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The Arakoine class was named for famous battles in the Imperiums history and was designed by the naval architect firm of Norma Guye LIC. Designed for ground support and surface bombardment the ships had good missile resources plus one hundred heavy fighters. The fighter squadrons were normally supplied by the Imperial Marines. The ships powerplant generates a big surplus. The navy originally wanted a larger meson gun and meson screen for the Arakoine, but the practical need for fighter space caused a downgrading for that requirement. The larger fusion reactor was left in the first production block of the class, as the Navy was interested in later experimenting with the weapon fit. Later examples of the class (the "Block 2") would have been fitted with a smaller 82,400 MW reactor and would have carried a small marine complement within the vacated space, but these plans went by the wayside thanks to the Civil War. The Parallel mount particle accelerator is only 100m long and rumours were that the PA was added as an afterthought on the part of the naval architects. Its main function is long range standoff against nuisance targets, such as the local COACC forces. 
An Arakoine class strike cruiser Original illustration copyright 1981 GDW |
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| General Data | ||
| Displacement: 50,000 tons | Hull Armour: 626 | |
| Length: 280 meters | Volume: 700,000 cubic meters | |
| Price: MCr19,898.64 | Target Size: M | |
| Configuration: Wedge USL | Tech Level: 15 | |
| Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 638,966.92/523,267.46 tons | ||
| Engineering Data | ||
| Power Plant: 87,600Mw Fusion Power Plant (300Mw/hit), 1 year duration (4429.6 Mw Surplus) | ||
| Jump Performance: 1xJump-3 (140,000 cubic meters) | ||
| G-Rating: 3 (25,000Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters | ||
| G Turns: 56 (74.6 with jump-2 reserve, 93.3 with jump-1 reserve, 112 with no jump reserve), 2,500 cubic meters each | ||
| Maintenance: 16,250 | ||
| Electronics | ||
| Computer: 3xTL15 Fb (1.0Mw each) | ||
| Commo: 1x1,000AU Radio (∞, 20Mw), 2x300,000km Radio (10 hexes; 10Mw each), | ||
| 2x1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw each) | ||
| Avionics: TL10 Avionics | ||
| Sensors: 1x210,000km Passive EMS Folding Array (7 hexes; 0.25Mw), 1x300,000km Active EMS (10 hexes; 21Mw) | ||
| ECM/ECCM: EM Masking (700Mw each) | ||
| Controls: Bridge with 211xBridge Workstations, plus 919 other workstations | ||
| Armament | ||
| Offensive: 1xTL15 20,000Mj Spinal Mount Meson Gun (Loc: Spinal; Arcs:1; 554.4Mw; 112 Crew), 1xTL15 10,000Mj Parallel Mount NPAW (Loc: Spinal; Arcs:1; 277.7Mw; 3 Crew), 400xTL15 420Mj Remote Laser Barbettes (Loc: 2x1; Arcs: 1,2; Loc: 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x5, 2x6, 2x7, 2x8, 2x9, 2x10, 2x11, 2x12, 2x13, 2x14, 2x15; Arcs: 1,2,3; Loc: 2x16, 2x17, 2x18, 2x19; Arcs: 1,2,3,4; Loc: 2x20; Arcs: 4,5; 11.6667Mw each; Remote), 30xMissile 50-ton Bays (Loc: 2x1, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x5, 1x6, 1x7, 1x8, 1x9, 2x10, 2x11, 1x12, 1x13, 1x14, 1x15, 2x16, 2x17, 2x18, 2x19, 2x20; 6 missiles or recce drone launchers each and 54 missiles or recce drones each; 0.15Mw each; 1 Crew each) | ||
| Short | Medium | Long | Extreme | |
| 20,000Mj Spinal Meson Gun | 5:706 | 10:706 | 20:459 | 40:226 |
| -2 Difficulty Levels | ||||
| 10,000Mj Parallel N-Paw | 10:500 | 20:500 | 40:500 | 80:500 |
| -2 Difficulty Levels | ||||
| 420Mj Laser Barbette | 10:1/17-51 | 20:1/17-51 | 40:1/17-51 | 80:1/17-51 |
| Defensive: 20xTL15 Sandcaster Turrets (Loc: 1x1; Arcs: 1,2; Loc: 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x5, 1x6, 1x7, 1x8,1x9, 1x19, 1x11, 1x12, 1x13, 1x14, 1x15; Arcs: 1,2,3; Loc: 1x16, 1x17, 1x18, 1x19; Arcs: 1,2,3,4; Loc: 1x20; Arcs: 4,5; 2D10x5 per hit; 50 Cannisters each; 1Mw each; 1 Crew each), 8xTL15 Nuclear Damper 50-ton Bays (Loc: 1x6, 1x7, 1x8, 1x9, 1x12, 1x13, 1x14, 1x15; Arcs: 1,2,3; 1 Crew each), TL15 Meson Screen Generator (PV=960; 556Mw; 22 Crew) | |
| Master Fire Directors: 40xTL15 (6 Diff Mod; BeamMissile; 10 hexes; 1.71Mw each; 1 Crew each) | |
| Accommodations | |
| Life Support: Extended (140Mw), Gravitic Compensators (6G; 3,500Mw) | |
| Crew: 1,228 (546xEngineering, 8xElectronics, 4xManeuver, 165xGunnery, 97xMaintenance, 100xShip's Troops, 100xFlight Crew, 170xCommand, 28xSteward, 10xMedical) | |
| Crew Accommodations: 566xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each), 362xEmergency Low Berths (0.002Mw each) | |
| Passenger Accomodations: 8xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each) | |
| Cargo: 5,600 cubic meters supporting fighter complement with four large cargo hatches, | |
| 1,492.07 cubic meters normal cargo with two large cargo hatches, | |
| Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 20 50-ton modular cutters with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each. | |
| 100 50-ton Revenant class heavy fighters with docking rings, and four 200ton internal hangers (spacious) for arming and fighter maintenance | |
| 2 50-ton capacity launch tubes | |
| Air Locks: 500 | |
| Additional Fittings: 4x8-ton Sick Bay (0.8 Mw each), 2x10-ton Machine Shop (1 Mw each), 2x6-ton Electronics Shop (0.6Mw each) | |
| Notes | |
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Fuel purification equipment (393.7Mw) is sufficient to purifiy entire load exclusive of power plant fuel in 24 hours. No Fuel scoops This version of the Arakoine, and the accompanying description was designed and provided by Peter Gray. |
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| Area | Surface Hits | Internal Explosion | Systems |
| 1 | 1-4:Ant | 1-7:MG,8:LB,9:Sand,10:MBy,11-16:Elec,17-20:Hold | JD-560H,MG-406H, |
| 2-5 | Ant | 1-3:MG,4:LB,5:Sand,6:MBy,7-20:Hold | FPP-315H,PP-292H, |
| 6-7,12-13 | 1:LB,2:Sand,3:MBy,4:ND,5-9:Qtrs,10-20:Hold | EMM-140H,Hanger-112H, | |
| 8-9 | 1:LP | 1-10:LnchTube,11-20:FighterBay | LS-105H,MS-84H, |
| 10 | 1:Ant,2:CH | 1:PA,2:LB,3:Sand,4:MBy,5-20:Hold | MD-80H,AG-70H,ELS-53H, |
| 11 | AL | 1-12:MG,13:LB,14:Sand,15:MBy,16-20:Hanger | PA-45H,LnchTube-35H, |
| 14-15 | FighterBay | ND-7H,MchShop-2H, | |
| 16-19 | 1:CH | 1-7:Eng,8-9:Elec,10-20:Hold | LB-1H,SC-1H,SkBy-1H, |
| 20 | Eng | ElecShop-1H,PEMS-1H, | |
| EMMR-(700h),SSR-(2h), | |||
| All others-(1h) |
| M(-2)5:10-10-9-6 | -3 |
| P(-2)10:10 | TL-15 |
| L(x13)10:2 | FC-6 |
| M:40(1620) | |
| A:10 P:[7] Msk | (P) J3 G3 |
| AV:10 | - |
| MS:11 SC:7 D3 | 106 |
