Design Challenge: Replace the Atreus Class Battleship.

[FastConcentrate8]

A bit of a belayed sequel to a previous design challenge I did about the FedSuns replacing the Defender Class.

While a questionable procurement decision by AFFS Naval Command to procure both the Champion and Cavalry class to replace their 6 Defender Class and two of their Aegis class Cruisers (with four of each), something undeniable was that it had become the single largest Naval expenditure by a member state since the Reunification War and touched off something the Star League had been trying to prevent since its founding, a Naval Arms Race.

Second off the Block and following on Davion's heels was ironically not any of its immediate neighbors but actually Marik. The Commissioning of the massive new Battlecruisers caused many Navies to evaluate their existing ships, it was the FWLN that noticed that the core of their fleet, the Atreus class Battleships, had fallen behind dramatically. Once they were ships that exceeded the Battleships of the Hegemony on an individual basis, now compared to the McKenna and Texas, they were unimpressive and a peer to the Tharkad class of the Lyrans. The Captain-General didn't like this.

As such, a new naval budget was rammed though Parliament authorizing a blatant violation of the Edict of 2650 by bringing the FWLN's reserve fleet back into operation and authorizing new hulls. One of which being a new Battleship class designed to replace some or all of the Atreuses in the Federal Navy.

The Procurement requirements were put forward was simple, be better than the Atreus in every way, pose a credible threat to the capital ships of the other powers, and mass no more than 1,600,000 tones. The League is thinking that with every other state also making blatant treaty violations, as long as they don't create a design that pokes the bear too much, they shouldn't have much to worry about an SLDF response, especially with current rumors coming out of the Draconis Combine and Taurian Concordat.

Additionally, as a compromise with the Army and at the behest of the Captain-General, this ship is required to have a large drop capacity. The thought being that these would take a leading role in offensive campaigns or be used as part of "Peacekeeping" operations conducted domestically against renegade factions within the League's borders.

[Smegish]

Well Captain-General sir, we here at the Associated Conglomerate of Military Engineering have the ship for you!

The Oriente-class Battleship is superior in all categories to your ageing Atreus-class except for speed where it simply matches it. More armour, more guns, more drop collars. We even managed to put it together in a hull under the mass budget your Procurement request required.

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Class/Model/Name: Oriente (Battleship)
Tech: Inner Sphere
Ship Cost: $18,035,005,200.00
Magazine Cost: $40,000,000.00
BV2: 178,168

Mass: 1,500,000
K-F Drive System: Compact
Power Plant: Maneuvering Drive
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Armor Type: Ferro-Carbide
Armament:
18 Naval AC 30
24 Naval PPC Heavy
56 Naval Laser 45
24 AMS (IS)
8 Capital Launcher White Shark

Class/Model/Name: Oriente (Battleship)
Mass: 1,500,000

Equipment: Mass
Drive: 270,000.00
Thrust
Safe: 3
Maximum: 5
Controls: 3,750.00
K-F Hyperdrive: Compact (30 Integrity) 678,750.00
Jump Sail: (7 Integrity) 105.00
Structural Integrity: 120 180,000.00
Total Heat Sinks: 5612(11224) Double 4,833.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 12500 points 5,100.00
Fire Control Computers: 0.00
Armor: 2952 pts Ferro-Carbide 3,600.00
Fore: 502
Fore-Left/Right: 500/500
Aft-Left/Right: 500/500
Aft: 450

Dropship Capacity: 8 8,000.00
Grav Decks:
Small: 2 100.00
Medium: 0.00
Large: 0.00
Escape Pods: 30 210.00
Life Boats: 30 210.00

Crew And Passengers:
76 Officers in 1st Class Quarters 760.00
269 Crew in 2nd Class Quarters 1,883.00
106 Gunners and Others in 2nd Class Quarters 742.00
78 Bay Personnel 0.00
30 1st Class Passengers 300.00
50 2nd Class Passengers 350.00
100 Steerage Passengers 500.00

Bay #1 - Cargo (145763 tons) - 2 Doors
Bay #2 - Small Craft (6) - 1 Door
Bay #3 - Fighters (24) - 6 Doors

30 Rounds per NAC/30 gun
10 Missiles per White Shark tube
10 Tons ammo per AMS
All Non-AMS guns mounted in pairs

Nose:
2 x NAC/30
4 x Heavy NPPC
4 x NL/45
4 x AMS

FL/FR:
2 x NAC/30
4 x Heavy NPPC
8 x NL/45
4 x AMS

LBS/RBS:
4 x NAC/30
8 x NL/45
4 x White Shark
4 x AMS

AL/AR:
2 x NAC/30
4 x Heavy NPPC
8 x NL/45
4 x AMS

Aft:
4 x Heavy NPPC
8 x NL/45
4 x AMS

[Daryk]

NL/45s and AMS... what's not to like? :)

[Vehrec]

Concieved as a direct successor to the Atreus, the Great Eagle begins life with the same weapons, but makes several modernizing shifts.  The use of N-gauss weapons to replace fore NAC-25s is one such change, and the deletion of anti-fighter lasers in exchange for anti-capital and anti-dropship weapons also features impressively-indeed, each aft quarter has eight large capital lasers.  The ships point defense girds were a subject of heated debate but the PRO-PD camp won out in spectacular style, not just preserving the PD grid but adding to it's effectiveness by using true AMS systems instead of small lasers.

In transportation, it sweeps away all other comers, using it's massive carriage capacity.  24 fighters, 144 battlemechs, and over 1300 jump infantry ready to combat drop into a hot zone make for a reinforced regiment of combat troops.  Eight dropship collars provide extra carrying capacity, cargo volume, or a built-in anti-fighter escort.  Three assault dropships and one carrier are permanently assigned as escorts for doctrinal purposes.

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Great Eagle Battleship
Mass: 1,500,000 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Introduced: 2750
Mass: 1,500,000
Battle Value: 240,852
Tech Rating/Availability: E/E-X-E-X
Cost: 18,162,657,016 C-bills

Fuel: 2,652 tons (6,630)
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Sail Integrity: 7
KF Drive Integrity: 30
Heat Sinks: 3500 (7000)
Structural Integrity: 80

Armor
    Nose: 223
    Fore Sides: 253/253
    Aft Sides: 253/253
    Aft: 215

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Fighter (24)            6 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Mech (144)              6 Doors   
    Bay 3:  Infantry (Jump) (384)   3 Doors   
    Bay 4:  Cargo (164085.5 tons)   1 Door   

Ammunition:
    16 rounds of AR10 Killer Whale ammunition (50 tons),
    1,728 rounds of Anti-Missile System [IS] ammunition (8 tons),
    40 rounds of NAC/25 ammunition (24 tons),
    90 rounds of Medium N-Gauss ammunition (1.2 tons),
    16 rounds of AR10 Barracuda ammunition (30 tons),
    16 rounds of AR10 White Shark ammunition (40 tons),
    60 rounds of NAC/20 ammunition (24 tons),
    110 rounds of NAC/35 ammunition (81 tons)

Dropship Capacity: 8
Grav Decks: 3 (95 m, 55 m, 55 m)
Escape Pods: 25
Life Boats: 25
Crew:  101 officers, 297 enlisted/non-rated, 88 gunners, 1680 bay personnel, 24 passengers, 50 marines

Notes: Mounts 1,753.5 tons of ferro-carbide armor.

Weapons:                                        Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                  Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV      ERV    Class       
Nose (1,000 Heat)
2 Naval Gauss (Medium)                      30   50(500) 50(500) 50(500) 50(500)  Capital Gauss
    Medium N-Gauss Ammo (30 shots)
2 Naval PPC (Heavy)                         450  30(300) 30(300) 30(300) 30(300)  Capital PPC
10 Anti-Missile System                      10   3(30)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (240 shots)
6 Naval Laser 55                            510  33(330) 33(330) 33(330) 33(330)  Capital Laser

FRS/FLS (1,720 Heat)
4 Naval PPC (Heavy)                         900  60(600) 60(600) 60(600) 60(600)  Capital PPC
2 Naval Autocannon (NAC/35)                 240  70(700) 70(700)  0(0)     0(0)   Capital AC 
    NAC/35 Ammo (20 shots)
2 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 120  40(400) 40(400) 40(400)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    NAC/20 Ammo (20 shots)
2 Naval PPC (Heavy)                         450  30(300) 30(300) 30(300) 30(300)  Capital PPC
10 Anti-Missile System                      10   3(30)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (240 shots)
RBS/LBS (1,906 Heat)
2 Naval Autocannon (NAC/35)                 240  70(700) 70(700)  0(0)     0(0)   Capital AC 
    NAC/35 Ammo (20 shots)
4 Naval PPC (Heavy)                         900  60(600) 60(600) 60(600) 60(600)  Capital PPC
2 Naval Gauss (Medium)                      30   50(500) 50(500) 50(500) 50(500)  Capital Gauss
    Medium N-Gauss Ammo (30 shots)
2 Naval PPC (Heavy)                         450  30(300) 30(300) 30(300) 30(300)  Capital PPC
4 Naval Laser 45                            280  18(180) 18(180) 18(180) 18(180)  Capital Laser
6 Anti-Missile System                        6   2(18)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (144 shots)
ARS/ALS (860 Heat)
2 Naval Autocannon (NAC/25)                 170  50(500) 50(500) 50(500)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    NAC/25 Ammo (20 shots)
8 Naval Laser 55                            680  44(440) 44(440) 44(440) 44(440)  Capital Laser
10 Anti-Missile System                      10   3(30)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (240 shots)
Aft (618 Heat)
2 Naval Autocannon (NAC/35)                 240  70(700) 70(700)  0(0)     0(0)   Capital AC 
    NAC/35 Ammo (30 shots)
2 Naval Autocannon (NAC/20)                 120  40(400) 40(400) 40(400)   0(0)   Capital AC 
    NAC/20 Ammo (20 shots)
4 Naval Laser 35                            208  14(140) 14(140) 14(140)   0(0)   Capital Laser
2 Capital Missile Launcher (AR10 Launcher)  40   4(40)   4(40)   4(40)    4(40)   AR10       
    AR10 Barracuda Ammo (16 shots)
    AR10 Killer Whale Ammo (16 shots)
    AR10 White Shark Ammo (16 shots)
10 Anti-Missile System                      10   3(30)    0(0)    0(0)     0(0)   AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (240 shots)



[Daryk]

WOO!  PD FTW! ;D