Class/Model/Name: Explorer Class Colonization/Research Ship
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 860,000 tons
Hull: Alpha 5
K-F Drive System: (Unknown)
Length: 910 meters
Sail Diameter: 1,100 meters
Power Plant: LTV 3000 Standard
Safe Thrust: 2
Maximum Thrust: 3
Armor Type: StarSlab Naval Lamellor Ferro-carbide
Armament:
16 NL55
16 Holly D-4 Medium NPPC
8 Screen Launcher
80 ER PPC
80 Large Pulse Laser
80 Small Pulse Laser
40 AMS
Manufacturer: Mars Clipperships
Location: Mars
Communications System: Cyclops Series 7
Targeting & Tracking System: Dalban Tracker Model 1b
Overview
When Comstar learned the Explorer Corps Outbound Light had been the catalyst that caused the Clans to invade the Inner Sphere they were shocked. The Corps mission had been to find General Kerensky's long lost fleet as they represented the only real threat to Comstars power, and find them they did. With the fifteen year peace won at the battle of Tukayyid, and the co-operation of the Draconis Combine, the Explorer Corps launched their operation to find the Clan homeworlds. Since the Outbound Light was not required to file a planned route the Corps only had a vague idea in which direction to search. Dozens of Jumpships were dispatched disguised as merchants, traders and prospectors. After six years of searching something "interesting" was found in the system designated Julian 68-98a by the Jumpship Guiding Star. A signal beacon was discovered transmitting an old Star League code from the orbit of the third planet in the system. The Guiding Star launched a dropship to check out the mysterious signal while the jumpship prepared to use her LF batteries to make a quick escape if need be. The dropship reported back that it had found the hulls of three ships in orbit around the planet and a large facility on the surface. The condition of one of the ships could only be describes as floating junk and could not be identified. The other two vessels seemed relatively intact. The planet side facility was in shambles also. The dropship Pure Vision found an undamaged docking collar and managed to dock with the least damaged vessel. Upon entering the ship they were greeted with a sight that both shocked them and made their hearts leap with joy. A wall with the Cameron Star painted on it and a floating corpse.
After a search of all three ships a picture came together of what had happened. Apparently the base on the planet was a deep exploration base used by the Star League. The two damaged vessels were a new class of scientific ship that was meant to travel the stars to explore what lay beyond known space. When the Star League fell, Amaris the Usurper learned of the base and had dispatched the Razors Edge, one of his warships, to either destroy or capture the base and the exploration ships present. Apparently Amaris's forces did succeed and were planning to depart when the Star League forces tried to recapture their ships and ground base. The Warship opened fire on the explorer vessels and launched tactical nuclear weapons at the base below. The coup was failing and the beleaguered Star League troops finally resorted to blowing all the hatches on the exploration ships to kill all the Amaris troops, but it also meant almost all their deaths. The few Star League troops on the Razors Edge heard the last gasping breaths of their comrades on the doomed ships. Galvanized to make the warship pay for the deaths of their friends the troops fought their way to a dropship they knew was carrying extra fuel for the return trip. Once there they detonated the fuel tanks in the dropship, and the resulting explosion tore the warship apart. The few crewmen on the exploration ships that survived the decompression could not repair the damage to their ships before their supply of air was exhausted. The base below was gone and there was no hope of surviving on the inhospitable planet below without the base. Those few personnel left had gathered on the bridge of the Wandering Star and entered into the ships logs what had happened in the hope that anyone showing up to search for them understand the sacrifices made that day.
The crew on the Guiding Star gathered the bodies of the Star League personnel and properly laid them to rest. The personnel that could be identified as Amaris soldiers were jettisoned with all the other loose garbage. The dropship was left behind to begin repairs on the two ships and a skeleton crew returned on the Guiding Star to report what they had found to the Columbus base. Soon two Faslane class yard-ships appeared in system and repairs commenced. Once the ships could be pressurized recovery crews boarded the ships and began to learn what wonderful ships there where. Not only were these two ships outfitted for years of operation in deep space, but they had the very best Star League laboratories in known space at that time. Everything that a true explorer could imagine was within the hull of the ships. The two ships were returned to the Columbus base where they were refitted and pressed into service in the search for the Clans homeworlds. Fortunately, a Clansman by the name of Trent gave Comstar the homeworld locations and the Explorer vessels were never placed in harms way. With the end of the Clan threat the two vessels have returned to their duties. Both vessels, the Wandering Star and Mystical Star, port out of the Columbus base and will spend up to three
years each searching the deep reaches of space. One can only imagine what knowledge was lost with the Julian 68-98a bases destruction, or what wonders these ships will observe to find that knowledge again.
Named Vessels: Explorer, Voyager, Nomad, Rover, Pilgrim, Wayfarer, Tribe, Vagabond, Gypsy, Wanderer, Lone Star
Note: Dropship Complement is 1 Fortress DS (12 Mechs, 4 Plt J Inf, 4 Inf. Tanks, 2 Goblin Tanks, 2 Condor Tanks, 2 Packrat LRPV, 2 Jeeps), 3 Mule DS, 1 Mammoth DS, 1 Seeker DS (64 asst. veh.), 1 Intruder DS (2 Corsair AF, 4 Plt J Inf), 2 Fury DS (5 Inf. Trans., 2 Packrat LRPV, 1 Jeeps, 5 Plt J Inf each), 1 Mule (Personnel Transport), 4 K-1 Drop Shuttles, 6 KR-61 Long Range Shuttles, 8 ST-46 Shuttles, 4 S-7A Buses.
Class/Model/Name: Explorer Class Colonization/Research Ship
Mass: 860,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 103,200.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 2
Maximum Thrust: 3
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 18) 389,150.00
Lithium Fusion Battery 8,600.00
Jump Sail (Detachable): (Integrity = 5) 73.00
Structural Integrity: 60 51,600.00
Total Heat Sinks: 3,000 Double 2,501.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 51,000.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 2,150.00
Fire Control Computers: 4,768.00
Food & Water: (1800 days supply) 14,796.00
Hyperpulse Generator: 50.00
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide (1,068 total armor pts) 1,032.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 178
Fore-Left/Right: 180/180
Aft-Left/Right: 180/180
Aft: 170
Cargo:
Bay 1: Small Craft (20) with 2 doors 4,000.00
Cargo (1) with 2 doors 15,000.00
Bay 2: Small Craft (20) with 2 doors 4,000.00
Cargo (1) with 2 doors 15,000.00
Bay 3: Small Craft (20) with 2 doors 4,000.00
Cargo (1) with 2 doors 15,000.00
Bay 4: Cargo (1) 15,000.00
DropShip Capacity: 17 Docking Hardpoints 17,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 10: (150-meter diameter) 1,000.00
Life Boats: 180 (7 tons each) 1,260.00
Escape Pods: 70 (7 tons each) 490.00
Crew and Passengers:
100 Officers (56 minimum) 1,000.00
180 Crew (117 minimum) 1,260.00
100 Gunners (87 minimum) 700.00
200 1st Class Passengers 2,000.00
200 2nd Class Passengers 1,400.00
200 Steerage Passengers 1,000.00
112 Marines 560.00
72 Marine Battle Armor Troopers/Elementals 504.00
180 Scientists 1,260.00
300 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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2 NL55 Nose 11 11 11 11 170 2,200.00
2 Medium NPPC Nose 18 18 18 18 270 3,600.00
1 Screen Launcher(20 scrns)Nose -- -- -- -- 10 240.00
10 ER PPC Nose 10(100)10(100)10(100) -- 150 70.00
10 Large Pulse Laser Nose 9(90) 9(90) -- -- 100 70.00
10 Small Pulse Laser Nose 3(30) -- -- -- 20 10.00
5 AMS(600 rounds) Nose -- -- -- -- 5 52.50
2 NL55 FL/R 11 11 11 11 340 4,400.00
2 Medium NPPC FL/R 18 18 18 18 540 7,200.00
1 Screen Launcher(20 scrns)FL/R -- -- -- -- 20 480.00
10 ER PPC FL/R 10(100)10(100)10(100) -- 300 140.00
10 Large Pulse Laser FL/R 9(90) 9(90) -- -- 200 140.00
10 Small Pulse Laser FL/R 3(30) -- -- -- 40 20.00
5 AMS(600 rounds) FL/R -- -- -- -- 10 105.00
2 NL55 L/RBS 11 11 11 11 340 4,400.00
2 Medium NPPC L/RBS 18 18 18 18 540 7,200.00
1 Screen Launcher(20 scrns)L/RBS -- -- -- -- 20 480.00
10 ER PPC L/RBS 10(100)10(100)10(100) -- 300 140.00
10 Large Pulse Laser L/RBS 9(90) 9(90) -- -- 200 140.00
10 Small Pulse Laser L/RBS 3(30) -- -- -- 40 20.00
5 AMS(600 rounds) L/RBS -- -- -- -- 10 105.00
2 NL55 AL/R 11 11 11 11 340 4,400.00
2 Medium NPPC AL/R 18 18 18 18 540 7,200.00
1 Screen Launcher(20 scrns)AL/R -- -- -- -- 20 480.00
10 ER PPC AL/R 10(100)10(100)10(100) -- 300 140.00
10 Large Pulse Laser AL/R 9(90) 9(90) -- -- 200 140.00
10 Small Pulse Laser AL/R 3(30) -- -- -- 40 20.00
5 AMS(600 rounds) AL/R -- -- -- -- 10 105.00
2 NL55 Aft 11 11 11 11 170 2,200.00
2 Medium NPPC Aft 18 18 18 18 270 3,600.00
1 Screen Launcher(20 scrns)Aft -- -- -- -- 10 240.00
10 ER PPC Aft 10(100)10(100)10(100) -- 150 70.00
10 Large Pulse Laser Aft 9(90) 9(90) -- -- 100 70.00
10 Small Pulse Laser Aft 3(30) -- -- -- 20 10.00
5 AMS(600 rounds) Aft -- -- -- -- 5 52.50
1 Lot Spare Parts (4.00%) 34,400.00
1 Scientific Equipment 22,000.00
30 Labs 15,000.00
100 Scientific Satellites 5,000.00
4 Hospital Equipment 1,600.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 5,800 858,294.00
Tons Left: 1,706.00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 48,084,596,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 116,876
Cost per BV: 411,415.48
Weapon Value: 66,673 (Ratio = .57)
Damage Factors: SRV = 3,930; MRV = 3,364; LRV = 1,898; ERV = 671
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 423,167
(79,812 Structure, 224,315 Life Support, 119,040 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 513,140 (121% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
