Recently there's been much talk about CT/MT material (or lack thereof) on
the TML. So, I decided to send off this ship from Steve's TCS game:
The _Mikhail Gorbachev_ class Battlecruiser
BC-1 Mikhail Gorbachev BC-P6357F3-490100-60E09-0 MCr46,662.7 50,000 tons
batteries bearing 8 8 1 6 Crew=395.
batteries A A 1 8 TL=12.
Low=137. Cargo=644. Fuel=18,500. EP=3500. Agility=5. Marines=150
Notes: All lasers are pulse lasers. Ship has frozen watch, fuel scoops,
and purification plant.
This is the original design of the _Gorbachev_ class. 24 of these ships
were built by the Naval Forces of Neubayern, all named for political
leaders of twentieth-century Earth. This version of the class saw action
against Amondiage and Sansterre during the Old Islands War, and against
New Colchis during the Topas War. Following the Topas War, Alliance
Supreme Commander Sir Isaac Connor described the class as being the
"workhorse of the Alliance Fleet."
Following the war of 5627, the ships of the class underwent the Series A
upgrade, which equipped the key ships of the NFN with Alliance technology.
BC-1 Series A BC-P6357H3-490300-(ND)000A-0 MCr42,370.9 50,000 tons
batteries bearing 8 12 4 Crew=370.
batteries A 13 5 TL=12(14).
Low=510. Cargo=699. Fuel=18,500. EP=3500. Agility=5. Marines=650.
Notes: All lasers are beam lasers. Ship has frozen watch, scoops, plant.
The refit cost MCr1,351.24 per ship, and took 14 weeks.
The Series A _Gorbachev_ was one of the first warships to incorporate the
heavy laser technology developed by Sansterre. The letter-code bay
weapons and highly efficient spinal mounts made possible by this
improvement in laser technology gave Alliance ships a powerful punch at
close range.
These refitted ships were also among the first to carry TL14 letter-code
missile bays. The combination of a letter-code bay and nuclear missiles
gave the _Gorbachev_, and latter Alliance ships, the ability to crack
even the heaviest armour.
The Series A version of this battlecruiser saw action in the Serendip
War. The entire class participated in the Second Battle of Neubayern,
when the Serendip Belt tried to depopulate Neubayern, and five of them
were lost or damaged beyond repair.
The surviving 19 ships were among those which fled to Home and Sansterre
during the Imperial occupation, where they underwent the Series B refit
which incorporated the tremendous advances the Alliance had made in
weapons and propulsion.
This covers the "history" of the _Gorbachev_ class. I've got plans to
write up the "current" status of the class (along with the Series B
version) in the world of the Islands Cluster, but make no promises as to
when this will be...
I'll post other NFN designs from the Alliance in days to come, unless of
course you don't want me to. :-)
Kenneth G. Hagler
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