Floriani Alpha-Class Gunboat by "Snapping Turtle" The Floriani Alpha-Class Gunboat is part of a series of similar, yet complementary 300 ton gunboats produced for the Floriani navy. These craft are not intended to operate singly, but as part of an balanced task force. As a class, these gunboats generally sacrifice weaponry and endurance to high speed and heavy armor. This is consistent with the initial Floriani design concept which was to use gunboats to break through opposing lines of fighters in order to bring overwhelming force to bear on the escort vessels of the enemy. They are strictly creatures of space, as they can only operate from orbital facilities or larger carrier craft. It is proposed that the Regency purchase several of these gunboat flotillasin order to test their suitability use as system defense squadrons. Initial evaluations indicate that the synergistic interaction of the different variants which comprise such squadrons produces a defensive value considerably exceeding their relative cost. Purchase of such foreign built systems will also alleviate some of the strain on Regency shipyards in the current (1140) crisis The main armament of this craft is a forward-firing spinal particle accelerator. It also has two missile barbettes mounted port and starboard with six missiles each, a dorsally mounted 180Mj gravitically focussed laser turret, and a ventrally mounted sandcaster turret Description of the ship Floriani Alpha-Class Gunboat General Data Displacement: 300 tons Hull Armor: 335 Length: 60.33 meters Volume: 4,200 m3 Price: 216.53 MCr Target Size: S Configuration: Streamlined Cone (3.7:1) Tech Level: 15 Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 5,087.5 / 4,957.8 Engineering Data Power Plant: 2 GW Fusion Power Plant, 1 year duration (199.8 m3 fuel) Jump Performance: None G-Rating: 6G HEPlaR (254.37 MW/G) G-Turns: 52, 31.8 m3 fuel each Maint: 316 Electronics Computer: TL-15 Fibre-optic computer (1.1 MW), TL-15 Fibre-optic computer (1.1 MW) Commo: Laser (1000 AU; 0.3 MW), 3xMaser (1000 AU; 0.6 MW), Radio (1 hex; 1 MW) Avionics: Sensors: AEMS (1 hex; 6 MW), PEMS (3 hex; 0.06 MW), Ladar (10 hex; 0.6 MW), ECM/ECCM: 900 sensor decoys (300 Laser, 300 AEMS, 300 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW) Controls: Bridge with 5 bridge workstations, 13 normal workstations, fire control center (2 workstations), Standard Automation Armament Offensive: TL-15 180-MJ Laser Turret (Loc:0-Arcs:0;200 MW;1 crew) 2xTL-15 Missile Barbette (Loc:0-Arcs:0;0 MW;No crew)TL-15 900 MJ Particle Accelerator (Loc:0-Arcs:0;250 MW;1 crew) TL-xx Sand Caster (Loc:0-Arcs:0;1 MW;1 crew) Defensive: Master Fire Directors: 2xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.86 MW; 1 crew) 180-MJ Laser Turret (short)10:1/11-34; (medium) 20:1/11-34; (Long) 40:1/11-34; (extreme) 80:1/11-34 900-MJ PAWS: (short) 10:150; (medium) 20:150; (Long) 40:150; (extreme) 80:150. Can be operated -2 Diff Mods at 250 Mw Accommodations: Extended Life Support (0.11 MW) Gravitic Compensators (2.63 MW) Grav Compensation: 6 G. Crew: 23 (1xManeuver, 1xElectronics, 13xEngineer, 5xGunnery, 3xCommand) Crew Accommodations: 13xSmall Stateroom (0.5 kW) Cargo: None Small Craft and Launch Facilities: None Air Locks: 3 Notes Total Fuel Tankage: 1,853.2 m3 (132.4 tons). Fuel scoops (10% of ship surface), fills tanks in 1.1 hours. Crew requirements are calculated by using 'Original FFS' crew model. 2.2 MW power shortfall. Damage Tables: ? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tne-rces-unsubscribe@silent-tower.org For additional commands, e-mail: tne-rces-help@silent-tower.org