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Original RPG stats by Daniel Henwood By AARON SKETCHLEY (aaronsketch@HOTdelete_thisMAIL.com)

Ver 1.2 2015.09.21

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High-Speed Cruiser

BACKGROUND

Whereas the Meltran Carrier is commonly a small Fleet flagship the Troopship is one of the last ships to be considered for the duty. Due to its tendancy to sit back and disgorge its cargo, the Meltran Troopship is a vessel that largely survived the final battle of Space War I as they generally held back from direct toe to toe combat.

Meltrandi Troopships can still be found throughout the galaxy making up large portions of Meltrandi Fleets, ferrying Queadlunn-Rau Powered Suits from battlefront to battlefront.

RPG STATS

(1) Forward 1/3 of Ship (Command Center)                        120,000
(2) Middle 1/3 of Ship (Crew Quarters, Landing Bays)            120,000
(2) Rear 1/3 of Ship (Main Engines, Engineering)                150,000
    Sensor Array                                                    800
(3) Main Thruster                                                40,000
(3) Auxiliary Engine                                              5,000
    Heavy Laser Cannon                                            1,500
    Retractable Laser Turrets (25)                                  150 each
    Retractable Missle Turrets (80)                                 100 each
    Airlocks/Access Hatches (500)                                   200 each
    Armored outer hull (per 40ft area)                              300
    Interior walls (per 20ft area)                                   20

1. Depleting the MDC of the forward 1/3 of the ship will destroy the Command Center, destroying it will likely kill the command staff (90% chance) and will force the ship to use the Sensor Array for all forms of long range communications, radar and targeting. The ship can still operate, but is at -1 on initiative, -1 to strike, and number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by one fourth. Destroying the main sensory array will have the same effect, but the command staff will not be killed instantly. Destroying both will deprive the ship of all forms of long range communications, radar and targeting. The ship can still operate, but is at -3 on initiative, -3 to strike, and number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by one half.
2. Depleting the MDC of the middle 1/3 or the rear 1/3 of the ship will destroy the battlecruiser. All power systems, thrusters, weapon systems, and life support will fail, and (2D4x10)% of the crew will be killed instantly by explosions, debris, and loss of atmosphere. There is a 70% chance the ship will violently explode. That's an explosion inflicting 1D10x10,000 MD to any object within 16 km. If the ship does not explode, then the ship will be an unsalvageable wreck (though the spacewreck may still be valuable because of the technology contained within the remains).
3. Depleting the MDC of the main thrusters will force the ship to rely on its secondarythrusters. Depleting the MDC of the main AND secondary thrusters will leave the shipadrift in space. In an atmosphere, the battlecruiser will still be able to land and achieve orbit using antigravity generators. The maneuvering thrusters will propel the ship@at 10kph in any direction.

SPEEDS:

STATISTICAL DATA:

Fold System: Fold System Cluster
Sublight Drive: Impulse Drive Cluster
Gravity Control System: Internal
Auxiliary Engine: Rocket Motor Cluster
Sensor System: Standard Tracking Cluster

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

1. HEAVY LASER CANNON (1):

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Warship
• RANGE: 160,000 km in an atmosphere. Double in space
• DAMAGE: 1D2x1000 M.D.
• RATE OF FIRE: Once per round
• PAYLOAD: Unlimited

2. RETRACTABLE LASER TURRETS (15):

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Warship/Anti-Planet
• RANGE: 160,000 km in an atmosphere. Double in space.
• DAMAGE: 1D4x100 M.D. per turret
• RATE OF FIRE: Twice per melee
• PAYLOAD: Unlimited.

3. RETRACTABLE MISSLE TURRETS (50):

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-Aircraft
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Defense
• RANGE: Varies with warhead used
• DAMAGE: Varies with warhead used
• RATE OF FIRE: Each turret can fire once per melee, and can be combined in any volley combination of at least 10 or more, up to 30 missiles. Volleys can be directed at different targets.
• PAYLOAD: Effectively Unlimited

SYSTEMS OF NOTE:

• ANTIGRAVITY PROPULSION SYSTEM: The ship is equipped with an anti-gravity propulsion system used for planetary landings and liftoffs. The system is good for vertical ascent/descent only and can lift the ship at speeds of up to 400 m per minute. The system will function so long as the main energy system (in the rear 1/3 of the ship) can supply energy to it.
• LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS: The Troopship has sufficient life support to provide breathable air and comfortable temperatures for up to 5,000 people for up to 20 years (air was recycled). In an emergency the life support system could support up to 15,000 people at one time. The ship contained enough food and water onboard to support the crew for up to 30 years (with recycling).
• LONG-RANGE TRACKING SENSORS: The ship's Command Center is equipped with a complex sensor system that could track and identify up to 1,500 craft simultaneously. The system had a 3,200 km range.
• SPACE FOLD SYSTEM: For FTL propulsion, the vessel is equipped with a fold system capable of propelling the ship through hyperspace at speeds up to 3.28x10^10 mps (5.25x10^10 kmps), or 1 light year per 6 minutes. The range of the fold drive is theoretically unlimited except by the life expectancy of the spacecraft (which is unknown).
• SUBLIGHT ENGINES: As a backup to the Fold System, the ship is equipped with impulse engines that could propel the craft at speeds up to 0.24 speed of light (38,400 miles per second) in space. Note that these engines were mainly intended for rapid movement inside a planetary system and are not suited for long voyages between star systems. In a planetary atmosphere the ship is limited to speeds of Mach 2.0 maximum due to hull stress.
• SUBSPACE MASS SENSORS: As part of the warships sensor systems, it is equipped with subspace sensors that could essentially instantly detect mass readings and movement of objects up to 1 AU (93 million miles) distant from the carrier. Readings taken with the subspace sensors are not very detailed (-25% penalty when trying to identify a detected object) and cannot detect objects of less than 60,000 kg (this includes most Meltrandi and UN Spacy mecha).

Ship-borne Vehicles (STANDARD):

• Quaedlunn-Rau: 2,200
• Theatre Scout Recon Pods: 8
• Recovery Pod: 6
• Reentry Pods: 12
• Liason Craft/Shuttlecraft: 8
• Hover Platforms: 200

REFERENCES

Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules DYRL

Macross DYRL Gold Book Macross Chronicle