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The Mercury class armoured cruiser is very similar in layout to the more common
Ghalalk class cruiser which was designed at the same time. The two classes are
however designed to perform different missions. Whereas the Ghalalk is a basic
fleet workhorse the Jump 5 capacity of the Mercury has resulted in its
employment in the commerce raiding and fleet intruder role. The trade offs to
achieve the J5 capacity means that in cruiser v cruiser engagements Mercury
class vessels do not fair well being both lightly armoured and to some extent
underarmed.
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General Data
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Displacement:
50,000 tons
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Hull Armour:
504
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Length:
308 meters
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Volume:
700,000 cubic meters
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Price:
MCr34,063.910304
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Target Size:
L
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Configuration:
Slab SL
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Tech Level:
15
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Mass:
(Loaded/Empty) 487,720.6718/456,856.9138 tons
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Engineering Data
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Power Plant:
131,214Mw Fusion Power Plant (299.58Mw/hit), 1 year duration (98.9973Mw surplus)
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Jump Performance:
1xJump-5 (210,000 cubic meters)
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G-Rating:
4 (25,000Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters
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G Turns:
38 (51.44 with jump-4 reserve, 64.88 with jump-3 reserve, 78.32 with jump-2
reserve, 91.76 with jump-1 reserve,
105.2 with no jump
reserve), 3,125 cubic meters
each
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Maintenance:
13,907
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Electronics
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Computer:
3xTL15 Fb (1.0Mw each)
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Commo:
2x1,000AU Radio (∞ ,20Mw each), 2x1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw each),
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1x1,000AU Meson (∞,5Mw)
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Avionics:
TL10+ Avionics
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Sensors:
1x240,000km Passive EMS Folding Array (8 hexes; 0.3Mw), 1x210,000km Passive EMS
Fixed Array (7 hexes; 0.25Mw), 2x480,000km Active
EMS (DF
Capable;
16 hexes;
25Mw each), 1xDensitometer (0.4Mw), 1xNeutrino Sensor (0.01Mw),
15xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw each)
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ECM/ECCM:
EM Mask (700Mw),1x480,000km EMS Jammer (16 hexes; 50Mw)
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Controls:
Bridge with 308xBridge Workstations, Auxiliary Bridge with 308xBridge
Workstations, Fire Control Bridge with 69xBridge Workstations, Auxiliary Fire
Control Bridge with 69xBridge Workstations, Flag Bridge with 22xBridge
Workstations, plus 874
other workstations
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Armament
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Offensive:
1xTL15 40,000Mj Spinal Mount Meson Gun (Loc: Spinal; Arcs:1; 11,111.1112Mw;
2 Crew), 75xTL15 150Mj Laser Turrets (Loc: 37x10,38x11; Arcs: All; 41.6667Mw
each; 1 Crew
each),
30xMissile Turrets (Loc: 15x4, 15x5; 5 ready missiles or recce drones each;
0.15Mw each; 1 Crew each)
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Defensive:
75xTL15 Sandcaster Turrets (Loc: 38x10, 37x11; Arcs: All; 2D10x5 per
hit; 50
Cannisters
each; 1Mw each;
1 Crew each), 15xTL15 Nuclear Damper Turrets (Loc: 8x10,7x11; Arcs: All; 3Mw
each; 1 Crew each), TL15 Meson Screen Generator (PV=1500;
1410Mw; 42 Crew)
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Master Fire Directors:
39xTL15 (6 Diff Mod; Beam; 10 hexes; 1.56Mw
each; 1
Crew each), 30xTL15 (6 Diff Mod; Beam/Missile; 10 hexes; 1.71Mw each; 1 Crew
each)
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Accommodations
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Life Support:
Extended (140Mw), Gravitic Compensators (6G; 14,000Mw)
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Crew:
2,529 (874xEngineering, 6xElectronics, 4xManeuver, 621xGunnery,
106xMaintenance, 200xTroops,
8xFlight Crew, 606xCommand, 83xSteward, 21xMedical)
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Flagship adds 24 (3xElectronics, 19xCommand, 2xSteward)
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Crew Accommodations:
10xLarge Staterooms (0.001Mw each), 1,277xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each),
200xLow Berths (0.001Mw each)
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Passenger Accomodations:
None
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Cargo:
3,837.8 cubic meters, eleven large cargo hatches
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Small Craft and Launch Facilities:
4 50-ton modular cutters with internal hangers (minimal) and
one launch port each.
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Air Locks:
500
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Additional Fittings:
4x8-ton Sick Bay (0.8 Mw each), 4x10-ton Machine Shop (1 Mw each), 4x6-ton
Electronics Shop
(0.6Mw each)
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Notes
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Fuel purification equipment (182.6389Mw) is sufficient to purifiy 36,527.7778
cubic
meters
in 6 hours (54 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel) Fuel scoop
capacity is 140,000 cubic meters per hour (2.35 hours for entire load exclusive
of power plant fuel).
The Mercury was reverse engineered from the Battlerider counter. However in
order to fit the protection factor of the meson screen had to be reduced from
2000 to 1500 in order for it to fit on the hull.
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Area
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Surface Hits
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Internal Explosion
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Systems
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1
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1-4:MG,5-20:Hold
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LS-1045H,MG-880H,
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2-3
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1:AL,2-9:Ant
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1-4:MG,5-10:Elec,11-20:Hold
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JD-840H,ELS-522H,
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4-5
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1-4:MG,5:MB,6-11:Elec,12-20:Hold
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PP-438H,FPP-146H,
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6-7
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1:AL,2:CH,3-7:EMMR
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1-4:MG,5-13:Qtrs,14-20:Hold
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MS-212H,AG-140H,
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8-9
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1-4:MG,5-10:Elec,11-20:Hold
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MD-100H,EMM-70H,
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10-11
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1:AL
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1-4:MG,5:LT,6:Sand,7:ND,8-20:Hold
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Hanger-56H,
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12-13
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EMMR
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1-4:MG,5-13:Qtrs,14-20:Hold
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MesonComm-10H,PEMFoldingArray-2H,
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14-15
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1-4:MG,5-20:Hold
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MB-1H,LT-1H,ND-1H,
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16-19
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1-4:MG,5-16:Eng,17-20:Hold
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Sand-1H,LSR-1H,
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20
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1-4:LP
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1-4:MG,5-20:Hold
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ElecShop-1H,
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MachineShop-1H,
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SickBay-1H,
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EMMR-(700h),MFD-(3h),
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PEMFixedArray-(3h),
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AEMS-(2h),Jammer-(2h),
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SSR-(2h),All others-(1h)
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