My Improved Broadsword

[Murph]

Ship: Long Shot
Class: Improved Broadsword
Type: Mercenary
Architect: Murph
Tech Level: 15

USP
LF-85338H2-440200-46004-0 MCr 716.760 800 Tons
Bat Bear 1 11 1 Crew: 32
Bat 1 11 1 TL: 15

Cargo: 44.000 Emergency Low: 16 Fuel: 304.000 EP: 64.000 Agility: 2 Shipboard Security Detail: 1 Pulse Lasers
Craft: 2 x 40T cutters
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Backups: 1 x Model/5fib Computer

Architects Fee: MCr 7.168 Cost in Quantity: MCr 573.408


Detailed Description

HULL
800.000 tons standard, 11,200.000 cubic meters, Sphere Configuration

CREW
11 Officers, 21 Ratings

ENGINEERING
Jump-3, 3G Manuever, Power plant-8, 64.000 EP, Agility 2

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/8fib Computer
1 Model/5fib Backup Computer

HARDPOINTS
8 Hardpoints

ARMAMENT
3 Triple Missile Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4), 2 Triple Pulse Laser Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4), 2 Dual Fusion Gun Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-6)

DEFENCES
1 Triple Sandcaster Turret organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4), Nuclear Damper (Factor-2), Armoured Hull (Factor-4)

CRAFT
2 40.000 ton cutterss (Crew of 2, Cost of MCr 0.000)

FUEL
304.000 Tons Fuel (3 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
18.5 Staterooms, 16 Emergency Low Berths, 44.000 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None

COST
MCr 723.928 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 7.168), MCr 573.408 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
112 Weeks Singly, 90 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS
An improved Tech level 15 variant of the Broadsword class of mercenary
cruisers. Used as piracy suppression ships.

 

[DrSkull]

Why do you need two cutters when you have no troops?

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Dave "Dr. Skull" Nelson

 

[Murph]

Ooops

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DrSkull:
Why do you need two cutters when you have no troops?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[soloprobe]

Why do you need a crew of 32?(11 officers, 21 ratings) Once all the turrets are crewed, you have 13 ratings left. Put three of them in engineering (jump3, manuever3,tech lvl 15)leaves you with 5 officers and 10 ratings without battle stations .....Could these be your ship's troops?

 

[Murph]

Thats what the program came up with.

 

[Gadrin]

I started work on a Greatsword cruiser, 1200-tons, Jump-3 TL 12, 2 PAW bays and 6 standard
turrets. Crew is around 50, including flight
crews.

 

[GypsyComet]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Murph:
Ship: Long Shot
Class: Improved Broadsword

Craft: 2 x 40T cutters
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Somewhat amusing, considering that the original Type C (of which the Broadsword is merely a well-known example) was equipped with a pair of the 40-ton craft (know, BTW, as Pinnaces). They probably swapped them out on the Broadsword for utility reasons, not to mention the sick jokes thus avoided...