Titan (DropShip class)

Titan
Production information
Manufacturer	Di Tron Heavy Industries
Use	Fighter Carrier
Type	Aerodyne
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass	12,000 tons
Structural Integrity	15
Length	250 meters
Width	162 meters
Height	47.2 meters
Drive System	GM 750-A12 Standard
Safe Thrust	5
Max Thrust	8
Fuel (tons)	480 tons
Fuel (days)	260.9 days
Armament	8x Autocannon/20s 6x LRM-20s 22x Large Lasers 10x Medium Lasers
Armor	Starshield Fore: 25 Sides: 25 Aft: 26
Crew	28
Escape Pods/Life Boats	4/4
Heat Sinks	195 single Heat Sinks
BV (1.0)	6,791
BV (2.0)	8,080

Description

One of the largest Star League era fighter carrier DropShips, the Titan can transport the entire fighter complement for a Battalion, enough to often overwhelm the fighter defenses of a Jump Point or planet. Despite the risks of a single craft carrying such a large volume of fighters, the Titan's heavy armor and extremely strong weapons array greatly minimized them, at least until the indiscriminate warfare of the Succession Wars; none survive outside the Clan Toumans.

Designed with AeroSpace Fighter pilots in mind, the Titan is focused almost entirely on supporting its fighter compliment, either with its relatively roomy and luxurious crew quarters, large flight decks or extensive tactical station for the ship's CAG (Commander Air Group).

Armament

For a "mere" fighter carrier, the Titan carries an impressively large weapons array, exceeding even the arsenal of the Achilles-class assault ship. Consisting of eight Pontiac 20 Autocannon/20's and twenty-two BlazeFire Large Lasers backed up by six Delta-X LRM-20 launchers and ten Hellion-b Medium Lasers, the bulk of the weapons are forward facing, most grouped in the Titans nose, though at least one AC/20 and LRM-20 cover the aft quarters of the craft.

Cargo

The Titan contains three separate flight decks, each capable of housing six Aerospace Fighters. The integrity of each deck assures maximum damage-control efficiency. Each deck is equipped with one door each for take-off and landing.

Variants

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Clan Refit Titan

• Clan - A number of Titans accompanied the Exodus fleet, with some continuing to serve among the various Clan tourmans after being refitted to carry a complete Trinary of 30 OmniFighters.

References

• Technical Readout: 2750, pp 150-151
• Technical Readout: 3057, pp 90-91
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp 88-89