| Class/Model/Name: |
Avatar Heavy Cruiser (Human Sphere) |
| Tech: |
Inner Sphere / 2531 |
| Vessel Type: |
WarShip |
| Rules: |
Level 3, Standard design |
| |
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| Mass: |
830,000 tons |
| Length: |
855 meters |
| Sail Diameter: |
1,250 meters |
| Power Plant: |
Standard |
| Safe Thrust: |
3 |
| Maximum Thrust: |
5 |
| Armor Type: |
Standard |
Armament:
24 Large Laser
24 Small Laser
6 NL45
8 NAC/20
8 Heavy NPPC
4 NAC/30
12 NL35
4 Light N-Gauss
4 Heavy N-Gauss
12 NL55
Overview:
In 2531 the Terran Hegemony began to phase out its Aegis Class frigates in favor of the larger Avatar. The 830,000-ton Avatar outweighed its predecessor by some 85,000 tons, largely because of its heavier armor and weaponry. Despite this weight increase, the Avatar also proved a faster vessel than the Aegis, able to maintain 1.5 Gs of acceleration for sustained periods and 2.5 Gs for short periods. While the Aegis's thruster ports for maneuvering were small and few in number, limiting how fast the ship responded in maneuvers, the Avatar corrected this deficiency by installing large maneuvering thrusters-attitude thrusters-which increased the ship's agility.
The Avatar's strength, though, lay with its weapons system, Utilizing a balanced mixture of naval PPCs and autocannons supplemented with Killer Whale launchers and naval lasers, the Avatar's broadside was as devastating as it was heavy. One problem plagued the Avatar-class, however, non-critical and critical electrical systems alike could short out without warning. The problem was never resolved, which led to the class' demise.
In the early twenty-eighth century, the aging Avatar was itself replaced by the Luxor-class cruiser. Many Avatars were placed in reserve fleets or reassigned as training vessels. When troops loyal to Stephan Amaris seized Terra in December of 2766, they gained control of three Avatar-class vessels undergoing refitting at the orbiting Ian Cameron yards. Six Avatars survived until the wars' end-five in service with the SLDF and one Rim Worlds vessel captured at Nusakan in 2773. Although the Avatars were almost obsolete by the standards of the era, General Kerensky chose to take these vessels with the Exodus fleet, where their superb cargo and DropShip capacities would be of considerable value; they're currently mothballed in naval caches.
(Clan techs upgraded the Avatar's weapons and armor and made numerous minor changes to the design, which was renamed the Liberator.)
Variants:
Clan techs upgraded the Avatar's weapons and armor and made numerous minor changes to the design, which was renamed the Liberator.
| Class/Model/Name: |
Avatar Heavy Cruiser (Human Sphere) |
| Mass: |
830,000 tons |
| Equipment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mass |
| Power Plant: |
Standard |
149,400.00 |
| K-F Hyperdrive: |
Compact (Integrity = 17) |
375,575.00 |
| Jump Sail: |
No Sail (Fusion-Charged K-F) |
.00 |
| Structural Integrity: |
85 |
70,550.00 |
| Safe Thrust: |
3 |
|
| Maximum Thrust: |
5 |
|
| Heat Sinks: |
592 Double |
1.00 |
| Fuel & Fuel Pumps: |
|
4,500.00 |
| Bridge & Controls: |
|
2,075.00 |
| Fire Control Computers: |
|
6,848.00 |
| Armor Factor: |
605 Standard |
1,376.50 |
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|
|
Armor Value |
| |
|
|
(Capital Scale) |
|
|
|
|
| |
Fore: |
|
131 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Fore Left / Right:
| |
84 / 84 |
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|
|
|
| |
Aft Left / Right: |
|
84 / 84 |
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|
|
|
| |
Aft: |
|
138 |
|
|
|
|
| Equipment & Options: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cargo: |
|
|
| Bay 1: |
Fighters (18) with 6 doors |
2,700.00 |
| Bay 2: |
Small Craft (10) with 3 doors |
2,000.00 |
| Bay 3: |
Cargo (1) with 1 door |
72,657.50 |
| |
|
|
| DropShip Capacity: |
6 Docking Hardpoints |
6,000 |
| Grav Decks: |
|
|
| Grav Deck #1: |
(185-meter diameter) |
100 |
| Grav Decks: |
|
|
| Grav Deck #2: |
(145-meter diameter) |
100 |
| Life Boats: |
60 (7 tons each) |
420 |
| Escape Pods: |
40 (7 tons each) |
280 |
| Crew and Passengers: |
|
|
| 70 Officers (70 minimum) |
|
0.00 |
| 350 Crew (141 minimum) |
|
0.00 |
| 25 Marines |
|
0.00 |
| 86 Bay Personnel |
|
0.00 |
| Weapons & Equipment: |
Loc |
SRV |
MRV |
LRV |
ERV |
Heat |
Mass |
| 6 Large Laser |
Nose |
5(48) |
5(48) |
-- |
-- |
48 |
30.00 |
| 6 Small Laser |
Nose |
2(18) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 |
3.00 |
| 6 NL45 |
Nose |
27 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
420 |
5,400.00 |
| 2 NAC/20(200 rounds) |
FL/R |
40 |
40 |
40 |
-- |
240 |
10,160.00 |
| 2 Heavy NPPC |
FL/R |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
900 |
12,000.00 |
| 6 Large Laser |
L/RBS |
5(48) |
5(48) |
-- |
-- |
96 |
60.00 |
| 6 Small Laser |
L/RBS |
2(18) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
12 |
6.00 |
| 2 NAC/30(200 rounds) |
L/RBS |
60 |
60 |
60 |
-- |
400 |
14,320.00 |
| 6 NL35 |
L/RBS |
21 |
21 |
21 |
-- |
624 |
8,400.00 |
| 1 Light N-Gauss(100 rounds) |
L/RBS |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
18 |
9,040.00 |
| 1 Heavy N-Gauss |
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
14,100.00 |
| 1 Light N-Gauss(100 rounds) |
L/RBS |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
18 |
9,040.00 |
| 1 Heavy N-Gauss |
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
14,100.00 |
| 2 NAC/20(200 rounds) |
AL/R |
40 |
40 |
40 |
-- |
240 |
10,160.00 |
| 3 NL55 |
AL/R |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
510 |
6,600.00 |
| 2 Heavy NPPC |
AL/R |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
900 |
12,000.00 |
| 6 Large Laser |
Aft |
5(48) |
5(48) |
-- |
-- |
48 |
30.00 |
| 6 Small Laser |
Aft |
2(18) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 |
3.00 |
| 6 NL55 |
Aft |
33 |
33 |
33 |
33 |
510 |
6,600.00 |
| TOTALS: |
|
|
|
|
|
5,068 |
830,000.00 |
| Tons Left: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
.00 |
| Calculated Factors: |
| Total Cost: |
7,687,632,000 C-Bills |
| Battle Value: |
69,955 |
| Cost per BV: |
109,893.96 |
| Weapon Value: |
62,337 (Ratio = .89) |
| Damage Factors: |
SRDmg = 1,588; MRDmg = 1,564; LRDmg = 1,206; ERDmg = 475 |
| Maintenance Point Value: |
MPV = 481,494 (82,028 Structure, 213,508 Life Support, 185,958 Weapons) |
| Support Points: |
SP = 929,250 (193% of MPV) |
| BattleForce2: |
(Not applicable) |