Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 22:02:23 -0500 (EST) From: Alvin Plummer Subject: TL F Sudniidbaa Assault Carrier What's a warfleet without massive troop transports? True, in wartime liners and other civilian starships are typically secured by the government for this job (observe both World Wars), but for nasty naval assaults on defended worlds you may want something more, umm, Sturdier. With, maybe, just a *little* bit more armour. That's where the Sudniidbaa comes in. In it's typical operational use, it comes in when the capital ships have silences the major gun's on the world under attack. It comes in between far orbit and 300,000 km off said world, and releases it's deadly cargo of 50 x 50-ton troop transports, each with between 50 and 100 men in full battle armour. It also send out 5 x 50-ton modular cutters (with a variety of possible modules in use, from anti-air to command posts to vechile transport to cargo), and 10 x 15-ton fighters (to gently tend to the brood as it approaches it's destination, and provide immediate air cover when the Marines arrive.) If a classic orbital assault is needed - with the troops being individually shot out of the missile tubes to the drop zone - the Sudniidbaa has 30 missile barbettes, permitting 150 men (max: this excludes cargo and ECM packages) to be launched from far orbit every 30 minutes. These ships are actually commanded by Imperial Marine officers, rather than Imperial Navy men. Each ship holds 2,500 men standard, enough for a full regiment of marine infrantry. The following notes come from the Rebellion Sourcebook (MegaTrav), pg. 36 Regiment: A regiment is composed of several battalions. It is commanded by a colonel. Battalions: A battalion is composed of several companies. It is commanded by a lieutenant commander. A battalion is the basic military unit in the Imperium. It contains approximately 500 men. Companies: A company is composed of several platoons. It is commanded by a captain. Note also that the 2,600 Marines carries are housed 4 to a large stateroom. If neccessary, the staterooms can be 'hot-bunked', allowing 7,800 Marines to be transported. Note the Sudniidbaa is capable of jump4, G5. It's capable of keeping up with most naval strike forces, but will 'hang back', as it lacks a spinal mount. It can defend itself, but isn't meant to attack: that's the job of it's mates. Also note that the Sudniidbaa does not carry extensive fighter wings, nor is it meant to carry armoured battalions. The Imperial Marines are currently working on a way to 'package' Trepida grav tanks and Astrin grav APC's so they will fit into Yolanda docking rings. The first prototypes are expected to be ready in 1117. NOTE: The Sudniidbaa is actually built to G6 specifications. However, due to it's cargo load and transports, it cannot go faster than G5. Once it's cargo and transports have been dropped off, however, G6 performance can be reattained. *****----- The TL F 50-disp ton Yolanda Troop Transport is taken from Classic Trav's 'Fighting ships', and altered beyond recognition. The armour have been pumped up to 100 levels, sensors and EM masking has been added, and an optional 'heavy anti-personnel' laser put in place of the missile turrent. Finally, 2 sandcasters and 2 fusion guns have been added to the transport. If the troops are being sent to a 'low-threat' landing zone, the lasers, sandcasters and additional fusion plant is removed, allowing 100 troops to be sent rather than fifty. *****-----***** Brilliant Lances Statistic's TL F Sudniidbaa Assault Carrier Disp 49 000 Armour 600 Len 317.9 m Volume 686 000 kl Price 24 787.254 MCr Target L Config Slab SL Tech F Mass 498 122/383 478 Power Plant Fusion 139 800 MW, 1 yr duration (300 MW/Hit, 5797 MW surplus) Jump 4 (31 500 kl of fuel) G-rating 5 (24 906 MW/G). Built at G6 specs (20 465 MW/G), can run at G6 if cargo, transports is offloaded. G-turns 29.5 G-hours (57.0 G-hrs w/jfuel), 6 217 kl each If no transports, cargo.... 35.9 (69.4 w/jfuel). 5109 kl each G-hr Maint 16 000 Computer 3 x TL F fb (1.1 MW ea) Commo 3 x Radio 1000 AU (20.0 MW ea) 3 x Maser 1000 AU ( .6 MW ea) 3 x Laser 1000 AU ( .3 MW ea) 1 x Meson 10 kex ( 3.0 MW) Avionics TL A+ Sensors 3 x P-EMS folding ( 8 hex, .3 MW ea) 3 x A-EMS (16 hex, 25.0 MW ea) 20 x Ladar (10 hes, 2.5 MW ea) ECM/ECCM 3 x A-EMS jammer (16 hex, 50.0 MW ea) EM Masking (686 MW) Controls Bridge x 832 (2 extra), Engineer x 932 Offensive 30 x Missile Barbettes (Loc 10,11,.15 MW, 0 Crew* ea) 150 x TL F 150 Mj Laset Turrent, -2 Diff (Loc:10,11, Arc: All, 42 Mw, 0 Crew* ea) Defensive 352 MW TL F Meson Screen (PV: 750, Crew 11) 150 x TL F Sandcasters (Loc:10,11, Arc: All, 1 MW, 1 Crew ea, 2D10x5 per hit, 50 C) 30 x TL F N Dampers (Loc:10,11, Arc: All, 1 hex range, 3 MW, 1 Crew ea) MFD's 30 x TL F Msl/Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 10 hex, 1.7 Mw, 1 Crew ea) 150 x TL F Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 1.6 MW, 1 Crew ea) -2 Dif 150 Mj Laser Turrent 10:1/10-31 20:1/10-31 40:1/10-31 80:1/10-31 Extended Life Support (137 MW) ArtiGrav (3430 MW) Crew 5251 Engineering 932 Maint 104 Ship's Troops 50 Electrical 21 Stewards 92 'Passegers' (Marines) 2600 Maneuver 4 Command 681 Gunnery 401 Medical 43 Accomo Sm. Strooms x 341 (double: .0005 MW ea) Lg. Strooms x 1144 (quad : .001 MW ea) Other Facilities 9 x Electrical Shops (.6 Mw ea), 9 x Mechanical Shops (1.0 Mw ea), 9 x Sickbay (.8 Mw ea) Small Craft & Launch Facilities 50 x 50 disp troop transports, 5 x 50 ton modular cutters, 10 x 15 ton fighters. All in docking rings. Cargo: 50 000 kl. 142 x large cargo hatches Airlocks: 490 Bridge, Aux Bridge, Flight Bridge (65 craft), Fire Control Centre Fuel Scoops: jfuel in 3 hr 10 min, all fuel in 6 hr 45 min Fuel Purif: jfuel in 24 hr, all fuel in 51 hr 35 min *****----- Surface Area 1 1-7 Airlock 2-3 1-16 Antenna 4-7 1-12 EMMR 13-20 Meson Screen 8-13 Docking Rings 14-15 1-4 Docking Rings 5-20 Meson Screen 16-17 Meson Screen 18-19 1-10 LCHatches Damage Area 1 1-16 Elect 17-20 Quarters 2-3 Quarters 4-5 1-6 Quarters 7-20 Hold 6-9 Hold 10-11 1-4 Weapons 5-20 Hold 12-17 Hold 18-19 1-18 Engineering 19-20 Hold 20 4-20 Eng System Damage Electronics 3 x Laser, Maser, Radio: Ladar (1h) Ant (1h) ea. 3 x P-EMS (2h) 2H ea. 3 x A-EMS, A-EMS jammer (2h) ea. EMM 67H (686h) Meson Screen 53H Hold 9 x Mech Shop, 9 x Elect Shop 1H ea. Quarters Sm. Stroom x 344 (2h) ea. Lg. Stroom x 1144 1H ea. ArtiGrav 137H Life Support 1 261H Emerg. Life Support 630H Weapons Laser Turrent x 150 1H ea. Sandcaster Turrent x 150 1H ea. Missile Barbettes x 30 1H ea. Nuclear Dampers x 30 1h ea. Engineering Jump Drive 686H HEPlaR 125H Power Plant 466H Fuel Purif 630H NOTE: asterisks after some crew numbers means that these positions *can* be manned in lieu of the MFD stations. *****-----***** Battle Rider Statstic's CA = Assault Carrier CA Sudniidbaa - -3 - TL F - FC: -6 L(x50-2)10:1 M:30(150) A:16 [P:8] J:16 Msk (SP) J4 G5 AV:10 ! MS:11 SC:50 D:10 105 ! 50 troop transports, 5 mod. cutters, 10 fighters *****-----***** Brilliant Lances Statistic's NOTE: Config 1 includes the heavy lasers and sandcasters. Config 2 does not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alvin Plummer "Preserve what we created, Norris, and remember what we stood for." - Strephon, 179-1126 Reply to: alvin.plummer@SHERIDANC.ON.CA