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Vincent/Dagger CVE
« on: 11 August 2019, 12:06:55 »

Just something that keeps staying in my head.


Overview
   By the end of the 27th century the original Star League deployed hundreds of Vincent-class Corvettes as patrol vessels, however by that time the original variant of the Vincent-class was nearing obsolescence, even with its "smart modularity" extending the effective service life. To find the best solution for their existing Vincent hulls the SLDF Navy decided to experiment with a number of extreme refits, the evaluations of these would eventually pave the way to the Mark 42.

Capabilities
   The Escort Carrier (CVE) refit was one of the more extreme refits of the entire Mk 41 series seemingly designed to match the Samarkand-Class Block II. It was specifically designed to protect transport DropShips by leading in front while intercepting enemy missiles, ASFs, and DropShips. This required it to be able to continuous stop threats at extreme range therefore the main armaments were completely switched to a bay of Heavy Naval PPCs, twenty 45-class Naval Lasers and massive number of ASFs. Any enemies that managed to avoid the defending ASFs and capital energy weapons would then encounter the larger arrays of Large Pulse Lasers, which are far more effective deterrents against enemy ASFs than the original Large Lasers. Any enemies that seek to attack the CVE with large numbers of Capital Missiles will be countered by multiple Anti-Missile Bays and defending Small Craft.
   However as the CVE has only about an quarter of the tonnage of an actual BattleShip meant that the cargo capacity was reduced by half. The cargo issue was only slightly reduced by the addition of two docking collars on the broadsides. Also the larger bay facilities and added electronics forced an increase in the number of required crew to such an extend that a second grav deck had to be added.
   The most notable and visible feature of this variant it the addition to a prong to the nose, SLDF engineers added this prong in order to provide enough space for efficient ASF support facilities. This prong extending the ship's length by 70 meters, while requiring some structural reinforcements which incidentally allowed for more armor to be mounted.

Deployment
   Before the Amaris Coup two prototypes had been constructed and had showed themselves to be highly effective, however the required yard-time and refit costs were deemed too excessive, as result the later Mark 42 didn't directly inherit features from the CVE prototypes. These issues wouldn't be a factor when building Mark 41 CVE variants from scratch, especially theoretical Clan versions of the Mk-41 CVE which would just change very little to the design beyond having more effective armor and Large Pulse Lasers. However Clan Snow Raven has done some preliminary design work in the past into adapting the design as an lighter escort corvette, preliminary named the Dagger-class.
   Both of the Mk.41 CVE's survived the Liberation of Terra and came along the Exodus, one would eventually end up with the Not-Named Clan as the Badger and would be destroyed during their annihilation. The second prototype named the SLS Junya is presumed to have been destroyed along with the Dagda Naval Cache sometime during the Pentagon Civil War.




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Vincent Mk41-CVE
Mass: 420,000 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Introduced: 2750
Mass: 420,000
Battle Value: 41,943
Tech Rating/Availability: F/E-X-E-F
Cost: 13,222,122,000 C-bills

Dimensions
    Length: 472

Fuel: 14,000 tons (35,000)
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Sail Integrity: 4
KF Drive Integrity: 10
Heat Sinks: 1300 (2600)
Structural Integrity: 44

Armor
    Nose: 70
    Fore Sides: 60/60
    Aft Sides: 60/60
    Aft: 60

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Fighter (72)            8 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Small Craft (8)         2 Doors   
    Bay 3:  Cargo (42123.0 tons)    1 Door   

Ammunition:
    480 rounds of Anti-Missile System [IS] ammunition (40 tons)

Dropship Capacity: 2
Grav Decks: 2 (60 m, 60 m)
Escape Pods: 0
Life Boats: 60
Crew:  30 officers, 309 enlisted/non-rated, 27 gunners, 184 bay personnel

Notes: Equipped with
    lithium-fusion battery system
    1 Naval Comm-Scanner Suite (Small)
346 tons of lamellor ferro-carbide armor.

Weapons:                                        Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                  Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV      ERV    Class       
Nose (1,185 Heat)
4 Naval PPC (Heavy)                         900  60(600) 60(600) 60(600) 60(600)  Capital PPC
4 Naval Laser 45                            280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
5 Anti-Missile System                        5   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (1440 shots)
FRS/FLS (280 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 45                            280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
RBS/LBS (65 Heat)
6 Large Pulse Laser                         60   5(54)   5(54)    0(0)     0(0)   Pulse Laser
5 Anti-Missile System                        5   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (1440 shots)
ARS/ALS (140 Heat)
2 Naval Laser 45                            140  9(90)   9(90)   9(90)    9(90)   Capital Laser
Aft (345 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 45                            280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
6 Large Pulse Laser                         60   5(54)   5(54)    0(0)     0(0)   Pulse Laser
5 Anti-Missile System                        5   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (1440 shots)


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Dagger CVE
Mass: 360,000 tons
Technology Base: Clan (Advanced)
Introduced: 3145
Mass: 360,000
Battle Value: 39,262
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-X-F
Cost: 12,887,924,000 C-bills

Dimensions
    Length: 472

Fuel: 14,000 tons (35,000)
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Sail Integrity: 4
KF Drive Integrity: 9
Heat Sinks: 1300 (2600)
Structural Integrity: 45

Armor
    Nose: 60
    Fore Sides: 60/60
    Aft Sides: 60/60
    Aft: 60

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Fighter (50)            5 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Small Craft (30)        5 Doors   
    Bay 3:  Cargo (47644.0 tons)    2 Doors   

Ammunition:
    960 rounds of Anti-Missile System [Clan] ammunition (40 tons)

Dropship Capacity: 2
Grav Decks: 2 (60 m, 60 m)
Escape Pods: 0
Life Boats: 60
Crew:  30 officers, 213 enlisted/non-rated, 27 gunners, 250 bay personnel, 25 BA marines

Notes: Equipped with
    lithium-fusion battery system
    1 Naval Comm-Scanner Suite (Small)
300 tons of lamellor ferro-carbide armor.

Weapons:                                          Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                    Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV      ERV    Class       
Nose (1,185 Heat)
4 Naval PPC (Heavy)                           900  60(600) 60(600) 60(600) 60(600)  Capital PPC
4 Naval Laser 45                              280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
5 Anti-Missile System                          5   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [Clan] (5760 shots)
FRS/FLS (280 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 45                              280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
RBS/LBS (65 Heat)
5 Anti-Missile System                          5   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [Clan] (5760 shots)
6 Large Pulse Laser                           60   6(60)   6(60)   6(60)     0(0)   Pulse Laser
ARS/ALS (140 Heat)
2 Naval Laser 45                              140  9(90)   9(90)   9(90)    9(90)   Capital Laser
Aft (345 Heat)
4 Naval Laser 45                              280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
5 Anti-Missile System                          5   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [Clan] (5760 shots)
6 Large Pulse Laser                           60   6(60)   6(60)   6(60)     0(0)   Pulse Laser
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Re: Vincent/Dagger CVE
« Reply #1 on: 11 August 2019, 13:06:36 »
I like 'em both and the fluff's great, but I'm not sure about the Dagger's 30 Small Craft. I'd say beef her fighter compliment up to 60, reduce the small craft to 10 and put the rest into cargo.
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Re: Vincent/Dagger CVE
« Reply #2 on: 11 August 2019, 13:48:31 »
I like 'em both and the fluff's great, but I'm not sure about the Dagger's 30 Small Craft. I'd say beef her fighter compliment up to 60, reduce the small craft to 10 and put the rest into cargo.
That is for you really need point-defense SC (like the NL-45 Gunboat) or need to deploy two Trinaries using Transport SC.
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