In the past, when the New Coventry Navy has purchased or gained a Warshield class cruiser, they have heavily modified the ship before they recommissioned the ship and allowed the ship to enter their service. The modifications are extensive enough that the ship are called by many people a different class, the Black Prince class cruiser. New Coventry does not plan to purchase any more ships of the Warshield class because CCW government sells them for three times construction cost and that makes them prohibitively expensive. Instead, they plan to build more Warspite class heavy cruisers because they can just about build two of the larger cruisers for the purchase price of a Warshield Class cruiser would be from the Consortium itself.
The modifications include both the vehicle compliment and the weapon systems. The mini missile launchers are stripped from the design and are replaced by a combination of both medium range missile launcher and tachyon scatterguns. Both tests and combat operations have indicated that this combination is far more effective at point defense than the mini missile launchers are. The point defense rail guns are replaced by a more powerful and longer ranged rail gun that uses the same ammo as the rail guns on most fighters and the point defense rail guns used on all of the other New Coventry capital ships. All other shipboard weapon systems, such as heavy missile launchers and heavy lasers, are retained unmodified. The ship normally carries twelve pepper box launchers on the exterior of the starship to increase its initial cruise missile launch firepower. The shields on the ship are slightly more powerful than those carried on a standard Warshield although the hull remains unmodified. All of these modifications makes the Black Prince far more dangerous than a standard Warshield class cruiser.
Virtually all New Coventry admirals all consider the Battleram robot to be useless and they have been replaced by Spitfire class heavy starfighters and hangers have been modified to carry them. The Spitfire make excellent long range scouts and as escorts when destroyers are not available. Other than this, the fighter wing remains essentially the same although the plan is to replace all medium fighters with the newly developed Lightning class medium starfighter. The Silverhawk power armors are also retained but the remainder of the marines are equipped as standard New Coventry Marines in Combat Environment Power Armor. This possible due to the fact that the Combat Environment Power Armor takes very little extra space when compared to a standard set of heavy body armor.
In physical appearance, it is very hard to tell the difference between a standard Warshield class cruiser and a Black Prince class cruiser. The only way is to take a careful look at the smaller weapon mounts on the ship. The fire control emissions, the shield strength, and contra-grav drive pattern are also slightly different.
The Black Prince was New Coventry's only large capital ship except for the Ark Royal, an escort carrier, until New Coventry built their own shipyards and was New Coventry's fleet flagship. The ship was also a standard Warshield until the ship was modified soon after the first of the shipyard was completed. The modification were both used for a template for the Warspite class heavy cruiser and the later acquired and modified Warshield were also refitted the same way. New Coventry was able to get in trade for an intact and captured UFO attack ship a total of three additional Warshield class cruisers. These were named the Iron Duke, Crown Princess, and Vanguard. The UFO attack ship was captured by HMS Wolfhound, a super hunter class destroyer and then Lieutenant Commander Terry Cindy Mayfair was command of the hunter. The final ship of the class, HMS Courageous, was captured from pirates by the HMS Wolfhound and Commander Mayfair. The ship is legally New Coventry property because of prize ship laws although many members of the C.C.W. council were in disagreement. After extensive repairs and refits, the ship entered the New Coventry fleet under Captain Mayfair's command.
This starship design uses modified starship speed and ranges. See Revised Starship Rules for Phase World for more details.
Model Type: SC-55B
Vehicle Type: Light Cruiser
Crew: 280 (22 Officers, 258 enlisted)
Troops: 80 Marines (Typically 40 stay on board for ship defense),
48 fighter pilots, 10 silverhawk pilots, and can carry up to 40 passengers
in addition to standard military personnel (often an admiral and staff
when the ship is acting as a flagship)
Vehicle, Robots, and Power Armors:
Power Armors:
| 80 | Combat Environment Power Armors | |
| 10 | SH-CCW100 Silverhawk Attack ExoSkeleton |
| 6 | CSF-4 Badger class Light Interceptors. | |
| 2 | SF-101LR Black Eagle medium fighter | |
| 2 | SF-101I-LR Storm Eagle medium interceptor | |
| 2 | BIF-67 Katana fighter ship | |
| 2 | CMS-1X Spitfire Heavy Modular Starfighter |
M.D.C. By Location:
| 20 cm Main Laser Cannons (2, Front): | 1,200 each | |
| 12 cm Heavy Laser Cannons (4): | 800 each | |
| 8 cm G-cannon Turrets (4): | 800 each | |
| GR-1000 Gravity Rail Gun Turrets (8): | 200 each | |
| Point Defense Particle Beam Cannons (8): | 150 each | |
| Tachyon Scatterguns (8): | 200 each | |
| Cruise Missile Batteries (2): | 1,000 each | |
| Long Range Missile Batteries (4): | 600 each | |
| Medium Range Missile Launchers (4): | 500 each | |
| Outer Hull (40 ft/ 12.2 m Area): | 150 | |
| Inner Hull (40 ft/ 12.2 m Area): | 100 | |
| [1] Bridge: | 10,000 | |
| [1] Secondary Bridge: | 10,000 | |
| Hanger Bay: | 12,000 | |
| [2] Main Engines (2): | 12,000 each | |
| [3] Main Body: | 45,000 | |
| [4] Variable Force Field: | 6,000 a side (36,000 Total) |
Notes:
[1] In reality this is how much damage needs to be done for a weapon
to hit the bridge through the ships armor. This ship also has an auxiliary
bridge. Even if both bridges are destroyed, the ship can still be piloted
from engineering but ship is -3 to dodge and all weapon systems will be
at local control. Weapon hits near the bridge that do not penetrate the
ships integrity can injure crew members on or near the bridge.
[2] Destroying the main engines means that ship FTL propulsion systems
are destroyed and maximum sublight speed is reduced by half.
[3] Depleting the MDC of the main body will put the cruiser out of
commission. All internal systems will shut down, including life support
and internal gravity. The ship itself will be an unsalvageable floating
wreck.
[4] Shields positions can be varied and all could be combined in one
shield. Shields regenerate at the rate of 5% (1800 MDC) per melee rounds
Speed:
Driving on the Ground: Not Possible.
Sublight: Has a special sublight engine that allows the ship
to travel up to 60 percent of the speed of light. Star Ship can accelerate/decelerate
at the rate of 0.85 percent of light per melee.
Atmospheric Propulsion: Maximum speed is 300 mph (480 kph),
can enter an atmosphere and can leave but is not designed for atmospheric
flight
Stardrive: Uses a Gravitonic Drive system that allows the ship
to reach a maximum of 5 light years per hour.
Maximum Range: Effectively Unlimited by either Drive system.
Carries about three years worth of supplies on board.
Statistical Data:
Length: 600 feet (182 meters)
Height: 120 feet (36.5 meters)
Width: 200 feet (61 meters)
Weight/Mass: 100,000 tons (90,800 metric tons)
Power System: Anti-Matter with a 50 year life span. The ship
normally only goes 10 years between refueling and refitting.
Cargo: Cargo holds are scattered about the ship that allows
for carrying up to 10,000 tons of Cargo in addition to standard compliment
of supplies and ammunition. Each enlisted crew member has a small locker
for personal items and uniforms. Ships officers have more space for personal
items. Most of the ships spaces are take up by extra ammunition, armor,
troops, weapons, engine, and other equipment.
Market Cost: 2.8 billion to construct and refit. No ships of
this modified design have ever been put on sale on the market but can be
recreated.
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