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232 NPV: 1100 (1131 with Chinnook) Classification: Line Carrier (CV) Crew: 116; 15 Officers, 101 Enlisted, plus 180 air wing crew and support staff Crew Factor: 12 Hull Integrity: 40 (10/10/10/10) Armor: 10 Main Drive Thrust: 3 (34.7 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 7.851 AU ∆V (Combat): 49.948 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 999.952 km/sec Thrust Points: 100 (2219 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 4 Thrust Points per Tank: 25 FTL: Yes (Long Jump – 10 parsec range) Auxiliary Systems: 10-MASS Hangar Bay for Chinnook CSAR craft plus landers; 4-MASS Cargo Bay; 36-MASS Fighter Bay (Typically 3 squadrons Fighters, plus one squadron each of Heavy Fighters, Interceptors, and Torpedo Bombers); Level-II Hull Stealthing; 0.7 G Spin Habitat for 296 Combat Systems: 2x Fire Control Weapons: 4x Point Defense Battery; 2x Class-1 Battery (All Arcs); 2x Class-2 Battery (All Arcs) |
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| The Leyte
Gulf is an
American fighter carrier dating back to 2326. The United States
has always had a knack for putting together carrier designs, and the Leyte Gulf demonstrates what a line
carrier should be. While not as massive (or impressive) as the
famous Coral Sea class fleet
carriers, the Leyte Gulf
brings considerable firepower to bear for planetary assaults and fleet
actions while at the same time being very easily defended from
counterattack. The Leyte Gulf carries a normal complement of 18 FS-33C Tomahawk starfighters, 6 FS-33D Warhawk heavy starfighters, 6 FS-32B Goshawk interceptors, and 6 AS-35C Thunderbolt torpedo bombers for a typical space superiority deployment, and will substitute the torpedo and interceptor squadrons as well as one regular fighter squadron for one interface fighter squadron using FI-41A Headhunters and two squadrons of interface attack fighters using the AI-38B Strikers for surface attack and close aerospace support missions. In addition, a Chinnook CSAR interface craft is also carried in the hangar bay for rescue and recovery operations. The SDC is being persuaded to field at least one Leyte Gulf carrier by Joachim Mercer, as the design was made available for construction by licensed allies of the United States in 2350, and Great Britain had three carriers constructed for them by Mercer Heavy Industries to replace their smaller and aging Ark Royal carriers. The need to field a full sized starfighter carrier is still being debated even though the facilities to construct such a large warship exist at the MHI Autofab Alfa space station in orbit around Fury. In addition to the huge expense of the ship itself, the aerospace wing must itself be constructed, and finally there is a lack of qualified pilots and aircrew for the fighters at the moment. If the SDC fields a fighter carrier within the next two years, it will most likely be a smaller Ark Royal class ship. |
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