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Ardennes Class Combined Arms Transport
Introduced: Early 3072
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Configuration: Spheroid Dropship
Rules: Level 2, AT2 Standard design
Mass: 6,900 tons
Hull: Galax Type XVI
Power Plant: HayesMax B-4c Standard
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Armor Type: Diamond Weave Standard
Armament:
6 BlazeFire Sweetshot ER Large Laser
18 Bright-Bloom ER Medium Laser
6 Johnston High Speed ER PPC
8 Dragon's Fire Gauss Rifle
7 NAIS Model 2b Rotary AC/5
5 Defiance Thunder Ultra AC/20
12 Imperator Code Red LB 10-X AC
12 Doombud LRM 15+ArtIV
18 McArthur AMS
1 RangeFinder Mk III Long Tom Artillery
15 Guided Technologies 2nd Gen Streak SRM 4
Manufacturer: Federated-Boeing Interstellar
Location: Galax
Overview
With the Civil War over the AFFS Procurement Department has one of the largest rebuilding projects ever. Replacing all the units lost in the Civil War will be a daunting challenge. With the completion of the Conquistador Class dropship the AFFS was one step closer to finally having the kind of dropships they needed for their Regimental Combat Teams. The Procurement Department decided to solocit bids for several Combined Arms Transports, or
CAT's. Specifications for several different CAT's were layed down and several large companies put in bids for the new ships. Federated Boeing of Galax won the contract on two of the needed CAT's, the Alliance and what would be known as the Ardennes Combined Arms Transport. The Ardennes project was not started until all the devolopment problems with the Alliance had been ironed out. This saved the company million in redesigns and allowed the Ardennes to be complete without the difficulty of the Alliance. With the seperation of the Federated Suns and the Lyran Commonwealth again the AFFS lost is supplier of the Fortress dropship. The Ardennes is a little larger than the ship it was to replace, but what was added gave the vessel more flexability and survivability.
Capabilities
The Ardennes did not go through the growing pains of its larger cousin, the Alliance. The design of the Ardennes benefitted from the many mistakes in designing the Alliance and went from paper to field in record time and with a minimum of design problems. Looking closely at the Fortress dropship designers noticed many areas where the Fortress was found lacking. Improving on these areas would be difficult and in the end the ship was almost 900 tons heavier than the Fortress. The layout of the Ardennes is very similiar to its cousin, but the Ardennes is taller to accommodate the added decks for the Aerospace Fighters and BattleArmor troops. Like on the Alliance the Aerofighter deck is located on the bottom most deck to allow the Aerospace Fighters to be loaded onto the ship while still planetside. The increase in size also allowed designers to load the ship out with more weaponry by almost 50% to protect its valuable cargo. The Ardennes will be a most welcome battalion transport to the RCT's of the Federated Suns and compliment the Alliance nicely.
Deployment
The first shipment of CAT dropships are to be delivered to the Ceti Hussars, Deneb Lt Cavalry and the FedSuns Armored Cavalry. Once those units are outfitted the Davion Guards and the Avalon Hussars are next. Each RCT is to get between two and five of these new ships.
Class/Model/Name: Ardennes Class Dropship CAT
Mass: 6,900 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 1,345.50
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Structural Integrity: 21 290.00
Total Heat Sinks: 275 Double 180.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 255.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 52.00
Fire Control Computers: 69.00
Food & Water: (30 days supply) 74.00
Armor Type: Standard (1,292 total armor pts) 75.50
Standard Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 340
Left/Right Sides: 340/340
Aft: 272
Cargo:
Bay 1: BattleMechs (12) with 4 doors 1,800.00
Fighters (2) with 2 doors 300.00
Bay 2: Light Vehicles (to 50T) (8) with 2 doors 400.00
Heavy Vehicles (51-100T) (4) 400.00
Bay 3: Infantry (motor) Platoons (12) with 4 doors 84.00
Battle Armor Points/Squads (4) with 2 doors 40.00
Cargo (1) 125.00
Life Boats: 6 (7 tons each) 42.00
Escape Pods: 6 (7 tons each) 42.00
Crew and Passengers:
6 Officers (5 minimum) 60.00
8 Crew (0 minimum) 56.00
18 Gunners (18 minimum) 126.00
460 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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1 ER Large Laser Nose 2(23) 2(23) 1(8) -- 12 5.00
3 ER Medium Laser 15 3.00
2 ER PPC Nose 2(20) 2(20) 2(20) -- 30 14.00
2 Gauss Rifle(80 rounds) Nose 3(30) 3(30) 3(30) -- 2 40.00
1 Rotary AC/5(80 rounds) Nose 5(50) 5(50) -- -- 6 14.00
1 Ultra AC/20(30 rounds) 16 21.00
2 LB 10-X AC(100 rounds) Nose 1(12) 1(12) -- -- 4 32.00
2 LRM 15+ArtIV(56 rounds) Nose 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 10 23.00
3 AMS(240 rounds) Nose -- -- -- -- 3 21.50
1 Long Tom Artillery(100 roNose 2(20) 2(20) 2(20) 2(20) 20 50.00
1 ER Large Laser FL/R 2(23) 2(23) 1(8) -- 24 10.00
3 ER Medium Laser 30 6.00
2 ER PPC FL/R 2(20) 2(20) 2(20) -- 60 28.00
2 Gauss Rifle(80 rounds) FL/R 3(30) 3(30) 3(30) -- 4 80.00
1 Rotary AC/5(80 rounds) FL/R 5(50) 5(50) -- -- 12 28.00
1 Ultra AC/20(35 rounds) 32 44.00
2 LB 10-X AC(10 rounds) FL/R 1(12) 1(12) -- -- 8 46.00
2 LRM 15+ArtIV(56 rounds) FL/R 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 20 46.00
2 Streak SRM 4(50 rounds) FL/R 2(16) -- -- -- 12 16.00
3 AMS(240 rounds) FL/R -- -- -- -- 6 43.00
1 ER Large Laser AL/R 2(23) 2(23) 1(8) -- 24 10.00
3 ER Medium Laser 30 6.00
1 Gauss Rifle(40 rounds) AL/R 2(15) 2(15) 2(15) -- 2 40.00
1 Rotary AC/5(80 rounds) AL/R 5(50) 5(50) -- -- 12 28.00
1 Ultra AC/20(35 rounds) 32 44.00
2 LB 10-X AC(100 rounds) AL/R 1(12) 1(12) -- -- 8 64.00
2 LRM 15+ArtIV(80 rounds) AL/R 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 20 52.00
4 Streak SRM 4(100 rounds) AL/R 3(32) -- -- -- 24 32.00
3 AMS(240 rounds) AL/R -- -- -- -- 6 43.00
1 ER Large Laser Aft 2(23) 2(23) 1(8) -- 12 5.00
3 ER Medium Laser 15 3.00
2 Rotary AC/5(120 rounds) Aft 4(40) 4(40) -- -- 12 26.00
2 LB 10-X AC(100 rounds) Aft 1(12) 1(12) -- -- 4 32.00
2 LRM 15+ArtIV(80 rounds) Aft 2(24) 2(24) 2(24) -- 10 26.00
3 Streak SRM 4(75 rounds) Aft 2(24) -- -- -- 9 12.00
3 AMS(240 rounds) Aft -- -- -- -- 3 21.50
1 Lot Spare Parts (1.00%) 69.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 549 6,900.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 1,098,272,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 18,514
Cost per BV: 59,321.16
Weapon Value: 14,498 (Ratio = .78)
Damage Factors: SRV = 927; MRV = 607; LRV = 109; ERV = 1
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 84,790
(32,497 Structure, 38,055 Life Support, 14,238 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 38,038 (45% of MPV)
BattleForce2: MP: 3, Armor/Structure: 22 / 21
Damage PB/M/L: 33/28/13, Overheat: 0
Class: DL; Point Value: 185
Specials: sph
