I do Believe I this came off the Naval Archive. Not sure if this is Liam's or not but I have a few. I did not create this just reposting for the sake of helping others. find designs. If its yours who ever made it thanks for letting us use it. And if you don't want me posting more let me know.
Crossbow Standoff Attack Cruiser
In Service: Did not enter service
Number in Service: 0
Mass: 960,000 tons
KF Integrity: 19
Sail Integrity: 5
Thrust: 4/6
Fuel: 2500 tons
SI: 85
Armor: 900 tons Lamellor Ferro Carbide (Fore/Aft: 136 + 9 Sides: 157 + 9)
Heatsinks: 5000
Docking Collars: 2
Fighters: 0
Small Craft: 2
Crew: 400
Lifeboats: 20
Escape Pods: 50
Grav Deck: 2 (both 150 meters)
Cargo: 26,319 tons
Bays:
Bay 1: Small Craft 2 Doors
Bay 2: Cargo 2 Doors
Weapons:
Forward:
3 NL/55
10 LB-10X
10 ER Large Lasers
Fore Left/Right:
5 AR10
10 LB-10X
10 ER Large Lasers
LBS/RBS
6 Heavy Naval Gauss
10 NL/55
Aft Left/Right:
5 AR10
10 LB-10X
10 ER Large Lasers
Aft:
3 NL/55
10 LB-10X
10 ER Large Lasers
Ammo:
240 Rounds Heavy NGauss Ammo
1000 Killer Whales Missiles
150 Tons LB-10X Ammo
Overview: The Crossbow was developed in response to a request from the SLDF for a
ship capable of engaging the SDS Casper drones at extreme ranges. After the
start of the Amaris coup, the SLDF had a difficult time defeating the Casper
drones of the Hegemony’s SDS system. Numerous warships in the effort to defeat
the SDS system. Admiral Grec issued a request for a new design capable of
engaging and destroying the Drones before they could close with the fleet. The
Delhi Warships was chosen to develop the new ship for two reasons. The first
reason was their success with developing the Defender class AA Cruiser for the
SLDF. The second was because Chancellor Liao was willing to fund the work, so
long as it was done at a Capellan company. [Ed Note: As with the Defender this
was not an act of altruism, but rather a ploy to gain access to advanced Hegemony
and SLDF Technology] Delhi completed the design in late 2776 and presented it to
the Admirals of the SLDF. They chose not to procure any Crossbows, since the
first ship would not be completed until after the invasion of Terra had begun.
Even though no ships were ever produced, design elements of the Crossbow would
later be incorporated into the Dragon class Battleship which was built by Delhi
for the Capellan Confederation.
Capabilities: The Crossbow was designed for a single purpose, to engage enemy
ships at extreme ranges. In order to meet this requirement the ship mounts only
weapons that were capable of engaging the enemy at extreme ranges.
The primary guns of the Crossbow were 12 Heavy Naval Gauss Cannons. The weapons
provided a powerful broadside and could out range any Naval Autocannon in
existence. Unfortunately the size of the guns severely limited the other weapons
that could be mounted. To support the Gauss Cannons, the ship mounts an array of
Naval Lasers and AR10 Missile Launchers. The AR10s have an exceptionally large
ammunition stock of 1000 Killer Whale missiles. [Ed Note: It is believed that the
large ammunition storage was intended to allow the ship to be refit to carry the
newly developed Adcap missiles. From surviving Delhi records, it appears that
the CEO of Delhi was very upset when he learned the reason why Krester’s Ship
Construction had licensed the Luxor design as the SLDF’s order for Luxor class
ships that were capable of carrying the Adcap missile was very large. Delhi
intended that the Crossbow would replace the Luxor as the primary platform for
the Adcap Missile. The fact that the Krester facilities were slag and there would
be no Adcap missiles available for some time seemed to be overlooked by Delhi.]
The ship mounts most of the weapons on the broadside arcs, there is only limited
weaponry on the fore and aft of the ship. Many Star League Admirals felt this
was a serious vulnerability and this may have been a contributing factor to the
decision to not procure the design.
The fighter protection was based on the same concepts as the Defender which was
also produced by Delhi. While not as extensive as the Defender, the AA defenses
of the Crossbow proved adequate in most cases.
The armor protection of the Crossbow consists of 900 tons of Lamellor
Ferro-Carbide Armor. This was considered barely adequate protection. The
designers had hoped to add more armor, but this would have reduced the cargo
space to unacceptable levels.
