Town Class

Named after the historical town class, these ships were being drawn up when the unification efforts were still pre federation, and as such were made with exclusively British names. The ships were designed with the at the time, in development gravity plating in a forward thinking move to allow for a more compact ship design.

The ship’s weapons are made up of dual missile tubes, a spinally mounted heavy railgun and two light railguns turrets. This armament is somewhat light by more modern standards, however, it still packs a punch especially with its high-grade ballistics computers.

This class was the first ship designed by BAE to use the new NASA developed heat recycling systems. These allow for increased thermal efficiency and to allow for longer periods with the main radiators closed in combat position without the ship overheating. This is done by linking all of the heating and cooling systems together to one heat exchanger, allowing heat for life support, for example, to be drawn from the heat generated by the computer banks. Though this has become standard on all newer ships.

The class does however lack the more extensive EWAR and drone capabilities that other IFC light cruisers carry. This does leave it more dependent on its CIWS weapons for missile defence and reduces the ship’s ability to jam enemy RADAR.

Specifications

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LIGHT CRUISER

DISPLACEMENT:

22,000~ TONNES

ARMAMENT:

2x 120CM MISSILE TUBES | 40CM FORE HEAVY RAILGUN | 2x 15CM LIGHT RAILGUNS TURRETS | 4x CWIS GUNS | 2x LASER PDWS

MUNITIONS CAPACITY:

160X 40CM RAILGUN ROUNDS | 360X 15CM RAILGUN ROUNDS | 10000X CWIS ROUNDS | 12X 120CM MISSILES

Usual Munitions loadout:

8X MRVM “ROTTWEILER” ANTI-SHIP MISSILES | 2X 3-AFED DECOY MISSILES | 10,000 CWIS ROUNDS, 160 40CM RAILGUN ROUNDS | 360X 15CM RAILGUN ROUNDS

SENSORS: BAE-LR-21 LONG RANGE RADAR | BAE-SMR-17 SHORT-MEDIUM RANGED RADAR | BAE MRTS-C THERMAL SENSOR SUITE | PICASO OPTICAL SYSTEM | BAE LRI-18 RADAR BEAM ILLUMINATOR

Facilities:

CIC WITH INTEGRATED RAYTHEON 2000 SERIES FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM | SMALL RECREATIONAL SUITE | SMALL BOAT BAY | BAE ECM SYSTEM

CREW COMPLEMENT:

200 MEN | BERTHS FOR 260

POWERPLANT:

BAE SOL CLASS FUSION REACTOR

ENGINES:

1X ROLLS-ROYCE LCE-A-10 ENGINE | 2 ROLLS-ROYCE SME-B-10 ENGINES | GENERATION 1 BAE HYPERDRIVE

MEMBERS OF THE CLASS:

BELFAST | GLASGOW | SHEFFIELD | MANCHESTER | BIRMINGHAM | EDINBURGH