Post by Odan Thos on Oct 17, 2009 0:31:11 GMT -5
Name: Taung-Class Strike Carrier
Information: The first joint project between Mandalorian Hypernautics and Zeltros Shipyard to produce a new capital ship class. The two companies split all the cost down the middle but each focused on their area of expertise to produces the best possible ship. It was design to be both an escort carrier, assault ship and a cruiser. Fulfilling all these rolls it does not do any one job as well as a dedicated ship.
Dimensions: 555 Meters long, 375 meters wide, and only 45 meters high. The hanger bay opening in the bow of the ship is 30 meters wide.
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Ship Appearance: The ships in fact has two hangerbay exits, on in the ventral which is used in space combat and it keeps it forward hangerbay doors close. When landed the ships forward hangerbay is used to provide a method to deploy fighters. While it is risky, both hangerbay exits can be used to launch and collect fighters at the same time or launch large or collect the fighters as quickly as possible. The ship also has landing gear which allows it to land and deploy loading ramps to exit ground troops and equipment. The bridge is located on the central axis about midway up the ship. Because the ship has a holographic it can close a blast shield to also protect the bridge in combat.
Weapon Payload: The ship weapons of the Taung is design to defend itself against most medium size ships and engage larger capital ships with the assistance of its fighters. The ship is equipped two heavy turbolaser, sixteen duel turbolaser turrets, and twenty duel laser turrets. These weapons area arrange in such a manner to cover all the ships arcs effectively but also so that they could all be directed forward to concentrate its firepower. The ship weapons are mirrored about the central line of the ship, and because of this I am only going to explain the port weapon locations sense they are repeated on the starboard side. The heavy tubolaser fixed forward next to the hangerbay. One the port side ventral of the vessel is three turbolaser turrets and three duel laser cannons which because of her flat bottom can amass there fire to protect the entire ventral, the lower halve of her aft and could fire forward. Mounted on the port side of the dorsal surface along the wing working back was four duel turbo laser turrets and five duel laser cannons. The final port side weapons are mounted on the top arch near the aft of the ship.
Defensive Systems: The ship’s hull is extremely thick made from high quality durosteel. In the critical areas of the ship the hull is nearly two feet thick and is at its thinnest nine inches thick. Because of the location of the hangerbay; the hangerbay doors are a foot thick and could be closed in two seconds. The hull is so thickness is meant to provide a longer time to engage ships outside of its class. Its shields are the standard military grade shields found on most Frigate class ships. They are projected into the standard dorsal, ventral, forward and aft arcs. The ship also has two special back up shields which are design to cover the hangerbay and the bridge should the primary shields in this area fail.
Sensor Systems: The ship has an impressive sensor pack for a ship of its size. The ships sensors are equivalent to that of any command ship, being able to track friendly and hostile forces, but also analyze the enemy ships status. The ships tactical sensors allow it to uplink with fighters to expand its total sensor range. To protect the ships systems from hackers, the sensor system and communication systems are isolated from the main computer. The ship also features a holographic bridge which can be used for both space and ground battles.
Engines: Because of the massive weight of the ships thick armor, the ships two large Ion engines can not only push the ship at the low end of the sublight speed of the frigate class ships. The ship however has excellent maneuverability, boosting three times the number of maneuvering thrusters of a ship its size. The ship has a class 2 fast recharging hyperdrive with a class 18 backup.
Compliment: The ship is crewed by 600 men and about 55 officers. It has enough supplies for a full crew and fighter complement for six months. In addition to the crew that mans the ship, it also can carry:
24 Starfighter craft (Normally two fighter squadrons or a fighter squadron and bomber squadron)
4 Shuttles or Support Craft
2500 Ground Troops
20 – 40 Ground vehicles (depending on size)
Classification:Strike Carrier
Recommend Price: 5,000 Credits
Information: The first joint project between Mandalorian Hypernautics and Zeltros Shipyard to produce a new capital ship class. The two companies split all the cost down the middle but each focused on their area of expertise to produces the best possible ship. It was design to be both an escort carrier, assault ship and a cruiser. Fulfilling all these rolls it does not do any one job as well as a dedicated ship.
Dimensions: 555 Meters long, 375 meters wide, and only 45 meters high. The hanger bay opening in the bow of the ship is 30 meters wide.
Picture:
Ship Appearance: The ships in fact has two hangerbay exits, on in the ventral which is used in space combat and it keeps it forward hangerbay doors close. When landed the ships forward hangerbay is used to provide a method to deploy fighters. While it is risky, both hangerbay exits can be used to launch and collect fighters at the same time or launch large or collect the fighters as quickly as possible. The ship also has landing gear which allows it to land and deploy loading ramps to exit ground troops and equipment. The bridge is located on the central axis about midway up the ship. Because the ship has a holographic it can close a blast shield to also protect the bridge in combat.
Weapon Payload: The ship weapons of the Taung is design to defend itself against most medium size ships and engage larger capital ships with the assistance of its fighters. The ship is equipped two heavy turbolaser, sixteen duel turbolaser turrets, and twenty duel laser turrets. These weapons area arrange in such a manner to cover all the ships arcs effectively but also so that they could all be directed forward to concentrate its firepower. The ship weapons are mirrored about the central line of the ship, and because of this I am only going to explain the port weapon locations sense they are repeated on the starboard side. The heavy tubolaser fixed forward next to the hangerbay. One the port side ventral of the vessel is three turbolaser turrets and three duel laser cannons which because of her flat bottom can amass there fire to protect the entire ventral, the lower halve of her aft and could fire forward. Mounted on the port side of the dorsal surface along the wing working back was four duel turbo laser turrets and five duel laser cannons. The final port side weapons are mounted on the top arch near the aft of the ship.
Defensive Systems: The ship’s hull is extremely thick made from high quality durosteel. In the critical areas of the ship the hull is nearly two feet thick and is at its thinnest nine inches thick. Because of the location of the hangerbay; the hangerbay doors are a foot thick and could be closed in two seconds. The hull is so thickness is meant to provide a longer time to engage ships outside of its class. Its shields are the standard military grade shields found on most Frigate class ships. They are projected into the standard dorsal, ventral, forward and aft arcs. The ship also has two special back up shields which are design to cover the hangerbay and the bridge should the primary shields in this area fail.
Sensor Systems: The ship has an impressive sensor pack for a ship of its size. The ships sensors are equivalent to that of any command ship, being able to track friendly and hostile forces, but also analyze the enemy ships status. The ships tactical sensors allow it to uplink with fighters to expand its total sensor range. To protect the ships systems from hackers, the sensor system and communication systems are isolated from the main computer. The ship also features a holographic bridge which can be used for both space and ground battles.
Engines: Because of the massive weight of the ships thick armor, the ships two large Ion engines can not only push the ship at the low end of the sublight speed of the frigate class ships. The ship however has excellent maneuverability, boosting three times the number of maneuvering thrusters of a ship its size. The ship has a class 2 fast recharging hyperdrive with a class 18 backup.
Compliment: The ship is crewed by 600 men and about 55 officers. It has enough supplies for a full crew and fighter complement for six months. In addition to the crew that mans the ship, it also can carry:
24 Starfighter craft (Normally two fighter squadrons or a fighter squadron and bomber squadron)
4 Shuttles or Support Craft
2500 Ground Troops
20 – 40 Ground vehicles (depending on size)
Classification:Strike Carrier
Recommend Price: 5,000 Credits
