Hannibal (DropShip class)

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Hannibal
Production information
Manufacturer	Deller-Bingham-Fouts
Production Year	3055
Use	Troop Carrier
Type	Military Aerodyne
Tech Base	Star League
Technical specifications
Mass	4,850 tons
Structural Integrity	12
Length	137 meters
Width	42 meters
Height	31 meters
Drive System	Unknown
Safe Thrust	2.5 g
Max Thrust	4 g
Fuel (tons)	95 tons
Fuel (days)	51.6 days
Armament	4x ER Large Lasers 3x ER PPCs 3x Large Lasers 9x Medium Lasers 2x Large Pulse Lasers 2x AC/5 2x AC/10s 2x Gauss Rifles 3x LRM-20s with Artemis IV FCS 1x Narc Missile Beacon 3x SRM-4s with Artemis IV FCS 3x SRM-6s with Artemis IV FCS
Armor	Unknown Fore: 22 Sides: 17 Aft: 16
Crew	40
Escape Pods/Life Boats	6/6
Heat Sinks	79 (158)
BV (1.0)	5,208
BV (2.0)	6,399

Description

Capable of carrying one Infantry and one tank Company, the Hannibal-class DropShip combined armed transport is also designed to serve as the command and communications anchor for large unit operations.

In many respects the Hannibal seems intended to replace the Intruder-class, well-armed and armored but with a much more limited fuel supply. The Hannibal also features an especially sophisticated command and communication equipment to aid in unit briefing and unit C3 thanks to the Word of Blake, a sign the vessel is also something special. The Deller-Bingham-Fouts yards on Atreus produce an average of four Hannibals per year.

Armament

With a generous weapons array, the Hannibal's nose bay features an AC/10, twin Gauss Rifles, an ER Large Laser paired with a trio of standard Medium Lasers, twin ER PPCs, and an Artemis enhanced LRM-20 and SRM-6. Each wing carries an AC/5, an ER large and standard medium laser, LRM-20 and Large Pulse Laser facing forward, with a standard medium and Large Laser and an SRM-4 in rear-facing mounts. Directly aft is mounted another AC/10, ER PPC, SRM-4 and ER large, standard large and twin standard medium lasers. The Hannibal also features almost as an after-thought a Narc Missile Beacon, which it is unable to utilize itself due to the Artemis blisters on its launchers, but is certainly a novel way of attaching Narc pods for use by the tanks it carries.

Cargo

The Hannibal's two cramped tank bays are located near the nose of the craft, each with its own ramp, allowing all twelve heavy Combat Vehicles to disembark within five minutes, among the faster vehicle-deployment rates of any DropShip.

Variants

None known

Named Vessels

See Category:Individual Hannibal-class DropShips

Gallery

• Hannibal.gif

  Original Hannibal from TRO:3057

Bibliography

• AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
• Technical Readout: 3057, pp 44-45
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp 42-43