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There are no records so far found which indicate how many planetoid vessels were built by the TL14 shipyards of the Virian Belt. Given the plentiful supply of nickel-iron asteroids available the number could be huge. Though not very efficient as spacecraft as a result of the huge quantities of fuel needed to move the bulk of a planetoid, planetoid hulled vessels are proficient as space-stations and monitors where their reaction thrusters do not need to be used often. The Guardian class of heavy monitor show both the advantages and disadvantages of the type. Built in a roughly spherical 60,000 displacement ton nickel-iron asteroid the hull is cheap, though very heavy. Systems though are much more restricted than a conventional vessel of the same displacement. Maneuver drive endurance is also very limited and because of the necessity to move a very heavy mass the HePlaR thruster needs a great deal of power and consequently a larger power plant. |
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| General Data | ||
| Displacement: 60,000 tons | Hull Armour: 371 | |
| Length/Diameter: 116 meters | Volume: 840,000 cubic meters | |
| Hull Thickness: 2.16787 meters | Hull Density: 8 tons/cubic meter | |
| Price: MCr14,296.933037 | Target Size: L | |
| Configuration: Planetoid(Sphere) USL | Tech Level: 14 | |
| Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 2,511,272.2256/2,479,507.2876 tons | ||
| Engineering Data | ||
| Power Plant: 136,740Mw Fusion Power Plant (99.96Mw/hit), 1 year duration (172.2962Mw surplus) | ||
| Jump Performance: None | ||
| G-Rating: 1 (130,000Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters | ||
| G Turns: 20, 16,250 cubic meters each | ||
| Maintenance: 10,892 | ||
| Electronics | ||
| Computer: 3xTL14 Fb (1.0Mw each) | ||
| Commo: 2x1,000AU Radio (∞ 20Mw each), 2x1,000AU Laser (∞, 0.3Mw each), 2x1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw each) | ||
| Avionics: TL10+ Avionics | ||
| Sensors: 1x210,000km Passive EMS Folding Array (7 hexes; 0.25Mw), 1x150,000km Passive EMS Fixed Array (5 hexes; 0.15Mw),1x480,000km Active EMS (DF Capable; 16 hexes; 25Mw), 1xTL14 Densitometer (0.5Mw), 1xTL14 Neutrino Sensor (0.01Mw), 16xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw each) | ||
| ECM/ECCM: 480,000km EMS Jammer (16 hexes; 50Mw), EM Masking (560Mw) | ||
| Controls: Bridge with 271xBridge Workstations, plus 1,139 other workstations | ||
| Armament | ||
| Offensive: 1xTL14 22,500Mj Parallel Mount Meson Gun (Loc: 8/9/14/15/18/19/20; Arcs:5; 625Mw; 52 Crew), 6xTL14 8,500Mj Parallel Mount NPAWs (Loc: 4/8/14, 5/9/15; Arcs:1; Loc: 6/7/10, 6/7/10, 10/12/13, 10/12/13; Arcs: 3; 236.1112Mw each; 3 Crew each), 10xTL14 128Mj Laser Turrets (Loc: 5x10, 5x11; Arcs: All; 284.4445Mw each; 1 Crew each), 3xMissile 50-ton Bays (Loc: 1, 10, 11; 20 missiles or recce drone launchers each and 80 missiles or recce drones each; 0.6Mw each; 4 Crew each) | ||
| Short | Medium | Long | Extreme | |
| 22,500Mj Parallel Meson | 3:750 | 6:474 | 12:231 | 24:116 |
| 8,500Mj Parallel NPAW | 10:461 | 20:461 | 40:461 | 80:461 |
| 128Mj Laser Turret | 10:1/9-28 | 20:1/7-22 | 40:1/3-11 | 80:1/2-5 |
| -5 Difficulty Levels |
| Defensive: 10xTL14 Nuclear Damper Barbettes (Loc: 5x10, 5x11; Arcs: All; 60Mw each (-2 Difficulty Levels); 1 Crew each) | |
| Master Fire Directors: 1xTL14 (5 Diff Mod; Beam; 3 hexes; 0.936Mw; 1 Crew), 11xTL14 (5 Diff Mod; Beam; 10 hexes; 1.62Mw each; 1 Crew each), 12xTL14 (5 Diff Mod; Beam/Missile; 10 hexes; 1.77Mw each; 1 Crew each) | |
| Accommodations | |
| Life Support: Extended (8Mw), Gravitic Compensators (5G; 200Mw) | |
| Crew: 1,756 (1,139xEngineering, 3xElectronics, 1xManeuver, 126xGunnery, 109xMaintenance, 41xShip's Troops, 43xFlight Crew, 243xCommand, 37xSteward, 14xMedical) | |
| Crew Accommodations: 884xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each), 180xLow Berths (0.001Mw each) | |
| Passenger Accomodations: None | |
| Cargo: 4,466.8 cubic meters, fourteen large cargo hatches, one 700 cubic meter missile magazine with 66 missiles | |
| Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 4 400-ton Kerogen class fuel shuttles with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each, 3 50-ton Modular cutters with internal hangers (minimal) and one launch port each. | |
| Air Locks: 400 | |
| Additional Fittings: 4x8-ton Sick Bay (0.8 Mw each), 4x10-ton Machine Shop (1 Mw each), 4x6-ton Electronics Shop (0.6Mw each) | |
| Notes | |
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Fuel purification equipment (101.5625Mw) is sufficient to purify 20,312.5 cubic meters in 6 hours (96 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel) No fuel scoops are fitted. A total of 103 gas skim passes are required of the fuel shuttles to refuel the vessel exclusive of power plant fuel. Hull details were derived from Fire Fusion & Steel 2, all other details are as per Fire Fusion & Steel 1 EM Mask is based on volume of hull actually hollowed out rather than the total displacement. I have assumed that the rock has some dampening effect on emissions. |
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| Area | Surface Hits | Internal Explosion | Systems |
| 1 | 1-3:LP | 1:MBy,2-8:Qtrs,9-12:Elec,13-20:Hold | LS-14936H,ELS-7468H, |
| 2-3 | 1:AL,2:CH,3-15:EMMR | 1-10:Qtrs,11-20:Hold | PP-1368H,Hanger-490H, |
| 4-5 | 1-7:Ant | 1:PA,2-8:Qtrs,9-12:Elec,13-20:Hold | MG-216H,MD-130H, |
| 6-7 | 1:AL,2-10:LP | 1:PA,2-8:Qtrs,9-20:Hold | FPP-102H,EMM-56H, |
| 8-9 | 1:AL,2-14:EMM | 1-2:MG,3:PA,4-10:Qtrs,11-20:Hold | PA-44H,MBy-12H, |
| 10 | 1:MBy,2-3:PA,4:ND,5:LT,6-12:Qtrs,13-20:Hold | AG-8H,LT-1H, | |
| 11 | 1:MBy,2:ND,3:LT,4-10:Qtrs,11-20:Hold | PEMFoldingArray-1H, | |
| 12-13 | 1:AL | 1:PA,2-11:Qtrs,12-20:Hold | ND-1H,ElecShop-1H, |
| 14-15 | 1-2:MG,3:PA,4-10:Qtrs,11-20:Hold | MachineShop-1H, | |
| 16-17 | 1-6:Eng,7-13:Qtrs,14-20:Hold | Sickbay-1H,EMMR-(560h), | |
| 18-19 | 1-2:MG,3-8:Eng,9-15:Qtrs,16-20:Hold | MFD300k-(4h), | |
| 20 | 1:AL | 1-2:MG,3-8:Eng,9-15:Qtrs,16-20:Hold | AEMS-(2h),Jammer-(2h), |
| MFD90k-(2h), | |||
| SSR-(2h),All others-(1h) |
