Mjolnir (WarShip class)
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- This article is about the WarShip. For other uses, see Mjolnir.
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| Mjolnir | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Ioto Galactic Enterprises[1] |
| Introduced | 3061 |
| Production Year | 3061[2] |
| Use | Battlecruiser |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
| Cost | 7,384,068,408 C-Bills[citation needed] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 1,250,000 tons |
| Length | 960 meters |
| Sail Diameter | 1,150 meters |
| Fuel | 2,200 tons |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 2 g |
| Top Thrust | 3 g |
| Sail Integrity | 6 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 25 |
| LF Battery | No |
| Armament |
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| Armor | 3,500 tons Ferro-Carbide |
| DropShip Capacity | 4 |
| Crew | 286
Bay Personnel: 36 |
| Grav Decks | 1 x 135 meters diameter |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 35/10 |
| Heat Sinks | 1,319 double |
| Structural Integrity | 140 |
| BV (1.0) | 179,781[3] |
Overview
The massive Mjolnir, the largest WarShip to be produced in the Inner Sphere since the original Star League, started life intended as a light cruiser. When the Lyran half of the Federated Commonwealth seceded, Lyran commanders realized that they needed a ship to face down the new Avalon-class ships being produced by their former allies. The plans for the Mjolnir were revised, resulting in the ship finally being launched, providing a major morale boost to the Lyran Navy by being able to produce a fearsome WarShip capable of facing down almost any vessel in existence.[4][5]
The Mjolnir's interplanetary drives are also of note, not only for their size but how the LAAF managed to produce them in the first place. Following their schism and secularization, ComStar had provided WarShip engines to the Great Houses, but this practice stopped when the Word of Blake took Terra in 3058. This sent the Houses madly searching for an alternate source. The Alliance, long an industrial powerhouse, commissioned multiple factories within its borders to make the engines piecemeal. Although difficult to coordinate and incredibly expensive, the process worked and allowed the Mjolnir's engines to reach final assembly at the Port Sydney Yards orbiting Alarion. The engines have an incredible thrust-to-weight ratio and are able to push the Mjolnir at a staggering 3 g, almost unheard of for such a massive vessel. This speed is key to the Mjolnir's success, however, as some of the ship's deadliest weaponry has only limited range and small ammunition stores.[4][5]
Only two of the Lyran points of pride would be completed. The class's lead ship, the LAS Yggdrasil, suffered from sensor and jump sail issues which limited its usefulness during the Federated Commonwealth Civil War, while the other was lost in the Jihad.[5] The Yggdrasil went on to be the only WarShip available to the Lyran Commonwealth in the thirty-second century.[6]
Capabilities
Literally blistering with weaponry, the Mjolnir carries some of the heaviest weaponry available to a WarShip. The forward-facing bays alone outgun many other cruisers and every arc carries vast arrays of Naval PPCs and Naval Autocannons. However, the main punch of the Mjolnir comes from the Heavy Naval Gauss canons mounted fore and aft. The largest and deadliest weapon ever produced for a WarShip, the Heavy Naval Gauss can reach out thousands of kilometers and breach the armor of most smaller vessels in a single strike. The Mjolnir can use these weapons to cripple, if not outright destroy, opposing vessels while using its massive transit engines to close within range of its numerous Naval Autocannons to finish the job. Finally, a smattering of conventional weapons, combined with the ship's own 36 fighters, work to keep all but the largest of fighter groups from getting too close.[4]
All this weaponry would be for naught if the Mjolnir were not able to protect itself, and designers ensured that she is the most heavily armored vessel operated by the Great Houses and is surpassed only by Clan Ghost Bear's Leviathan II. A staggering 3500 tons of Ferro-Carbide armor cover the Mjolnir's frame and has proven its worth in the Jihad as the LAS Fylgia survived combat over Alarion, where it slipped its moorings, and escaped Blakist assaults over Skye where it was struck by a nuclear warhead along with conventional fire, and again over Tharkad as the LAAF finally managed to free their capital.[4]
Cargo
- Bay 1: Aerospace fighters (18), 6 Doors
- Bay 2: Aerospace fighters (18), 6 Doors
- Bay 3: Cargo (15,597 tons), 2 Doors
See Also
Gallery
Original Mjolnir from TRO:3067
Mjolnir from Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
References
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 143: "Ioto Galactic Enterprises (IotoGal)"
- ↑ MUL online date for the Mjolnir (WarShip class)
- ↑ AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 309
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Technical Readout: 3067, pp. 214–215
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance: Mjolnir-class Battlecruiser, pp. 153-154
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 122