Lavoisier class laboratory ship
The United Worlds Commonwealth
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The Lavoisier class laboratory ship is popular with its crews. Vessels of this class boast both relatively spacious accommodations and extensive laboratory facilities. Vessels of the class are named for famous scientists such as Antoine Lavoisier, Michael Faraday etc.


General Data
Displacement: 390/400 tons Hull Armour: 10
Diameter: 87.2 meters Volume: 5,460/5,600 cubic meters
Price: MCr169.44318 Target Size: S
Configuration: Open USL Tech Level: 11
Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 3,713.394/3,056.822 tons
 
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 340Mw Fusion Power Plant (48.57Mw/hit), 1 year duration (14.8899 Mw surplus)
Faster than Light: TL11 Hyperspatial Translation Drive (392Mj Capacitor, 0.2178 Mw required)
G-Rating: 1 (200Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters
G Turns: 100, 25 cubic meters each
Maintenance: 160
 
Electronics
Computer: 3xTL11 St (0.35Mw each)
Commo: 300,000km Radio (10 hexes; 10Mw), 1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw)
Avionics: TL10+ Avionics
Sensors: 150,000km Passive EMS Folding Array (5 hexes; 0.25Mw), 300,000km Active EMS (10 hexes; 60Mw), TL11 Densitometer (2.5Mw), TL10 Neutrino Sensor (0.01Mw), 3xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw ea.)
ECM/ECCM: None
Controls: Flight deck with 5xWorkstations, plus 10xOther Workstations for Science Personnel, plus 4xOther Workstations
 
Armament
Offensive/Defensive: 4 turret hardpoint sockets fitted (Loc: 12,13,14,15; Arcs: All)

Accommodations
Life Support: Extended (1.092Mw), Gravitic Compensators (2G; 27.3Mw), Vessel is designed as a spun habitat, when spun the 87.2 meter radius produces the equivelant of 0.4844 Gs.
Crew: 22 (4xEngineering, 2xElectronics, 2xManeuver, 2xFlight Crew, 1xCommand, 10xScience Personnel)
Crew Accommodations: 22xSmall Staterooms (0.0005Mw each)
Passenger Accomodations: None
Cargo: 470.7 cubic meters, one large cargo hatch
Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 1 External Grapple (USL Cylinder) for 10-ton Hummingbird class skiff
Air Locks: 4
Additional Fittings: 4x8-ton Laboratories (0.8Mw each)
 
Notes

Fuel purification equipment (4.375Mw) is sufficient to purifiy 625 cubic meters in 6 hours (24 hours for entire load exclusive of power plant fuel). No fuel scoops fitted.

The Lab ship itself displaces 390 tons, and with the skiff attached displaces 400 tons. Its hyperspace translation drive, maneuver and control systems are configured to work with the 400-ton figure.


DAMAGE TABLES
Area Surface Hits Internal Explosion Systems
1 1-3:CH,4-5:LP,6-11:Small Craft 1:Grapple,2-20:Hold HTD-11H,PP-7H,
2-5,16-20 Hold FPP-6H,LS-3H,
6-9 1-3:Ant 1-9:Qtrs,10-20:Hold ELS-2H,PEMArray-1H,
10-11 1-15:Eng,16-20:Hold AEMS-1H,AG-1H,
12-14 1-19:Ant 1-3:TS,4-9:Eng,10-15:Elec,16-20:Qtrs Hanger-1H,
15 1:AL,2-19:Ant 1-3:TS,4-9:Eng,10-15:Elec,16-20:Qtrs Laboratory-1H,
Neutrino-1H,
MD-(4h),Grapple-(3h),
Densitometer-(2h),
SSR-(2h),All others-(1h)
Lavoisier class laboratory ship