A minor OOC suggestion
Either remove the Riga II’s or have a report saying they were misidentified as Riga II’s when they are actually Riga I’s. This is because there was only 60 of the class built and all but 4 were with the SLDF during the time of the Amaris Crisis and a dozen survived to depart with the Clans and they then built their own York hulls. Canonically there’s no way this many ships of this class would have been mothballed as they were the best of the SLDFs destroyers and they would have taken them with them.
Now for the ICness :D
Sir,
Allow me to make my report on the current status of the Hegemony Navy as well as current and future building plans. I have coordinated with my colleagues in the Navy as well as industrial sectors and Trade Ministry and are honoured to present this briefing.
Battleships and heavy Capital ships
As it stands, with a quartet of McKenna class ships as well as a pair of Texas class vessels, the THN currently has one of the largest collections of Battleships in active service or reserve anywhere within the Inner Sphere. All six ships are in good condition although they could do with a modest upgrade to reflect the realities of modern combat. This can mostly be accomplished by adding anti-missile defences and upgrading their electronics suite to more modern equipment.
We are aware of NPO-451/A which stipulates the potential purchase and construction of the Clan designed ‘Arbitration’ class, but the Finance and Trade ministry are firmly against this motion. Whilst the Arbitration design is exceptionally formidable, it is heavily reliant on a large number of components that can only be manufactured in Clan facilities with their expertise, as well as several of their weapon systems. Our contacts and allies in Clan Diamond Shark will charge a small fortune for each weapon system delivered and I doubt they would part ways with their ‘Reapers’ and Sub-capital missile launchers. This will drive the already high cost of the Arbitration class up considerably, enough to significantly affect our budget in other areas.
Whilst we could go ahead with this construction plan, unless the Hegemony fancies spending 90% of its allocated military budget (note, budget, not naval budget, but budget as a whole) on the construction of a large number of these ships, we suggest that perhaps one or two are constructed, but using Hegemony designed and built weapons.
As it stands we also have five battlecruisers, 3 x Black Lion II and 2 x Cameron class, here the fleet is less well served by these vessels. A structural examination of the two Cameron’s indicate that they are in poor condition and will need to be overhauled and refitted before being of a suitable standard. It is our recommendation that the Cameron class either be stripped and broken up, or sold to a friendly power, I doubt the Lyrans would turn down two Battlecruisers, even if they need a refit.
The Black Lions are in better condition, but by modern standards these heavy gunships are vulnerable to hostile fighters. The addition of anti-fighter and anti-missile defences may improve this but it is only a stopgap.
We currently have a dozen Potemkin class ships in service, due to their high operating costs and unique docking requirements, it is recommended that 50% of them be put into Mothballs. We know the people at BNCS are lobbying their Fearless II class Assault ships, but with a dozen Potemkin’s, we simply do not need any more assault transports.
A thorough examination of the four New Syrtis class ships has revealed that all four are decayed with age and are in generally poor condition. But their large fighter capacity is exceptionally useful and it is recommended that all four be repurposed as orbital fighter yards, docking bays and flight schools. Two could be moved to Mars to join the THN Academy and the other two could be moved to orbit Terra to act as transfer points for DropShips and small craft and fighter bases.
KSW is lobbying for the construction of a new group of Ark Royal type vessels and there is enough stretch room in the naval budget to order these ships with all four to be active within eight years.
Cruisers
Our four Luxor class ships can easily replace the Cameron class vessels in their role of squadron leader and heavy combatants. They can also supplement the Black Lions and it is fully recommended that these ships be retained and modernized at the earliest opportunity. Our ten Aegis class ships are in varying levels of readiness and all are in service, but they are old vessels and the expense of maintaining them will only increase as time goes on.
It is the recommendation of this Board that as the Avalon class completes they supplement and then replace the Aegis class vessels. A design for a more ‘conventional’ Avalon class, the ‘Galahad’ has been proposed to serve alongside them as a more gun oriented design and they could be built with weapons from the Aegis class ships. I have taken the liberty of attaching the datafile with the hull information on the Galahad design to this report.
We are aware that the Temeraire class is being considered for construction and indeed these ships are formidable. But they suffer the same drawbacks as the Arbitration design, with us having to import a large number of Clan systems or build them on a very expensive license. It is our suggestion that this design not be perused owing to the cost.
Escorts and lesser vessels
Whilst we know there is great interest in the Typhon class, it is felt that these ships only be constructed in limited numbers to act as flotilla leaders. Cancelling our Avelon orders would not only be expensive, but it could sour relations with the Federated Suns and we do not wish to make the Davions an enemy. The board believes that four such Typhons should be constructed, again with locally sourced weapons to reduce construction costs of these very expensive ships.
The Congress class should not be reactivated, without a major overhaul these ships are quite simply obsolete and should either be scrapped or sent to the Naval Academy to form part of the training squadron.
Current construction plans for the Davion Mk III should continue, and these should replace the older and weaker Lola IIIs who can then either be mothballed, scrapped or sold as they are replaced.
The Robinson construction program should also not be interrupted and these ships should replace all current Volga class vessels, allowing the older ships to be either retired or put in war reserves alongside our Potemkin class vessels.
Sir, if I may be blunt, we need cruisers and destroyers, we do not need more battleships and the Board believes we should continue our current building programs whilst also factoring in the budget costs for new fleet carriers whilst maintaining and modernizing the ships in need of an overhaul.
I remain your humble servant.
Class/Model/Name: Galahad Design 01/A
Tech: Inner Sphere
Ship Cost: $24,936,887,200.00
Magazine Cost: $71,200,000.00
BV2: 90,882
Mass: 770,000
K-F Drive System: Compact with L-F Battery
Power Plant: Maneuvering Drive
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-Carbide
Armament:
2 Naval AC 35
18 Naval AC 20
10 Naval Laser 55
16 Naval Laser 45
4 Capital Launcher Killer Whale
4 Screen Launcher
16 Laser Large ER (IS)
9 LRM 20+Art4 (IS)
12 Laser Large Pulse (IS)
16 Laser Medium Pulse (IS)
24 AMS (IS)
Class/Model/Name: Galahad Design 01/A
Mass: 770,000
Equipment: Mass
Drive: 184,800.00
Thrust
Safe: 4
Maximum: 6
Controls: 1,925.00
K-F Hyperdrive: Compact with L-F Battery (17 Integrity) 356,125.00
Jump Sail: (5 Integrity) 69.00
Structural Integrity: 120 92,400.00
Total Heat Sinks: 1902(3804) Double 1,250.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 15000 points 6,120.00
Fire Control Computers: 447.79
Armor: 1843 pts Lamellor Ferro-Carbide 1,843.00
Fore: 344
Fore-Left/Right: 310/310
Aft-Left/Right: 302/302
Aft: 275
Dropship Capacity: 6 6,000.00
Grav Decks:
Small: 1 50.00
Medium: 1 100.00
Large:
Escape Pods: 35 245.00
Life Boats: 25 175.00
Crew And Passengers:
45 Officers in Steerage Quarters 225.00
154 Crew in Steerage Quarters 770.00
63 Gunners and Others in Steerage Quarters 315.00
56 Bay Personnel
32 BA Troops/PA(L) Marines 160.00
# Weapons Loc Heat Damage Range Mass
2 Naval AC 35 Nose 240 700 (70-C) Medium-C 8,000.00
4 Naval Laser 45 Nose 280 180 (18-C) 3,600.00
1 Screen Launcher Nose 10 15 (1.5-C) 40.00
4 Laser Large ER (IS) Nose 48 32 (3.2-C) 20.00
3 LRM 20+Art4 (IS) Nose 18 48 (4.8-C) 33.00
3 AMS (IS) Nose 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
3 Naval AC 20 FL 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval Laser 55 FL 255 165 (16.5-C) 3,300.00
3 LRM 20+Art4 (IS) FL 18 48 (4.8-C) 33.00
3 AMS (IS) FL 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
3 Naval AC 20 FR 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval Laser 55 FR 255 165 (16.5-C) 3,300.00
3 LRM 20+Art4 (IS) FR 18 48 (4.8-C) 33.00
3 AMS (IS) FR 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
3 Naval AC 20 LBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval AC 20 LBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
4 Naval Laser 45 LBS 280 180 (18-C) 3,600.00
6 Laser Large Pulse (IS) LBS 60 54 (5.4-C) 42.00
8 Laser Medium Pulse (IS) LBS 32 48 (4.8-C) 16.00
3 AMS (IS) LBS 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
1 Screen Launcher LBS 10 15 (1.5-C) 40.00
3 Naval AC 20 RBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval AC 20 RBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
4 Naval Laser 45 RBS 280 180 (18-C) 3,600.00
6 Laser Large Pulse (IS) RBS 60 54 (5.4-C) 42.00
8 Laser Medium Pulse (IS) RBS 32 48 (4.8-C) 16.00
3 AMS (IS) RBS 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
1 Screen Launcher RBS 10 15 (1.5-C) 40.00
2 Capital Launcher Killer Whale AL 40 80 (8-C) 300.00
4 Laser Large ER (IS) AL 48 32 (3.2-C) 20.00
3 AMS (IS) AL 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
2 Capital Launcher Killer Whale AR 40 80 (8-C) 300.00
4 Laser Large ER IS) AR 48 32 (3.2-C) 20.00
3 AMS (IS) AR 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
4 Naval Laser 55 Aft 340 220 (22-C) 4,400.00
4 Naval Laser 45 Aft 280 180 (18-C) 3,600.00
4 Laser Large ER (IS) Aft 48 32 (3.2-C) 20.00
3 AMS (IS) Aft 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
1 Screen Launcher Aft 10 15 (1.5-C) 40.00
Aerospace Compliment
18 x Fighters
4 x Small Craft
6 x DropShip Collars
Ammo Rounds
Naval AC 35 Ammo 200
Naval AC 20 Ammo 1800
Capital Launcher Killer Whale Ammo 80
Screen Launcher Ammo 40
LRM 20+Art4 (IS) Ammo 540
AMS (IS) Ammo 2880
Cargo - 28,363 tons
