Kelson class rift tanker

KELSON CLASS (TZ-15) TANKER RIFT

FORMER THIRD IMPERIUM


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The Kelson class tanker (rift) is one of the largest tankers yet contructed in any significant numbers. Effectively an enlarged Melasti Telva class, the Kelsons were designed to provide support in the sparse starsystems around and within rifts.


General Data
Displacement: 695,000/700,000 tons Hull Armour: 42
Length: 739.75 meters Volume: 9,730,000/9,800,000 cubic meters
Price: MCr129,500.218395 Target Size: VL
Configuration: Slab SL Tech Level: 15
Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 2,267,920.2123/1,626,938.2353 tons
 
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 404,946Mw Fusion Power Plant (299.96Mw/hit), 1 year duration (0.6523Mw surplus)
Jump Performance: 1xJump-3 (1,960,000 cubic meters)
G-Rating: 1 (350,000Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters
G Turns: 80 (94.9 with jump-2 reserve, 109.8 with jump-1 reserve, 124.8 with no jump reserve), 43,750 cubic meters each
Maintenance: 90,337
 
Electronics
Computer: 3xTL15 Fb (1.1Mw each)
Commo: 3x1,000AU Radio (∞ ,20Mw each), 3x1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw each), 3x300,000km Laser (10 hexes, 0.15Mw each)
Avionics: TL10+ Avionics
Sensors: 1x180,000km Passive EMS Fixed Array (6 hexes; 0.2Mw), 2x300,000km Active EMS (DF Capable; 10 hexes; 15Mw each), 1xNeutrino Sensor (0.01Mw),1xDensitometer (0.4Mw), 25xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw each)
ECM/ECCM: 1x300,000km EMS Jammer (10 hexes; 30Mw)
Controls: Bridge with 553xBridge Workstations plus 2,699 other workstations
 
Armament
Offensive: 10xTL15 150Mj Laser Turrets (Loc: 10x10; Arcs: All; 3.8333Mw each; 1 Crew each),40xMissile Turrets (Loc: 20x2, 20x3; 2 ready missiles or recce drones each; 0.15Mw each; 1 Crew each)

Short Medium Long Extreme
150Mj Laser Turret 10:1/10-31 20:1/10-31 40:1/10-31 80:1/10-31

Defensive: 40xTL15 Sandcaster Turrets (Loc: 40x10; Arcs: All; 2D10x5 per hit; 50 Cannisters each; 1Mw each; 1 Crew each)
Master Fire Directors: None
 
Accommodations
Life Support: Extended (1,946Mw), Gravitic Compensators (6G; 48,650Mw)
Crew: 3,953 (2,699xEngineering, 3xElectronics, 2xManeuver, 90xGunnery, 393xMaintenance, 105xFlight Crew, 548xCommand, 81xSteward, 32xMedical)
Of the 105 "Flight Crew" 90 are bunked on the five Shalakor class heavy fuel shuttles
Crew Accommodations: 10xLarge Staterooms (0.001Mw each), 2,796xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each), 100xLow Berths (0.001Mw each)
Passenger Accomodations: None
Cargo: 20,000 cubic meters (dry), fifty-eight large cargo hatches, 3,219,175.5 cubic meters (fuel), 1x700 cubic meter missile magazine (100 missiles)
Craft and Launch Facilities: 5 1000-ton Shalkon class heavy fuel shuttles carried externally in SL grapples, 5 100-ton Castrus class general purpose shuttles with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each.
Air Locks: 7,000
Additional Fittings: 6x8-ton Sick Bay (0.8 Mw each), 6x10-ton Machine Shop (1 Mw each), 6x6-ton Electronics Shop (0.6Mw each)
 
Notes

Fuel purification equipment (3,412.5Mw) is sufficient to purifiy 682,500 cubic meters in 6 hours (48 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel and cargo fuel, 76.3 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel) Fuel scoop capacity is 1,946,000 cubic meters per hour (4.46 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel).


DAMAGE TABLES
Area Surface Hits Internal Explosion Systems
1,11 Hold JD-7840H,FPP-2730H,
2-3 1:AL 1:MT,2-20:Hold AG-1946H,PP-1350H,
4-7 1:AL 1-3:Qtrs,4-20:Hold LS-1024H,ELS-512H,
8-9 1-14:Grapple,15:LP Hold MD-350H,Hanger-140H,
10 1:LT,2:Sand,3-20:Hold Grapples-42H,
12-13 1:AL Hold LT-1H,MT-1H,Sand-1H,
14-15 1:AL,2:CH 1:Mag,2-20:Hold Jammer-1H,LSR-1H,
16-17 1:Ant 1:Elec,2-20:Hold ElectronicsShop-1H
18-19 1:AL 1-3:Eng,4-20:Hold MachineShop-1H
20 Eng SickBay-1H,
SSR-(2h),
All others-(1h)
Kelson class rift tanker