Approved Starship Herald-class Assault Cruiser

[Ayden Cater]

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Intent: To create a capital ship capable and suited for atmospheric insertion to deliver troops and supplies en masse.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Fondor Shipyards
Model: Herald-class Assault Cruiser
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate / Omega Pyre
Modularity: No
Production: Mass-produced
Material: Durasteel-Titanium (Hull Plating), Quadanium (Frame), Glasteel (Viewports)
Description: Protectorate operations in space have always proceeded relatively smoothly, particularly when securing a new system. However, it took a significant among of time to deploy any sizable force on the ground, as dropships had to ferry troops and supplies back and forth between the planet and the fleet in orbit. No ship in their fleet was designed, or equipped, to land and offload troops and supplies en masse. That's where the Herald-class comes in.

Resembling an oversized CR90, the Herald-class was charged with moving in after orbit had been secured and an FOB established to off-load troops, vehicles, and supplies in large quantities. Recognizing the need for critical supplies and forces to begin off-loading as soon as possible in a fight, the ship possesses a number of dropships and barges to send a wave of needed troops out ahead of it before landing itself. It's lightly armed, with only flak guns and quad laser cannons to defend itself with, it is ill-suited to armed conflict in space.

Classification: Support Heavy Cruiser
Role: Planetary Assault Cruiser
Height: 189 meters (In Flight), 206 (Landing Gear Deployed)
Width: 217 meters
Length: 750 meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor: Ionization Reactor
Hyperdrive Rating: 1.0
Minimum Crew: 132
Optimal Crew: 684
Armaments:

• Fifteen Dual Turbolaser Turrets
• Ten Heavy Flak Gun Batteries
• Fifteen Quad Laser Turret Batteries

Hangar:

• Eighteen Peregrine-class Gunships or Inimica-class Gunships
• Twenty-four M32 Agrevant-class Dropships or M47 Illria-class Dropships
• Twelve CXR-75 Heavy Dropships or M59 Raven-class Dropships

Non-Combative Attachments:

• Encryption Network
• Escape Pods
• Holonet Transceiver
• Long-Range Communications Array
• Standard Deflector Shield Generator
• Standard Detention Cells
• Standard Life Support Systems
• Standard Navigational Systems
• Standard Sensor Array
• Standard Targeting Systems
• Tractor Beam (x6)

Passenger Capacity: 12,475
Cargo Capacity: 8,000 tons
Consumables: 18 months
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: 5 (6 Native - 1 Support)

 

[Lief]

A nicely under-gunned, role-specific submission.

Approved.​