
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 161: "Pillar of Jade (Economics) - Direct Service (Military) Corporations - Midway Shipyards"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Technical Readout Revised: 3057, p. 124: "Kyushu (Frigate)"
- ↑ MUL online date for the Kyushu (WarShip class)
- ↑ AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 293
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 236: "Pair of Robinson Transports were captured by Combine, became the basis for Kyushu-class Frigates"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 50: "Naval Assets"