Breton Light Cruiser

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Breton Light Cruiser

Very few of the Breton class light cruisers were available in time to see service in the First Solomani Rim War, and consequently the production run was slowed as a result of the end of the war, many examples being scrapped partially completed. Some new construction did continue though at a reduced rate until the Third Imperium began to break apart, at which time construction was accelerated on those vessels not yet completed to clear yards for higher production work. Bretons were typically employed as small squadron flagships, convoy escorts and as commerce raiders. They had a good maneuver rating at 5G though endurance was somewhat limited when this was employed, but their limited jump range, jump-3 reduced their flexibility.

One division of four Bretons was captured by the Third Imperium during the latter days of the First Solomani Rim War at the battle of Terra. None of them had functioning jump drives. These were taken into Imperial service and served for many years at Dingir before being mothballed.

When the Civil War erupted the Imperial's solitary Breton CruDiv was reactivated. They fought heroically, and two, Davenport and Fremantle were re-taken by the Solomani. Davenport was damaged beyond repair during that encounter. Fremantle was repaired and served with others of its type until virus struck. Her fate is unknown beyond that point.

It is believed that a number of Breton class light cruisers are operating in the Banners sector, whether by virus or other entity is not yet known.

Breton Light Cruiser

General Data

Displacement: 25,000 tons	Hull Armor: 560
Length: 258 meters	Volume: 350,000 m³
Price: 18,656.79271 MCr	Target Size: L
Configuration: Needle SL	Tech Level: 14
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 320,393.1216/307,834.1476 tons

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 75,135Mw Fusion Power Plant (99.9Mw/hit), 1 year duration (8.0501Mw surplus)

Jump Performance: 3

Jump Fuel: 70,000 m³

G-Rating: 5 (12,500Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters

G-Turns: 46 (60.9 with jump-2 reserve, 75.9 with jump-1 reserve, 90.8 with no jump reserve), 1,562.5 m³ each

Maint: 9,534

Electronics

Computer: 3xTL14 Fb (1.0Mw each)

Commo: 2x1,000AU Radio (8, 20Mw each), 2x1,000AU Maser (8, 0.6Mw each)

Avionics: TL10+ Avionics

Sensors: 1x150,000km Passive EMS Fixed Array (5 hexes; 0.15Mw), 1x210,000km Passive EMS Folding Array (7 hexes; 0.25Mw), 1x480,000km Active EMS (DF Capable; 16 hexes; 50Mw), 14xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw each)

ECM/ECCM: 1x480,000km EMS Jammer (16 hexes; 50Mw), EM Masking (350Mw)

Controls: Bridge with 262xBridge Workstations, Auxiliary Bridge with 262xBridge Workstations, Flag Bridge with 9x Bridge Workstations plus 692 other workstations

Armament

Offensive 1xTL14 22,500Mj Spinal Mount Meson Gun (Loc: Spinal; Arcs:1; 625Mw; 145 Crew)
60xTL14 300Mj Laser Barbettes (Loc:15x8,15x9,15x12,15x13; Arcs: All; 83.333Mw each; 1 Crew each) -2 Difficulty Levels
30xTL14 103Mj Laser Turrets (Loc: 10x10,10x14,10x15; Arcs: All; 114.4445Mw each; 1 Crew each) -5 Difficulty Levels
20xMissile Barbettes (Loc: 5x4,5x5,5x12,5x13; 5 ready missiles or recce drones each; 0.15Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Defensive:TL14 Meson Screen (PV=1061; 918.5Mw; 34 Crew)
10xTL14 Nuclear Damper Barbettes (Loc: 5x6,5x7; Arcs: All; 6Mw each; 1 Crew each)
20xTL14 Sandcaster Turrets (Loc: 10x10,10x11; Arcs: All; 2D6x5 per hit; 40 Cannisters each; 1Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Master Fire Directors: 46xTL14 (5 Diff Mod; Beam; 10 hexes; 1.62Mw each; 1 Crew each), 20xTL14 (5 Diff Mod; Beam/Missile; 10 hexes; 1.77Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Name	Short	Medium	Long	Extreme
22,500Mj Spinal Meson Gun	10:750	20:375	40:188	80:94
300Mj Laser Barbette	10:1/14-43	20:1/14-43	40:1/8-26	80:1/4-13
103Mj Laser Turret	10:1/8-25	20:1/6-19	40:1/3-10	80:1/2-5

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (70Mw)

Grav Compensation: 5Gs (1750 MW)

Crew: 1685/1694 (626xEngineering, 4xElectronics, 4xManeuver, 451xGunnery, 96xMaintenance, 41xShip's Troops, 9xFlight Crew, 386xCommand, 55xSteward, 13xMedical),Flagship adds (2xElectronics, 7xCommand)

Crew Accommodations: 10xLarge Staterooms (0.001Mw each), 570xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each), 80xLow Berths (0.001Mw each)

Passenger Accomadation: None

Other Facilities: 3x8-ton Sick Bays (0.8 Mw each), 3x10-ton Machine Shops (1 Mw each), 3x6-ton Electronics Shops (0.6Mw each)

Cargo: 491.5 m³ 2 Large Cargo Hatches

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 3 40-ton Kite class pinnaces with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each

Air Locks: 250

Notes

Fuel purification equipment (141.875Mw) is sufficient to purifiy 28,375 cubic meters in 6 hours (30 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel) Fuel scoop capacity is 70,000 cubic meters per hour (2.03 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel).

Damage Tables

Area  Surface Hits  Internal Explosion  Systems
1       1-14:Ant                        1-4:MG,4-20:Elec
PP-752H,LS-623H,
2-3     1-19:Ant,20:AL                  1-4:MG,5-16:Elec,17-20:Qtrs
MG-439H,JD-350H,
4-5     1-9:Ant,10-16:EMMR      1-4:MG,5:MB,6-18:Qtrs,19-20:Hold
ELS-311H,FPP-142H,
6-7     1-19:Ant                        1-4:MG,5:ND,6-20:Hold
MS-138H,AG-70H,
8-9     1-17:EMMR                       1-4:MG,5:LB,6-20:Hold
MD-63H,EMM-35H,
10      1-16:Ant,17:AL                  1-4:MG,5:LT,6:Sand,7:Qtrs,8-12:Elec,13-20:Hold
Hanger-34H,
11      1:CH,2-5:LP,6:AL        1-4:MG,5:Sand,6:Qtrs,7-20:Hold          LB-2H,MB-1H,ND-1H,
12-13 1-9:Ant                   1-4:MG,5:MB,6:LB,7-20:Hold              PEMFoldingArray-1H,
14-15                                   1-4:MG,5:LT,6-20:Hold
LT-1H,Sand-1H,
16-19                                   1-4:MG,5-19:Eng,20:Hold
ElecShop-1H,
20       1:AL                   1-4:MG,5:Qtrs,6-20:Hold                 MachineShop-1H,

SickBay-1H,

EMMR-(350h),MFD-(4h),

Jammer-(2h),AEMS-(2h),

LSS-(1h),SSR-(1h),
                                                                                        All
others-(1h)