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Beta 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

This is the electronic warfare variant which is used for command and control of a mixed flotilla of 4-5 craft of this class. In accordance with its picket functions, it has longer endurance than other vessels of this class. It carries two gravitically focussed laser turrets mounted ventrally and dorsally, and two missile barbettes mounted port and starboard (each with 6 missiles).

Beta Gunboat

General Data

Engineering Data

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

Jump Performance: None

Jump Fuel: 0 m³

G-Rating: 6G HEPlaR (229.22 MW/G)

G-Turns: 6G HEPlaR (229.22 MW/G)

Maint: 232

Electronics

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

Commo: 5xMaser (1000 AU; 0.6 MW), Radio (1 hex; 1 MW) Avionics

Avionics: TL-10+

Sensors: 4xAEMS (16 hex; 25 MW), 4xPEMS Folding array (6 hex; 0.2 MW), Ladar (10 hex; 0.6 MW)

ECM/ECCM: EMS Jammer (10 hex;30 MW), Area Jammer (10 hex radius; 108 MW), 900 sensor decoys (300 Laser, 300 AEMS, 300 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW)

Controls: Bridge with 7 bridge workstations, 13 normal workstations, fire control center (4 workstations), Standard Automation

Armament

Offensive 2xTL-15 180-MJ Laser Turret (Loc:0-Arcs:0;200 MW;1 crew)Can be operated to -4 Diff Mods with 200 Mw power input
2xTL-15 Missile Barbette (Loc:0-Arcs:0;0 MW;No crew)

Defensive: None

Master Fire Directors: 4xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.86 MW; 1 crew)