Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 17:36:44 -0500 (EST) From: Alvin Plummer Subject: TL F Planet Heavy Cruiser NOTE: the 'Planet' class heavy cruser is the same ship as the 'Mercury' in Battle Rider, and the 'Ghalalk' in Classic Trav's supplement 'Fighting Ships'. The 'Planet' name was used in Mega Trav's _Rebellion Sourcebook_. The Planet is a somewhat atypical TL F heavy cruser. While maintaining the typical 27,000 Mj gun of ship's in it's class, it's jump5 capasity gives it rather longer reach than most vessels in it's class. Also note it's 4-G max speed, a weakness that becomes quite costly in the heat of major naval actions. As a Naval ship, it's best employed as the 'big gun' of scouting parties and unexpected rading parties: there, it's jump5 capasity is used to the max while the less-than-max opposition allows it to 'get away with it's poor maneuverability. *****----- Major differences between the Planet class ship here and the Battle Rider Mercury vessel basically revolves around the slightly weakened spinal gun and the drastically weakened meson screen. For every ship built, the meson screen is far below the BR level, due to the volume the screen demands. *****-----***** Brilliant Lances Statistic's TL F Planet Heavy Cruser Disp 49 000 Armour 600 Len 317.9 m Volume 686 000 kl Price 28228.221 MCr Target L Config Slab SL Tech F Mass 495 990/463 894 Power Plant Fusion 116 000 MW, 1 yr duration (300 MW/Hit, 19 MW shortfall) Jump 5 (205 800 kl of fuel) G-rating 4 (25 000 MW/G) G-turns 30.8 G-hours (64.1 G-hrs w/jfuel), 6 182 kl each Maint 15 772 Computer 3 x TL F fb (1.1 MW ea) Commo 3 x Radio 1000 AU (20.0 MW ea) 3 x Laser 1000 AU ( .3 MW ea) 3 x Maser 1000 AU ( .6 MW ea) 1 x Meson 10 hex ( 3.0 MW ea) 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 2568, Engineer x 776 Offensive TL F 27 000 Mj Spinal Meson, -2 Dif (Loc: Spinal, Arc:1, 7500 MW, 171 Crew) Defensive 352 MW TL F Meson Screen (PV+750, Crew 11) At Loc: 1 10 x Missile Barbettes (.15 MW, 0 Crew* ea) 25 x TL F 150 Mj Laset Turrent, -2 Diff (Arc: 1-2, 42 Mw, 0 Crew* ea) 25 x TL F Sandcasters (Arc: 1-2, 1 MW, 1 Crew ea, 2D10x5 per hit, 50 C) 5 x TL F N. Dampers (Arc: 1-2, 1 hex range, 3 MW, 1 Crew ea) At Loc: 10 As above, but all Arc:All At Loc: 11 As Above, but all Arc:All MFD's 30 x TL F Msl/Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 10 hex, 1.7 Mw, 1 Crew ea) 78 x TL F Beam (-6 Dif, 10 hex, 1.6 MW, 1 Crew ea) -2 Dif 27 000 Mj Spinal Meson 10:821 20:520 40:260 80:131 -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 (6 476 MW) Crew 1876 Engineering 776 Maint 89 Electrical 14 Stewards 63 Maneuver 4 Command 458 Flight 18 Gunnery 380 Troops 76 Medical 15 Accomo Sm. Strooms x 230 (double: .0005 MW ea) Lg. Strooms x 121 (quad @ 3 shifts: .001 MW ea) Other Facilities 3 x Electrical Shops (.6 Mw ea), 3 x Mechanical Shops (1.0 Mw ea), 3 x Sickbay (.8 Mw ea) Small Craft & Launch Facilities Spacious Hangar for 3 x 30 Disp ship's boats, 1 x 50 Disp mod. cutter, 1 x 10 Disp Skill, 4 x 15 Disp fighters Can launch all fighters in 1 turn No Cargo Airlocks: 490 Bridge, Aux Brige, Fire Control Centre Fuel Scoops: jfuel in 3 hr 45 min, all fuel in 7 hr 25 min Fuel Purif: jfuel in 12 hr, all fuel in 23 hr 50 min *****----- Surface Area 1 1-7 Airlock 8 Launch Port 2 Launch Port 4-5 1-16 Antenna 6-9 1-12 EMMR 10-16 Meson Screen Damage Area in all areas, 1-2 = Spinal Meson 1 3-18 Weapon 19-20 Elect 2 3-20 Hold 3 3-20 Quarters 4-5 3-8 Quarters 9-17 Elect 18-20 Hold 6-9 3-20 Hold 10-11 3-4 Weapons 5-20 Hold 12-16 3-20 Hold 17-19 4-13 Engineering 14-20 Hold 20 3-20 Hold System Damage Electronics 3 x Laser, Maser, Radar, Ladar (1h) Ant (1h) ea. 3 x P-EMS (2h) 2H ea. 3 x A-EMS, A-EMS jammer (2h) ea. Meson Commo 3H (1h) ea. EMM 67H (686h) Meson Screen 53H Hold Hangar 24H 10 x Mech Shop, 10 x Elect Shop 1H ea. Quarters Sm. Stroom x 230 (2h) ea. Lg. Stroom x 121 1H ea. ArtiGrav 137H Life Support 1 226H Emerg. Life Support 673H Weapons Spinal Meson 610H Laser Turrent x 75 1H ea. Sandcaster Turrent x 75 1H ea. Nuclear Dampers Turrent x 15 1H ea. Missile Barbettes x 30 1H ea. Engineering Jump Drive 823H HEPlaR 100H Power Plant 388H Fuel Purif 412H NOTE: asterisks after some crew numbers means that these positions *can* be manned in lieu of the MFD stations. *****-----***** Battle Rider Statstic's CA Planet M(-2)10:11-10-7-4 -3 - TL F - FC: -6 L(x25-2)10:1 M:30(150) A:16 [P:8] J:16 Msk (SP) J5 G4 AV:10 AuxB ! MS:11 SC:25 D:5 105 ! 4 fighters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alvin Plummer "Preserve what we created, Norris, and remember what we stood for." - Strephon, 179-1126 Reply to: alvin.plummer@SHERIDANC.ON.CA