Ngoverse/The Administrator setting; Cutters for Davion challenge.

[kindalas]

Liam if you increase the tonnage to 110kt you can have two dropshuttle bays on the craft.

and adding an ARTS system to the bays might make for even more fun.

[Red Pins]

Since there were Talus variants in one of Cannonshop's stories, he's let me make a couple.  The first is a SLP-E, an escort carrier, with slightly better armor, slightly fewer SCL/1 and SCM/Piranha, 3 more small craft, and 30 more fighters (for a full Wing).  It also retains the L-F battery, although it doesn't say it does (because of the smaller mass for a 15 LY battery in Cannonshop's AU).


Talus (Block II) CVE RX-102
Mass: 68,000 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Introduced: 3150
Mass: 68,000
Battle Value: 14,927
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-X-X
Cost: 3,778,748,000 C-bills

Fuel: 1,250 tons (12,500)
Safe Thrust: 2
Maximum Thrust: 3
Sail Integrity: 3
KF Drive Integrity: 4
Jump Range: 15
Heat Sinks: 250
Structural Integrity: 30

Armor
    Nose: 8
    Fore Sides: 7/7
    Aft Sides: 7/7
    Aft: 7

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Cargo (165.0 tons)      0 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Small Craft (4)         1 Door   
    Bay 3:  Fighter (36)            4 Doors   
    Bay 4:  Cargo (4738.5 tons)     1 Door   

Ammunition:
    432 rounds of Anti-Missile System [IS] ammunition (36 tons),
    60 rounds of Piranha ammunition (30 tons),
    80 rounds of Heavy SCC ammunition (4 tons)

Dropship Capacity: 0
Grav Decks: 2 (100 m, 100 m)
Escape Pods: 0
Life Boats: 50
Crew:  18 officers, 41 enlisted/non-rated, 278 gunners, 92 bay personnel, 16 BA marines      

Notes: Mounts 40.5 tons of standard aerospace armor.

Weapons:                                       Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                 Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV      ERV    Class       
Nose (42 Heat)
3 Medium Re-engineered Laser               36   4(36)   2(18)    0(0)     0(0)   Laser       
    2 Large Re-engineered Laser
6 Anti-Missile System                       6   2(18)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (864 shots)
FRS/FLS (192 Heat)
3 Medium Re-engineered Laser               36   4(36)   2(18)    0(0)     0(0)   Laser       
    2 Large Re-engineered Laser
2 Sub-Capital Laser (SCL/1)                48   2(20)   2(20)   2(20)     0(0)   Sub-Capital Laser
6 Anti-Missile System                       6   2(18)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (864 shots)
2 Sub-Capital Cannon (Heavy)               84   14(140) 14(140)  0(0)     0(0)   Sub-Capital Cannon
    Heavy SCC Ammo (20 shots)
2 Sub-Capital Missile Launcher (Piranha)   18   6(60)   6(60)   6(60)     0(0)   Sub-Capital Missile
    Piranha Ammo (20 shots)
RBS/LBS (27 Heat)
3 Large Re-engineered Laser                27   3(27)   3(27)    0(0)     0(0)   Laser       
ARS/ALS (168 Heat)
3 Medium Re-engineered Laser               54   5(54)   4(36)    0(0)     0(0)   Laser       
    4 Large Re-engineered Laser
6 Anti-Missile System                       6   2(18)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (864 shots)
1 Sub-Capital Laser (SCL/1)                24   1(10)   1(10)   1(10)     0(0)   Sub-Capital Laser
2 Sub-Capital Cannon (Heavy)               84   14(140) 14(140)  0(0)     0(0)   Sub-Capital Cannon
    Heavy SCC Ammo (20 shots)
Aft (78 Heat)
3 Medium Re-engineered Laser               54   5(54)   4(36)    0(0)     0(0)   Laser       
    4 Large Re-engineered Laser
6 Anti-Missile System                       6   2(18)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (864 shots)
2 Sub-Capital Missile Launcher (Piranha)   18   6(60)   6(60)   6(60)     0(0)   Sub-Capital Missile
    Piranha Ammo (20 shots)
   

[Red Pins]

Next up is a Marine Landing Ship, with a variety of small craft in 30 bays with the remaining 6 ASF; these will probably be new construction, but for now are NL-45, Condotterie, and one or two military versions of a SC from a previous project, one with a vehicle bay for a VTOL and one with an Arrow-IV launcher with 25 rounds and a variety of BA and standard infantry.

But its late, and tomorrow is a full work day and yard work, so there may be a delay.

* future variants are a cargo(gravel kinetic weapon/missile pod carrier, ala David Weber), scout with fancy scanner suite, and some kind of nuclear missile hauling ship killer.  Maybe a dedicated AA craft, with minor anti-Dropship weapons.