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{{InfoBoxJumpShip
 
{{InfoBoxJumpShip
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| Name = ''Royalty'' class JumpShip
 
| Name = ''Royalty'' class JumpShip
| Manufacturer =  
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| Manufacturer = ?
 
| Use = Combat transport
 
| Use = Combat transport
| Cost =  
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| Cost = ?
 
| Introduced = [[2695]]
 
| Introduced = [[2695]]
| Tech Base =  
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| Tech Base = ?
 
| Mass = 210,000 tons
 
| Mass = 210,000 tons
 
| Length = 600 meters
 
| Length = 600 meters
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| Escape Pods/Life Boats = ?
 
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = ?
 
| Heat Sinks = 250
 
| Heat Sinks = 250
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| BV (1.0) = ???
| BV (2.0) =  
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| BV (2.0) = ???
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
The '''''Royalty''''' class of [[JumpShip]]s was a combat transport developed and deployed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. It appears to be an armed civilian JumpShip in the sense of a "Jolly Roger" (as opposed to a [[WarShip]]), sporting above-average firepower, armor and thrust and organic [[aerospace fighter]] support. By the [[thirty-first century]] the class appeared to be extinct.
 
The '''''Royalty''''' class of [[JumpShip]]s was a combat transport developed and deployed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. It appears to be an armed civilian JumpShip in the sense of a "Jolly Roger" (as opposed to a [[WarShip]]), sporting above-average firepower, armor and thrust and organic [[aerospace fighter]] support. By the [[thirty-first century]] the class appeared to be extinct.
  
The ''Royalty'', equipped with a K-F Mark VIII-A drive, is said to be based on the venerable ''[[Invader]]'' class, although it is considerably larger and resembles the ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]'' class far more judging from its design parameters.
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The ''Royalty'', equipped with a K-F Mark VIII-A drive, is said to be based on the venerable ''[[Invader]]'' class, although it is considerably larger and resembles the ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip)|Star Lord]]'' class far more judging from its design parameters.
  
A variation of the ''Star Lord'''s Sunburst M220L station keeping/thrust drive can be installed on the ''Royalty'' as a replacement for the original thrust engine. The thrust rating of the only known ''Royalty'' vessel, modified with Sunburst M220L drive, was given as 1.0g; the original configuration was only said to be capable of providing "over 0.8g" thrust, with excessive fuel consumption above 0.4g.
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A variation of the ''Star Lord'''s Sunburst M220L station keeping/thrust drive can be installed on the ''Royalty'' as a replacement for the original thrust engine. The thrust rating of the only known ''Royalty'' vessel, modified with Sunburst M220L drive, was given as 1.0g; the original configuration was only said to be capable of providing "over 0.8g" thrust, with excessive fuel consumption above 0.4g.
  
 
==Armament==
 
==Armament==
The original ''Royalty'' class features twin [[Barracuda]] launchers and "several lasers" in the bow, augmented by gun turrets on the sides of the command and engine sections with either a [[Gauss rifle]], an [[SRM-6]] with [[Artemis IV]] and a [[Large Pulse Laser]], or an [[AC/20]], an [[AC/5]], a [[PPC]] and four [[medium laser]]s. Additional weapon and missile defense systems may have existed.
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The original ''Royalty'' class features twin [[Barracuda]] launchers and "several lasers" in the bow, augmented by gun turrets on the sides of the command and engine sections with either a [[Gauss Rifle]], a [[SRM-6]] with [[Artemis IV]] and a [[Large Pulse Laser]], or an [[AC/20]], an [[AC/5]], a [[PPC]] and four [[Medium Laser]]s. Additional weapon and missile defense systems may have existed.
  
 
In addition to its four [[Docking Collar]]s, the ''Royalty'' class has "over a dozen" aerospace fighters and small craft. A retrofitted vessel featured 16 [[Small Craft]] cubicles with 4 bay doors, which is presumably the original configuration.
 
In addition to its four [[Docking Collar]]s, the ''Royalty'' class has "over a dozen" aerospace fighters and small craft. A retrofitted vessel featured 16 [[Small Craft]] cubicles with 4 bay doors, which is presumably the original configuration.
  
 
==Canonicity==
 
==Canonicity==
All information available about the ''Royalty'' class and the single known vessel of this class, the ''[[Lorelei's Hope]]'' (previously the ''Amaris Star''), was published in [[BattleTechnology#Issue 20|''BattleTechnology'', Issue #20]]. This magazine and its content was considered [[canon]] in its time, but is not among the list of canonical sources anymore. The magazine and the information taken from it must thus be regarded as apocryphal.
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All information available about the ''Royalty'' class and the single known vessel of this class, the ''[[Lorelei's Hope]]'' (previously the ''Amaris Star''), was published in ''[[BattleTechnology]]'', Issue #20. This magazine and its content was considered [[canon]] in its time, but is not among the list of canonical sources anymore. The magazine and the information taken from it must thus be regarded as apocryphal.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
* [[:Category: Individual Royalty-class JumpShips]]
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* [[:Category:Individual Royalty-class JumpShips]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
*The article about this JumpShip class and the ''Amaris Star''/''Lorelei's Hope'' was written by [[Gerald Hall]], registered here on BTW as [[User:Tekteam26]].
 
*The article about this JumpShip class and the ''Amaris Star''/''Lorelei's Hope'' was written by [[Gerald Hall]], registered here on BTW as [[User:Tekteam26]].
 
*The ship's stats as described, especially the KF drive core mass in relation to the ship's mass (76.19%), are incompatible with the construction rules: As written, the ship utilizes neither a standard (95%) nor a compact (42.5%) KF drive core but something in between; under current rules, it could be assumed to be a primitive drive core of some sort. The author conceded that he had "fudged" construction rules.
 
*The ship's stats as described, especially the KF drive core mass in relation to the ship's mass (76.19%), are incompatible with the construction rules: As written, the ship utilizes neither a standard (95%) nor a compact (42.5%) KF drive core but something in between; under current rules, it could be assumed to be a primitive drive core of some sort. The author conceded that he had "fudged" construction rules.
*All technical information known is thirdhand information provided by a technician who was in turn given the information from a crew member of the ''Lorelei's Hope''. Any and all technical information regarding the vessel may thus be inaccurate.
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*All technical information known is third-hand information provided by a technician who was in turn given the information from a crew member of the ''Lorelei's Hope''. Any and all technical information regarding the vessel may thus be inaccurate.
*While it is described as a JumpShip in its write-up, the ship's classification as a JumpShip instead of a WarShip is arbitrary because of the drive core and thrust engine.
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*While it is described as a JumpShip in its writeup, the ship's classification as a JumpShip instead of a WarShip is arbitrary because of the drive core and thrust engine.
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* [[BattleTechnology#Issue 20|''BattleTechnology'', Issue #20]]
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* ''[[BattleTechnology#Issue 20]]'' (pp. 18-21) - "The Saga of the Amaris Star"
 
 
  
 
[[Category:JumpShip classes]]
 
[[Category:JumpShip classes]]

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