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Ypres class Light Assault Carrier
Here is an experimental light assault carrier that the Imperial Navy experimented with. There are still a number in service and the design is offered to Merc units.
The small size means the ships vehicles are externally mounted, which means if vehicles are required on landing boat insertion they must be loaded in orbit or pre-mission loaded, a shortcoming that cannot be overcome. Naturally, grav vehicles can be dropped in low orbit. After several years in service the Imperial Navy deemed them to be too small and not agile enough for intended use.
The Ypres class carries enough fuel for a 1200dT vessel, more than enough to ensure maximum performance when fully loaded. There is enough hold space to ensure that several vehicles can be carried and deployed as the mission requires.
The Imperial navy conceived the design for quick n dirty insertion missions escorted by 2 to 3 close escorts.
Ship: INSS Ypres
Class: Ypres
Type: Light Assault Carrier
Architect: Michael Johnson
Tech Level: 13
USP
LAC-A4223S1-150000-60005-0 MCr 500.158 1 KTons
Bat Bear 1 1 1 Crew: 149
Bat 1 1 1 TL: 13
Cargo: 126 Crew Sections: 1 of 149 Fuel: 294 EP: 30 Agility: 1 Marines: 120 Drop Capsules: 10 (plus 10 Ready 10 Stored)
Craft: 1 x 100T Landing Boat, 1 x 50T Pinnace
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Architects Fee: MCr 5.002 Cost in Quantity: MCr 400.126
Detailed Description
(High Guard Design)
HULL
1,000.000 tons standard, 14,000.000 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration
CREW
Pilot, Navigator, 4 Engineers, Medic, 3 Gunners, 4 Flight Crew, 120 Marines, 15 Other Crew
ENGINEERING
Jump-2, 2G Manuever, Power plant-330.000 EP, Agility 1
AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2bis Computer
HARDPOINTS
10 Hardpoints
ARMAMENT
4 Triple Missile Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-5), 4 Triple Beam Laser Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-6)
DEFENCES
2 Triple Sandcaster Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-5), Armoured Hull (Factor-1)
CRAFT
1 100.000 ton Landing Boat (Crew of 2,), 1 50.000 ton Pinnace (Crew of 2)
FUEL
294 Tons Fuel (2 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance, plus 64.000 tons of additional fuel)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant
MISCELLANEOUS
85 Staterooms, 10 Drop Capsule Launchers with 10 Ready Capsules and 10 Stored Capsules, 126 Tons Cargo (Including 20.000 Tons of Engineering upgrade space)
USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None
COST
MCr 505.160 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 5.002), MCr 400.126 in Quantity
CONSTRUCTION TIME
120 Weeks Singly, 96 Weeks in Quantity
COMMENTS
Landing Boat and Pinnace are externally mounted.
Here is an experimental light assault carrier that the Imperial Navy experimented with. There are still a number in service and the design is offered to Merc units.
The small size means the ships vehicles are externally mounted, which means if vehicles are required on landing boat insertion they must be loaded in orbit or pre-mission loaded, a shortcoming that cannot be overcome. Naturally, grav vehicles can be dropped in low orbit. After several years in service the Imperial Navy deemed them to be too small and not agile enough for intended use.
The Ypres class carries enough fuel for a 1200dT vessel, more than enough to ensure maximum performance when fully loaded. There is enough hold space to ensure that several vehicles can be carried and deployed as the mission requires.
The Imperial navy conceived the design for quick n dirty insertion missions escorted by 2 to 3 close escorts.
Ship: INSS Ypres
Class: Ypres
Type: Light Assault Carrier
Architect: Michael Johnson
Tech Level: 13
USP
LAC-A4223S1-150000-60005-0 MCr 500.158 1 KTons
Bat Bear 1 1 1 Crew: 149
Bat 1 1 1 TL: 13
Cargo: 126 Crew Sections: 1 of 149 Fuel: 294 EP: 30 Agility: 1 Marines: 120 Drop Capsules: 10 (plus 10 Ready 10 Stored)
Craft: 1 x 100T Landing Boat, 1 x 50T Pinnace
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Architects Fee: MCr 5.002 Cost in Quantity: MCr 400.126
Detailed Description
(High Guard Design)
HULL
1,000.000 tons standard, 14,000.000 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration
CREW
Pilot, Navigator, 4 Engineers, Medic, 3 Gunners, 4 Flight Crew, 120 Marines, 15 Other Crew
ENGINEERING
Jump-2, 2G Manuever, Power plant-330.000 EP, Agility 1
AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2bis Computer
HARDPOINTS
10 Hardpoints
ARMAMENT
4 Triple Missile Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-5), 4 Triple Beam Laser Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-6)
DEFENCES
2 Triple Sandcaster Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-5), Armoured Hull (Factor-1)
CRAFT
1 100.000 ton Landing Boat (Crew of 2,), 1 50.000 ton Pinnace (Crew of 2)
FUEL
294 Tons Fuel (2 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance, plus 64.000 tons of additional fuel)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant
MISCELLANEOUS
85 Staterooms, 10 Drop Capsule Launchers with 10 Ready Capsules and 10 Stored Capsules, 126 Tons Cargo (Including 20.000 Tons of Engineering upgrade space)
USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None
COST
MCr 505.160 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 5.002), MCr 400.126 in Quantity
CONSTRUCTION TIME
120 Weeks Singly, 96 Weeks in Quantity
COMMENTS
Landing Boat and Pinnace are externally mounted.
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