Jane's Guide to the Navies of the Multiverse (TGG).

[The Duchess of Zeon]

The Taloran Imperial Starfleet. One of a series of articles on the ships of the Taloran Star Empire, this document has particularly good information due to the lack of information control in the Empire. However, it should be noted that ship numerical figures are production lists unless otherwise noted, and do not represent any sort of knowledge of losses in action, or decommission due to mechanical problems or age.

Large Taloran ships universally resemble old oceanic vessels in overall form and imagery, but the major difference is the inverted double-hull style, as though two identical ship hulls were taken, one flipped over, and attached to the top of the other. The superstructure is then placed on the dorsal surface, what would be the bottom of the upper and inverted "hull". The ventral surface repeats this, though usually with a far more modest superstructure, giving the ship a distinct dorsal and ventral appearance, rather than a mirrored one, but not by much. Sharp underhang characterizes the sterns of the ships, where the hull plunges down from the considerable heights of the main deck down to a much shorter fantail area, sort of like a double-cruiser or yacht stern in style. A bent X- shape of extremely heavy gravito-magnetic vanes is usually mounted here, not protruding above the top and bottom of the main hull surface to avoid masking the guns.

The bows of the ships are usually extremely sharp, and in the schooner style, in some cases with ceremonial rams/bowsprits added forward at the centreline of the "double hull" form. Amidships along the centreline it is normal for there to be two more larger and extremely thick gravito-magnetic fins; these also serve as the attaching points for multirole cigar-shaped mission specific pods, the largest of which for the newest dreadnoughts can mass three million tonnes and reach almost a thousand meters in length; only the leading and trailing edges of the stub-wings, which are called sponsons in Taloran starfleet terminology, have gravito-magnetic impellers installed in them. This frees up the centre of the often extremely thick and broad sponsons on the largest of dreadnoughts for the mounting of additional turrets. As these are frequently masked by the multirole pods, these are almost exclusively used as missile-pods on these ships, which are then dropped after firing their initial attack salvoes to unmask the wing turrets.

All ship classes larger than Destroyer Leaders, with two exceptions, follow this basic hull pattern. Destroyer Leaders, destroyers, and destroyer escorts have a double-ended, sheer-sided style to their design, with flat bows, which creates a very different look. Frigates, Corvettes, and light pickets tend to have cigar-shaped hulls with casemated guns and semi-retractable conning towers, seeming like nothing other than Jules Verne's original depiction of the Nautilus, with gravito-magnetic impellers in the form of circular hoods mounted well aft. Ships based off of merchant designs tender to resemble more modern submarine designs of the conventional type.

In all cases, the result is that the ships are much longer than they are wide. No Taloran combatant or even semi-combatant exceeds a length to beam ratio of 8.5:1; the typical is 10:1 or 10.5:1, and ships of 11.5:1 have been built. This means that the largest Taloran ships are in all cases extremely long for their mass, and incredibly thin and spindly. One aspect of the double-hull style to the design is that the ships are universally either as high as they are wide, or more frequently, noticeably higher than they are wide, even before the superstructure is added, giving them a tall and looming presence when viewed end-on. The design and the placement of the gravito-magnetic impellers tends to result in ships capable of extremely great acceleration for their class size, making Taloran ships, particularly their heavy ships, the fastest in the multiverse. However, it also makes them extremely difficult to manoeuvre, preventing delicate and intricate fleet manoeuvres that other powers' ships are capable of, and tending to reflect the Taloran preference for quick and devastating initial strikes followed by using their superiour acceleration to keep the enemy in range while they are systematically pounded from a distance, without any close range manoeuvre being required or sought. When close ranges are sought in Taloran ships it is almost exclusively for slashing attacks with short-range torpedoes at high velocity rather than a sustained engagement.

Talorans use primarily particle cannon for their larger weapons, and powerguns, using energetic matter as sort of a combination between a particle and plasma weapon, for small guns. Generally speaking all Taloran weapons are focused toward very high power single shots but have very slow recharge times, so that devastating but infrequent broadsides are given compared to the continuous fire favoured by most other powers. Flak accelerators and short-range RAMs are used for point-defence, as are tractor beams, which are projected over broad areas with their power set on reverse to shove, break, and damage incoming missiles or projectiles when possible, as sort of a defensive graser. Extremely long range missiles with small warheads but very extensive penaids and their own integral defences are the main missile armament.

For close range, multi-stage torpedoes are used to attack the enemy. These normally have a "zero" stage and eight to twelve strap-on chemical boosters which operate at 950g's for 2 seconds to clear the ship; Metallic-hydrogen/anti-matter based progressively exploding rocket stages are used next, the first burning for a second, the last for four seconds, four in all, with accelerations of 91,000g's. The warhead is a 25 tonne device containing a terminal manoeuvring stage of 91,000g's acceleration which can last for four seconds. These incredible weapons mount a 10 gigatonne anti-matter warhead, and the total weight of the missile is 150 metric tonnes. They are used for extremely-short range attacks where their lack of penaids, general lack of range due to short engine life (the stages are literally ejected just before they blow themselves up) and extreme vulnerability to destruction are made up for by their incredible velocity. Cumbersome and fickle devices, however, their loading and firing are subject to many advanced calculations to improve their chances and to maintain the safety of the ship. The 25-tonne terminal attack section is used as the Starfighter torpedo fitted to the Taloran Starfighter Corps' Jump Bombers and Gunboats at even more daringly close ranges. The missiles are not aerodynamic and versions of the warhead with a stealthed casing for slow reentry-deployment as gravity bombs are used for planetary assault instead. A similar warhead is fitted to the immense, 3,500-metric tonne assault missiles which are being phased out on ships other than heavy cruisers in the main Imperal Starfleet in favour of starfighters. These missiles, with their own impellers and shields, were intended to deliver a 10 gigatonne warhead to an enemy ship across the solar system at incredible accelerations and being extremely difficult to intercept; the immense cost of the missile, more than a fully operational gunboat, however, made it exceptionally prohibitive for the Imperial Starfleet. The smaller navies of the Empire still use them because the manning, training, and maintenance costs of starfighter carriers are greater than simply putting a missile in a tube, and short of a major war where cost is not an option, the missiles would not need to be used, unlike with the Imperial Starfleet's constant skirmishing on the borders.

The Taloran Starfleet's designations for these ships come out only as approximation. One thing to remember is that the main large cruiser element in the fleet, with some thousand in service, are Battlecruisers. Heavy cruisers have an energy armament identical to light cruisers; they are simply faster, armed with missiles, and have the internal space for long deployments and numerous fighters for scouting, whereas light cruisers are close fleet support elements with all-energy batteries. Other than the Dreadnoughts, Taloran ships tend to be considerably smaller in tonnage than their Habsburg counterparts, though comparable to the newest of Alliance designs. Taloran ships throughout have extremely large crews; the largest dreadnoughts boast compliments of up to 55,000 personnel.


Taloran Dreadnoughts:

The mainstays of the fleet, 560 Dreadnoughts are in commission in the Taloran Starfleet, which makes no distinction between Superdreadnoughts and Dreadnoughts unlike most powers; therefore these ships are comparable in their whole range from the Empress Saverana II class, which with the mass of its multirole pods added is the largest true warship (rather than mobile battle platform) in the multiverse, to the Queen Drimarka class, elderly vessels retained in service due to the threat multiplication of multiversal contact which are only 2.5 megatonnes larger than a Habsburg Siegreich-class Battleship, and probably compare to said class at the best due to their age.

Dreadnought mission-specific pods range from 1.5 megatonnes to 3 megatonnes for the largest on the largest ships. The standard compliment of gunboats and starfighters is 16 gunboats, 16 torpedo bombers, 16 interceptors, and 16 light space superiourity fighters, along with 32 assault landers for their brigade-scale Marine landing forces. Smaller and older classes, however, have only 8 gunboats, 8 - 16 assault landers, and 8 space superiourity fighters. In both cases, however, an additional 8 interceptors are provided to service the four ready catapults with craft on continuous watch for rapid launch for scouting purposes.


Empress Saverana II-class Dreadnought: (3,775 x 340 x 375 meters, b.c. .5; 205.7 million m^3 hull volume; 60.45 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 40. Number building: 28. Number planned: 60. Energy Armament: 56 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 14 quadruple turrets; 48 x 50 MT p.c. in 24 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 16 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 40 in all, eight reloads per tube. 112 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 224 in all, 300 missiles per rail. Point-Defence Armament: 128 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 256 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 256 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 7.1 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 192 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,500g's.

Empress Narvinia II-class Dreadnought: (3,500 x 320 x 350 meters, b.c. .5; 192 million m^3 hull volume; 56.5 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 80. Energy Armament: 52 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 10 quadruple and 4 triple turrets; 48 x 50 MT p.c. in 24 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 16 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 40 in all, eight reloads per tube. 112 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 224 in all, 300 missiles per rail. Point-Defence Armament: 128 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 256 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 256 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 6.7 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 180 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,450g's.

Empress Jinarsha II-class Dreadnought: (3,500 x 320 x 350 meters, b.c. .5; 192 million m^3 hull volume; 56.5 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 32. Energy Armament: 50 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 8 quadruple and 6 triple turrets; 48 x 50 MT p.c. in 24 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 16 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 40 in all, eight reloads per tube. 112 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 224 in all, 300 missiles per rail. Point-Defence Armament: 128 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 256 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 256 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 6.5 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 175 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,450g's.

Queen Sidarnya-class Dreadnought: (3,350 x 315 x 340 meters, b.c. .5; 175 million m^3 hull volume; 52.5 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 40. Energy Armament: 48 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 10 quadruple and 4 twin turrets; 48 x 50 MT p.c. in 24 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 16 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 40 in all, eight reloads per rail. 112 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 224 in all, 300 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 128 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 256 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 256 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 6.3 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 170 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,450g's.

Empress Nivarna-class Dreadnought: (3,200 x 310 x 330 meters, b.c. .5; 166 million m^3 hull volume; 49 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 128. Energy Armament: 42 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 14 triple turrets; 32 x 50 MT p.c. in 16 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 16 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 40 in all, five reloads per tube. 112 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 224 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 112 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 208 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 208 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 5.8 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 160 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,350g's.

Empress Vinara IV-class Dreadnought: (3,150 x 305 x 320 meters, b.c. .5; 154 million m^3 hull volume; 45.3 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 140. Energy Armament: 40 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 12 triple and 2 twin turrets; 32 x 50 MT p.c. in 16 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 12 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 32 in all, five reloads per tube. 80 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 160 in all, 256 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 112 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 208 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 208 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 5.6 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 150 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,350g's.

Empress Mikela IV-class Dreadnought: (3,150 x 305 x 320 meters, b.c. .5; 154 million m^3 hull volume; 45.3 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 44. Energy Armament: 38 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 10 triple and 4 twin turrets; 32 x 50 MT p.c. in 16 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 12 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 4 x TTs fore and aft, 32 in all, five reloads per tube. 80 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 160 in all, 256 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 112 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 208 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 208 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 5.4 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 145 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,350g's.

Queen Irulasi V-class Dreadnought: (3,100 x 290 x 315 meters, b.c. .5; 143 million m^3 hull volume; 42 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 24. Energy Armament: 36 x 1.5 GT p.c. in 8 triple and 6 twin turrets; 32 x 50 MT p.c. in 16 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 12 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 28 in all, five reloads per tube. 80 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 160 in all, 256 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 112 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 208 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 208 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 5.2 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 144 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,350g's.

Queen Drimarka-class Dreadnought: (2,850 x 280 x 310 meters, b.c. .5; 124 million m^3 hull volume; 36.5 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 32. Energy Armament: 42 x 1 GT p.c. in 14 triple turrets; 24 x 50 MT p.c. in 12 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 8 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 20 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 256 missiles per tube. 16 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 96 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 4.4 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 128 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,250g's. This elderly class is both the last dreadnoughts with assault missiles and is maintained in service primarily due to the CON-5 contacts of the Taloran Star Empire as a stopgap measure. All other ships are serving in the secondary reserve fleets (the fleets of the Imperial Demesne) or have been decommissioned and reduced to secondary roles.

Battleships of the Imperial Starfleet:

These vessels are very short-ranged and slow craft designed to support fixed system defences. They have little in the way of onboard stores and fuel and are exceptionally heavily armoured and power-packed for their size, but of very limited cruising and combat endurance and lacking in fleet speed accelerations. Production has slowed as the Dreadnought fleet and more forward-operational doctrines have taken prominence, and, for the Imperial Starfleet, has ceased almost entirely with the new focus post-contact with the ADN on quickly building up a large carrier fleet.


Queen Ilahmsi III-class battleship: (2,600 x 260 x 275 meters, b.c. .56; 107 million m^3 hull volume; 31.5 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 8. Number under construction: 8. Number planned: 24. Energy Armament: 40 x 1.2 GT p.c. in four quadruple and eight triple turrets; 16 x 50 MT p.c. in 8 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 1 x TTs fore and aft, 10 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 4.4 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 144 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 950g's. Notes: This class is in slow serial production to keep battleship building lines open as the vast majority of slips of that size have been shifted to the construction of fleet carriers.


Ikranilisi (Renowned seafairer of the Honaki islands)-class battleship: (2,500 x 255 x 270 meters, b.c. .55; 95 million m^3 hull volume; 28 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 128. Energy Armament: 36 x 1.2 GT p.c. in twelve triple turrets; 16 x 50 MT p.c. in 8 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 1 x TTs fore and aft, 10 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 48 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 96 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 96 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 4 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 128 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 800g's.

Prince Krial-class battleship: (2,450 x 245 x 260 meters, b.c. .55; 84 million m^3 hull volume; 25 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 80. Energy Armament: 36 x 1 GT p.c. in four quadruple and eight triple turrets; 16 x 50 MT p.c. in 8 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 1 x TTs fore and aft, 10 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 96 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 96 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 3.5 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 128 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 650g's.

Princess Ouranili-class battleship: (2,400 x 242 x 256 meters, b.c. .55; 81 million m^3 hull volume; 24 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 96. Energy Armament: 32 x 1 GT p.c. in eight quadruple turrets; 16 x 50 MT p.c. in 8 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 1 x TTs fore and aft, 10 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 96 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 96 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 3.25 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 112 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 650g's.

Queen Jhikhama-class battleship: (2,350 x 235 x 245 meters, b.c. .56; 75 million m^3 hull volume; 22 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 112. Energy Armament: 28 x 1 GT p.c. in four triple and eight double turrets; 16 x 50 MT p.c. in 8 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 1 x TTs fore and aft, 10 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 96 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 96 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 3 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 112 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 650g's.

Queen Sipamert IV-class battleship: (2,300 x 230 x 240 meters, b.c. .54; 69 million m^3 hull volume; 20 megatonnes empty mass.) number in commission: 64. Energy Armament: 24 x 1 GT p.c. in twelve double turrets; 16 x 50 MT p.c. in 8 twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 1 x TTs fore and aft, 10 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 96 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 96 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 2.75 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 104 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 600g's.


Fleet Carriers of the Imperial Starfleet:

Most of these craft are smaller support vessels designed with only limited fighter capacity and a heavy offensive battery which is uncommon for a carrier. They are lightly armoured like battlecruisers and as fast as they are. Originally designed for fleet support, strike concept testing is under review.

The general shape of the carriers is the same as other Taloran ships: A long ship-shaped hull with two detachable multirole combat pods, one on each of the extended centreline, broadly midships wings, which also contain gravitic drive elements and sometimes gun turrets. In the case of the carriers the multirole pods are always used to contain part of the wing and so their storage statistics are included here, though their mass is not.

Inalashi ("Seahawk")-class Fleet Carriers (2,600 x 250 x 260 meters; b.c. .58, 94.5 million m^3 hull volume; 28.7 megatonnes empty mass.) None in commission; eight under construction and seventy-two planned. Energy armament: 14 x 1.5 GT p.c. in two triple and two quadruple turrets, 24 x 50 MT p.c. in twelve twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 72 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 2.3 GT/S. Fighter Wing Capacity: 8 space superiourity fighter squadrons, 7 torpedo bomber squadrons, 6 interceptor squadrons, 2 EW squadrons, 1 gunboat squadron + support craft. 368 combat starfighters and 16 gunboats in all. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 128 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,450g's.

Empress Thsarta class Fleet Carriers (2,500 x 245 x 255m; b.c. 57, 87 million m^3 hull volume; 25.6 megatonnes empty mass) Number in commission: 40 + 24 building + 16 planned. Energy armament: 12 x 1.5 GT p.c. in four triple turrets, 24 x 50 MT p.c. in twelve twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 2.1 GT/S. Fighter Wing Capacity: 7 space superiourity fighter squadrons, 6 torpedo bomber squadrons, 5 interceptor squadrons, 2 EW squadrons, 1 gunboat squadron + support craft. 320 combat starfighters and 16 gunboats in all. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 128 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,400g's.

Arkhuna (Warrior)-class fleet carriers (2,400 x 235 x 245m; b.c. 57, 79 million m^3 hull volume; 23 megatonnes empty mass) Number in commission: 32. Energy armament: 12 x 1.5 GT p.c. in four triple turrets, 24 x 40 MT p.c. in twelve twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.95 GT/S. Fighter Wing Capacity: 6 space superiourity fighter squadrons, 5 torpedo bomber squadrons, 5 interceptor squadrons, 2 EW squadrons, 1/2 gunboat squadron + support craft. 298 combat starfighters and 8 gunboats in all. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 112 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,300g's.

Empress Intalasha III class Fleet Carriers (2,260 x 225 x 232m; b.c. .58, 71 million m^3 hull volume; 21 megatonnes empty mass) Number in commission: 144. Energy armament: 10 x 1.5 GT p.c. in two twin and two triple turrets, 24 x 40 MT p.c. in twelve twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.75 GT/S. Fighter Wing Capacity: 6 space superiourity fighter squadrons, 5 torpedo bomber squadrons, 4 interceptor squadrons, 1 EW squadrons, 1/2 gunboat squadron + support craft. 256 combat starfighters and 8 gunboats in all. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 112 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,250g's.

Empress Kishala class Fleet Carriers: (2,230 x 220 x 226 meters; b.c. .57, 63 million m^3 hull volume; 18.5 megatonnes empty mass); Number in commission: 112. Energy armament: 10 x 1.2 GT p.c. in two twin and two triple turrets, 24 x 40 MT p.c. in twelve twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 48 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 128 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 128 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.55 GT/S. Fighter Wing Capacity: 5 space superiourity fighter squadrons, 4 torpedo bomber squadrons, 3 interceptor squadrons, 1 EW squadrons, 1/2 gunboat squadron + support craft. 208 combat starfighters and 8 gunboats in all. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 96 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,250g's.

Empress Cithala class Fleet Carriers: (2,150 x 215 x 220 meters; b.c. .57, 58 million m^3 hull volume; 17 megatonnes empty mass) Number in commission: 112. Energy armament: 8 x 1.2 GT p.c. in four twin turrets, 24 x 40 MT p.c. in twelve twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 48 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 128 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 128 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.4 GT/S. Fighter Wing Capacity: 4 space superiourity fighter squadrons, 4 torpedo bomber squadrons, 3 interceptor squadrons, 1 EW squadrons, 1/2 gunboat squadron + support craft. 192 combat starfighters and 8 gunboats in all. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 96 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,250g's.


Imperial Taloran Starfleet Battlecruisers:

Battlecruisers are the main-line ships of the Starfleet intended to engage and destroy enemy cruisers systematically. Because of this they have immense, battleship-scale main batteries and the fastest speed of any large ships in the fleet at the expense of almost any armour at all save for ERA around the outer hull and internal subdivision. Their shield banks are prodiguous, however, and can be briefly charged to dreadnought scale with the immense energies diverted from their massive impeller banks. Battlecruisers of the newest type carry 16 gunboats, 24 interceptors, 16 torpedo bombers, 16 space superiourity fighters, and 32 assault landers. Of the older type, 8 gunboats, 16 interceptors, 8 torpedo bombers, 16 space superiourity fighters, and 16 assault landers. In all case four ready-catapults are fitted.


Kalammi ("High Tower")-class battlecruiser. (2,475 x 235 x 250 meters; b.c. .58, 85 million m^3 hull volume; 25 megatonnes empty mass) 3 in commission and 7 building + 30 planned. Energy Armament: 24 x 1.5 GT p.c. in four triple and six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 12 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 28 in all, five reloads per tube. 72 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 144 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 144 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 144 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 3 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 104/192 GTs*. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,450g's. *=shields can only be boosted to higher figure by dropping power to the engines to the point that only 1,500g's of acceleration can be achieved.

Kriulosh (A small reptilian predator of Lelola Colenta with a venomous bite)-class battlecruisers. (2,300 x 230 x 245 meters; b.c. .6, 77.8 million m^3 hull volume; 22.9 megatonnes empty mass) 96 in commission. Energy Armament: 20 x 1.5 GT p.c. in ten twin turrets. Missile Armament: 12 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 28 in all, five reloads per tube. 64 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 128 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 128 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 128 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 2.6 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 96/176 GTs*. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,400g's. *=shields can only be boosted to higher figure by dropping power to the engines to the point that only 1,450g's of acceleration can be achieved.

Ralsimas (Capital of Dalamar Province)-class Battlecruisers (2,230 x 220 x 230 meters; .58 b.c., 65.5 million m^3 hull volume; 19.25 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 512. Energy Armament: 20 x 1.2 GT p.c. in ten twin turrets. Missile Armament: 8 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 20 in all, five reloads per tube. 56 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 112 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 48 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 128 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 128 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 2.2 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 88/160 GTs*. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,350g's. *=shields can only be boosted to higher figure by dropping power to the engines to the point that only 1,350g's of acceleration can be achieved.

Helishna (Fanged large predator of Midela Colenta) -class Battlecruisers (2,150 x 215 x 225 meters; .6 b.c., 62.4 million m^3 hull volume; 18.35 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 416. Energy Armament: 20 x 1 GT p.c. in ten twin turrets. Missile Armament: 8 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 20 in all, five reloads per tube. 56 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 112 in all, 250 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 48 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 112 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 112 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 2 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 80/160 GTs*. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,300g's. *=shields can only be boosted to higher figure by dropping power to the engines to the point that only 1,300g's of acceleration can be achieved.


Dhrauma (Legendary Lelolan warrior)-class Battlecruisers (2,015 x 200 x 210 meters; .6 b.c., 51 million m^3 hull volume; 15 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 87. Energy Armament: 16 x 1 GT p.c. in ten twin turrets. Missile Armament: 8 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes per broadside; 2 x TTs fore and aft, 20 in all, five reloads per tube. 48 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 96 in all, 250 missiles per tube. 16 x Assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 32 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 104 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 104 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.7 GT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 72/128 GTs*. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,250g's. *=shields can only be boosted to higher figure by dropping power to the engines to the point that only 1,250g's of acceleration can be achieved.

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Heavy Cruising Ships:

Command Cruisers: As a new development, the Ralsa-class Command Cruisers have been deployed for large-scale fleet command away from the centre of battle. They are unpopular with Admirals, however, who say they are not sufficiently protected despite being immensely armoured, and do not provide direct observation in real-time of the most crucial parts of a heavy fleet engagement. Because of this, production has been scaled back so that the vessels will serve as area headquarters craft only and therefore are only needed in limited numbers. However, it has recently been proposed that they would also be effective as carrier flagships, which has seen a revival of interest in the design and additional orders. Command cruisers have an onboard craft compliment of 8 gunboats, 8 torpedo bombers, 16 interceptors, 16 space superiourity fighters, and 16 assault landers. Four of the interceptors are mounted on external, trainable catapults for quick-launch with crews always aboard during condition two or higher for advanced scouting purposes.

Ralsa (Capital of the Great Kingdom of Rasilan) class Command Cruisers (2,036 x 204 x 223 meters; .5 b.c., 46.4 million m^3 hull volume; 14.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 48; number under construction: 24; number planned: 8. Energy Armament: 32 x 50 MT p.c. in sixteen twin turrets. Point-Defence Armament: 64 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 208 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 208 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 900 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 96 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,350g's.

Scout Cruisers: Proposed budget alternative to Battlecruisers, they were initially highly successful--until foreign powers started fielding their own battlecruisers, at which point they were worthless in their intended role. The surviving ships are quite old and are now integrated into the fleet carrier squadrons to be used against attacking light craft with their numerous small and rapid-firing particle cannon as escorts for the carriers, which mount no such cannon. A replacement class of "large light cruisers" has been proposed as fast escorts for the carriers meant to engage other light cruisers. Scout cruisers have an onboard craft compliment of 8 gunboats, 8 torpedo bombers, 16 interceptors, 16 space superiourity fighters, and 16 assault landers. Four of the interceptors are mounted on external, trainable catapults for quick-launch with crews always aboard during condition two or higher for advanced scouting purposes.

Leve'leknair (Jikari mythic hero) -class Scout Cruisers (1,701 x 155 x 162 meters; .6 b.c., 25.6 million m^3 hull volume; 8 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 483. Energy Armament: 32 x 50 MT p.c. in sixteen twin turrets. Missile Armament: 32 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 64 in all, 128 missiles per tube. 16 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 32 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 52 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 64 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 850 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 40 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,435g's.

Expeditionary Cruisers: These vessels are the "explorers" of the Taloran Starfleet, ships which operate in an analogous role to the UFP's explorers. Expeditionary Cruisers maintain a regiment of onboard Marines, extensive starfighters and landing craft/gunboats, and a respectable armament. Two classes are in commission. The older Krinasha class has a traditional hullform, whereas the Kavarae's Ring class uses an experimental hullform of a flattened cylinder similar to the hull of a wet-navy Typhoon class SSBN of the Earth USSR that was not repeated in any other designs but proved servicable enough for the KRs. These are the largest ships to mount trainable torpedo tubes. Command cruisers have an onboard craft compliment of 8 gunboats, 8 torpedo bombers, 16 interceptors, 16 space superiourity fighters, and 16 assault landers. Four of the interceptors are mounted on external, trainable catapults for quick-launch with crews always aboard during condition two or higher for advanced scouting purposes.

Kavarae's Ring class Expeditionary Cruisers (1,625 x 155 x 147 meters; .65 b.c., 24 million m^3 hull volume; 7.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 384. Energy Armament: 12 x 100 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are eight reloads per tube. 32 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 64 in all, 128 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 32 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 52 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 52 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 560 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 40 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,040g's.

Krinasha (Famed Grenyan explorer) class Expeditionary Cruisers (1,535 x 147 x 153 meters; .65 b.c., 22.4 million m^3 hull volume; 7 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 230. Energy Armament: 12 x 100 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are five reloads per tube. 32 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 64 in all, 112 missiles per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 48 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 52 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 545 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 32 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,950g's.


Heavy Cruisers: Basically faster, better defended versions of light cruisers designed for extended cruising and independent operations and fitted with a large missile armament, Heavy Cruisers reprise the role of old sailing frigates in being lone-wolf patrol and attack ships capable of operating away from their bases for months at a time. Modern heavy cruisers have an onboard craft compliment of 8 torpedo bombers, 12 interceptors, 16 space superiourity fighters, and 8 assault landers. Four of the interceptors are mounted on external, trainable catapults for quick-launch with crews always aboard during condition two or higher for advanced scouting purposes. Older, smaller heavy cruisers only carry 4 space superiourity fighters for close escort of a single VIP shuttle. In both cases however four catapults are provided.

Princess Sikala class Heavy Cruisers (1,590 x 139 x 145 meters; .6 b.c., 19.2 million m^3 hull volume; 6 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 448 (400 from the first group, 48 from the second group); 32 under construction (second group) + 64 planned. Energy Armament: 12 x 100 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are eight reloads per tube. 28 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 56 in all, 80 missiles per tube. 12 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 48 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 48 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 540 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 32 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,400g's.

General Jhasa class Heavy Cruisers (1,550 x 134 x 141 meters; .6 b.c., 17.9 million m^3 hull volume; 5.6 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 640 (400 from the first group, 240 from the second group). Energy Armament: 12 x 100 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are six reloads per tube. 28 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 56 in all, 64 missiles per tube. 12 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 44 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 48 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 540 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 28 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,400g's.

Halaknar (Large predator native to all three Colentas)-class Heavy Cruisers (1,412 x 129 x 141 meters; .6 b.c., 15.4 million m^3 hull volume; 4.8 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 288 Energy Armament: 12 x 100 MT p.c. in four triple turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are five reloads per tube. 24 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 48 in all, 64 missiles per tube. 8 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 44 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 44 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 535 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 24 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,325g's.

Marchioness Kavarae class Heavy Cruisers (1,412 x 129 x 141 meters; .6 b.c., 15.4 million m^3 hull volume; 4.8 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 288 Energy Armament: 12 x 85 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are five reloads per tube. 24 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 48 in all, 64 missiles per tube. 12 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 44 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 44 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 480 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 24 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,325g's.

Catum Ferzbitar (Chancellor of Grenya who reformed the Navy) class Heavy Cruisers (1,507 x 143.5 x 151 meters; .55 b.c., 17.9 million m^3 hull volume; 5.6 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 240. Energy Armament: 12 x 85 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are eight reloads per tube. 24 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 48 in all, 80 missiles per tube. 12 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 44 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 48 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 485 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 24 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,335g's.

Frikhana (Legendary thief) class Heavy Cruisers (1,470 x 140 x 147 meters; .55 b.c., 16.6 million m^3 hull volume; 5.2 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 320. Energy Armament: 12 x 85 MT p.c. in six twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are five reloads per tube. 24 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 48 in all, 64 missiles per tube. 12 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 24 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 40 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 40 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 475 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 20 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,325g's.

Countess Kriesdihl class Heavy Cruisers (1,500 x 136 x 150 meters; .5 b.c., 15.34 million m^3 hull volume; 4.8 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 96. Energy Armament: 8 x 85 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and two fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are five reloads per tube. 24 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 48 in all, 48 missiles per tube. 8 x assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 16 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 380 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 18 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,325g's.

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Light Cruising Ships and Destroyer Leaders of the Imperial Taloran Starfleet:


Training/Escort Cruisers: These designs are built to be used as training ships in peacetime for officers and crewers and therefore contain a large variety of different kinds of weapons. In wartime, however, they serve a secondary role as escort ships, of which some of them, built to the same design, are used continuously in that role. In this way they are somewhat analogous to Alliance escort cruisers, and are generally slow but heavily armed (if inprecisely so because of the varying armaments) cruisers of the same broad armament of most of the Taloran fleet. The specified carried craft compliment for Training Cruisers is four interceptors, four torpedo bombers, four space superiourity fighters, and eight assault landers.

Grenya Colenta class Training Cruisers (1,190 x 135 x 140 meters; .6 b.c., 12 million m^3 hull volume; 3.75 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 432. Energy Armament: 4 x 100 MT p.c. in four turrets. 4 x 50 MT p.c. in four turrets, 2 x 25 MT in port and starboard sponsons. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and one fixed fore and aft and two to each broadside for ten altogether. There are five reloads per tube. 8 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 16 in all, 48 missiles per tube. Eight assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 20 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 340 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 16 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,800g's.

Krijhana class Training Cruisers (1,080 x 130 x 135 meters; .6 b.c., 11 million m^3 hull volume; 3.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 112. Energy Armament: 4 x 85 MT p.c. in four turrets. 4 x 40 MT p.c. in four turrets 2 x 25 MT in port and starboard sponsons. Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, and one fixed fore and aft and two to each broadside for ten altogether. There are three reloads per tube. 8 x 256 MT very-long-range single-arm missile launchers per broadside, 16 in all, 48 missiles per tube. Eight assault missile tubes, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 16 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 300 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 16 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,800g's.


Torpedo Cruisers:

Fast and brilliant, these large ships are built with enormous torpedo batteries and designed, plunging in against the enemy, to deliver killing blows against much larger ships. They are not very well protected or armed, but they are extremely fast. Torpedo Cruisers do not have armed craft aboard and operate just shuttles.


Hydranic class (fearsome mythological beast) Torpedo Cruisers (1,280 x 122 x 128 meters; .6 b.c., 11.5 million m^3 hull volume; 3.6 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 96 (+80 building and 32 more planned). Energy Armament: 8 x 85 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x sextuple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts centerline, four twin trainable tubes to each broadside, six fixed tubes to each broadside, and two fixed fore and aft for fourty-four altogether. There are eight reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 16 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 350 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 16 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,435g's.

Triahnaekhl class (fearsome mythological beast) Torpedo Cruisers (1,225 x 120 x 125 meters; .6 b.c., 11 million m^3 hull volume; 3.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 240. Energy Armament: 8 x 85 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x sextuple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts centerline, six fixed tubes to each broadside, and two fixed fore and aft for twenty-eight altogether. There are eight reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 16 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 350 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 16 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,425g's.

Nitranoul class (fearsome mythological beast) Torpedo Cruisers (1,160 x 118 x 125 meters; .6 b.c., 10 million m^3 hull volume; 3.2 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 112. Energy Armament: 12 x 40 MT p.c. in four twin and four single turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x quintuple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts centerline, six fixed tubes to each broadside, and two fixed fore and aft for twenty-six altogether. There are eight reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 12 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 24 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 24 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 310 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 15 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,400g's.


Light Cruisers:

These vessels are almost exclusively designed as fleet screening elements. They are very slow cruisers, but highly manoeuvrable, and intended for direct support of battle squadrons in an anti-destroyer role and in fending off cruiser attacks. They have little missile armament but a very heavy gun armament and plenty of point defence and are reasonably well protected. It is also important, and interesting, to note that Taloran ships from light cruisers and below may be arranged in groups, that is, ships built by a particular shipbuilder. For vessels of this size, the plans are not drawn up directly by the Starfleet General Board, but rather a set of specifications are issued and the ships are built by different yards to their own designs to meet the specifications. This means that the figures provided here are averages and not absolutes as to the performance and dimensions of the classes listed, as the output of the shipyards can vary in terms of quality, and there are numerous visible design differences which might to the untrained eye lead someone to conclude these ships are from different classes when they are not. The same is true of the two newest heavy cruiser designs as well. Another point is that the guns on these vessels are generally packed into a smaller number of turrets to save space and mass to allow the maximal energy armament possible. Light cruisers do not have armed craft aboard and operate just unarmed shuttles.


Queen Tilashi class Light Cruisers (1,175 x 118 x 120 meters; .6 b.c., 10 million m^3 hull volume; 3.2 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 240. Grp2: 320 Grp3: 64 (+32 building) Grp4: 96 (+80 building). Energy Armament: 12 x 100 MT p.c. in four triple turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are five reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 20 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 530 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 16 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,950g's.

Queen Rhalis class Light Cruisers (1,140 x 115 x 118 meters; .6 b.c., 9.6 million m^3 hull volume; 3 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 336. Grp2: 400 Grp3: 128 Grp4: 192 (+16 building). Energy Armament: 10 x 100 MT p.c. in two triple and two twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are five reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 20 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 510 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 15 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,900g's.

General Khilandra class Light Cruisers (great military commander of the dynasty) (1,100 x 110 x 112 meters; .6 b.c., 9.1 million m^3 hull volume; 2.8 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 80. Grp2: 112 Grp3: 192. Grp4: 304. Grp5: 384. Energy Armament: 10 x 85 MT p.c. in four twin and two single turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are five reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 16 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 24 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 24 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 460 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 15 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,900g's.

Admiral Sivas class Light Cruisers (great Grenyan Admiral) (1,080 x 108 x 108 meters; .58 b.c., 8.2 million m^3 hull volume; 2.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 256. Grp2: 272 Grp3: 128. Energy Armament: 10 x 85 MT p.c. in two triple and two twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are five reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 16 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 24 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 24 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 450 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 14 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,850g's.

Admiral Sukonai class Light Cruisers (Another famous Admiral) (1,040 x 105 x 108 meters; .6 b.c., 7.9 million m^3 hull volume; 2.4 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 192. Grp2: 240 Grp3: 288. Grp4: 348. Grp5: 360. Energy Armament: 8 x 85 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 4 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are five reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 12 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 24 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 24 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 360 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 14 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,850g's.


Destroyer Leaders:

These vessels are not built in normal squadron format--i.e., designed for operational groups of eight or sixteen--but rather to command squadrons (16) and flotillas (64) of destroyers. Therefore for a destroyer flotilla there will be 64 destroyers and 5 destroyer leaders; this means that the construction numbers used throughout here adhere to a goal of groups of five rather than eight. Generally the number of Taloran destroyers in service can be deduced through the numbers of Destroyer Leaders, though there is an excess of DLs for various purposes, including flotilla command for large groups of frigates and corvettes away from fleets (though sometimes frigates see fleet duty purposes). These are the first "destroyer built" ships, the newest of which are approaching three thousand gravities of acceleration due to their light frame and integral hull while being built with immense engine power for their mass, and the largest ships in the Taloran fleet to exceed the acceleration of the incredible new Kalammi class battlecruisers. With their sheer sides and flat tops, and sharply-angled bows and sterns with a double-ender design, the Destroyer Leaders start off the series of subtlety different hullforms of Taloran destroyers, which, lacking the inverted double-cruiser sterns and inverted yacht bows, tapering to points which serve finely as ceremonial rams, have a more menacing air, and more resemble German destroyers of the First World War than the 19th century fineness of the larger Taloran ships which could easily be mistaken for yachts or liners were it not for their immense turrets. Destroyer leaders carry two interceptors for scouting. They are not carried in the shuttle bay, but fixed outside of the hull on gravitic rail accelerators for extremely rapid launch.


Trirak (Fury) class Destroyer Leaders. (950 x 95 x 98 meters; .65 b.c., 6.7 million m^3 hull volume; 2 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 100 (+50 building). Grp2: 160 (+100 building) Grp3: 170 (+105 building). Energy Armament: 8 x 50 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x quintuple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for twelve altogether. There are three reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 12 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 20 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 20 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 240 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 10 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,760g's.

Strakhana (Indefatigable) class Destroyer Leaders. (940 x 90 x 90 meters; .64 b.c., 6 million m^3 hull volume; 1.8 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 240. Grp2: 235 Grp3: 310. Grp4: 195. Grp5: 130. Energy Armament: 8 x 40 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x quintuple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for twelve altogether. There are three reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 12 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 20 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 20 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 180 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 9 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,750g's.

Jhamana (Speedy) class Destroyer Leaders. (910 x 90 x 92 meters; .65 b.c., 5.6 million m^3 hull volume; 1.7 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 290. Grp2: 215. Grp3: 275. Grp4: 330. Grp5: 190. Energy Armament: 8 x 40 MT p.c. in four twin turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are three reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 12 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 20 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 20 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 180 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 8 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,700g's.

Rikhond (Stalwart) class Destroyer Leaders. (870 x 84 x 87 meters; .65 b.c., 5 million m^3 hull volume; 1.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 255. Grp2: 285 Grp3: 370. Grp4: 195. Grp5: 280. Energy Armament: 6 x 40 MT p.c. in two twin and two single turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are three reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 16 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 20 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 110 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 6.5 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,700g's.

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Light and Escort Carriers.


Trilash (Defender) class Light Carriers: (1,040 x 105 x 108 meters; .6 b.c., 7.9 million m^3 hull volume; 2.4 megatonnes empty mass + 2 x 300,000 tonne permanently attached sponson pods with all engines and other equipment fitted) Number in commission: 96 + 32 under construction. Energy armament: 6 x 50 MT p.c. in four single turrets and two single casemate mounts. Point-Defence Armament: 12 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 32 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 32 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 300 MT/s. Fighter Wing Capacity: 16 space superiourity fighters, 32 Interceptors, 24 torpedo bombers, 8 EW craft, 8 gunboats, 16 assault landers + 8 inteceptors and 4 catapults for rapid-launch scouting duties. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 14 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,000g's.

Notes: This class was, based on an old light cruiser hull, intended to be a mass-produced stopgap measure for improving the starfighter fleet in response to the ADN. Hastily designed, it moved the engines and weapons over to the detachable pods, which were then permanently fixed, and gutted the hull design for the fighters. To slow for scouting duties, with hideous mechanical and structural problems, and costing much more than expected, the ships have been rapidly banished to the outer expansion sectors in low-threat areas, and new orders halted, with only the ships under construction being finished.

Escort carriers: 4 experimental ships converted out of fast freighters exist for evaluating the possibility of mandating that some fast freighters be built with conversion for escort carriers in mind in the future, and the effectiveness of such a programme as part of the emergency mobilization scheme. They are not regular fleet elements.

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Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts of the Taloran Star Empire.

These ships, by far the most numerous in the Empire, constitute respectively the main defensive screening units, and the primary convoy protection craft, of the Empire. The first are normally arranged with Destroyer Leaders in fast squadrons; light or escort cruisers usually serve as flagships for defensive organizations of Destroyer Escorts, which are also seen screening systems battleships. Other than speed the main difference between the two is the much lighter torpedo armament of Destroyer Escorts.


Calimond (Charger) class Destroyers. (810 x 80 x 84 meters; .65 b.c., 4.1 million m^3 hull volume; 1.2 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 24 + 64 building. Grp2: 32 + 32 building. Grp3: 80 + 48 building. Grp4: 64 + 48 building. Grp5: 32 + 64 building. Energy Armament: 4 x 50 MT p.c. in four single turrets. Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are three reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 10 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 16 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 16 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 110 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 5 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,800g's. Notes: Newest of the classes, it is an expanded and upgraded version of the 'million tonners' which are the mainstay of the modern Taloran destroyer fleet.

Irita (Pursuer) class Destroyers. (770 x 75 x 76.5 meters; .65 b.c., 3.5 million m^3 hull volume; 1 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 240. Grp2: 320. Grp3: 400. Grp4: 560. Grp5: 192. Energy Armament: 2 x 50 MT p.c. in two single turrets and 2 x 40 MT p.c. in two single turrets (aft). Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 12 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 12 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 95 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 4.7 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,750g's. Notes: Newest of the Million Tonner classes.

Khastimat (Standoff) class Destroyers. (780 x 72 x 76 meters; .65 b.c., 3.45 million m^3 hull volume; 1 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 288. Grp2: 384. Grp3: 480. Grp4: 224. Grp5: 128. Energy Armament: 4 x 40 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 10 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 12 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 12 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 85 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 4.5 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,735g's.

Astrak (Arrow) class Destroyers. (775 x 72.5 x 76.5 meters; .65 b.c., 3.45 million m^3 hull volume; 1 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 192. Grp2: 240. Grp3: 320. Grp4: 400. Grp5: 176. Energy Armament: 4 x 40 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 10 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 10 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 85 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 4 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,735g's. Notes: First of the Million Tonner classes.

Tribatou (A kind of light warship like a Mediterranean Xebec) class Destroyers (750 x 70 x 72 meters; .65 b.c., 3.2 million m^3 hull volume; 950,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 384. Grp2: 368. Energy Armament: 6 x 25 MT p.c. in two twin and two single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 8 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 8 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 75 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 4 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,725g's. Notes: Precursor to the Million Tonners built in large numbers, and largely an inspiration for that design, with a heavier gun armament than usual to engage in combat with other destroyers.

Honaki (Rock) class Destroyers Third Flight. (745 x 70 x 70 meters; .64 b.c., 3.15 million m^3 hull volume; 925,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 400. Grp2: 432. Grp3: 416. Grp4: 480. Grp5: 192. Energy Armament: 6 x 25 MT p.c. in two twin and two single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 8 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 8 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 75 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 3.8 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,715g's. Notes: Similar and competing precursor design to the Tribatou's, built in three flights. This is the third flight.

Honaki (Rock) class Destroyers Second Flight (725 x 70 x 70 meters; .64 b.c., 3.1 million m^3 hull volume; 900,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 384. Grp2: 480. Grp3: 224. Grp4: 224. Grp5: 256. Energy Armament: 6 x 25 MT p.c. in two twin and two single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 8 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 8 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 72 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 3.75 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,710g's. Notes: Second Flight.

Honaki (Rock) class Destroyers First Flight (725 x 68 x 68 meters; .64 b.c., 3.07 million m^3 hull volume; 875,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 384. Grp2: 480. Grp3: 224. Grp4: 352. Grp5: 256. Energy Armament: 6 x 25 MT p.c. in two twin and two single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There is one reload per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 8 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 8 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 8 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 70 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 3.7 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,705g's. Notes: First flight; had weakest torpedo armament with only one reload per tube.

Sitaki (Slingshot) class Destroyers (680 x 68 x 68 meters; .64 b.c., 3.07 million m^3 hull volume; 800,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 192. Grp2: 368. Grp3: 112. Energy Armament: 4 x 25 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 6 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 6 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 55 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 3.5 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,700g's.

Dhrimati (Javelineer) class Destroyers, Second Flight. (640 x 64 x 68 meters; .65 b.c., 3.07 million m^3 hull volume; 750,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission, by group: Grp1: 240. Grp2: 192. Grp3: 432. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 6 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 6 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 40 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 3.2 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,700g's.

Dhrimati (Javelineer) class Destroyers, First Flight. (640 x 64 x 67.5 meters; .65 b.c., 3.07 million m^3 hull volume; 745,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 384. Grp2: 384. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x quadruple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for ten altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 6 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 6 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 38.5 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 3.05 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,700g's.

Jhamat (Swift) class Destroyers, (625 x 62 x 62 meters; .65 b.c., 2.8 million m^3 hull volume; 700,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 320. Grp2: 336. Grp3: 304. Grp4: 416. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x triple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 6 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 6 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 37.5 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.8 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,675g's.

Ghimas (Trumpet) class Destroyers, (615 x 61 x 62 meters; .65 b.c., 2.8 million m^3 hull volume; 680,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 384. Grp2: 464. Grp3: 128. Grp4: 224. Grp5: 416. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x triple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts and one fixed fore and aft for eight altogether. There are two reloads per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 6 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 6 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 36 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.7 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,650g's.


Destroyer Escorts:

A sizeable number of these vessels are retained even in peacetime for convoy escort and support of the slow battleship squadrons, but also as a reserve in case of wartime, where their convoy escort role would become vastly more important. The ships maintain the energy armament of destroyers but lack heavy torpedo batteries and are much slower. These are the smallest ships which have class names and individual ship names. Frigates, corvettes, torpedo and missile boats, and picket boat classes all have a letter designation for the class followed by a numerical designation for the ship.


Uruna (Huntress) class Destroyer Escorts, (585 x 60 x 60 meters; .65 b.c., 2.55 million m^3 hull volume; 570,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 432 + 48 building. Grp2: 432 + 16 building. Grp3: 448 + 16 building. Grp4: 480 + 32 building. Grp5: 464 + 64 building. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x triple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts. There is one reload per tube. Point-Defence Armament: 6 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 6 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 36 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.7 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,000g's.

Princess Kliara class Destroyer Escorts, (550 x 55 x 56 meters; .65 b.c., 2.23 million m^3 hull volume; 450,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 672. Grp2: 696. Grp3: 680. Grp4: 680. Grp5: 480. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x triple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts. There are no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 4 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 35 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.5 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,950g's.

Zhibek (a kind of cavalry sword) class Destroyer Escorts (540 x 55 x 55 meters; .65 b.c., 2.2 million m^3 hull volume; 445,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 304. Grp2: 352. Grp3: 288. Grp4: 352. Grp5: 384. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x triple trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts. There are no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 4 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 31 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.4 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,900g's.

Gheri (a flightless bird) class Destroyer Escorts (515 x 52 x 52 meters; .65 b.c., 2 million m^3 hull volume; 395,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 384. Grp2: 336. Grp3: 400. Energy Armament: 4 x 15 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts. There are no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 4 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 31 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.4 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,900g's.

Jhulyak (a seabird) class Destroyer Escorts (500 x 51.5 x 51.5 meters; .65 b.c., 1.9 million m^3 hull volume; 370,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 80. Grp2: 96. Grp3: 64. Grp4: 144. Energy Armament: 4 x 12.5 MT p.c. in four single turrets . Missile Armament: 2 x twin trainable 10 GT short-range torpedo tube mounts. There are no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 4 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 28 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 2.25 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 1,850g's.

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Frigates, Corvettes, Torpedo and Missile Boats, and Pickets.


These small craft round out the Taloran Starfleet by providing extensive 'presence' capabilities for light combat and anti-piracy and as further screen support. Frigates and corvettes are general purpose, and save on size compared with Destroyer Escorts due to their intention of short-range usage only, and reliance on Tenders for support, whereas DEs and larger can operate entirely independently. Missile and Torpedo boats are smaller still, while pickets are the smallest craft which can operate on a normal jump cycle, with charged capacitors in reserve for escape evaluations, allowing them to be used as a further reconaissance arm alternative in the fleet.

I-type Frigate (320 x 32 x 32 meters; .75 b.c., 480,000 m^3 hull volume; 150,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 640 + 112 building. Grp2: 400 + 80 building. Grp3: 400 + 128 building. Grp4: 480 + 112 building. Grp5: 320 + 96 building. Energy Armament: 2 x 15 MT p.c. in casemates. 2 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts, dorsal and ventral. Missile Armament: 2 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 4 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 16 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 1 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,800g's.

K-type Frigate (300 x 30 x 30 meters; .7 b.c., 440,000 m^3 hull volume; 125,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 192. Grp2: 304. Grp3: 464. Grp4: 576. Grp5: 400. Energy Armament: 2 x 12.5 MT p.c. in casemates. 2 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts, dorsal and ventral. Missile Armament: 2 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 4 x flak projectors. Weapons busbar capacity: 14 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 800 MTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,750g's.

JH-type Frigate (290 x 28.5 x 28.5 meters; .7 b.c., 420,000 m^3 hull volume; 115,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 400. Grp2: 528. Grp3: 592. Grp4: 288. Grp5: 384. Energy Armament: 2 x 12.5 MT p.c. in casemates. 2 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts, dorsal and ventral. Missile Armament: 2 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 x flak projectors, 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 13 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 750 MTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,750g's.

DH-type Frigate (275 x 27 x 27 meters; .7 b.c., 400,000 m^3 hull volume; 100,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 640. Grp2: 576. Grp3: 592. Grp4: 192. Grp5: 448. Energy Armament: 2 x 12.5 MT p.c. in casemates. 2 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts, dorsal and ventral. Missile Armament: 2 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 13 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 700 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,700g's.

G-type Corvette (215 x 24 x 24 meters; .75 b.c. 205,000 m^3 hull volume; 52,500 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 1,200 + 400 building. Grp2: 720 + 80 building. Grp3: 800 + 240 building. Grp4: 640 + 80 building. Grp5: 880 + 128 building. Grp6: 576 + 256 building. Energy Armament: 1 x 12.5 MT p.c. limited traverse forward; 4 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 1 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tube right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 7 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 500 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,975g's.

F-type Corvette (205 x 24 x 24 meters; .75 b.c. 200,000 m^3 hull volume; 51,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 848. Grp2: 720. Grp3: 672. Grp4: 576. Grp5: 320. Energy Armament: 1 x 12.5 MT p.c. limited traverse forward; 4 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 1 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tube right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 7 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 470 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,925g's.

A-type Corvette (205 x 24 x 24 meters; .7 b.c. 198,000 m^3 hull volume; 50,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 1,200. Grp2: 1,200. Grp3: 576. Grp4: 384. Grp5: 400. Energy Armament: 1 x 12.5 MT p.c. limited traverse forward; 4 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 1 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tube right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 7 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 450 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,900g's.

R-type Corvette (200 x 20 x 20 meters; .75 b.c. 190,000 m^3 hull volume; 48,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 480. Grp2: 224. Grp3: 560. Grp4: 384. Grp5: 1,200. Energy Armament: 1 x 12.5 MT p.c. limited traverse forward; 4 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 7 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 400 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,850g's.

T-type Corvette (195 x 19.5 x 19.5 meters; .7 b.c. 180,000 m^3 hull volume; 45,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: 480. Grp2: 240. Grp3: 400. Grp4: 1,200. Grp5: 592. Energy Armament: 1 x 12.5 MT p.c. limited traverse forward; 4 x single 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 1 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tube right forward, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 6.5 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 300 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,875g's.

Q-type Torpedo Boat (190 x 18 x 18 meters; .7 b.c. 160,000 m^3 hull volume; 40,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: ~1,500. Grp2: ~1,500. Grp3: ~2,000. Grp4: ~1,500. Grp5: ~2,500. (1,000 under construction of all types.) Energy Armament: 2 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, two rotating twin mounts, dorsal and ventral, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 2 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 250 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 3,000g's.

U-type Torpedo Boat (188 x 17 x 17 meters; .75 b.c. 156,000 m^3 hull volume; 39,750 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: ~1,500. Grp2: ~2,400. Grp3: ~1,800. Grp4: ~2,000. Grp5: ~2,000. Energy Armament: 2 x single 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 4 x 10 GT short-range torpedo tubes, two rotating twin mounts, dorsal and ventral, no reloads. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts, 2 heavy bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.2 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 240 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,900g's.

Z-type Missile Boat (175 x 17 x 17 meters; .7 b.c. 150,000 m^3 hull volume; 38,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: ~2,000. Grp2: ~2,400. Grp3: ~1,200. Grp4: ~1,200. Grp5: ~1,800. (1,000 under construction of all types.) Energy Armament: 2 x single 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 8 x VLR missiles on fixed launching points. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts, 2 heavy bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.2 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 200 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 3,000g's.

B-type Missile Boat (168 x 17 x 17 meters; .7 b.c. 148,000 m^3 hull volume; 37,500 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission by group: Grp1: ~2,400. Grp2: ~2,800. Grp3: ~1,800. Grp4: ~1,600. Grp5: ~1,600. Energy Armament: 2 x single 21cm p.g. mounts. Missile Armament: 8 x VLR missiles on fixed launching points. Point-Defence Armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.1 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 180 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,950g's.

CHO-type Picket Boat (135 x 14 x 14 meters; .7 b.c. 100,000 m^3 hull volume; 25,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission (five groups): 6,400 in all + 800 under construction. Energy armament: 2 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts. Point-defence armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 2 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 120 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 3,000g's. Note: Capacitor charges allow multiple jumps in short succession.

SH-type Picket Boat (115 x 12 x 12 meters; .7 b.c. 75,000 m^3 hull volume; 20,000 tonnes empty mass.) Number in commission (five groups): 8,000 in all. Energy armament: 2 x single 21cm p.g. mounts. Point-defence armament: 4 gatling bolter mounts. Weapons busbar capacity: 1.1 MT/S. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 90 MT/s. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 2,950g's. Note: Capacitor charges allow multiple jumps in short succession.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Semi-combatants of the Imperial Starfleet:

These vessels are armed and capable of defending themselves but not intended to be directly in combat. It is impossible to give class-based statistics for many of the listings because the ships are frequently yard-conversions without centralized planning of old and obsolete warships.

Bombardment specialist craft:

These two designs are oriented around the carrying out of successful system sieges.

Empress Anhilara II class Planetary Assault Carriers. (3,500 x 350 x 355 meters, b.c. .5; 200 million m^3 hull volume; 57.5 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 304. Number under construction: 8. Energy armament: 16 x 50 MT p.c. in eight twin turrets. Point-defense armament: 128 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 256 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 256 x flak projectors. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 192 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 600g's. Onboard craft compliment: 800 aerospace attack fighters of all types + 64 assault landers and 64 heavy tank landers capable of transporting a full mechanized division and armoured division each to the surface in one go, with onboard capacity for a full light corps.

Princess Trivana class Planetary Assault Carriers. (3,400 x 340 x 355 meters, b.c. .5; 190 million m^3 hull volume; 55 megatonnes empty mass.) Number in commission: 48. Energy armament: 16 x 40 MT p.c. in eight twin turrets. Point-defense armament: 96 x twin 21cm p.g. turrets; 224 x sixteen-cell missile interceptor launchers; 224 x flak projectors. Maximum instantaneous shield absorption capacity (impact of greater energy than this in the space of a milisecond will burn out and destroy all the ship's shield genators): 192 GTs. (note only half this energy is available to each broadside.) Acceleration: 600g's. Onboard craft compliment: 720 aerospace attack fighters of all types + 64 assault landers and 64 heavy tank landers capable of transporting a full mechanized division and armoured division each to the surface in one go, with onboard capacity for a full light corps.

Siege Battery Ships, All Classes: Based on hulls of standard 64-megatonne merchant ships, these vessels are retrofitted to carry 64 x Assault missile launchers with ten reloads each, and 512 x VLR missile launchers with 400 reloads per launcher. Each ship is protected by 128 x twin 21cm p.g. mounts, 256 flak accelerators and 256 RAM launchers, and the designs are capable of 410g's of acceleration. They are unarmoured and built identical to civilian standards, and have light shielding only. 480 are in commission in all and 32 more freighters are undergoing conversion. Uniquely the ships are built with all launchers on one side, and the magazines extending to the opposite side of the hull, where the umbilicals and sensor fits are located, to add in the positional pounding of enemy fortifications.

Tenders

Gunboat Tenders: Numerous classes in the 25 - 40 megatonne range comprising support ships for between 128 to 256 gunboats apiece. Usually armed with 16 - 24 x 40 or 50 MT cannon and numerous point defence. Many are converted from old dreadnoughts and battleships and therefore have reasonable defensive capacity and speed. 320 are currently in commission of all types.

Corvette Tenders: A generic name for ships which actually tend to frigates, corvettes, torpedo boats, missile boats, and pickets, these ships, unlike the gunboats, are never carried from destination to destination attached to the Tender, but instead just require it constantly nearby for their proper functioning and operational support. Around 290 of these vessels are currently in service, and most are elderly cruisers, battleships, etc, largely disarmed except for defensive and secondary weapons and their hulls gutted in areas for cargo holds for military stores and fuel.

Miscellaneous armed ships:

Armed Scouts: Numerous small vessels for scouting in distant reaches. About 1,600 are in commission in all, and they have a light defensive armament comparable to a frigate and usually mass around 500,000 tonnes.

Galleasses. Specialist heavily armed freighters, these 20 - 30 megatonne ships have the armament of a light cruiser and immense reinforced cargo holds for carrying valuable cargoes under military protection through hostile space when no escorts are readily available, or are deemed insufficient. 376 in commission.

Bouy Tenders: Armed vessels for maintenance of navigational aides in hostile areas. About 400 are in commission.

Non-combatant vessels:

Mobile Deepdocks: 192.
Relay Tenders: 4,800.
AOEs: 3,800.
Oilers: 3,900.
RSDs: 2,480.
HRS: 6,400.
Station Tenders: 7,400.
Unarmed navigational survey ships: 1,160.
Hospital ships: 1,500.
Troop Transports of all types: 7,300.
Light Service Couriers: About 12,000.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Miscellaneous Notes:


Naval terminology:

Dreadnought: Line Ship in Taloran; divided into First, Second, and Third classes, though the precise designation of each ship class is not clear.

Battleship: Armoured Ship in Taloran; divided into First, Second, and Third classes, though precise designations are not known.

Battlecruiser: Artillery Cruising Ship, in Taloran; divided into First, Second, and Third classes.

Fleet Carrier: Aircraft Scouting Ship, in Taloran, First Class.

Light Carrier: Aircraft Scouting Ship, Second Class.

Escort Carrier: Aircraft Scouting Ship, Support.

Command Cruiser: Heavy Control Ship, in Taloran.

Scout Cruiser: Cruising Ship First Class.

Heavy Cruiser: Cruising Ship Second Class.

Expeditionary Cruiser: Cruising Ship Third Class.

Training Cruiser: Cruising Ship Fourth Class.

Torpedo Cruiser: Heavy Rocket-Mine Ship.

Light Cruiser: Heavy Screen Ship.

Destroyer Leader: Light Control Ship.

Destroyer: General Assault Ship First Class.

Destroyer Escort: Light Screen Ship.

Frigate: General Assault Ship Second Class.

Corvette: General Assault Ship Third Class.

Torpedo Boat: Light Rocket-Mine Ship.

Missile Boat: Archery Craft.

Picket Boat: Literal translation.

Planetary Assault Carrier: Siege Ship, Aircraft.

Siege Battery Ship: Siege Ship, Battery.

Tenders: Correctly translated.

Galleasses: Armoured Merchant Ships.


Pod sizes:


(a ship can carry two multi-purpose pods of the specified weight at the specified acceleration, with older ships tending toward the low end of the ranges here, new and large ships, the higher.)

Dreadnoughts: 1.5 megatonnes to 3 megatonnes per pod.

Battleships: 750,000 tonnes to 1.5 megatonnes per pod.

Battlecruisers: 500,000 tonnes to 1.2 megatonnes per pod.

Scout Cruisers: 400,000 tonnes per pod.

Expeditionary Cruisers: 250,000 - 350,000 tonnes per pod.

Heavy Cruisers: 100,000 - 250,000 tonnes per pod.

Training Cruisers: 100,000 tonnes per pod.

Torpedo Cruisers: 75,000 tonnes per pod.

Light Cruisers: 50,000 tonnes per pod.

(ships smaller than light cruisers are not fitted with pods.)

[The Duchess of Zeon]

EMPRESS SAVERANA II CLASS LINE SHIPS OF THE TALORAN IMPERIAL STARFLEET, SHOWN AS THE REPRESENTATIVE NAME-SHIP, HSMS EMPRESS SAVERANA II, IN CURRENT CONFIGURATION. THESE SHIPS ARE RATED AS SUPERDREADNOUGHTS ACCORDING TO ALLIANCE CLASSIFICATION LISTS.


NOTED STATISTICS:

Length, overall: 3,775 meters.

Beam, minus sponsons: 340 meters.

Height, minus superstructure: 375 meters.

Hull Volume (superstructure and sponson exlusive): 205.7 million m^3.

Mass, Empty: 60.45 megatonnes.

Mass, Fuel: 190 megatonnes (metallic hydrogen, plus miniscule quanatities of anti-matter and fissionables counted in stores).

Mass, Stores: 48.5 megatonnes (40 megatonnes metallic hydrogen for ERA).

Mass, Internal Fittings: 16 megatonnes.

Mass, armament, barbettes, sensor masts, gravitic vanes, external sponsons: 65 megatonnes.

Mass, Total: 379.95 megatonnes.

Pod Empty Mass: 3 megatonnes.

Pod Fuel Mass: 2.5 megatonnes.

Pod Stores Mass: 1 megatonne.

Pod Equipment Mass: 1 megatonne.

Total Mass of Two Fully Equipped Pods: 15 megatonnes.

Overall loaded mass with pods: 394.95 megatonnes.

Overall Power Output: Approximately 8 x 10^19 watts. Exact amount classified.

Sublight drive type: Heim gravito-magnetic reactionless; high efficiency.

Crew Compliment: 25,000 minimum operational; 55,000 war standard.

Onboard troops and flight personnel: approx. ~10,000.

[Adrian Laguna]

Marina, no offense, but that's among the ugliest space battleships I've seen in my life. Only B5 and a few designs from the Space Battleship Yamato 'verse beat it. Oh, and Queen Esmeralda's space dildo at any time when it's not firing all its guns.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Marina, no offense, but that's among the ugliest space battleships I've seen in my life. Only B5 and a few designs from the Space Battleship Yamato 'verse beat it. Oh, and Queen Esmeralda's space dildo at any time when it's not firing all its guns.

I think it's pretty, and, anyway, all of the design features have a justifiable intended functionality.

[Falkenhorst]

How high can the main batteries elevate, or do they just maneuver to reorient their weaponry towards enemies that are directly above or below relative to the ship?

[Asdeed]

Nice visual, it really brings the Taloran Starfleet to life. Well for me anyway

Any chance we'll be seeing more of the fleet?

[The Duchess of Zeon]

How high can the main batteries elevate, or do they just maneuver to reorient their weaponry towards enemies that are directly above or below relative to the ship?

They can manage an elevation of about 80 degrees and a depression of -20 degrees. Beyond that the ship has to be reoriented. The Secondaries are capable of greater elevation, thus the rather large turrets for twin light cannon vs. the size of the main guns.

[Master_Baerne]

Milady, does it not seem that there ought not to be protrusions from the hull of your warships? I got the impression that the shield system needed to be projected in flat planes, which would make the "islands" on your ship difficult to rationalize. Unless I'm wrong, in which case, well, never mind.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Milady, does it not seem that there ought not to be protrusions from the hull of your warships? I got the impression that the shield system needed to be projected in flat planes, which would make the "islands" on your ship difficult to rationalize. Unless I'm wrong, in which case, well, never mind.

The armoured sensor towers are necessary, as the sensors must be of immense size and power to operate under armour, necessitating that they be held away from the hull due to radiation issues and crew safety, and also to avoid even more interference. The armour itself is energized, with cable leads running through it, but even so there is immense interference against the battle sensors in operating under meters and meters of armour like that, so they have to be simply huge and extremely powerful. Without them, on the other hand, a soft-kill or mission kill of the ship by burning off unarmoured sensors would be possible.

The shields themselves are of the maneouvring-projector interlocking type, so there is no particular difficulty in having some projectors cover the sensor towers, even if it does dilute the protection somewhat, but that is considered more than acceptable to gain the advantage of heavily armoured sensors which which can continue to function in the midst of very hard fighting.

[lord Martiya]

Does the design be inspired from Matsumoto's ones?

[The Duchess of Zeon]

Does the design be inspired from Matsumoto's ones?

No, it's entirely an image in my head based around the concept of taking two ship hulls, not one, flipping one over, welding them together, and then putting superstructure on the top and more on the bottom. And that's just a metaphor of the design concept.

[montypython]

It's a bit too busy for me, a proper battleship should look a bit like this.

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[The Duchess of Zeon]

It's a bit too busy for me, a proper battleship should look a bit like this.

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Physical considerations demand the arrangement, as noted. The sensors must be projected above the hull and yet still armoured; the hangar bays must be operationally cleared; the sponsons and fins are needed for projecting the gravito-magnetic fields required for propulsion; the overall hull shape must permit the vessel to be stable in a seaway when landed, with the ventral superstructure serving as a stabilizing keel in such a situation, as the ability to alight on the surface is required for strategic reasons; the guns must be turreted due to the great length of the barrels (144 meters including the section concealed inside the turrets) required for accelerating the particle beam to speeds only slightly below c, somewhere around .99995 of light, and they must furthermore be emplaced so that coolant and debris from the EPFCGs can be vented safely; the hull's length:beam ratio (11.1:1), irrespective of sponsons, is virtually that of a Japanese cruiser of WW2 (some of the longest, narrowest ships in existence at 11.5:1), and reflects the vagarities of their reactionless drive system, and a preference for acceleration over maneouvring; and finally the structure has been designed with an incredible height aspect ratio to make it look like what it is intended to be:

A Castle of Steel.

Which is useful for intimidation purposes. The Talorans are, at any rate, somewhat baroque, and the busy nature of the design with looming towers and studded turrets is appealing and impressive to their aesthetic sense.

[Master_Baerne]

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So the towers are battle-certified sensors, and the shield system is perfectly capable of projecting a field over them. I was under the impression that the shield system would not allow for such coverage. Thank you for clearing that up.

[Adrian Laguna]

I think it's pretty

Guess there's no accounting for taste. My problem with it is the main hull, I very much hate that particular hull shape, always have. It being doubled compounds the problem tremendously. There's something else too, but I can't put my finger on it.

You did do a very good job of putting the schematic toguether though, it looks like it was drawn from scratch to be an Empress Severana II.

all of the design features have a justifiable intended functionality.

I see what I thought was a flying bridge is actually a huge sensor tower. That improves it a lot. Why isn't there one on the other side? Oh, and where do the pods go?

Finally the structure has been designed with an incredible height aspect ratio to make it look like what it is intended to be: A Castle of Steel. Which is useful for intimidation purposes.

A warship shouldn't be intimidating, it should look as harmless as possible.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

I think it's pretty

Guess there's no accounting for taste. My problem with it is the main hull, I very much hate that particular hull shape, always have. It being doubled compounds the problem tremendously. There's something else too, but I can't put my finger on it.

You did do a very good job of putting the schematic toguether though, it looks like it was drawn from scratch to be an Empress Severana II.

all of the design features have a justifiable intended functionality.

I see what I thought was a flying bridge is actually a huge sensor tower. That improves it a lot. Why isn't there one on the other side? Oh, and where do the pods go?

Finally the structure has been designed with an incredible height aspect ratio to make it look like what it is intended to be: A Castle of Steel. Which is useful for intimidation purposes.

A warship shouldn't be intimidating, it should look as harmless as possible.

Psychological intimidation is a highly important part of warfare, actually.

At any rate, there aren't any others on the ventral surface because the ship needs to be able to land in water, and the ventral surface is already cluttered to the point of hindering that, and secondarily, and indeed more importantly, it would hamper the landing approaches to the hangar bays, and thirdly, it would prevent the ventral midships turret from having a 360 degree field of fire. Why limit the arcs of two turrets when you can limit the arc of just one?

[Steve]

The procurement policies of the Stellar Navy are heavily influenced by Fleet Analysis reports. A Fleet Analysis is held after every conflict, in which civilian and military experts go over battle data, repair records, and logs from the naval side of a conflict and draw conclusions on ship designs, fleet doctrine, tactics and strategy, and mistakes that needed to be rectified.

The first Fleet Analysis was the 2149 Fleet Analysis, which released simultaneously with the findings of the Committee on Naval Strategy, identifying errors made by the short-lived Alliance Space Force and the measures needed for the replacement Stellar Navy to fix those errors. Delayed incessantly from enactment by the obstructionist final years of the Plotinikov Administration, Jennifer Verdes in 2151 ordered the immediate enactment of the Analysis suggestions.

The next Fleet Analysis was in 2154, following the Cardassian War. Although it paid attention to new developments in universes like FHI-8 and CON-5, the report focused on the Cardassian War, including logistics difficulties due to the reliance in many cases on national navy units, the flaws of various designs, and the special challenges in facing an Alpha Quadrant force such as the Cardassian Defense Forces or the Federation Starfleet. The report triggered irritation in the "Wall Admiral" portion of the Alliance Admiralty when it promoted carrier construction and operation, emphasizing the decisive successes of the Alliance's carrier forces in the war.

Only two years followed before another Fleet Analysis was released, the 2156 Analysis that came out just a month before the '56 Elections and which was prompted by the short war against New Plymouth Colony and their Boer allies alongside Lisea in CON-5. This time it was the carrier admirals who howled, since the Analysis showed that their use of carrier power had hardly been as decisive this time, and that the Plymouthite ships were quite tougher than expected. The '56 Analysis drove the final stake in the heart of the Missouri-class battleship, which was to be replaced by the Conquerant, and by emphasizing the need for a stronger battle wall and the limitations of fighters, it cost the carrier admirals the fifty supercarrier fleet they wanted and forced them to start producing the cheaper but less well-armed Thomas Whitmore-class (as the carrier admirals disliked the even lighter armament of the Whitmore, believing that carriers needed better guns to survive due to the fate of [i}D.N.S. Kaga[/i] in the Cardassian War and the near-destruction of the Intrepid and Saratoga in the Plymouth War).


After haviing three analysis' in seven years, it would be another eight before one was released. An Analysis had been ordered when the Interuniversal War began due to the onset of the Dominion War and the end of the ADN-FedCom Entente, and was thus suspended until February 2163. Due to the sheer length and scope of the war, it was already expected to take long, but when it was ordered in July of that year to expand its scope to include the Gilean Expedition and an analysis of the Habsburg and Taloran fleets, it delayed the release of the report until December.

The 2164 Analysis was stark. Though the Alliance had a carrier strength that was nigh-unassailable, the condition of the battle wall was bad. During the war, no ship below 30MT had proven capable of good performance in the vicious wall battles of CON-5 (in which the ADN had been the only major combatant besides the Hispanic Empire that fielded ships below 30MT empty mass in their battle squadrons) and only in ST-3 had they been effective, as even the Dominion only managed, at its peak, to construct a 20 megatonne warship, and only making three before the shipyards were destroyed by bomber strike in the last months of the war. The existing sub-30MT ships in service would be sufficient, with suitable upgrades and CILOP (Conversion In Lieu Of Procurement), to maintain the desired role of the Canada-class pre-war, but to match the power of the Alliance's two new equals, capital construction would need to focus on ships above 30MT.

In this the Navy was now forced to deal with a Council that, despite this report's clarity, did not want to spend the funds to build to the level the report stated as necessary to equal the two empires. Nor did the Navy admirals gain a sympathetic enough ear in the White House, as President Dale was anticipating a diplomatic solution to concerns about the Taloran Empire, and due to intelligence information on hand, dismissed the idea of a Habsburg threat due to the severe threat the Habsburgs were faced with in their home universe. In the opening of the 2165 session of the Alliance Council, the Navy's supporters produced a revision to the 2163 post-war Strategic Report in which the Navy had stated it desired a post-war fleet of seventy-five superdreadnoughts (ships over 50 megatonnes empty mass), four hundred dreadnoughts (ships over 30 megatonnes empty mass, though all modern designs along this line were over 40), and up to 2,000 battleships of the 20-30MT tonnage range (including the Nagato-class battleships built specifically to lead the escort contingents of carrier groups and the specialist non-battle wall ships like the Canada). It now substantially cut the battleship number to less than a thousand, but asked for twice the number of superdreads and three hundred more dreadnoughts.

The Council fiercely debated the matter for the opening weeks, and only as they came up to the Spring Break of the session did the Navy get a legislative promise to "review" their desire, and as a bone thrown to them, a further agreement to permit the 2166FY budget to resume ordering of the powerful Vesuvius-class superdreadnought, which massed greater than even the Taloran Empress Saverana II (though not if one counted the Taloran pods attached to ships at times), and to no longer require the Navy to make due with the cheaper, up-gunned varient of the Freedom-class, the Aleksandr Nevsky. By the end of the year, various legislative compromises led to the Council agreeing to the necessary funding to raise the superdread fleet to 100 (later 115) and the dreadnought fleet to 600 (later 620). But that was the absolute best that could be done, and despite some admirals' hopes that the Federalist majority elected in 2165 would give them the rest, the Council did not bend (and it was later shown that the Federalists generally favored the carrier admirals' desires more than the wall admirals).

Other effects of the '64 analysis was to introduce the idea of reviving the old concept of a counter-force - another star navy that the Stellar Navy would consider the threat in its overall strategy in procurement, regardless of actual astropolitical relations (such as the British Royal Navy, circa 1920, building to match the United States Navy). Up to this point, the number of threats had led to the Stellar Navy avoiding the counter-force concept in favor of diversification, where defense and security issues were considered one by one and a procurement plan made to deal with each as best as was possible with the money made available. Now the choice was made to give a co-counterforce consideration to the two most obvious candidates; the Taloran Imperial Starfleet and the Habsburg Imperial and Royal Space Navy. Observed capabilities of the ships of these services would be considered. A clear example was the result of the Taloran negotiation team that came to Earth HE-1 in 2165 for the Wells-Intuit Accords, which traveled upon a top-of-the-line Taloran Kalammi-class battlecruiser that, upon being observed, led the Stellar Navy to realize that neither the Kirishima nor the Canada would be sufficient as a counter - the result, in the following years, was the Tiger-class fast battleship designed by Zohan Commonwealth contractors.

-Excerpt from Chapter 4, "Fleet Analysis and the Direction of the Stellar Navy", by Admiral Smith Ordover ANSN (Ret.)

[Adrian Laguna]

Psychological intimidation is a highly important part of warfare, actually.

I'm very much aware. It is, in fact, the very reason why I said warships should looks as harmless as possible. Not all intimidation need happen before the shooting starts.

At any rate, there aren't any others on the ventral surface because...

Those are very good reasons, but it doesn't solve the apparent problem of the ship sitting between its own sensors and any targets directly "below" it.


I remember you saying that Taloraan warships carried mission specific pods that could be rapidly exchanged depending on operational needs. Where do those go?