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Aganar Light Cruiser
design by Idiot/Savant
"The first Aganar class light cruiser was built by the Imperial Glisten
Navy in 997. The last of the sixty vessels was commissioned in
1029. The ships are named for famous battles of history. At the
outbreak of the Fifth Frontier War, the Aganars were the oldest
class of vessels still in service with the IGN, and were committed
to action immediately as one of the few meson gun carrier classes
in use. Merely the technological equals of their opponents in the
Collace Independence Fleet, and heavily outnumbered at every
encounter due to the vagaries of their pre-war deployment, the
Aganar squadrons were virtually annihilated in the opening weeks
of the war. Between combat losses and the destruction of a
number of damaged ships under repair during the brief Collace
occupation of Glisten, only a single ship out of the sixty, the IGNS
Alesia, survived through the end of the war. The Alesia was
reclassified as a fleet escort during the fleet reorganization of 1112,
and was still in service as a training vessel as of 1118."
This is a FF&S reworking of a design by R.S. Dean
(MegaTraveller Design). The MT
version had a ludicrously short endurance of < 2 weeks (or 3
days in combat); this version isn't nearly as tight, but still
manages to mount a useful sized meson gun.
The best description of the Aganar-class is "an eggshell armed
with a hammer". While its main armament can swat smaller
escorts and pose a threat to some larger vessels, the Aganar has
thin armour and is vulnerable to attacks by PAWs. Because of
this, it is probably best utilised as a raider rather than in stand-up
fleet actions.
Except for a handful of officers, the entire crew is accomodated at
double-occupancy. A minimal hanger is installed, and a 40-DspT
Pinnace serves as a general utility vehicle.
Aganar Light Cruiser
General Data
| Displacement: 8000 tons |
Hull Armor: 161 |
| Length: 180 meters |
Volume: 112,000 m3 |
| Price: 6979.8 MCr |
Target Size: M |
| Configuration: SL Needle |
Tech Level: 13 |
| Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 102108.8 / 98635 |
Engineering Data
- Power Plant: 16785 MW Fusion Power Plant, 0.5 year duration
(839.25 m3 fuel)
- Jump Performance: 3
- Jump Fuel: 22400 m3
- G-Rating: 3G HEPlaR (4000 MW/G), High Efficiency ContraGrav
(800 MW)
- G-Turns: 48 (J2: 62; J1: 77; 92 using all jump fuel), 500 m3 fuel
each
- Maint: 3207
Electronics
- Computer: 3xTL-13 Fibre-optic computer (0.9 MW)
- Commo: 3xLaser (Unlimited; 0.3 MW), 3xMaser (Unlimited; 0.6
MW), 3xRadio (Unlimited; 20 MW)
- Avionics: TL-10+; TL-13 Terrain-Following Avionics (170 km/h
NOE)
- Sensors: 3xAEMS (16 hex; 50 MW), PEMS Folding array (8 hex;
0.35 MW), 2xPEMS Fixed array (5 hex; 0.2 MW each), 3xLadar (8
hex; 1.2 MW)
- ECM/ECCM: EMS Jammer (16 hex;100 MW), EM Masking (112
MW)
- Controls: Bridge with 87 bridge workstations, 167 normal
workstations
Armament
- Offensive10Gj Spinal Meson Gun (2777.78 MW; Overpowered to -
2 DiffMods; 54 crew)
20x106Mj Laser Turret (29 MW each;
Overpowered to -2 DiffMods; 1 crew each)
10xMissile Barbette
(0.15 MW each; 1 crew each). 50 ready missiles plus 50 in
magazine.
- Defensive: Meson Screen Generator (PV=502; 140 MW; 7 Crew),
10xDamper Barbette (9 MW each; 1 crew each), 30xTL-13 Sand
Turret (1 MW; 1 crew each)
- Master Fire Directors: 10xTL-13 Beam (4 Diff Mods; 10 hex; 2.95
MW; 1 crew each), 10xTL-13 Beam/Msl (4 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl
10 hex; 3.1 MW; 1 crew each)
| Name | Short | Medium | Long | Extreme |
| 180m 10Gj Meson Gun | 6: 500 | 12: 250 | 24: 125 | 48: 63
|
| 106 Mj Laser Turret | 10: 1/8-26 | 20: 1/6-20 | 40: 1/3-10 | 80: 1/2-5
|
Accommodations
- Life Support: Extended (22.4 MW)
- Grav Compensation: 4Gs (560 MW)
- Crew: 438 (2xManeuver, 5xElectronics, 167xEngineer,
150xGunnery, 36xMaintenance, 3xFlight, 10xSteward, 5xMedic,
60xCommand)
- Crew Accommodations: 228xSmall Stateroom (0.5 kW)
- Passenger Accomadation: up to 9 if entire crew moves to double occupancy.
- Other Facilities: 8xElectronics Shop (0.6 MW), Machine Shop (1
MW), 5xSick Bay (0.8 MW)
- Cargo: 668 m3 2 Large Cargo Hatches. 50 missiles in
magazine
- Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 40-ton Pinnace in minimal
hangar
- Air Locks: 80
Notes
Total Fuel Tankage: 47239.25 kL (3306.75 tons)
Fuel scoops (10% of ship surface), fills tanks in 1.03 hours
Fuel purification machinery (60MW), 23.62 hours to refine
47239.25 m3.
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