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FN-LC-IIIa Mk II-Class Light Carrier

design by TravlerTNE

In addition to the hull, the parallel mount NPAW of the CL-IXa is also used (the product of a manipulation of M. Thuran, a junior assitant of M. Gualee). The record shows that Gualee originally pushed for a meson gun to replace the NPAW for the Post Collapse Light Carrier Manipulation, but Thuran was able to convince the Fleet Tactics Topical Club about the uselessness of such a small meson gun.

The fighter complement is the primary armament of the LC-IIIa. 36 F'naah Class Heavy Fighters, 60 S*kfani Class Medium Fighters and 12 Bark*ktonye Class Light Fighters are carried. Organized into squadrons of 6 Fighters, there are 18 total squadrons carried, used for a variety of missions and roles.

In addition to the 240 pilots, there are 18 fighter mechanics manning the 3 machine shops and 3 electronic shops of the Carrier. There are 50 pilots and 10 mechanics carried in low berths for emergency situations. Since these are Ithklur, they can substitue as Ships Troops or Marines, if necessary.

An additional 110dt of assorted small craft are carried as well as well as staterooms for the Chief Convoy Manipulator and the Fleet Tactics Manipulator. The 12 GJ Parallel Mount NPAW is designed to give the carrier the ability to defend itself against escorts and destroyers as well as annihalate the smaller Vampire and utilize the EMP effects.

Federation Naval doctrine demands that the carrier be deployed with an escort of at least a Destroyer Squadron, though the carriers are usually at least paired with Light Cruiser CL-IXa. With less than 1/3 of the armor of the CL-IXa and only capable of 2Gs of acceleration, the LC-IIIa is not designed for heavy engagements. SOP calls for jumps of less than 2 parsecs into insecure space so that an escape jump may be made should opposition be heavy enough to threaten the carrier itself. In situations that warrant, this will occur after the fighters have been deployed in which SOP leaves the (Ithklur) Wing Commander in operational command of the Federation fighters.

FN-LC-IIIa Mk II Light Carrier

General Data

Engineering Data

Power Plant: 28129.9 MW Fusion Power Plant, 1 year duration (3480.1 m3 fuel)

Jump Performance: 3

Jump Fuel: 109200 m³

G-Rating: 2G HEPlaR (14064.96 MW/G), High-Efficiency CG Lifter (3900 MW)

G-Turns: 51 (J2: 71.2; J1: 92.4 ; 113.1 using all jump fuel), 1758.1 m3 fuel each

Maint: 8185

Electronics

Computer: 4xTL-14 Fibre-optic computer (1 MW)

Commo: 6xLaser (Unlimited; 0.3 MW), 24xMaser (Unlimited; 0.6 MW), 2xRadio (Unlimited; 20 MW)

Avionics: Imaging EMS, IGS positioning, 180 km/h NOE

Sensors: 2xAEMS (16 hex; 25 MW), PEMS Folding array (8 hex; 0.3 MW), 12xLadar (10 hex; 2.5 MW), Densitometer (0.5 MW), Neutrino Sensor (0.01 MW), Neural Activity Sensor (0.025 km; 0.005 MW)

ECM/ECCM: Radio Jammer (10 hex; 20 MW), EMS Jammer (16 hex;50 MW), EM Masking (546 MW)

Controls: Bridge with 165 bridge workstations, 290 normal workstations, Standard Automation

Armament

Offensive 36 x 144Mj Laser Turrets (ROF 200) (80 MW; No crew), 2 x 50dt Missle Bays ((each with 5 Autoloaded Launchers. 110 total Ready Missles) (0.15 MW; 1 crew)), 1 x 12Gj Parallel Mount NPAW (333.333 MW; 3 crew)

Defensive: Meson Screen Generator (PV=700; 400 MW; 1 Crew), 60x Sandcaster (1 MW; 1 crew)

Master Fire Directors: 14 x TL-14 Beam MFDs (5 Diff Mods; 10 hex; 1.62 MW; 1 crew), 11 x TL-14 Missle(5 Diff Mods; 10 hex; Msl 10 hex; 1.77 MW; 1 crew)