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Standard Battle Line Battleship

BACKGROUND

The Standard Battle Line Battleship is a mass-produced battleship that is operated as the capital ships of the Varohta Forces, and is characterized by the energy conversion armour that is distributed in the planks of armour that are in-common with the warships of the Varohta Fleet. The production costs are held down because of the ship's mass production, and things like it's operational performance are equivalent to that of an average level Earth warship from the same period. On the other hand, the Varohta Forces did not have a dedicated aircraft carrier, so the ability to operate a maximum on the order of 40 variable fighters was bestowed to this battleship. When 2 to 3 of these battleships operate together, they exhibit a carrier-borne aircraft deployment capability that is proportionate to a regular carrier.

From things like the hull heat sink and bow carrier-borne aircraft launch ports, it looks like the battleship has inherited it's design from an assault warship. The bow carrier-borne aircraft launch port has proven to be for large craft. Moreover, the first half of the hull is covered with armour composed of planks. The upper open part of the warship's stern is a hanger gate that has an emergency shutter, and the lower one is the propulsion nozzle of the engine compartment. The battleship was used in extensive situations, from operations as the battle strength that composes a large-scale fleet to feint missions as a single warship.

57 were operated by the Varohta Forces.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: Battleship
Class: Warship
Crew: 880 to 985 total (command tower: 55, main ship: 700, pilots: 80, troops: 45 to 150)
Manufacturer: Varohta Forces
Government: Varohta Forces
Customer: Varohta

Design Features: armour planks; sliding anti-ship missile and fighter catapults; emergency shutter for rear hanger gate.

Variants:
- Standard Battle Line Battleship: mass produced version

MDC BY LOCATION:

Location MDC Location MDC
Main Body 1
Command Tower 2
Communications and Sensor Array 2 (2)
Main Engines/Power Plants 3 (2)
Secondary Engines 3 (4)
Small Guidance thrusters 3 (36)
Fins (6)
Main Battery Guns (2)
Sub-Battery Guns (8) 		18,000
3,000
550 each
6,000 each
2,000 each
200 each
1,000 each
500 each
350 each 		Small-Battery Guns (12)
Missile Launchers (10)
Small Anti-Aircraft Guns (24)
Outer Hull (per 12 m area)
Interior Hangar Walls (per 6 m area)
Interior Walls (per 3 m area)
Pin-point Barrier System 4
Total Barrier System 4 		300 each
250 each
100 each
300
20
200 SDC
2,500 each
15,000

SPEEDS:

Sub-light: 0.20 speed of light
Auxiliary Drive: Mach 3; Mach 9 in space.
Space Fold Range: 50 light years if there are no fold faults.

Planet bound: can land if necessary but not designed to manoeuvre in an atmosphere. Can only land in a body of water.
Maximum Range: estimated 20 year life span, which can be extended with regular maintenance and overhauls.

Maximum rate of ascent: 400 m per minute using the anti-gravity propulsion system.
Maximum instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.55 G+

STATISTICAL DATA:

Height: under investigation
Width: under investigation
Length: 600 m

Operational Mass: 180,000 t
Empty Mass: 150,000 t

Power Plant: under investigation

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS

Note: Refer to the Ship Defensive Systems for stats unless otherwise noted herein:

1. HEAT AND RADIATION SHIELDS
2. SELF-DESTRUCT
3. ENERGY CONVERSION ARMOUR
4. SHIP-BORNE PIN-POINT BARRIER SYSTEM:

5. TOTAL BARRIER SYSTEM:

OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS

1. MAIN BATTERY: SUPERSIZE-BORE BEAM GUN (2)

Toward the rear the hull. Only the nozzle of the beam gun is exposed. The beam is aligned [with the target] by twisting in a deflection field.

2. SUB-BATTERY: LARGE-BORE BEAM GUN (8)

On both sides of the bow. Only the nozzle of the beam gun is exposed. The beam is aligned [with the target] by twisting in a deflection field.

3. SUB-BATTERY: SMALL-BORE BEAM GUN (12)

Four on the bow, and eight clustered near the center of the ship. Only the nozzle of the beam gun is exposed. The beam is aligned [with the target] by twisting in a deflection field.

4. LARGE ANTI-WARSHIP MISSILE LAUNCHER (9)

The lower part of the center of the hull is armed with a Large Anti-Warship Missile sliding type missile magazines launching mechanism. Each one is loaded with 9 Large Anti-Warship Missiles.

5. RAPID-FIRE HIGH-SPEED MISSILE LAUNCHER (1)

On the top of the hull in front of the bridge. Only the nozzle of the missile launchers are exposed. Each launcher is a cluster of 12 missile launchers.

6. SMALL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS (24)

Mounted all over the hull, approximately 4 per side. These Close in Weapons Systems (CIWS) can either be computer or manually controlled, and do not suffer the negative modifiers to hitting attacking mobile weapons, that larger starship based weapons do. They are intended primarily for anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense, but can do moderate damage against smaller enemy spacecraft if they get too close. At most 4 guns can be directed against a single target at any time.

7. SHIP-BORNE CRAFT

The mother-ship can be equipped with Variable Fighters to increase its versatility. The Variable Fighters are housed in the hangar on the upper half of the rear of the hull. The top of the front of the crusier has 7 standard VF fighter catapults. They are constructed to launch 1 craft each, sequentially, from the rear. They are primarily used for defence, but can also be deployed on tactical missions.

SENSOR SYSTEMS

Note: Refer to the Ship Sensor Systems for stats unless otherwise noted herein:

1. LONG-RANGE DETECTION SYSTEM: Range: 2 AU
2. LONG-RANGE LASER/SATELLITE RELAY COMMUNICATIONS
3. SEARCH AND TARGETING RADAR: Range: 6,500 km
4. SUPER DIMENSIONAL SPACE COMMUNICATIONS: Range: 500 light years

OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Note: Refer to the Ship Other Systems for stats unless otherwise noted herein:

1. AIRLOCKS: 20 are scattered over the hull
2. ARMOURY
3. CARGO HATCHES: 4 spread over the hull
4. GRAVITY CONTROL
5. LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
6. SPACE FOLD SYSTEM: the Cruiser has just enough surplus output to do a refold within a short period of time.
7. SUBLIGHT ENGINES

COMBAT BONUSES FOR SPACECRAFT TRAINING

Note: only the hangars and cargo bays are macron (battroid) scale. The rest of the ship is micron scale.

REFERENCES
  • Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules
  • Macross Chronicle Varohta Fleet article
  • Macross 7 Animation Materials
  • The UNSDB's Varauta Standard Battleline Battleship stats
  • Macross Compendium Standard Battleline Battleship article

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