BB-S4458J4-A73909-967T9-0 MCr120,494. 200 ktons
batteries bearing G V
7AU1W
TL=15
batteries
R Y
AFX1Z
Crew=1,163
Fuel=96,000. EP=16,000. Agility=5.
U=26. V=34. W=52. X=40. Y=50. Z=80.
| Tonnage: | 200,000 tons (standard). 2,800,000 cubic meters. | |
|---|---|---|
| Crew: | 180 officers, 983 ratings. | |
| Performance: | Jump-4. 5-G. Power plant-8. 16,000 EP. Agility 5. | |
| Electronics: | Model 9/fib computer | |
| Hardpoints: | One spinal weapons mount. | |
| Armament: | One meson gun spinal mount (factor-T). Eighty 50-ton missile bays. One hundred triple beam laser turrets organized into 10 batteries. Thirty dual fusion gun turrets organized into 15 batteries. Four hundred particle accelerator turrets organized into 40 batteries. | |
| Defenses: | Fifty 100-ton repulsor bays. One hundred triple sandcaster turrets organized into 25 batteries. Nucelar damper (factor-9). Meson screen (factor-3). Armored hull (factor-10). | |
| Craft: | Five 50-ton small craft | |
| Fuel Treatment: | Integral fuel scoops; on-board fuel treatment plant. | |
| Cost: | MCr150,618.52 standard. MCr120,494.82 in quantity. | |
| Construction Time: | 56 months singly; 40 months in quantity. |
Comments: Lacking the extensive troop complement and the
large fighter screen, the Plankwell class battleship fulfills a more traditional
role, as the center of a fleet of supporting ships.
Plankwell class battleships are named for notable admirals in
the Imperial Navy. The class name is taken from Grand Admiral Olav hault Plankwell, a
sector admiral in the Spinward Marches who rose to Grand Admiral of the Marches and lead
the defeat of the Outworld Coalition during the First Frontier War (589 to 604). Following
his victory in 604, he lead the fleet to the Core, personally dispatched the Empress
Jaquelin I, and took over the government. The result was the long, bloody Civil War; Olav
was the first of the Emperors of the Flag. Although Olav is in disrepute as an emperor,
Grand Admiral Plankwell is still remembered and honored for his achievements as a navel
commander in the First Frontier War; significantly, his name has not been assigned to any
ship in the new Cleon class of battleriders, named for Emperors of the Imperium.
Plankwell class battleships were built using a modular design
and construction technique which has proven cost-effective in commercial ship-building. A
central strut or keel serves as a foundation, bracing the drives and aligning the spinal
mount, while all other parts of the ships are mounted to brackets or strengthened points
along it. The technique allows seperate construction of the various modules (such as
quarters, electronics areas, fuel tankage, and control areas), with a final mating of all
the various components being performed only after the drives and keel have been tested and
accepted. There was some inital concern that the connecting points would be focusses for
weakness in battles, but the losses of two seperate Plankwells in combat has been
attributed by investigating boards to strategic misdirection.