HAFS Rosetta class Gun Cruiser:
The Human Alliance Forces Navy is well though of by their C.A.F. counterparts but the ships they are using are getting old and need to be either upgraded or replaced by more modern ships. Many different ideas have been presented but none was ever implemented and fleet was getting out of date slowly. The planet of New Coventry has a recent reputation of technical achievement and when one of the New Coventry ship captain captured a Kurganov class cruiser from pirates. After using the ship to help with some local troubles, them immediately designed and upgrade and began upgrading the ship. The design impressed the H.A.F.N. Leadership and they purchased the plans for the upgrade and gave a contract to New Coventry to upgrade some of the Kurganovs. At the same time, they also asked New Coventry Shipbuilding to come up with a plan for upgrading the Everest class. They also asked their own engineers but New Coventry Engineers plans were finished first. This was mostly because New Coventry has more experience with upgrading ships in recent years. Along with the fees for the upgrade plans, several Everest class cruisers will be upgraded in New Coventry shipyards. While this is occurring, New Coventry has no plans to purchase any Everest class gun cruisers because they feel their Warsprite class can d the job and have four cruise missile batteries as well.
The actually fleet size under the command of the Human Alliance is about a quarter of the total amount of tonnage of ships as the Consortium Armed Forces do. These hold across types of ships, the Human Alliance Navy has about one quarter of the total tonnage in cruisers as the Human Alliance. This also holds in both active and mothball fleets as well. Some ships in mothballs have been hardly in operation and all their systems are in excellent shape. The present plan is to start with the ships in the Mothball Fleet and upgrade all the ships that are in good condition. Any ships in either the mothball and active fleet are in poor shape will either be sold or scrapped. It is estimated that this will be able to keep that active fleet at 100% of present level but the mothball fleet at only about have of present levels after all upgrades are finished. The selling or scrapping of the other should pay for a good percentage of the upgrades to the fleet. This plan will in all likely hood take between five and ten years to complete. The first of the Everest cruisers planned to be upgraded is the HFS Rosetta. It is named after a planet that scientists discovered artifacts from a race that far predates humans and it is believe that the culture existed almost one billion years ago. The ship was only eight years old when it was put in the mothball fleet and is considered in the best condition of any of the Everest class. The engines started right up for its long trip to be refitted and the ship is presently sitting in New Coventry dock number eight. It is expected to leave the yard in about four months followed by twelve other upgraded gun cruisers about two months later from other shipyards.
Because these ships are expected to enter direct combat more often than the Kurganovs are, increases in both the armor and shields was more important than it was for the missile cruise class. The ship armor was also easier to replace than it was for the Kurganov. The ships armor belts was removed and replaced by belts that are constructed from stronger alloys. The shields were replaced by a more powerful generator system. This was likely one of the hardest upgrade because the systems are deep inside the ship. Between the two additions, the ship can withstand a good amount of abuse more than it could originallly but the ship is still not as tough as the new Champion class heavy cruiser constructed by the Consortium. The engines would have been too expensive and too dificult to upgrade and so they were not upgraded along with other ship systems. As a result the ship is a bit on the slow slide in both FTL and sublight speeds when compared to newer ship classes and the Kurganov class. This could me that for tactical or strategic reasons, the Kurganov class missile cruisers may be forced to operate independently. All computer and sensor systems have been upgraded with more modern systems. This increases senor ranges and the ships ability to process data. Weapon systems were all upgraded as well. The particle beam batteries have been removed from the ship and have been replaced by powerful laser cannons. These inflict more damage and have a longer range but have a slower rate of fire. One problem was that the ships would sometimes run into other ships that are impervious to energy weapons. For this reason, two of the 12 cm laser cannons have been replaced by heavy anti-ship rail guns. The anti-fighter weaponry was altered into the same layout as most New Coventry ships carry. The ship has a total of four GR-1000 heavy rail guns, six point defense particle beams, and four tachyon scatterguns. The long range missile launchers were replaced by more modern and higher capacity launchers. The mini-missile launcher were replaced by four medium range missile launchers. Some of the ships cargo capacity had to be cut to store the extra ammunition for the missile launchers. As a final feature, these ships will most likely carry sixteen pepperbox launchers which will gives the ship the ability to throw 64 cruise missiles in an initial firing.
Fighter and troop numbers have not been changed but the crew has been reduced by the addition of more automation. Fighter compliments are to be replaced by newer fighters as the ships are upgraded.
This starship design uses modified starship speed and ranges. See Revised Starship Rules for Phase World for more details.
Model Type: CA-34 (FRAM I)
Vehicle Type: Gun Cruiser
Crew: 282 (ship can be run by 80 crew)
Troops: 120 marines, 15 Silverhawk Pilots,
Vehicles:
Power Armors & Robots:
| 15 | SH-CCW100 Silverhawk Attack ExoSkeleton |
| 8 | SF-69 CAF Scorpion Star Interceptor | |
| 2 | SF-101LR Black Eagle medium fighter | |
| 2 | SF-101I-LR Storm Eagle medium interceptor | |
| 4 | BIF-67 Katana fighter ship |
M.D.C By Location:
| Main 30 cm Main Laser Cannons (2): | 1,500 each | |
| Secondary 20 cm Main Laser Cannons (4, Sides):: | 1,200 each | |
| Support Heavy Laser Cannons (2): | 800 each | |
| 8 cm G-cannon Turrets (2): | 800 each | |
| GR-1000 Gravity Rail Gun Turrets (4): | 200 each | |
| Point Defense Particle Beam Cannons (6): | 150 each | |
| Tachyon Scatterguns (4): | 200 each | |
| Long Range Missile Batteries (4): | 600 each | |
| Medium Range Missile Launchers (4): | 500 each | |
| Outer Hull (40 ft/ 12.2 m Area): | 175 | |
| Inner Hull (40 ft/ 12.2 m Area): | 100 | |
| [1] Bridge: | 12,000 | |
| [1] Auxiliary Bridge: | 12,000 | |
| Hanger Bay: | 20,000 | |
| [2] Main Engines (2): | 20,000 each | |
| [3] Main Body: | 50,000 | |
| [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 taken out, 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 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 round.
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 0.8 percent of light per melee.
Atmospheric Propulsion: Maximum speed is 400 mph (644 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 3.5 lightyears per hour.
Maximum Range: Effectively Unlimited by either Drive system.
Carries about four years worth of supplies on board.
Statistical Data:
Length: 720 feet (219.5 meters)
Height: 280 feet (85.3 meters)
Width: 450 feet (137.2 meters)
Weight/Mass: 185,000 Tons (168,000 tons)
Power System: Anti-Matter with a 25 year life span
Cargo: Cargo holds are scattered about the ship that allows
for carrying up to 2,000 tons of Cargo in addition to standard compliment
of supplies and ammunition.
Market Cost: An unmodified Everest would cost about 2.1 billion
credits to manufacture in present time in the Three Galaxies. Upgrades
cost 1.2 billion credits and if the ship was constructed new it would cost
about 2.8 billion credits.
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