BARD PAPER: SARA0058

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Alpha Gunboat

design by Snapping Turtle

As a class, these gunboats generally sacrifice weaponry and endurance to high speed and heavy armor. This is consistent with the initial Floriani design concept which was to use gunboats to break through opposing lines of fighters in order to bring overwhelming force to bear on the escort vessels of the enemy. They are strictly creatures of space, as they can only operate from orbital facilities or larger carrier craft.

It is proposed that the Regency purchase several of these gunboat flotillasin order to test their suitability use as system defense squadrons. Initial evaluations indicate that the synergistic interaction of the different variants which comprise such squadrons produces a defensive value considerably exceeding their relative cost. Purchase of such foreign built systems will also alleviate some of the strain on Regency shipyards in the current (1140) crisis

The main armament of this craft is a forward-firing spinal particle accelerator. It also has two missile barbettes mounted port and starboard with six missiles each, a dorsally mounted 180Mj gravitically focussed laser turret, and a ventrally mounted sandcaster turret

Alpha Gun Boat

General Data

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 2 GW Fusion Power Plant, 1 year duration (199.8 m³ fuel)

Jump Performance: 0

Jump Fuel: 0 m³

G-Rating: 6G HEPlaR (254.37 MW/G)

G-Turns: 6G HEPlaR (254.37 MW/G)

Maint: 316

Electronics

Computer: TL-15 Fibre-optic computer (1.1 MW), TL-15 Fibre-optic computer (1.1 MW)

Commo: Laser (1000 AU; 0.3 MW), 3xMaser (1000 AU; 0.6 MW), Radio (1 hex; 1 MW)

Avionics: TL-10 +

Sensors: AEMS (1 hex; 6 MW), PEMS (3 hex; 0.06 MW), Ladar (10 hex; 0.6 MW), ECM/ECCM: 900 sensor decoys (300 Laser, 300 AEMS, 300 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW)

ECM/ECCM: 900 sensor decoys (300 Laser, 300 AEMS, 300 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW)

Controls: Bridge with 5 bridge workstations, 13 normal workstations, fire control center (2 workstations), Standard Automation

Armament

Offensive TL-15 180-MJ Laser Turret (Loc:0-Arcs:0;200 MW;1 crew) 2xTL-15 Missile Barbette (Loc:0-Arcs:0;0 MW;No crew)
TL-15 900 MJ Particle Accelerator (Loc:0-Arcs:0;250 MW;1 crew)

Defensive: TL-15 Sand Caster (Loc:0-Arcs:0;1 MW;1 crew)

Master Fire Directors: 2xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.86 MW; 1 crew)