Kyushu
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| Kyushu | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Midway Shipyards[1]
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| Introduced | 3053[2] |
| Production Year | 3057[3] |
| Use | Frigate |
| Tech Base | Star League |
| Cost | 14,703,264,000 C-bills[citation needed] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 630,000 tons |
| Length | 640 meters |
| Sail Diameter | 1,100 meters |
| Fuel | 4,500 tons |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 1.5 g |
| Top Thrust | 2.5 g |
| Sail Integrity | 4 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 13 |
| LF Battery | Yes |
| Armament |
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| Armor | 879.5 tons Improved Ferro-Aluminum |
| DropShip Capacity | 4 |
| Crew | 275[2]
Bay Personnel: 312 |
| Grav Decks | 2 (1 x 100 and 1 x 130 meters diameter) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 45/0 |
| Heat Sinks | 519 double |
| Structural Integrity | 70 |
| BV (1.0) | 66,790[2][4] |
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Description[edit]
Based on the Federated Suns’ Robinson-class Transport, a pair of which were captured during the early Succession Wars,[5] the Kyushu-class frigate was the initial design of the Draconis Combine’s first generation of post–Clan Invasion WarShips and intended primarily for transport/defense of invasion task forces. Pieced together from parts sourced across the Combine, the Kyushu forms a large portion of the Combine's resurgent WarShip fleet.[2]
With initial construction beginning in 3053 and finishing in late 3057, the class was among the first modern Successor States WarShips completed. While not intended for anti-ship operations, the frigate’s weapons array, Lithium-Fusion Battery, Ferro-Aluminum armor, and Double Heat Sinks allow the Kyushu to defend itself and the units in its care admirably. Double-occupancy cabins for the crew are spread among six decks, each deck containing a mess hall and recreation facility with two grav decks available for use.[2]
Armament[edit]
Like many post–Helm Memory Core Inner Sphere designs, the Kyushu features primarily anti-fighter weaponry supported by a still sizable array of capital class weapons. The nose bays feature two NAC/40, two NAC/20s, two NL35s and a single Heavy NPPC supported by twin ER Large Lasers, two medium lasers, two Artemis enhanced LRM-20s, and five point defense Small Pulse Lasers. The fore angles each feature an NL35, two NAC/35s, two ER Large and two standard medium lasers, two LRM-20s, and five-point defense pulse small lasers, with each broadside bay featuring the same layout while adding a NAC/20 and Medium NPPC. The vessel's aft weaponry mirrors the fore, apart from upgrading the NAC/35s on the aft angles to NAC/40s.
Cargo[edit]
The vessel’s 61,245.5-ton cargo capacity is divided between a small cargo area, combined berthing for eighteen aerospace fighters and twelve Small Craft, and its huge BattleMech bay. The Kyushu's most notable feature, the bay features 108 'Mech cubicles, a complete 'Mech Regiment, which can be transported to a planet’s surface either by transferring to one of the four attached DropShips, two at a time via one of the Kyushu's twelve specially modified cargo shuttles or if the WarShip is in low orbit, directly from the cargo bay via Drop Pods.
- Bay 1: Aerospace Fighters (18) / Small Craft (12), 6 doors
- Bay 2: Cargo (61,245.5 tons), 2 doors
- Bay 3: BattleMechs (108), 2 doors
Related WarShips[edit]
- Robinson Transport - the Kyushu-class frigate was actually based in part on Davion Robinson-class transports captured by the Combine in the early Succession Wars.
See Also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Original Kyushu from TRO:3057
References[edit]
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 161, "Pillar of Jade (Economics) - Direct Service (Military) Corporations - Midway Shipyards"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Technical Readout Revised: 3057, p. 124: "Kyushu (Frigate)"
- ↑ MUL online date for the Kyushu
- ↑ AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 293
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 236: "Pair of Robinson Transports were captured by Combine, became the basis for Kyushu-class Frigates"