Floriani Delta-Class Gunboat by "Snapping Turtle" The Floriani D-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 valueconsiderably 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 With its extra EW capability, twin forward-firing 750 mj gravitically-focused spinal x-ray lasers and 50 ton missile bay (with six launchers and 56 missiles) the Delta-class variant is probably the best-balanced--and deadliest--craft of this class. Floriani D-Class Gunboat General Data Displacement: 300 tons Hull Armor: 335 Length: 60.33 meters Volume:4,200 m3 Price: 201.66 MCr Target Size: S Configuration: Streamlined Cone (3.7:1) Tech Level: 15 Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 5,128.0 / 4,990.6 Engineering Data Power Plant: 2 GW Fusion Power Plant, 1 year duration (199.8 m3 fuel) Jump Performance: None G-Rating: 6G HEPlaR (256.39 MW/G) G-Turns: 55, 32.0 m3 fuel each Maint: 323 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 (14 hex; 21 MW), PEMS Folding array (5 hex; 0.15 MW), Ladar (10 hex; 0.6 MW), ECM/ECCM: EMS Jammer (10 hex;30 MW), Area Jammer (3 hex radius; 32.4 MW), 900 sensor decoys (300 Laser, 300 AEMS, 300 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW) Controls: Bridge with 4 bridge workstations, 13 normal workstations, fire control center (2 workstations), Standard Automation Armament Offensive: 2xTL-15 750-MJ Spinal Laser (Loc:0-Arcs:0;208.3 MW;No crew) TL-15 Custom Missile Bay (Loc:0-Arcs:0;0 MW;No crew) Defensive: None Master Fire Directors: 2xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.86 MW; 1 crew) 750-MJ Spinal Laser (short) 10:1/22-68; (medium) 20:1/22-68; (long) 40:1/22-68 (extreme) 80:1/22-68. Can be overpowered to -2 Diff Mods. Accommodations Extended Life Support: (0.09 MW) Gravitic Compensators (2.28 MW) Grav Compensation: 6 G. Crew: 19 (1xManeuver, 1xElectronics, 13xEngineer, 2xGunnery, 2xCommand) Crew Accommodations: 11xSmall Stateroom (0.5 kW) Cargo: None Small Craft and Launch Facilities: None Air Locks: 3 Notes Total Fuel Tankage: 1,962.5 m3 (140.2 tons).
Fuel scoops (10% of ship surface), fills tanks in 1.17 hours.
Crew requirements are calculated by using 'Original FFS' crew model.57 MW power shortfall (usually made up for by shutting down the jammers when initial fire is about to commence. _________________________________________________________ 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