From: [email removed] (Stephen D Smith)
Organization: personal mailbox at The Next Challenge
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I have no access to e-mail so you will not be able to
reach me very easily and there will be long gaps between
my having access to any comments to any designs or ideas
you might have but I would appreciate it
Scott Kellogg [phone removed]
[address removed]
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Dreadnaught TL 15, "Plankwell" Class
CraftID: Dreadnaught Type BB, TL 15, MCr 171650
Hull: (180000/450000) Disp=200000 Config=3SL, Armor=70G,
Unload=3830934, Load=4019096.3
Power: (26739/35652) 4812912 Mw Fusion, Dur=30 @ low power (no
offensive wpns except BLasers, Agility=0) Combat power
consumes 2 days reduced fuel per day)
Loco: (37800/50400), Manuver=5G, (13500/18000) Jump=4,
Agility=2 NOE=190, Cruise=750kph, Top=1000kph,
Commo: Radio=System*10, Maser=System*10, Meson=System,
RadioJam=System
Sensors: EMM, P-EMS=Interstel*3, A-EMS=FarOrb*3,
Densitometer=1km*3, Neutrino=10kw*3, EMS-Jam=FarOrb*3
ActObjScn=Rout ActObjPin=Rout
PasObjScn=Rout PasObjPin=Rout
PasEnScn=Simp PasEnPin=Rout
Off: HPoints=2000
Meson Gun=T0x Missile=x90 ParticleAcc=x70
Batt 1 52 26
Bear 1 80 40
BLasers=x09 FGun=x06
Batt 7 10
Bear 10 15
Def: DefDM=+9 Meson Scn-7, NucDamp-9,
SCaster=x07 Repulsor=x09
Batt 16 34
Bear 25 50
Control: Computer=9fib*3, LrgHoloDisp=20, HoloHUD=915,
HoloLink=915, Electronic Circuit Protect
Accom: Crew=689 3*200 (Command=94, Bridge=38, Engineer=323,
Gunner=59, Flight=6, Maintain=141, Medic=5, Steward=23)
Env=Basic Env, Basic is, Extend is, Inertial Comp, Grav
Plate, Subcraft=50 ton*3
Other: Magazine=126100kl (487b-r) Battery round=2600 missiles,
Fuel=1427324Kl, Scoops, Fuel Pure=72hr, Cargo=85.3Kl,
ObjSize=Lrg, EMlevel=Mod
Remarks: "The 'Plankwell' class dreadnaught is a more specialized
ship than the multi-task oriented 'Tigress' class. Lacking the
extensive troop complement and the large fighter screen, the
'Plankwell' fulfills a more traditional battleship role, as the
center of a fleet of supporting ships.
For decades, the Imperial Fleet in the Spinward Marches has
included at leas one BatRon of 'Plankwell' class ships, but
recently (1102), the last such squadron was rotated to the
strategic reserve in Corridor Sector. Sentiment in Naval and
Sector circles runs high in favor of returning at least one BatRon
to the Marches.
'Plankwell' class dreadnaughts are named for notable admirals
in the Imperial Navy. The class name is taken from Grand Admiral
Olav hault-Plankwell, a sector admiral in the Spinward Marches who
rose to Grand Admiral of the Marches and lead to the defeat of the
Outworld Coalition during the First Frontier War (589 to 604).
Following his victory in 604, he lead the fleet to the Core,
personally dispatched the Empress Jaqueline I, and took over the
government. The result was the long, bloody Civil War; Olav was
the first of the Emperors of the Flag. Although Olav is in
disrepute as an emperor, Grand Admiral Plankwell is still
remembered and honored for his achievements as a naval commander
in the First Frontier War; significantly his name has not been
assigned to any ship in the new 'Cleon' class of battleriders,
named for Emperors of the Imperium.
Modular Construction: 'Plankwell' class dreadnaughts were
built using a modular construction technique which has proven cost
effective in commercial ship-building. A central strut or keel
serves as a foundation, bracing the drives and aligning the spinal
mount, while all other parts of the ship are mounted to brackets
or strengthened points along it. The technique allows separate
costruction of the various modules (such as quarters, electronics
areas, fuel tankage, and control areas), with a final mating of all
the variusl componants being performed only after the drives and
keel have been tested and accepted. There was some initial concern
that the connecting points would be focusses for weakness in
battle, but the losses of two separate 'Plankwell's in combat has
been attributed by investigating boards to strategic
misdirection." -Supplement 9: Fighting Ships
Original High Guard Design by Tim Brown, Frank Chadwick & Marc
Miller
Reprinted without permission (No Shoot!)
Scott Kellogg
via Stephen D Smith USENET: [email removed]
BIX: sdsmith
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