Carrack
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| Carrack | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Unknown |
| Introduced | 2950 |
| Use | Merchant Transport |
| Tech Base | Star League |
| Cost | 3,219,204,000 C-bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 300,000 tons |
| Length | 830 m |
| Sail Diameter | 880 m |
| Fuel | 2,000 tons |
| Burn Rate | |
| Safe Thrust | 3 |
| Top Thrust | 5 |
| Sail Integrity | 3 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 7 |
| LF Battery | No |
| Armament | 16 x ER Large Lasers 40 x Anti-Missile Systems 32 x Large Pulse Lasers 16 x NL35s 3 x NAC/20s 6 x NAC/10s |
| Armor | 70 tons of Standard |
| DropShip Capacity | 2 |
| Crew | 165 |
| Grav Decks | 1 x 98 meter diameter |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 4 escape pods, 4 life boats |
| Heat Sinks | 747 Double Heat Sinks |
| Structural Integrity | 15 |
| BV (1.0) | 10,674 |
| BV (2.0) | ??? |
Description
Developed as merchantman to ply potentially hostile Periphery shipping lanes, the Carrack-class military transport was developed from the SLDF Carrack-class transport, and serves in the fleets of nearly every Clan. However, unlike the Star League-era vessel, the Clan Carrack lacks improved heavier, more advanced armor and a Lithium-Fusion Battery.
While no examples of the class were known to remain in the Inner Sphere, an undetermined number accompanied the Exodus Fleet, with the modern Clan Carrack military transport first entering service 2950. ComStar analysts have been unable to determine how many of the Carracks currently in service among the various Clan toumans are upgraded Star League era vessels, and how many are new Clan-built ships.
Armament
Due to its role as a military transport, the Carrack features a light array of mixed capital class and anti-fighter weaponry. The nose bay and each broadside features a pair of NL35s and a single NAC/20, two ER Large Lasers and four Large Pulse Lasers, rounded off by four Anti-Missile Systems for point defense. Save for downgrading the Naval Autocannon to a NAC/10, each fore and rear angle as well as directly aft features almost the same layout as well.
Cargo
The Carrack's 63,446 ton cargo hold surrounds the vessel’s Compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive core and is flanked, in turn, by two Small Craft bays. Most frequently, these bays house a pair of aerospace fighters and a pair of shuttlecraft, but the exact composition of the small craft complement appears to depend on each individual vessel’s captain.
Variants
- Clan Merchant Caste Variant - Both Clan Nova Cat and Clan Diamond Shark faced the same dilemma when assigning Carrack-class vessels to their ever more affluent merchant castes: whether or not to give their merchants war materiel on par with that of the warrior caste. Working together, the two Clans decided to circumvent the issue by stripping many Carrack-class vessels of capital weapons and heavy armor, while at the same time maximizing cargo capacity. Like the basic Clan models, these merchant-caste variants also lacks Lithium-Fusion Batteries and advanced armor composites, but they do feature the Clans' HarJel based Hull Sealant technology. BV (1.0) = 10,674[1]
- Star League Variant - The basic Carrack used by the Star League Defense Forces mounted improved armor (though which type is unclear) and a Lithium-Fusion Battery. No other details are available, and every one of these vessels departed the Inner Sphere with Aleksandr Kerensky.
Named Vessels
- CVS Blind Faith - This Vessel is assigned to Alpha Naval Reserve of Clan Cloud Cobra.[2]
- SLS Bright Star - The Bright Star was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Blessed Vision - The Blessed Vision was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Enlightened Path - The Enlightened Path was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Faithful Rite - Faithful Rite was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Farstar - Farstar was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Glory Road - Glory Road was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Guiding Vision - Guiding Vision was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Pathfinder - Pathfinder was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3]
- SLS Perilous Vision - The Perilous Vision was a Nova Cat vessel assigned to the Transcendent Naval Star.[3]
- SLS Nebula - Nebula was a part of the Clan Nova Cat merchant fleet.[3] It was destroyed by the rogue Draconis Combine Kirishima-class Urizen II while in the Avon system in July 3072.[4][5]
- SLS True Path - The True Path was a Clan Nova Cat ship assigned to the Vision Naval Star.[3]
- SLS Void - Clan Nova Cat's Void was assigned to the Mystic Naval Star.[3] The Void was destroyed by the Urizen II in the same incident as the Nebula.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, p. 198
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 28, "Clan Cloud Cobra Naval Forces"
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Field Manual: Updates, p. 96, "Naval Fleet"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, p. 98, "Fight or Die!"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 23, "Timeline of the Jihad"