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Imperial Frost-class Battlecruiser (TL10)

The Frost-class of interstellar warships were developed more than two dozen generations ago, and have been in use ever since.  The design has proven to be sound and effective.  The Frost-class has become so common that the hangers on the Planetcaster are specially designed to accommodate this class of vehicle.  The Frost-class must provide a number of services.  First and foremost is space supremacy.  The Frost is designed to command entire star systems with its huge gun batteries and complements of combat craft.  Also, the Frost transports Army and scientific crews.  A Frost is usually the second craft to visit a newly discovered star-system, after the scouts.

In appearance, the Frost has a somewhat long, thin body.  Weapons are placed along the sides, and the usual battle tactic is to commit the opponent to a position where it can be pummeled by a broadside volley from the weapons on the side and bottom of the battlecruiser.

Distinguished Frost-class vessels include the Kinzon T'gao, at the Defense of Tenab, and the Percheron Host, sacrificed to save civilians from the dying colony world Hell.

The vessel is capable of carrying 600 Army ground combat troops and 1600 Army support staff.  These passengers have their accommodations physically separated from those of the crew and VIP passengers for security and discipline reasons.

The vehicle design breaks down this way:

• Really huge.
• DR 20,000 standard ablative, DR 15,000 standard laminate over all exposed surfaces.  Armor is sloped as follows:
  • 60-degree slope BoF, Su4F.
  • 30-degree slope Su1F, Su2F, Su3F, Su3R, Su3L, Su4R, Su4L.
• Body, Superstructure 1 (BoF), Superstructure 2 (BoT), Superstructure 3 (BoU), Superstructure 4 (Su2T)
  • Body contains power plant, engines, life support, auxiliary bridge and crew quarters.
  • Su1 contains massive weapon and sensor arrays.
  • Su2 contains main bridge, crew quarters and VIP passengers.
  • Su3 contains combat vehicle hangers and accommodations for ground combat troops.
  • Su4 contains sensor arrays and non-combat vehicle hangers.
  • Each structure has numerous turrets.
  • Structure is made of Cheap, Extra-Heavy materials with the Robotic option.
• Vehicle hangers typically contain
  • 28 fighters (Su3)
  • 6 heavy shuttles (Su4)
  • 12 light shuttles (1/2 Su 3, 1/2 Su4)
  • 12 assault shuttles (1/2 Su 3, 1/2 Su4)
  • 50 ground assault vehicles (Su4)
  • 50 ground troop transport vehicles (Su4)
  • 20 maintenance vehicles (Su4)
  • many 6 person emergency life boats
  • many 60 person emergency life boats
• Crew and Passengers include
  • 600 ground combat troops (Su2)
  • 1,600 ground troop support staff (Su2)
  • 1,500 command crew
  • 4,000 support crew
  • 1,500 engineering and systems crew
  • Many support robots
• Crew and Passengers Accomodations include
  • One hundred forty (140) luxury.
  • Three hundred (300) standard.
  • Eight hundred (800) double occupancy.
  • Two thousand (2,000) quadruple occupancy.
  • Full Life Support for twelve thousand (12,000).
• Weaponry includes
  • 40 Frost-class chromatic laser cannon
  • Frost-class blasters (neutral particle beams)
  • 80 Frost-class point defense quad-laser batteries
  • Five (5) 500mm missile tubes
  • Five (5) 1500mm missile tubes
  • Five (5) 2200mm missile tubes
• Computer Systems include a number of systems connected into multiple, redundant secure networks
  • Three (3) Macroframes with Hardened, Neural Net, and Robot Brain options, networked (one is backup).
  • Thirty (30) Microframes with Hardened and Genius options, networked.
  • Three thousand (3,000) computer terminals.
• Cargo and Storage
  • Three hundred thousand (300,000) cf food and supplies
  • One hundred thousand (100,000) cf other bulk storage
• Power and Energy
  • Five (5) Fusion Power Plants, one is a backup.
  • Twenty (20) Rechargeable Energy Banks throughout the vessel dedicated for weapons.
  • Five (5) Rechargeable Energy Banks provide for typical functions.

Weapon placement

• Each of the twenty (20) Quad-laser batteries consists of a Turret structure, with 60 degree sloped armor (F, R, L, B).  Each laser has full stabilization, universal mount and cyberslave.  The lasers are linked by battery.  There are three (3) batteries each F, R, L, T, U, and two (2) B.
• Ten (10) laser cannon are mounted in turrets (same as the quad-laser battery).  Turrets are mounted 2 each F, R, L, T, U.  The remaining 30 laser cannon are mounted six (6) F, seven (7) each R, L, four (4) each T, U, and two (2) B.
• Six (6) blasters are mounted in turrets (same as the quad-laser battery).  Turrets are mounted three (3) each R, L.  The remaining 26 blasters are mounted four (4) F, eight (8) each R, L, three (3) each T, U, and two (2) B.

Sensors and Electronics

• Two (2) Radar packages mounted F, each with 130,000 mile range and AESA option.
• Two (2) Radar packages mounted each R, L, T, U with 50,000 mile range and AESA option.
• Two (2) Radar packages mounted B, each with 25,000 mile range and AESA option.
• Two (2) PESA each with 15,000 mile range.
• One hundred (100) Communicators with Medium Range and Scrambler.
• One hundred (100) Communicators with Short Range with Tight Beam option and Scrambler.
• One hundred (100) Communicators with Short Range with Laser option and Scrambler.
• Twenty (20) Communicators with Extreme Range and Scrambler.
• Twenty (20) Communicators with Extreme Range with Tight Beam option and Scrambler.
• Twenty (20) Communicators with Extreme Range with Very Sensitive and Receive only options and Scrambler.
• Two (2) Multiscanners, each with 10,000 mile range.
• Two (2) Multiscanners, each with 300 mile range.
• Two (2) MADs, each with 10,000 mile range.
• Two (2) MADs, each with 300 mile range.
• Two (2) IFF transponders.
• Two (2) GPS.
• Two (2) INS.
• Two (2) Area Radar Jammer, rating 12.
• Two (2) Deceptive Radar Jammer, rating 12.

Turret Design

• Type I Turret
  • One (1) Frost-class chromatic laser cannon, with full stabilization, universal mount, cyberslave and concealed options.
  • 60-degree armor slope F, R, L, B.
• Type II turret
  • One (1) Frost-class blaster, with full stabilization, universal mount, cyberslave and concealed options.
  • 60-degree armor slope F, R, L, B.
• Type III Turret
  • Four (4) Frost-class point defense lasers with full stabilization, universal mount, cyberslave and concealed options. All lasers linked to each other, all links linked so can fire in groups even when lasers are destroyed (12 links total).
  • 60-degree armor slope F, R, L, B.
• Type IV Turret
  • Two (2) 500mm missile tubes, with universally mount.
  • One (1) 1500mm missile tube, with universally mount.
  • One (1) 2200mm missile tube, with universally mount.
  • 60-degree armor slope F, R, L, B.