Portland Scout Cruiser

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Portland Scout Cruiser

The Portland class fitted into the small gap between escorts and light cruisers. Most were deployed with the Confederations exploration division, though the limited jump capacity, 1xJump-3 was considered something of a hindrance, though careful mission planning could overcome this to some extent. Portlands ranged far and wide, both on exploration and intelligence work. Some were used by the Confederation navy, the two parallel 7,000Mj N-PAW weapons providing a useful capability. More being used as defacto cruisers as the 2nd Rim War progressed.

The Confederations exploration division responded to this by somehow ensuring that most of the Portlands operated by them managed to stay far beyond the Confederations borders. This also meant that a disproportionate number of this class survived the war and the impact of virus.

In the absence of more capable vessels the Confederation also despatched a number of Portlands on long range missions to search for any sign of returning vessels from the Perseus Arms expeditions. These too had failed to return when virus swept through the Solomani Confederation.

Portland Scout Cruiser

General Data

Displacement: 15,000 tons	Hull Armor: 60
Length: 180 meters	Volume: 210,000 m³
Price: 6,885.97438 MCr	Target Size: L
Configuration: Wedge SL	Tech Level: 13
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 137,937.6836/122,269.5345

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 25,287Mw Fusion Power Plant (99.95Mw/hit), 1 year duration (83.7951Mw surplus)

Jump Performance: 1xJump-3

Jump Fuel: 42,000 m³

G-Rating: 3 (7,500Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters

G-Turns: 82 (96.9 with jump-2 reserve, 111.9 with jump-1 reserve, 126.8 with no jump reserve), 937.5 m³ each

Maint: 5,012

Electronics

Computer: 3xTL13 Fb (0.9Mw each)

Commo: 2x300,000km Radio (10 hexes, 10Mw each), 2x1,000AU Maser (8, 0.6Mw each)

Avionics: TL10+ Avionics

Sensors: 2x150,000km Passive EMS Fixed Array (5 hexes; 0.2Mw each), 2x300,000km Active EMS (10 hexes; 27.5Mw each), 2xTL13 Densitometer (0.9Mw each), 2xTL12 Neutrino Sensor (0.01Mw each), 12xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw each)

ECM/ECCM: EM Masking (210Mw), 36xDecoy Dispensors

Controls: Bridge with 98xBridge Workstations, Auxiliary Bridge with 98xBridge Workstations, Flag Bridge with 11x Bridge Workstations, Fire Control Bridge with 15xBridge Workstations, plus 252 other workstations

Armament

Offensive 2xTL13 7,000Mj Parallel Mount N-PAWs (Loc: 4,5; Arcs:1; 194.4445Mw each; 19 Crew each)
20xTL13 106Mj Laser Turrets (Loc: 4x2,4x3,4x8,4x9,4x10 ; Arcs: 1,2,3; 29.4445Mw each; 1 Crew each)
8xMissile 100-ton Bays (Loc: 2x6,2x7,2x14,2x15; each with 4 missile/recce drones and 96 missiles or recce drones each; 0.15Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Defensive: TL13 Meson Screen (PV=285; 90Mw; 4 Crew)
6xTL13 Nuclear Damper Barbettes (Loc: 3x16,3x17; Arcs: All; 9Mw each; 1 Crew each)
10xTL13 Sandcaster Turrets (Loc: 5x18,5x19; Arcs: All; 2D6x5 per hit; 35 Cannisters each; 1Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Master Fire Directors: 7xTL13 (4 Diff Mod; Beam; 10 hexes; 2.95Mw each; 1 Crew each), 8xTL13 (4 Diff Mod; Beam/Missile; 10 hexes; 3.1Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Name	Short	Medium	Long	Extreme
7,000Mj Parallel N-PAW	10:418	20:418	40:418	80:418
106Mj Laser Turret	10:1/8-26	20:1/6-20	40:1/3-10	80:1/2-5

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (42Mw)

Grav Compensation: 4Gs (1050 MW)

Crew: 675/687 (252xEngineering, 6xElectronics, 4xManeuver, 131xGunnery, 52xMaintenance, 41xShip's Troops, 6xFlight Crew, 156xCommand, 23xSteward, 5xMedical),Flagship adds (3xElectronics, 8xCommand, 1xSteward)

Crew Accommodations: 382xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each), 10xLow Berths (0.001Mw each)

Passenger Accomadation: None

Other Facilities: 2x8-ton Sick Bays (0.8 Mw each), 2x10-ton Machine Shops (1 Mw each), 2x6-ton Electronics Shops (0.6Mw each)

Cargo: 1,355.7 m³ 4 Large Cargo Hatches

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 1 15-ton RF14D Scorpion class recon fighter with internal hanger (minimal) and one launch port, 2 30-ton Puffin class ship's boats with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each

Air Locks: 150

Notes

Fuel purification equipment (121.4037Mw) is sufficient to purifiy 24,280.74 cubic meters in 6 hours (30 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel) Fuel scoop capacity is 42,000 cubic meters per hour (2.83 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel).

Damage Tables


Area            Surface Hits    Internal Explosion              Systems
1                       1-2:Ant                 1-19:Elec,20:Qtrs
PP-253H,JD-252H,
2-3                                     1:LT,2-16:Qtrs,17-20:Hold       FPP-170H,
4-5,12-13               1:AL            1-2:PA,3-20:Hold                LS-123H,PA-80H,
6-7,14-15               1:AL            1-2:PA,3-7:MBy,8-20:Hold        ELS-62H,AG-42H,
8-10            1:AL            1-2:PA,3:LT,4-20:Hold           MD-23H,EMM-21H,
11                      1:LP,2:CH               1-2:PA,3-20:Hold                Hanger-21H,
16-17           1:AL,2:Decoy    1-2:PA,3:ND,4-5:Elec,6-20:Hold  MScreen-14H,
18-19           1:AL,2-4:EMMR   1-2:PA,3:Sand,4-20:Eng          MBy-14H,ND-1H,
20                      1:EMMR                  1-2:PA,3-20:Eng
LT-1H,Sand-1H,

ElecShop-1H,

MachineShop-1H,

SickBay-1H,

EMMR-(210h),MFD-(4h),

MFDAnt-(2h),AEMS-(2h),

Neutrino-(2h),SSR-(2h),
                                                                                        All
others-(1h)