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Line 2: | image = [[Image:Du_Shi_Wang.JPG|191px]] | image = [[Image:Du_Shi_Wang.JPG|191px]] | name = ''Du Shi Wang'' | name = ''Du Shi Wang'' − | manufacturer = [[Capellan Confederation]] + | manufacturer = | Use = Battleship | Use = Battleship | Tech Base = Inner Sphere | Tech Base = Inner Sphere Line 17:
Line 17: | KF Drive Integrity = 18 | KF Drive Integrity = 18 | Fuel = 5,000 tons | Fuel = 5,000 tons − | Burn Rate = 39.52 tons + | Burn Rate = 39.52 (tons) | LF Battery = None | LF Battery = None | Armament = <span></span> | Armament = <span></span> Line 33:
Line 33: Marines: 10<br/> Marines: 10<br/> First-class Passengers: 5 First-class Passengers: 5 − | Grav Decks = 2 (1 x 150 meters and 1 x 70 meters diameter) + | Grav Decks = 2 (1 x 150 and 1 x 70 meters diameter) | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/25 | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/25 | Heat Sinks = 2,100 [[heat sink|single]] | Heat Sinks = 2,100 [[heat sink|single]] Line 45:
Line 45: A large amount of armor was placed on the front of the vessel to support the ''Du Shi Wang'''s role as a frontal attack craft - more armor than had in fact been seen on the nose of any WarShip fielded up to that point. Equipped with a weapons suite consisting solely of energy weapons, including [[Heavy Naval PPC|Heavy Naval PPCs]] based on designs stolen from the [[Terran Hegemony]], the "God of Burning Suffocation" was intended to perform long patrols. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was notable for being the first vessel to use massed orbital bombardment against civilian targets when the Confederation subjected the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Novaya Zemlya (system)|Novaya Zemlya]] to [[Novaya Zemlya Massacre|extensive bombardment]] in [[2399]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> A large amount of armor was placed on the front of the vessel to support the ''Du Shi Wang'''s role as a frontal attack craft - more armor than had in fact been seen on the nose of any WarShip fielded up to that point. Equipped with a weapons suite consisting solely of energy weapons, including [[Heavy Naval PPC|Heavy Naval PPCs]] based on designs stolen from the [[Terran Hegemony]], the "God of Burning Suffocation" was intended to perform long patrols. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was notable for being the first vessel to use massed orbital bombardment against civilian targets when the Confederation subjected the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Novaya Zemlya (system)|Novaya Zemlya]] to [[Novaya Zemlya Massacre|extensive bombardment]] in [[2399]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> − The ship suffered from poor crew arrangements that emphasized the Capellan class system instead of efficiency; officers, the marines, and passengers were given priority over vital ship features like life boats and given sole access to the smaller of the two gravity decks in the rear of the vessel while the majority of the crew was left to the forward areas, a combination of poor design features that contributed to the destruction of many vessels during the [[Age of War]]. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was also reliant on the skill of the crew for efficient maneuvering to keep the nose pointed at dangerous opponents as its speed was average for vessels of similar size and the era.<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> + The ship suffered from poor crew arrangements that emphasized a class system instead of efficiency; officers, the marines, and passengers were given priority over vital ship features like life boats and given sole access to the smaller of the two gravity decks in the rear of the vessel while the majority of the crew was left to the forward areas, a combination of poor design features that contributed to the destruction of many vessels during the [[Age of War]]. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was also reliant on the skill of the crew for efficient maneuvering to keep the nose pointed at dangerous opponents as its speed was average for vessels of similar size and the era.<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> The greater part of the ''Du Shi Wang'' class to survive the Age of War were out of service during the era of the [[Star League]]; in [[2765]] the Confederation was operating just five ''Du Shin Wangs'', each of which formed the nucleus around which a commonality naval squadron was built. Still formidable ships at the time, each ''Du Shi Wang'' was accompanied by a pair of heavy cruisers either ''[[Aegis]]'' or ''[[Soyal]]''-class, or one of each - and two or three lighter WarShips.<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 5: "Guarding the Vault of Heaven"</ref> The greater part of the ''Du Shi Wang'' class to survive the Age of War were out of service during the era of the [[Star League]]; in [[2765]] the Confederation was operating just five ''Du Shin Wangs'', each of which formed the nucleus around which a commonality naval squadron was built. Still formidable ships at the time, each ''Du Shi Wang'' was accompanied by a pair of heavy cruisers either ''[[Aegis]]'' or ''[[Soyal]]''-class, or one of each - and two or three lighter WarShips.<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 5: "Guarding the Vault of Heaven"</ref> Line 51:
Line 51: During the buildup to the [[First Succession War]] the Confederation restored more ''Du Shi Wang''-class ships to service, but less than a dozen were available at the start of the war's opening salvos, and all had been lost or destroyed by the end of the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5"/> During the buildup to the [[First Succession War]] the Confederation restored more ''Du Shi Wang''-class ships to service, but less than a dozen were available at the start of the war's opening salvos, and all had been lost or destroyed by the end of the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5"/> − Only one ''Du Shi Wang'' was known to exist in the thirty-first century; captured at some point by the [[Star League Defense Force]], the battleship had accompanied [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]] and survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]] before serving as a part of the [[Clan Mongoose]] ''touman'' as the ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Nearly destroyed by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Mongoose, that last ''Du Shi Wang'' was mothballed in the [[Strana Mechty]] system for more than two hundred years, up until the loss of contact with the [[Clan Homeworlds]] around [[3085]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 8, 10, 12: "Mongoose actions during the fleet engagement during of Trial of Absorption and aftermath of the battle".</ref> + Only one ''Du Shi Wang'' was known to exist in the thirty-first century; captured at some point by the [[Star League Defense Force]], that battleship had accompanied [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]] and survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]] before serving as a part of the [[Clan Mongoose]] ''touman'' as the ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Nearly destroyed by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Mongoose, that last ''Du Shi Wang'' was mothballed in the [[Strana Mechty]] system for more than two hundred years, up until the loss of contact with the [[Clan Homeworlds]] around [[3085]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 8, 10, 12: "Mongoose actions during the fleet engagement during of Trial of Absorption and aftermath of the battle".</ref> ==Armament== ==Armament==
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| image = [[Image:Du_Shi_Wang.JPG|191px]] | | image = [[Image:Du_Shi_Wang.JPG|191px]] | ||
| name = ''Du Shi Wang'' | | name = ''Du Shi Wang'' | ||
| − | | manufacturer = | + | | manufacturer = |
| Use = Battleship | | Use = Battleship | ||
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere | | Tech Base = Inner Sphere | ||
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| KF Drive Integrity = 18 | | KF Drive Integrity = 18 | ||
| Fuel = 5,000 tons | | Fuel = 5,000 tons | ||
| − | | Burn Rate = 39.52 tons | + | | Burn Rate = 39.52 (tons) |
| LF Battery = None | | LF Battery = None | ||
| Armament = <span></span> | | Armament = <span></span> | ||
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Marines: 10<br/> | Marines: 10<br/> | ||
First-class Passengers: 5 | First-class Passengers: 5 | ||
| − | | Grav Decks = 2 (1 x 150 | + | | Grav Decks = 2 (1 x 150 and 1 x 70 meters diameter) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/25 | | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 15/25 | ||
| Heat Sinks = 2,100 [[heat sink|single]] | | Heat Sinks = 2,100 [[heat sink|single]] | ||
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A large amount of armor was placed on the front of the vessel to support the ''Du Shi Wang'''s role as a frontal attack craft - more armor than had in fact been seen on the nose of any WarShip fielded up to that point. Equipped with a weapons suite consisting solely of energy weapons, including [[Heavy Naval PPC|Heavy Naval PPCs]] based on designs stolen from the [[Terran Hegemony]], the "God of Burning Suffocation" was intended to perform long patrols. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was notable for being the first vessel to use massed orbital bombardment against civilian targets when the Confederation subjected the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Novaya Zemlya (system)|Novaya Zemlya]] to [[Novaya Zemlya Massacre|extensive bombardment]] in [[2399]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> | A large amount of armor was placed on the front of the vessel to support the ''Du Shi Wang'''s role as a frontal attack craft - more armor than had in fact been seen on the nose of any WarShip fielded up to that point. Equipped with a weapons suite consisting solely of energy weapons, including [[Heavy Naval PPC|Heavy Naval PPCs]] based on designs stolen from the [[Terran Hegemony]], the "God of Burning Suffocation" was intended to perform long patrols. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was notable for being the first vessel to use massed orbital bombardment against civilian targets when the Confederation subjected the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Novaya Zemlya (system)|Novaya Zemlya]] to [[Novaya Zemlya Massacre|extensive bombardment]] in [[2399]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> | ||
| − | The ship suffered from poor crew arrangements that emphasized | + | The ship suffered from poor crew arrangements that emphasized a class system instead of efficiency; officers, the marines, and passengers were given priority over vital ship features like life boats and given sole access to the smaller of the two gravity decks in the rear of the vessel while the majority of the crew was left to the forward areas, a combination of poor design features that contributed to the destruction of many vessels during the [[Age of War]]. The ''Du Shi Wang'' was also reliant on the skill of the crew for efficient maneuvering to keep the nose pointed at dangerous opponents as its speed was average for vessels of similar size and the era.<ref name="TRO3075p252"/> |
The greater part of the ''Du Shi Wang'' class to survive the Age of War were out of service during the era of the [[Star League]]; in [[2765]] the Confederation was operating just five ''Du Shin Wangs'', each of which formed the nucleus around which a commonality naval squadron was built. Still formidable ships at the time, each ''Du Shi Wang'' was accompanied by a pair of heavy cruisers either ''[[Aegis]]'' or ''[[Soyal]]''-class, or one of each - and two or three lighter WarShips.<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 5: "Guarding the Vault of Heaven"</ref> | The greater part of the ''Du Shi Wang'' class to survive the Age of War were out of service during the era of the [[Star League]]; in [[2765]] the Confederation was operating just five ''Du Shin Wangs'', each of which formed the nucleus around which a commonality naval squadron was built. Still formidable ships at the time, each ''Du Shi Wang'' was accompanied by a pair of heavy cruisers either ''[[Aegis]]'' or ''[[Soyal]]''-class, or one of each - and two or three lighter WarShips.<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 5: "Guarding the Vault of Heaven"</ref> | ||
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During the buildup to the [[First Succession War]] the Confederation restored more ''Du Shi Wang''-class ships to service, but less than a dozen were available at the start of the war's opening salvos, and all had been lost or destroyed by the end of the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5"/> | During the buildup to the [[First Succession War]] the Confederation restored more ''Du Shi Wang''-class ships to service, but less than a dozen were available at the start of the war's opening salvos, and all had been lost or destroyed by the end of the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name="FR:2765CCAFp5"/> | ||
| − | Only one ''Du Shi Wang'' was known to exist in the thirty-first century; captured at some point by the [[Star League Defense Force]], | + | Only one ''Du Shi Wang'' was known to exist in the thirty-first century; captured at some point by the [[Star League Defense Force]], that battleship had accompanied [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]] and survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]] before serving as a part of the [[Clan Mongoose]] ''touman'' as the ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Nearly destroyed by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Mongoose, that last ''Du Shi Wang'' was mothballed in the [[Strana Mechty]] system for more than two hundred years, up until the loss of contact with the [[Clan Homeworlds]] around [[3085]].<ref name="TRO3075p252"/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 8, 10, 12: "Mongoose actions during the fleet engagement during of Trial of Absorption and aftermath of the battle".</ref> |
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||