Editing Meabh

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| image = [[File:Meabh Heavy Cruiser.JPG|191px]]
| Name = Meabh
| Manufacturer = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="TRO:VAp164">''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 164: "Meabh Heavy Cruiser"</ref><ref name="TRO:VArp162">''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised'', p. 162: "Meabh Heavy Cruiser"</ref>
| Production Year = 2807
| Year Reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4611/meabh-class-heavy-cruiser-standard/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Use = Naval Escort
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] (Advanced)<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Chassis Type (Size) = Naval Vessel (Large, Template C)<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Equipment Rating = D/X-E-D<ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Cost = 
| Introduced = [[2807]]
| Mass = 10,000 tons<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Cruise = 80 km/h<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Flank = 120 km/h<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Power Plant = [[Fusion engine|fusion]]<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Fuel (Type/Range) = Unlimited<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| comsys = Unspecified
| Fire Control System = [[Basic Fire Control|Basic]]
| Turret = 2<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Armament = <span></span>
* 6x [[PPC]]
* 2x [[large laser]]
* 12x [[medium laser]]
* 8x [[AC/5]]
* 2x [[LRT-10]]
* 2x [[SRT-6]]
| Heat Sinks = 112<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Armor = [[Commercial Armor]]<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| BAR = [[BAR|7]]<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| Crew = 89 (13 officers, 28 enlisted/non-rated, 48 gunners)<ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
| BV (1.0) = 
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

==Description==
The '''Meabh Heavy Cruiser''' was a [[blue water]] warship constructed during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] by the Lyran Commonwealth as a naval escort and sea patrol replacement for [[Star League era]] blue-water naval cruisers. These [[SLDF]] cruisers were originally tasked with the defense of underwater command bunkers, but with the fall of the [[Star League]] the ability to maintain these ships became lost and they quickly fell to ruin.  This left the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] in a debate with itself not just with a replacement but whether to retain some type of blue-water capability.  As it happened most Lyran [[Social General]]s argued in favor of a replacement, insofar as it would allow them to keep what were derisively called their "personal pleasure yachts," and after much wrangling the new Meabh-class heavy cruisers were finally approved for construction in [[2807]].<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>

In spite of their inauspicious beginnings the Meabh cruisers performed well and were highly praised.  Their ability to "outgun every ship they could not outrun and outrun every ship they could not outgun" made these ships the standard by which other LCAF cruisers were measured.  Streamlining and automation updates kept the Meabh current and in production well into the [[2870]]s. However it was factors other than the ship's performance which brought about its downfall. The undersea command posts which the class had been designed to defend, expensive luxuries even during the Golden Age of the Star League, had become increasingly rare. What few bunkers remained could also be better defended by newer, cheaper vessels, namely the [[Neptune Submarine]] and its carbon copies.  Additionally the LCAF made a decision in [[2932]] to hand off authority (and the corresponding expenses) for most naval forces, including the Meabh, to local planetary authorities. These factors resulted in the decommission of the Meabh-class heavy cruisers; those which weren't scrapped would eventually be turned into museum ships.<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/> No effort has since been made to resurrect the class.<ref name="TRO:VArp152">''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised'', p. 152: "Naval (Surface) Vessel Support Vehicles"</ref>

== Weapons and Equipment ==
The ship's main weaponry consists of six [[Particle Projector Cannon]]s, mounted in trios in two turrets. A single [[Large Laser]] is also mounted in each turret.  Along the port and starboard sides of the ships are mated pairs of two [[medium laser]]s and two [[Autocannon/5]]s, each covering the left or right firing arcs of the bow or stern, with another pair of medium lasers mounted on the bow and stern by themselves.  For underwater defense, the ship mounts two [[LRT-10|ten-tube Long Range Torpedo launchers]] and two [[SRT-6|six-tube Short Range Torpedo launchers]], one each mounted on the bow and stern covering the fore and aft firing arcs.  These weapons are coordinated by a basic fire control system, while its ammunition holds contain sixteen tons of autocannon rounds, six tons of long-range torpedoes and twelve tons of short-range torpedoes.<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>

In addition the Meabh mounts two tons of [[communication equipment]], a [[MASH]] unit with two operating theaters, six [[searchlight]]s mounted forward, aft and on the turrets, a [[Helipad]] for taking on [[VTOL]] aircraft, two [[Field Kitchen]]s and fourteen [[Lifeboat|lifeboat]]s. Accommodations are provided for with twenty second-class quarters. A 6,120-ton [[fusion engine]] gives the ship a cruising speed of 86.4 km/h.<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>

== Cargo ==
The Meabh has 4 [[light vehicle bay]]s, and a 976 tons standard [[cargo bay]] with 2 doors mounted (Aft-Right/Aft-Left).<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>

== Named Vessels ==
*; LCS ''Sarah Steiner'' : One of the last of the Meabh-class in LCAF service.  Served on [[Czarvowo]] with her sister ship ''Stadt Fischingen'' and the smaller locally built ''[[Cliona]]''-class frigates ''Cliona'', ''Tethya'', and ''Axinella''.  The ''Sarah Steiner'' along with the ''Tethya'' and ''Axinella'' were later scrapped.<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>

*; LCS ''Stadt Fischingen'' : One of the last of Meabh class in LCAF service. Served on Czarvowo with her sister ship ''Sarah Steiner'' and the smaller locally built ''Cliona''-class frigates ''Cliona'', ''Tethya'', and ''Axinella''.  The ''Stadt Fischingen'' and the ''Cliona'' were converted into naval museums, only to be later stolen by environmental terrorists intent on shutting down the planet's underwater military complex.  They were subsequently sunk under mysterious circumstances and it remains unclear if the sinkings were accidental or not.  In [[3070]], the wreck of the ''Stadt Fischingen'' was discovered and an organization of private investors was formed to raise and restore the vessel once again to its role as a museum.<ref name="TRO:VAp164"/><ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>  The [[Jihad]] apparently put a stop to these plans as no effort had been made to raise the ship by [[3084]].<ref name="TRO:VArp152"/>

==Design Quirks==
The Meabh-class heavy cruiser is subject of the following [[Design Quirks]]:<ref name="TRO:VArp162"/>
* [[Obsolete]]/[[2875]]

==Notes==
* As of this writing, there are no published record sheets for the Meabh-class Heavy Cruiser, nor is there any official listing for its Battle Value in its profile on the Master Unit List for [[Catalyst Game Labs]].

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised]]''

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