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Delta Gunboat
design by Snapping Turtle
The Floriani Delta-Class Gunboat is part of a series of similar, yet
complementary 300 ton gunboats produced for the Floriani navy. These craft
are not intended to operate singly, but as part of an balanced task force.
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
valueconsiderably 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
With its extra EW capability, twin forward-firing 750 mj
gravitically-focused spinal x-ray lasers and 50 ton missile bay (with six
launchers and 56 missiles) the Delta-class variant is probably the
best-balanced--and deadliest--craft of this class.
Delta Gunboat
General Data
| Displacement: 300 tons |
Hull Armor: 335 |
| Length: 60.33 meters |
Volume: 4200 m3 |
| Price: 201.66 MCr |
Target Size: S |
| Configuration: SL Cone |
Tech Level: 15 |
| Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 5,128.0 / 4,990.6 |
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 (256.39 MW/G)
- G-Turns: 55, 32.0 m3 fuel each
- Maint: 323
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 (14 hex; 21 MW), PEMS Folding array (5 hex; 0.15 MW), Ladar
(10 hex; 0.6 MW)
- ECM/ECCM: EMS Jammer (10 hex;30 MW), Area Jammer (3 hex radius; 32.4 MW),
900 sensor decoys (300 Laser, 300 AEMS, 300 PEMS), EM Masking (4.2 MW)
- Controls: Bridge with 4 bridge workstations, 13 normal workstations, fire
control center (2 workstations), Standard Automation
Armament
- Offensive 2xTL-15 750-MJ Spinal Laser (Loc:0-Arcs:0;208.3 MW;No crew). Can be overpowered to -2 Diff Mods.
TL-15
Custom Missile Bay (Loc:0-Arcs:0;0 MW;No crew)
- Defensive: None
- Master Fire Directors: 2xTL-15 (6 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.86 MW; 1
crew)
| Name | Short | Medium | Long | Extreme |
| 750-MJ Spinal Laser | 10:1/22-68 | 20:1/22-68 | 40:1/22-68 | 80:1/22-68
|
Accommodations
- Life Support: Extended Life Support (0.09 MW)
- Grav Compensation: 6Gs (2.28 MW)
- Crew: 19 (1xManeuver, 1xElectronics, 13xEngineer, 2xGunnery, 2xCommand)
- Crew Accommodations: 11xSmall Stateroom (0.5 kW)
- Passenger Accomadation: None
- Other Facilities: None
- Cargo: 0 m3
- Small Craft and Launch Facilities: None
- Air Locks: 3
Notes
Total Fuel Tankage: 1,962.5 m3 (140.2 tons).
Fuel scoops (10% of ship surface), fills tanks in 1.17 hours.
Crew requirements are calculated by using 'Original FFS' crew model.57 MW
power shortfall (usually made up for by shutting down the jammers when
initial fire is about to commence.
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