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Liam's Ghost

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Greyhound class Battlecruiser
« on: 21 January 2025, 01:00:03 »
 Something I made a fair while back (before I had made the switch to MML from HMA and SSW, in fact). I originally wrote fluff for it, but reading it today I'm kinda eh.

 Basic concept is that it was built as a response to the Soyal. Not a military one, mind you, but a political one meant to flex Star League technical superiority by putting the single most powerful transit drive ever developed onto a warship. All other concerns were considered secondary.

 Because nobody had ever tried to make a ship that big accelerate that hard before, the lead ship SLS Greyhound almost immediately suffered problems when it set out on its shakedown cruise in November of 2766. By the time the Amaris coup had begun, the Greyhound had already broken down and was forced to limp to a belter settlement for assistance. She was (more or less) patched up just in time for the battleship Tadeo Amaris to arrive. She gave a good accounting of herself, but stress cracking throughout her jump drive and another failure of her transit drive prevented her from escaping and led to the ship's destruction.

 Amaris would push for the four incomplete ships to be completed throughout his reign, but the escape of most of the design and development staff and repeated sabotage kept that goal from being achieved, and the fate of the four incomplete ships is unknown.


Greyhound Battlecruiser
Mass: 1,500,000 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Introduced: 2750
Mass: 1,500,000
Battle Value: 177,847
Tech Rating/Availability: E/F-X-F-F
Cost: 25,717,942,000 C-bills

Fuel: 3,000 tons (7,500)
Safe Thrust: 6
Maximum Thrust: 9
Sail Integrity: 7
KF Drive Integrity: 30
Heat Sinks: 1084 (2168)
Structural Integrity: 70

Armor
    Nose: 316
    Fore Sides: 287/287
    Aft Sides: 287/287
    Aft: 258

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Fighter (12)            4 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Small Craft (4)         2 Doors   
    Bay 3:  Cargo (60365.0 tons)    4 Doors   

Ammunition:
    40 rounds of AR10 Killer Whale ammunition (100 tons),
    500 rounds of NAC/10 ammunition (1 tons),
    40 rounds of AR10 Barracuda ammunition (60 tons),
    40 rounds of AR10 White Shark ammunition (80 tons),
    1,500 rounds of NAC/20 ammunition (2 tons)

Dropship Capacity: 4
Grav Decks: 2 (100 m, 100 m)
Escape Pods: 40
Life Boats: 40
Crew:  68 officers, 287 enlisted/non-rated, 52 gunners, 44 bay personnel      

Notes: Equipped with
    lithium-fusion battery system
    1 Mobile Hyperpulse Generators (Mobile HPG)
   2,100 tons of ferro-carbide armor.

Weapons:                                        Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                  Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV      ERV    Class       
Nose (550 Heat)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
FRS/FLS (550 Heat)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
RBS/LBS (210 Heat)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
ARS/ALS (420 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Capital Missile Launcher (AR10 Launcher)  80   8(80)   8(80)   8(80)    8(80)   AR10       
    AR10 Barracuda Ammo (20 shots)
    AR10 Killer Whale Ammo (20 shots)
    AR10 White Shark Ammo (20 shots)
Aft (340 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
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: Greyhound class Battlecruiser
« Reply #1 on: 21 January 2025, 01:06:26 »
Wouldn't a Soyal competitor have a big nose armament?

Weapons on this ship are incredibly small.

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Re: Greyhound class Battlecruiser
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2025, 01:18:20 »
Like I said, it's not a direct military competitor, more of a "haha, our big expensive ship breaks new technological ground while yours just throws big metal spheres".

The Star League had stuff to kill Soyals by the bucketload. Richard Cameron wanted something to style on it.
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: Greyhound class Battlecruiser
« Reply #3 on: 21 January 2025, 15:52:14 »
 So suppose you're Stephan Amaris. Your fleet has seized four incomplete Greyhound class battlecruisers and a whole pile of materials, but the yard engineers (at least those that haven't escaped or been shot while trying to escape) insist that they can't make the ship work with that massive single unit transit drive?

 Maybe you'd grab the drives off two mothballed Riga Is and try something like this?


Apotheosis Battleship
Mass: 1,500,000 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Introduced: 2750
Mass: 1,500,000
Battle Value: 383,154
Tech Rating/Availability: E/F-X-F-F
Cost: 25,798,530,000 C-bills

Fuel: 3,000 tons (7,500)
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Sail Integrity: 7
KF Drive Integrity: 30
Heat Sinks: 9084 (18168)
Structural Integrity: 70

Armor
    Nose: 316
    Fore Sides: 287/287
    Aft Sides: 287/287
    Aft: 258

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Fighter (12)            4 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Small Craft (4)         2 Doors   
    Bay 3:  Cargo (136337.0 tons)   4 Doors   

Ammunition:
    80 rounds of AR10 Killer Whale ammunition (4,000 tons),
    1,800 rounds of NAC/10 ammunition (360 tons),
    80 rounds of AR10 Barracuda ammunition (2,400 tons),
    80 rounds of AR10 White Shark ammunition (3,200 tons),
    5,400 rounds of NAC/20 ammunition (2,160 tons)

Dropship Capacity: 4
Grav Decks: 2 (100 m, 100 m)
Escape Pods: 40
Life Boats: 40
Crew:  86 officers, 269 enlisted/non-rated, 160 gunners, 44 bay personnel      

Notes: Equipped with
    lithium-fusion battery system
    1 Mobile Hyperpulse Generators (Mobile HPG)
   2,100 tons of ferro-carbide armor.

Weapons:                                        Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                  Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV      ERV    Class       
Nose (1,440 Heat)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
FRS/FLS (1,180 Heat)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
RBS/LBS (1,180 Heat)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
3 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 210  70(700) 70(700) 70(700)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    1 Naval Autocannon (NAC/10)
    NAC/10 Ammo (100 shots)
    NAC/20 Ammo (300 shots)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
ARS/ALS (1,180 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Capital Missile Launcher (AR10 Launcher)  80   8(80)   8(80)   8(80)    8(80)   AR10       
    AR10 Barracuda Ammo (20 shots)
    AR10 Killer Whale Ammo (20 shots)
    AR10 White Shark Ammo (20 shots)
4 Capital Missile Launcher (AR10 Launcher)  80   8(80)   8(80)   8(80)    8(80)   AR10       
    AR10 Barracuda Ammo (20 shots)
    AR10 Killer Whale Ammo (20 shots)
    AR10 White Shark Ammo (20 shots)
Aft (1,700 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
4 Naval Laser 55                            340  22(220) 22(220) 22(220) 22(220)  Capital Laser
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.

(indirect accessory to the) Slayer of Monitors!