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Romanova class Escort
« on: 29 December 2017, 22:44:57 »

                    AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name:  Romanova class Escort
Tech:              Inner Sphere / 3067
Vessel Type:       WarShip
Rules:             Level 2, Standard design
Rules Set:         AeroTech2

Mass:              300,000 tons
K-F Drive System:  (Unknown)
Length:            463 meters
Sail Diameter:     947 meters
Power Plant:       Standard
Safe Thrust:       4
Maximum Thrust:    6
Armor Type:        Ferro-carbide
Armament:         
  290 ER Large Laser
    4 Medium NPPC
   48 AMS
   24 NL55
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The Romanova was developed as part of Comstar's revived WarShip construction program following the clan invasion. Though the program is best known for creating the Suffren class Destroyer, this was intended to be only part of an entire fleet of new WarShip designs, which would give Comstar the military strength to eventually drive the Clans from the Inner Sphere. Suffrens and Dantes would form the vanguard of this new fleet, first suplementing and possibly eventually replacing the Star League era vessels of the existing fleet. A new class of fleet carrier (tagged as project YORKTOWN) would serve as the fleet's core element. The relatively humble Romanova, in turn, would serve as the fleet's shield.

As a dedicated screening vessel, the Romanova was designed principly to repel massed fighter attacks. The ship carries fairly light naval weaponry, and even this is optimized for engaging smaller targets at extreme range utilizing sophisticated firing protocols developed for the SLDF. The ship's primary battery is actually composed of nearly three hundred Krupp Lancer large lasers, a specialized design developed specifically for the Romanova featuring superior performance and accuracy. These batteries would (at least theoretically) allow the Romanova to cut through fighter groups like butter, and thus more effectively protect its charges. The Romanova was also one of the first ships developed with a significant anti-missile battery, due to simulations that suggested naval missiles would serve a major roll in the initial engagement of a fleet action and could potentially disable a major combatant before the main battle was even joined.

Supporting the ship's integral armaments was hanger space for nine full level IIs of aerofighters. Projections indicated that the Romanova would rely on light, fast interceptors equipped with energy weapons, particularly the Trident, Swift or Spad. These fighters would form an additional screen for the fleet while the planned Yorktown class carrier conducted offensive flight operations. The size of the aerofighter complement, as well as design notes that indicate the Romanova was not to be fitted with an HPG, also suggests that Comstar had other plans for the vessel. It is widely believed that if the Romanova had proven successful, Comstar would begin offering the design for sale to the Great Houses as part of the Precentor Martial's goal of unifying the Inner Sphere against its common enemy.

Whatever plans Comstar might have had for the Romanova, those died alongside the rest of the naval program following the Word of Blake's conquest of Terra. Records recovered following the end of the Jihad indicated that the Word of Blake was itself planning on resurrecting the Romanova and other elements of Comstar's naval program both to supply new WarShips to the growing Star League Defense Forces, and to support their own planned war against the Clans. Unfortunately, the Sixth of June's tantrum over Tharkad following the second Star League's collapse and the Jihad that followed forced the Blakists to embrace new priorities, once again ending the program. The only known Romanova existed entirely as a computer simulation.

Precentor Buhl apparently had long term plans to start building Romanovas after his people had solved the HPG problem, both as escorts for his personal Carrier, and for power projection. He believed that once he restored the network, he'd be able to sell the idea of Comstar once again having an independent military and naval force to "protect" the HPG network and prevent another Gray Monday. And even if he couldn't, he figured that once the money started flowing again, he could still get work going on a secret fleet, or at least one he could keep secret until it became too strong for anybody to do anything about it. Just like our Fleet in Being strategy, he'd eventually have to show it off for it to serve any sort of deterent value.

We might consider following his example after the Hornet project proves viable. The Hornet's a proof of concept, the Romanovas would be the payoff, something big enough and well armed enough to serve as a true deterent, even in absense of the Yorktown. Though just like the Yorktown, we'd need to scale back the ambitious fighter complement. Cutting back to one fighter wing would free up space for some much needed cargo, and we wouldn't have the problem of trying to figure out where we're supposed to get so many fighters. Let's face it, they'd be stacking supplies in those unused cubicles anyway.

On the subject of fighters, the design team wants to know if we can get a license to build Picaroons. Apparently they're fans.


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Class/Model/Name:  Romanova class Escort
Mass:              300,000 tons

Equipment:                                                            Mass 
Power Plant, Drive & Control:                                       72,000.00
Thrust:  Safe Thrust: 4
      Maximum Thrust: 6
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive:  Compact (Integrity = 7)                135,750.00
Lithium Fusion Battery                                               3,000.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 3)                                 45.00
Structural Integrity: 60                                            18,000.00
Total Heat Sinks:    3,424 Double                                    3,000.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps:                                                   5,100.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters:                750.00
Fire Control Computers:                                              5,567.00
Armor Type:  Ferro-carbide  (324 total armor pts)                      359.50
                           Capital Scale Armor Pts
   Location:                            L / R
   Fore:                                 54
   Fore-Left/Right:                   54/54
   Aft-Left/Right:                    54/54
   Aft:                                  54

Cargo:
   Bay 1:  Fighters (54) with 6 doors                                8,100.00
   Bay 2:  Small Craft (4) with 2 doors                                800.00
   Bay 3:  Cargo (1) with 2 doors                                    8,331.50

DropShip Capacity:  2 Docking Hardpoints                             2,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 2:  (95-meter diameter)                                100.00
Life Boats:  30 (7 tons each)                                          210.00
Escape Pods:  40 (7 tons each)                                         280.00

Crew and Passengers:
     34 Officers (34 minimum)                                          340.00
     74 Crew (71 minimum)                                              518.00
     85 Gunners (85 minimum)                                           595.00
    128 Bay Personnel                                                     .00
Weapons and Equipment      Loc        SRV    MRV    LRV    ERV  Heat    Mass
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10 ER Large Laser          Nose     8(80)  8(80)  8(80)     --  120     50.00
4 Medium NPPC              Nose        36     36     36     36  540  7,200.00
6 AMS(120 rounds)          Nose        --     --     --     --    6     13.00
40 ER Large Laser          FL/R   32(320)32(320)32(320)     --  960    400.00
4 NL55                     FL/R        22     22     22     22  680  8,800.00
6 AMS(120 rounds)          FL/R        --     --     --     --   12     26.00
40 ER Large Laser          L/RBS  32(320)32(320)32(320)     --  960    400.00
4 NL55                     L/RBS       22     22     22     22  680  8,800.00
6 AMS(120 rounds)          L/RBS       --     --     --     --   12     26.00
40 ER Large Laser          AL/R   32(320)32(320)32(320)     --  960    400.00
4 NL55                     AL/R        22     22     22     22  680  8,800.00
6 AMS(120 rounds)          AL/R        --     --     --     --   12     26.00
6 AMS(120 rounds)          Aft         --     --     --     --    6     13.00
40 ER Large Laser          Aft    32(320)32(320)32(320)     --  480    200.00
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TOTALS:                                            Heat: 6,108     300,000.00
Tons Left:                                                                .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        9,465,995,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:      84,189
Cost per BV:       112,437.43
Weapon Value:      47,639 (Ratio = .57)
Damage Factors:    SRV = 3,799;  MRV = 3,216;  LRV = 1,858;  ERV = 486
Maintenance:       Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 372,748
                   (83,743 Structure, 173,625 Life Support, 115,380 Weapons)
                   Support Points (SP) = 224,742  (60% of MPV)
BattleForce2:      Not applicable
« Last Edit: 17 January 2018, 20:25:31 by Liam's Ghost »
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Re: Romanova class Escort
« Reply #1 on: 30 December 2017, 00:00:41 »
ouch, that's a beehive by itself.
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Re: Romanova class Escort
« Reply #2 on: 30 December 2017, 07:12:44 »

Well its very safe from ASF attacks.  ;)
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Re: Romanova class Escort
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2018, 20:27:59 »
I've added an addendum to the fluff covering more current (3145 era) events. It turns out the Romanova hasn't been completely abandoned yet.
Good news is the lab boys say the symptoms of asbestos poisoning show an immediate latency of 44.6 years. So if you're thirty or over you're laughing. Worst case scenario you miss out on a few rounds of canasta, plus you've forwarded the cause of science by three centuries. I punch those numbers into my calculator, it makes a happy face.

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Re: Romanova class Escort
« Reply #4 on: 19 January 2018, 15:02:22 »
That's a nasty little escort carrier. I like.

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Re: Romanova class Escort
« Reply #5 on: 20 January 2018, 03:12:19 »
Wait..290 ER lasers! Its a flying Jean Michelle Jarre concert!  Lovely design and background as always!
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