M-9 "Pavise" SDS Battle Station

M-9 "Pavise" SDS Battle Station
Production information
Manufacturer
Type	Space Station
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Cost
Introduced	2720
Technical specifications
Mass	1,500,000
Length	1,000 meters
Width	2,000 meters
Thrust	Station Keeping Only
Fuel (tons)	5,000
Fuel (days)	2.82
LF battery
Armament	Weapon Layout 12 x Naval Gauss Rifles 12 x Heavy Naval PPCs 12 x NAC/35s 30 x NAC/10s 12 x AR-10s 72 x NL55s 24 x Gauss Rifles 36 x PPCs 36 x ER Large Lasers 24 x LB 10-Xs 36 x Large Pulse Lasers 24 x LRM 20s+ArtIV 72 x Medium Pulse Lasers 72 x Small Pulse Lasers
Armor	Ferro-Carbide
Structural Integrity	1
Docking Collars	12
Crew/Passengers	SDS Drone Control System 20 Officers 100 Enlisted/Non-Rates Overseers 45 Marines 300 Visitor/Passengers
Grav Decks	2 (450 meter diameter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	90/0
Heat Sinks	7,000 (Double Heat Sinks)
BV (1.0)	None
BV (2.0)	288,172

Description

The M-9 “Pavise” SDS Battle Station was a SLDF robotic defense outpost created as part of First Lord Jonathan Cameron's plan to protect the Terran Hegemony. These were the Largest drones ever created as part of the M-Series.

The Pavise was created as an automated space command outpost to maintain and coordinate a large fleet of SDS Robotic Drones within a Star System. First deployed in 2720, the Pavise would typically be deployed to a star system's Jump Point or in orbit around an important world. Terra itself would have five of these Battle Stations protecting each of its Jump Points. The station's robotic systems would be monitored by a small human crew and its habitable section could accominate visitors. These stations would also serve as a Space Traffic Control station and perform maintenance which the SDS cannot do itself.

Many of these stations would fall under control of Stefan Amaris's occupation forces, posing a significate obstacle to General Aleksandr Kerensky's Liberation of the Terran Hegemony. Designed to serve as the first and last line of defense to the Hegemony, these incredibly tough battlestations would force the SLDF to resort to creative tactics in order to overcome their blistering defenses.

Armament & Capabilities

Capabilities

Designed as a Command and Repair Yard for smaller SDS Drones, the Pavise Battlestations were equipped with Large Naval Comm-Scanner Suite, and an Autonomous Tactical Analysis Computer. These sensors and computer drone controls would allow a Pavise to a control up to 300 Drones at a time. The station's two ARTS Pressurized Repair Bays can repair and re-arm DropShip and WarShip size SDS Drones.

The station has 12 DropShip collars, allowing it to handle two full squadrons of DropShips, while its fighter bays can house 144 Drone based Fighter craft.

Encasing the station's hull is 4,125 tons worth of Ferro-Carbide armor, giving the station twice the protection of a Farragut or McKenna Class Battleship

Armaments

A Pavise's weapons layout is the equal of any typical heavy WarShip design of its era.

Each of the Pavise's weapon arcs (Nose, FL/FR, AL/AR, Aft) has the following weapons layout:

• Capital weaponry: 4 Heavy Naval Gauss Rifles, 8 Heavy Naval PPCs, Class-35 Naval Autocannon (w/200 each), 12 Class-55 Naval Lasers, and AR-10 Launcher (100 Killer Whales, 100 White Sharks, and 100 Barracuda Capital Missiles).

• Conventional weaponry: 4 Gauss Rifles, 6 Particle Projector Cannons, 6 Extended-Ranged Large Lasers, 4 Artemis IV guided 20-Tubed Long-Range Missile Launchers, 4 LB 10-X Class Autocannons, 6 Large Pulse Lasers with 12 Medium Pulse Lasers, and 12 Small Pulse Lasers serving as point defense.

Cargo

• Bay 1: Small Craft (10) - 1 Door
• Bay 2: ARTS Fighter Cubicles (144) - 21 Doors
• Bay 3: ARTS Pressurized Repair Bay (800,000 ton Capacity) - 1 Door
• Bay 4: Cargo (157,585 tons) - 2 Doors
• Bay 5: Cargo (50,000 tons) - 2 Doors

Notes

The Pavise requires no crew as it is completely autonomous, being able to maintain both attending vessels and itself. The Station's human crew oversees the SDS Computer Network and maintenance. The SDS Drone Control System has the gunnery of 3 and piloting of 4. The station's internal Automated defenses provides 251 Marine Points to fend off boarding actions.

As of this writing, there is no Master Unit Listing for the M-9 "Pavise" SDS Battle Station.

Bibliography

• Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1