Leviathan II

Leviathan II Heavy Battleship
Production information
Manufacturer	Clan Ghost Bear
Introduced	3066
Use	Combat JumpShip Aerospace Carrier Orbit Fire-Support Space superiority
Tech Base	Clan Advance
Cost	29,589,153,000 C-Bills
Technical specifications
Mass	2,400,000
Length	1,700 meters
Sail Diameter
Fuel	15,300
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust
Top Thrust	2.5 g
Sail Integrity
KF Drive Integrity
LF Battery	Yes
Armament	2 x Heavy Naval Gausses 4 Medium Naval Gausses 10 x NAC/30s 28 x Medium NPPCs 108 x NL55s 6 x AR-10 Launchers 10 x ER PPCs 50 x ER Large Lasers 40 x ER Medium Laser 20 x Large Pulse Lasers 40 x Medium Pulse Lasers 16 x Gauss Rifles 12 x LRM 20+ArtIV 80 x ATM-12s 18 x Streak SRM 6s 30 x AMS
Armor	Ferro-Carbide
DropShip Capacity	8
Crew	195 Officers 764 Crewmembers 211 Gunners 225 BattleArmor/Marines 600 Bay Personnel
Grav Decks	2 (185 meter diameter, 95 Meter dimeter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	150/150
Heat Sinks	9,500 Double Heat Sinks
Structural Integrity	150
BV (1.0)	336,087
BV (2.0)	???

Description

The Leviathan II Heavy Battleship was a product of Clan Ghost Bear. It was constructed at the shipyards which orbit Alshain, the capital of the Ghost Bear's Occupational Zone, as a symbol of the founding of the Ghost Bear Dominion. The ships were noted for their incredibly heavy armor and weaponry, and were the largest WarShips ever constructed.

Ship History

The ship's design was originally conceived in 3044 prior to Clan Invasion. With help from Clan Snow Raven, Clan Ghost Bear began construction on a pair of Leviathans. However, production ground to a halt when Clan Snow Raven began work on their Conqueror-Class Heavy Cruiser. Without the Raven's assistance, Clan Ghost Bear discovered that it could not complete construction of the vessels without assistance. After the Great Refusal at Strana Mechty, Clan Ghost Bear's joined the Warden clans and secretly decided to relocate its populace to its Inner Sphere holdings. The incomplete Leviathan Battleships were adapted into the heavy transports needed to move their population. During the latter 3050s, these transports served as the means to move the Clan's entire population to their occupation zone.

With their secret relocation complete, the Clan celebrated the founding of the Ghost Bear Dominion by constructing a new Leviathan Heavy Battleship: the Rasalhague. While the Rasalhague was under construction, a rogue brigade of Kuritan Alshain Avengers attacked and damaged the ship in 3064. This attack triggered the Combine-Ghost Bear War. It wasn't until December of 3068 that the Rasalhague finally launched. During the very late 3060s and early 3070s the remaining Leviathan Transports were converted into the Heavy Battleship configuration.

In July 3070, newly elected Prince Ragnar Magnusson commanded a Ghost Bear task force led by the Rasalhague to liberate Tukayyid from the Word of Blake occupation. After being challenged to withdraw, the McKenna-Class Battleship Blake's Sword and Essex-Class Destroyer Deliverance attacked the Ghost Bears. Together with the Nightlord-Class Battleship Ursa Major, the Rasalhague swiftly knocked the Blakist McKenna-Class Battleship out of action. In a desperate attempt to salvage victory, the remaining Blakist warship fired a nuclear weapon at the Rasalhague, but was unable to even penetrate its heavy armor. After the Blakist fleet was defeated, the Rasalhague then provided cover to Prince Magnusson's 1st Rasalhague Bears and the Gunzburg Eagles as they landed to retake the planet. Shortly after Tukayyid was freed from the Blakists the Rasalhague went to Riksdag.

In 3077 a Leviathan fought Blakist WarShips at Dyev. Though eventually the Blakists were driven off, the Ghost Bears took serious damage.

Armament

The Leviathan mounts both capital grade and conventional weapons, allowing the vessel to destroy larger targets, but also defend itself from lighter AeroSpace Fighters.

Nose-Mounted Weapons

Capital weaponry: 2 Heavy Naval Gauss Rifles, 7 Medium Naval Grade PPCs, 2 Class-30 Naval Autocannon (w/200 Rounds), 1 AR-10 Capital Missile Launcher (20 Killer Whales, 50 White Sharks, and 100 Barracuda Capital Missiles), and 12 Class-55 Naval Lasers.

Conventional weaponry: 8 Gauss Rifles (600 rounds), 10 ER Large Lasers with 10 Medium Lasers, 5 Large Pulse Lasers with 5 Medium Pulse Lasers, 10 Type 12 Advanced Tactical Missile Launchers (w/ 1,000 rounds), and 5 Anti-Missile Systems (with 1,008 rounds).

Front Left/Right Sides

Capital weaponry: 7 Medium Naval PPCs, 12 Class-55 Naval Lasers, 2 Class-30 Naval Autocannons (w/200 rounds), and 1 AR-10 Launcher (20 Killer Whales, 50 White Sharks, and 100 Barracuda Capital Missiles).

Conventional weaponry: 10 ER Medium Lasers, 5 Medium Pulse Lasers, 10 ATM 12 Launchers (w/1,000 rounds), 3 Streak-6 SRM Launchers (w/300 rounds), and 5 Anti-Missile System (w/1008 rounds).

Left/Right Broadside

Capital weaponry: 2 Medium Naval Gauss Rifles (w/200 rounds), and 2 separate weapon bays with 12 Class-55 Naval Lasers in each.

Convention weaponry: 5 ER PPCs, 10 ER Large Lasers, 5 Large Pulse Lasers with 5 Medium Pulse Lasers, 6 20-tube LRM Launchers guided by Artemis IV Fire Control Systems (w/ 600 rounds), 10 ATM-12 Launchers (w/1000 rounds), and 3 Streak SRM 6 launchers (w/300 rounds).

Aft Left/Right Sides

Capital weaponry: Class-30 Naval Autocannon (w/200), 12 Class-55 Naval Lasers, and AR-10 Launcher (20 Killer Whales, 50 White Sharks, and 100 Barracuda Capital Missiles).

Conventional weaponry: 10 ER Large Lasers, 5 Medium Pulse Lasers, 10 ATM-12 launchers (w/1000 rounds), and 5 Anti-Missile Systems (w/1008 rounds).

Aft Weapons Bays

Capital weaponry: 7 Medium Naval PPCs, and 1 AR-10 Launcher (20 Killer Whales, 50 White Sharks, and 100 Barracuda Capital Missiles).

Conventional weaponry: 10 ER Medium Lasers, 8 Gauss Rifles (w/600 rounds), 5 Large and 5 Medium Pulse Lasers, 10 ATM-12 launchers (w/1000 rounds), and 5 Anti-Missile Systems (w/1008 rounds).

Cargo Bays

• Bay 1: Aerospace Fighter (150) - 4 Doors
• Bay 2: Aerospace Fighter (150) - 4 Doors
• Bay 3: Cargo (24,873.00 tons) - 10 Doors

Variants

• Leviathan Heavy Transport - The original production variant of the Battleship, only Leviathan and Great Bear were constructed in this configuration.

• Leviathan Prime - The CSV Perigard Zalman is an advanced Steel Viper built version of the Leviathan battleship.

Named Vessels

Clan Ghost Bear

• CGB Leviathan - As part of Operation SCOUR the CGB Leviathan assaulted Dieron with the Ursa Major and Ark-Royal. There it faced six Blakist WarShips supported by large numbers of Pocket WarShips. Though it inflicted massive damage on several of the Blakist WarShips and destroyed many DropShips, in the end it took too much damage from Pocket WarShips and was lost.

• CGB Rasalhague - Built in the Alshain orbital shipyards. The ship was damaged during construction in 3066 and was finally commissioned in December 3068. The ship participated in the liberation of Tukayyid from Blakist forces in 3070, and withstood a nuclear attack from Blakist naval forces. Also participated in the Terran assault. Assigned to support Coalition forces landing on the world.

• CGB Great Bear - Participated in the assault of Terra. Assigned to neutralize the Titan Shipyards, the Great Bear was destroyed by a salvo of nuclear missiles from a Dragon's Breath missile launcher.

Notes

Record Sheet for Leviathan II Battleship was only released in Aerotech 2 Record Sheets, which is out of print.

Bibliography

• Technical Readout: 3067
• AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
• Jihad Hot Spots: 3070
• Jihad Hot Spots: Terra