Editing Potemkin

{{InfoBoxWarShip
| image = [[Image:Potemkin_TRO2750.jpg|191px]]
| name = ''Potemkin''
| manufacturer = [[Riga Interstellar Shipyards]]<ref name=TRO3057R158-159>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp.158-159, "Potemkin Profile"</ref>
| Use = Troop Cruiser
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere
| Cost = 30,685,446,000 C-Bills<ref name=MUL/>
| Introduced = [[2611]]<ref name=AT2RSp310>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 310</ref><ref name=bs58>''BattleSpace'', p. 58</ref>
| production year=2611
| year reference=<ref name=MUL>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4846/ MUL entry for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Mass = 1,510,000 tons<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/>
| Length = 1,508 meters
| Sail Diameter = 1,345 meters
| Fuel = 25,000 tons
| Burn Rate = 39.52
| Safe Thrust = 1 g
| Top Thrust = 1.5 g
| Sail Integrity = 6
| KF Drive Integrity = 29
| LF Battery = No
| Armament = <span></span>
* 16x [[NL45]]
* 8x [[Barracuda]]
* 24x [[Heavy NPPC]]
| Armor = 1,363.5 tons [[Grumman TR8]] [[Ferro-Carbide]]
| DropShip Capacity = 25
| Crew = 395<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/>
* 68 Officers
* 279 Enlisted
* 48 Gunners
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(Crew Types)<ref name="BSr63">''BattleSpace'' rulebook, p. 63</ref><br/>
*135 Pilots / Engineers<br/>
*90 Junior Officers / Other Crew (Non-Engineers)<br/>
*31 Secondary Engineers<br/>
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Bay Personnel: 50
| Grav Decks = 1 x 95 meters diameter
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 50/50
| Heat Sinks = 3,325 [[double heat sink|double]]
| Structural Integrity = 80
| BV (1.0) = 96,567<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/><ref name=AT2RSp310/>
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

==Description==
The '''''Potemkin'''''-class troop cruiser, also called the "Corncob Cruiser" thanks to its [[DropShip]] [[hardpoint]] arrangement, was introduced in the early 2600s as a solution to the poorly protected transports of the day. Wanting a way to move a [[division]] of troops,<ref name=bs58/> Riga Interstellar originally submitted a 750,000-ton vessel that could transport a "mere" 10 [[Dropships]]. The SLDF Admirals were pleased but requested a number of modifications. Eight years and eleven redesigns later, the SLDF [[Quartermaster Command]] approved the ''Potemkin'' for production,<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/> with the first, the SLS [[Potemkin (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)|Potemkin]] leaving [[Riga Shipyards]] in [[2611]].<ref name="TRO:2750p142">''Technical Readout: 2750'', p. 142: "Potemkin"</ref>

Weighing in at one and a half million tons, the ''Potemkin'' is larger than many battleships, not only in mass but in sheer volume, with a length well over a kilometer, double that of the largest [[Succession Wars]]-era JumpShip, the ''[[Monolith]]''. This massive size was built for one purpose: transport. Arranged in five rings around the ''Potemkin'' are twenty-five DropShip docking collars, the most of any vessel ever deployed. Thick armor and weaponry fit for a heavy cruiser enable the ''Potemkin'' to protect her DropShips with impunity and have helped the design survive the ravages of war and time.<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/>

Despite its impressive performance as a mass transport, the ''Potemkin'' does have its flaws. The use of a ''Potemkin'', while certainly imposing, runs the risk of it becoming the primary target of opposing forces bent on stranding its attached DropShips. In addition, carrying so many DropShips requires a staggering amount of fuel, further requiring the use of tankers which themselves need protection. Finally, the facilities aboard the ship are geared mostly towards the ship's own crew, the most blatant example being the single 95-meter gravity deck. Extended stays can get uncomfortable for the DropShip crews, left to either mill about on their own vessels or go exploring the ''Potemkin'''s lengthy corridors.<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/> 

Production of the ''Potemkin'' ceased in [[2781]] when improvements in escort tactics and craft made it difficult to justify the deployment of such a large ship. A total of 106 ''Potemkin'' were built, though most were decommissioned following the collapse of the Star League. Roughly 30 of the class survived the [[Amaris coup]] to depart with General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]]. Most of those were virtual spaceborne cities carrying the civilian families of the SLDF and the home of the first generation of post-EXODUS births.<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/> At least one, the LCS ''[[Nightwind (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)|Nightwind]]'', remained in the Inner Sphere and served in the [[First Succession War]].<ref>''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 47</ref>

==Armament==
Tasked with protecting up to twenty-five DropShips, the ''Potemkin'' is easily capable of fending off all but the largest of enemy craft thanks to its banks of [[Maxell-45]] Naval Lasers and [[Fusigon-2a]] Heavy NPPCs. The fore and aft are protected by [[Barracuda]] Capital Missiles, a highly accurate and lethal deterrent for those that would attempt flanking or trailing maneuvers. Because at least some of the ''Potemkin's'' attached DropShips are usually dedicated assault craft she does not carry [[aerospace fighters]], nor conventional weapons to protect against the same. Ten small craft bays can hold fighters in a pinch but are better used for the small transports they are meant to service.<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/>

==Cargo==
*; Star League: 
**Bay 1: [[Small Craft]] (5), 1 door
**Bay 2: Small Craft (5), 1 door
**Bay 3: Cargo (386,362.5 tons), 1 door

*; Clan : 
**Bay 1: Small Craft (5), 1 door
**Bay 2: Small Craft (5), 1 door
**Bay 3: Cargo (371,414 tons), 1 door

==Variants==
* '''Clan Upgrade''' - As with much of the [[Star League Defense Force]] fleet that accompanied the Exodus, the ''Potemkin''s that left with General Kerensky still serve in the [[Clan]] fleets. Many ''Potemkin'' were converted to keep passengers long-term in their holds, which would severely limit their internal cargo space.<ref name=TRO3057160-161>''Technical Readout: 3057'', pp.160-161, "Potemkin Profile"</ref> Beginning in [[2875]], the Clans began performing upgrades on the class, the most drastic changes being [[HarJel]] hull sealing technology and the inclusion of a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]] in exchange for a portion of the cargo space and dropping the armor equipped to 1,212 tons.<ref name=TRO3057R158-159/>

After the [[Jihad]], many ''Potemkin''-class ships were modified into mobile habitats known as [[Clan_Sea_Fox#Sea_Fox_ships|ArcShips]]<ref>''Hunters of the Deep'', p. 169, "[[ovKhan]] [[Petr Kalasa]] describing the changes of the Poseidon"</ref> and [[Clan_Sea_Fox#Sea_Fox_ships|CargoShips]]{{cn}} by [[Clan Sea Fox]].

==See Also==
* [[:Category:Individual Potemkin-class WarShips|List of named ''Potemkin''-class WarShips.]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Potemkin TRO2750.jpg|Original ''Potemkin'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 2750|TRO:2750]]''
Potemkin (Troop Cruiser) TRO3057r.png|Clan refit ''Potemkin'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3057|TRO:3057]]''
</gallery>

==Notes==
* This starship probably was named after the pre-dreadnought battleship Potemkin of World War I.
* The Star League sourcebook states on page 24 that the last ''Potemkin'', the ''Riga'', was decommissioned in 2781 and that the ship had to be recommissioned in 2784 for use in Operation Exodus.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
*''[[BattleSpace]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
*''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
*''[[Hunters of the Deep]]'' (Novel)
*''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''


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