Carrack

Carrack
Production information
Manufacturer	Unknown
Introduced	Unknown
Use	Merchant Transport
Tech Base	Star League
Cost	Unknown
Technical specifications
Mass	300,000
Length	830
Sail Diameter
Fuel
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust
Top Thrust	5
Sail Integrity
KF Drive Integrity
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	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
BV (1.0)	???
BV (2.0)	???

Description

Developed as merchantman to ply potentional hostile Periphery shipping lanes, the Carrack-class Military Transport saw service with the SLDF and continues to do so with their descendants the Clans.

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 Carracks 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 - Due to the merchant role of the class, the Clan Carrack has not received any significant changes in weaponry and is not equipped with a Lithium-Fusion Battery or advanced armor, though does feature the Clans' HarJel based Hull Sealant technology.

References

• Explorer Corps (sourcebook) - pp 108-110
• Technical Readout: 3067 - pp 218-219
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised - pp 198-199