Kiyar R&D #4 -- Cuirass - Class Heavy Battleship
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Name and Designation
<li>HKND-59
<li>Cuirass-Class Heavy Battleship
<li>Heavy Ship to Ship Combat
Designers
<li>LibCorp
Production Facilities
<li>Kiyar Military Shipyards Inc.
Fleet Designation
<li>General Issue
Comments
<li>Finally, here it is, the little tidbit everyone has been waiting for in Kiyar Fleet Command. We've all wanted it, we've all asked for it, and now we're all getting it. The Cuirass will be the spear-head, the big "tank" per se, the ship whose job it is to go deep into enemy territory, cause severe damage, and take severe damage. In other words, it's a slugbolt, designed to get involved in the heavy slug matches between warships. Finally a craft worth its mettle!
Admiral Dendrikson
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Engines
<li>8x Kiyar Turbular Ionic Drive Sublight Engines
<li>3x Emergency Liberation Corp. Thrust Drivers
<li>2x LibCorp Hyperdrive Unit
<li>1x Borian Munitions Corp. Back Up Hyperdrive Unit
Speed
<li>Sublight: 6 MGLT
<li>Hyper: Comparable to a Victory-Class Star Destroyer
Weapons
<li>60x Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
<li>60x Heavy Turbolaser Cannons
<li>60x Heavy Ion Batteries
<li>35x Heavy Laser Cannons
<li>15x Ship to Ship Missile Racks
<li>5x Anti-Fighter Swivel Cannons
<li>6x Tractor Beams
Companies in Association
<li>Kiyar Naval Works
<li>Liberation Corp.
<li>Borian Munitions Corp.
Shields
<li>LibCorp. Heavy Shield Generator -- 4502 SBD
<li>LibCorp Ray Shield Generator
<li>AstroTech Emergency Alternate Shields -- 1350 SBD
<li>Kiyar Shipyards Naval Works Ionic Repulsion -- 12000 Ionic Capacity
Hull
<li>Af'El Mining Guild Quality Durasteel -- 6000 RU
<li>Reinforced Kiyar Meleenium -- 100 extra RU
<li>Diligent Endeavours Inc. Rubber Lining
Proportions
<li>Length -- 4000 meters
<li>Width -- 975 meters
Comments
<li>This is the powerhouse of the Kiyaran Navy. The entire structure is designed for war, and that it can do well. With monstrously sized shields and hull as well as being riddled with weapons emplacements, it pays heavily in the speed department. It's an enormous cruiser, spanning four thousand meters, who will unleash Hell on the battle field. Of course it is relatively weak in defense against fighters - which is made up for by Lancers, Carrack Cruisers, and other such warships - and is not at all a stand alone craft due to its poor manueverability, but its purpose is not to stand alone, but to fight in packs. It is expected - due to the incredible cost of these ships and the amount of maintenance required to keep them running - that they shall be deployed to only a handful of positions. They're a huge drain monatarily, and they require tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to maintain. They are a taxing lot, but are "the" front line anti-warship warship.
Admiral Dendrikson
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Space Sensor Array
<li>Kiyar Facilities CommScan V. V
Comments
<li>It's not much of a sensor ship...it is expected to fly with Retinae Cruisers, thus eliminating the need for it to be sensor heavy.
Admiral Dendrikson
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Combat Analysis
The Kiyaran Navy is very eager to see the Cuirass emerge onto today's battlefield. Built off of the same basic precepts as Imperial Star Destroyers - utilizing every possible square inch for fire power - while adopting the same principalities as Mon Cal Cruisers for shields, this warship has been managed to be turned into the bane of enemy cruisers.
Being extremely slow, it will rely heavily on its support ships such as the Dai Katana-class, and fighters launched from Barbute cruisers. However it is expected that it won't need to engage in heavy combat - as the mere sight of them would be enough to turn many enemy forces in battle.
Holding no more than necessary to keep the ship in peak fighting condition, it has a relatively slow service time, only able to go without restocking for a couple months, so it usually travels wth Kiyaran carrier groups. It is expected that there will only be three operational Cuirass Cruisers at any given time due to the extreme cost and huge amount of men required to staff it.
The ship has no hangar bays and no special features, the whole of it has been made completely to hold weapons and shields.
Its "garrison" consists of three standard squads of marines who live amongst the barracks with the rest of the crewmen. They are not "invasion" forces, they are simply there to defend the ship during attempted enemy boardings.
Designation and Naming Information
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Name and Designation
<li>HKND-59
<li>Cuirass-Class Heavy Battleship
<li>Heavy Ship to Ship Combat
Designers
<li>LibCorp
Production Facilities
<li>Kiyar Military Shipyards Inc.
Fleet Designation
<li>General Issue
Comments
<li>Finally, here it is, the little tidbit everyone has been waiting for in Kiyar Fleet Command. We've all wanted it, we've all asked for it, and now we're all getting it. The Cuirass will be the spear-head, the big "tank" per se, the ship whose job it is to go deep into enemy territory, cause severe damage, and take severe damage. In other words, it's a slugbolt, designed to get involved in the heavy slug matches between warships. Finally a craft worth its mettle!
Admiral Dendrikson
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Combat Statistics
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Engines
<li>8x Kiyar Turbular Ionic Drive Sublight Engines
<li>3x Emergency Liberation Corp. Thrust Drivers
<li>2x LibCorp Hyperdrive Unit
<li>1x Borian Munitions Corp. Back Up Hyperdrive Unit
Speed
<li>Sublight: 6 MGLT
<li>Hyper: Comparable to a Victory-Class Star Destroyer
Weapons
<li>60x Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
<li>60x Heavy Turbolaser Cannons
<li>60x Heavy Ion Batteries
<li>35x Heavy Laser Cannons
<li>15x Ship to Ship Missile Racks
<li>5x Anti-Fighter Swivel Cannons
<li>6x Tractor Beams
Companies in Association
<li>Kiyar Naval Works
<li>Liberation Corp.
<li>Borian Munitions Corp.
Shields
<li>LibCorp. Heavy Shield Generator -- 4502 SBD
<li>LibCorp Ray Shield Generator
<li>AstroTech Emergency Alternate Shields -- 1350 SBD
<li>Kiyar Shipyards Naval Works Ionic Repulsion -- 12000 Ionic Capacity
Hull
<li>Af'El Mining Guild Quality Durasteel -- 6000 RU
<li>Reinforced Kiyar Meleenium -- 100 extra RU
<li>Diligent Endeavours Inc. Rubber Lining
Proportions
<li>Length -- 4000 meters
<li>Width -- 975 meters
Comments
<li>This is the powerhouse of the Kiyaran Navy. The entire structure is designed for war, and that it can do well. With monstrously sized shields and hull as well as being riddled with weapons emplacements, it pays heavily in the speed department. It's an enormous cruiser, spanning four thousand meters, who will unleash Hell on the battle field. Of course it is relatively weak in defense against fighters - which is made up for by Lancers, Carrack Cruisers, and other such warships - and is not at all a stand alone craft due to its poor manueverability, but its purpose is not to stand alone, but to fight in packs. It is expected - due to the incredible cost of these ships and the amount of maintenance required to keep them running - that they shall be deployed to only a handful of positions. They're a huge drain monatarily, and they require tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to maintain. They are a taxing lot, but are "the" front line anti-warship warship.
Admiral Dendrikson
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Sensor Arrays
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Space Sensor Array
<li>Kiyar Facilities CommScan V. V
Comments
<li>It's not much of a sensor ship...it is expected to fly with Retinae Cruisers, thus eliminating the need for it to be sensor heavy.
Admiral Dendrikson
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Overview
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Combat Analysis
The Kiyaran Navy is very eager to see the Cuirass emerge onto today's battlefield. Built off of the same basic precepts as Imperial Star Destroyers - utilizing every possible square inch for fire power - while adopting the same principalities as Mon Cal Cruisers for shields, this warship has been managed to be turned into the bane of enemy cruisers.
Being extremely slow, it will rely heavily on its support ships such as the Dai Katana-class, and fighters launched from Barbute cruisers. However it is expected that it won't need to engage in heavy combat - as the mere sight of them would be enough to turn many enemy forces in battle.
Holding no more than necessary to keep the ship in peak fighting condition, it has a relatively slow service time, only able to go without restocking for a couple months, so it usually travels wth Kiyaran carrier groups. It is expected that there will only be three operational Cuirass Cruisers at any given time due to the extreme cost and huge amount of men required to staff it.
The ship has no hangar bays and no special features, the whole of it has been made completely to hold weapons and shields.
Its "garrison" consists of three standard squads of marines who live amongst the barracks with the rest of the crewmen. They are not "invasion" forces, they are simply there to defend the ship during attempted enemy boardings.