[HG] Cossak-class Assault Platoon Transport

[Golan2072]

Ship: Cossak
Class: Cossak
Type: Assault Platoon Transport
Architect: T-Y-C Corporation
Tech Level: 12
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LT-8433462-350000-00004-0 MCr685.7 800 Tons
Bat Bear 2 1 Crew: 54
Bat 2 1 TL: 12</pre>[/QUOTE]Cargo: 25 Fuel: 272 EP: 32 Agility: 3 Marines: 40
Craft: 1x 95T Talon-class Dropship
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification

Architects Fee: MCr6.2 Cost in Quantity: MCr561.8


Detailed Description
(High Guard Design)

HULL
800 tons standard, 11,200 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration

CREW
Captain, Pilot, Navigator, 6 Engineers, Medic, 3 Gunners, 1 Flight Crew, 40 Marines

ENGINEERING
Jump-3, 3G Manuever, Power plant-4, 32 EP, Agility 3

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/6 Computer

HARDPOINTS
8 Hardpoints

ARMAMENT
4x Triple Missile Turrets organised into 1 Battery (Factor-4)

DEFENCES
- 4x Triple Sandcaster Turrets organised into 2 Batteries (Factor-5)
- Armoured Hull (Factor-3)

CRAFT
1x 95-ton Talon-class Dropship (Crew of 1, Cost of MCr65.8)

FUEL
272 Tons Fuel (3 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
27 Staterooms, 25 Tons Cargo

COST
MCr626.1 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr6.2), MCr496 in Quantity, plus MCr65.8 of Carried Craft

CONSTRUCTION TIME
112 Weeks Singly, 90 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS
Carries a full Marine Platoon; IMTU's equivalent of the Sulaco.

 

[Burocrate]

Hope we will be seeing a deck plan for this craft in the near future. All the others have been very well rendered. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Golan2072]

Formatting errors corrected. Deckplan might come soon once I'll think up the ship's shape (I'm currently thinking along the lines of the Aliens' Sulaco or a Babylon 5 "Hyperion" cruiser).

 

[Black Globe Generator]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Type: Rapid Assault Corvette

Please forgive a most minor nitpick, but as I understand it a corvette is by definition an escort vessel, not an assault craft.

I know that by the 57th century this may change, of course, but speaking solely for myself, this is a niggling little detail that pokes my suspension of disbelief in the eye.

 

[Golan2072]

So Frigate is the correct term, then?

 

[Black Globe Generator]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
So Frigate is the correct term, then?

I think assault ship is fine on its own, but that's just my personal opinion.

Frigates in the age of sail handled reconnaissance and escort duties, as well serving as commerce raiders. Modern frigates are escort vessels, larger than corvettes but smaller than destroyers. I don't think the ship you're describing here really fits either of those concepts, though again this could have changed by the 57th century.

Like I said, it's a tiny little point that says more about my retentiveness than your design!

 

[Golan2072]

Not 57th century in this case (that is, IMTU), but the late 24th century (my Solar Triumvirate universe is by no means the OTU

). You could use the same design in the OTU, ofcourse, just change the corp name to a "cannon" one.

"Assault Platoon Transport" (APT) it is, then?

 

[Black Globe Generator]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
"Assault Platoon Transport" (APT) it is, then?

That works for me!