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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:00 AM
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:04 AM
Chris
#3
Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:08 AM
The Lysander-class Carrier Submarine was a creation of the Draconis Combine during the late 3040s by the order of Theodore Kurita. The carrier was created due to the difficulties the Combine encountered on oceanic worlds during the War of 3039. The Lysander was designed to provide a substantial presence at sea and a mobile base for Aerospace Fighter craft for defense against orbital threats, submerging to protect both itself and its aerospace assets from orbital fire. Due to the ship's size, each Lysander must be built on-site on an oceanic world.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:09 AM
In short, assaulting a water dominated world in the Combine is about to become an order of magnitude more difficult.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:24 AM
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:28 AM
#8
Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:29 AM
Edited by Randalf Yorgen, 24 May 2012 - 08:35 AM.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:31 AM
Randalf Yorgen, on 24 May 2012 - 08:29 AM, said:
That's the WW2 Japanese Sen Toku/I-400 type submarine actually. Largest real submarine aircraft carrier, as far as I know. I figured it would be of interest as the progenitor of Lysander.
Edited by Gigaton, 24 May 2012 - 08:33 AM.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:33 AM
#11
Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:34 AM
[Pilot] "This is Bravo 2, I am engaging hostiles!"
*fires medium laser*
[Pilot] "Arg! I can't see anything! There's so much steam!"
*fires AC/5*
[Pilot] "Oh ****, my AC rounds are just fragmenting as they leave the barrel!"
*fires PPC*
*WHOOOOSH*
[Pilot] " ******* **** STEAM CLOUD AGAIN!"
*fires zee special underwater misles*
[Pilot] "Finally, something that works! Fish away!"
Underwater battles would be dominated by highly-manuverable guided torpedoes that you couldn't evade... and Mech-sized Harpoon guns that would replace ballistic and energy weapons. They could use large harpoon darts for fighting Mechs and small harpoon darts for intercepting torpedoes, but I don't think Mech Harpoons are canon...
Edited by Prosperity Park, 24 May 2012 - 08:35 AM.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:36 AM
Gigaton, on 24 May 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:
That's the WW2 Japanese Sen Toku/I-400 type submarine actually. Largest real submarine aircraft carrier, as far as I know. I figured it would be of interest as the progenitor of Lysander.
I thought of that after I posted and have corrected my original post. Good catch on your part though, tip of the hat. ;D
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 09:37 AM
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 10:20 AM
#15
Posted 24 May 2012 - 11:28 AM
Prosperity Park, on 24 May 2012 - 08:34 AM, said:
They have Harpoon SRM Specialty ammo, but I don't think that's what you're thinking about...
LRTs and SRTs are about as manuveurable as LRMs and SRMs from what I gather. In the future, high explosive, wire-guided, 10000+ foot-ranged torpedos are replaced by kinda lame-explosive, almost ballistic (AKA: non-guided), 640-foot ranged missles-with-propellers.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 11:43 AM
Water is DENSE compared to air, and concussive force does not disipate quickly like it does in air.
That is why US subs only have a couple of pressure hatches. The reality is that if you get fired upon and a near miss is bad enough to cause flooding, you are dead.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 11:57 AM
The Lysander is designed to carry four squadrons of Aerospace-type aircraft which act as the ship's principle offensive weapon. Usually, a Lysander will carry three fighter-type aircraft squadrons and a single VTOL squadron. Aircraft are stored in thirty fighters bays while take-off/landing is provided for by a flight deck and four helipads.
Weapons on the Lysander includes eight ER Large Lasers on single-turret mounts with six ER Medium Lasers. Mounted in the ship's bow are four additional ER Larger Lasers, four Twenty-tube Long-Range Torpedoes Launchers, and four Six-tube Short-Range Torpedo launchers. Another four rear-firing Six-tube Short-Range Torpedo launchers are mounted in the aft section. For artillery support, the ship carries eight box-launched Arrow IV launchers. The total amount of ammunition stored on the ship includes forty Arrow IV missiles, eight tons of SR Torpedoes and four tons of LRM-20 missiles. All of the ship's weapons are guided by an Advance Fire Control system.
The ship is protected by 1,389 tons of Standard Armor and receives additional protection from a Guardian ECM. Other features include two field kitchens, a MASH unit, Communications Equipment and thirty lifeboats. Accommodations include two hundred crew quarters and forty second-class passenger quarters.
In addition to its fighter compliment, infantry detachments are sometimes assigned to the ship.
Cargo
The ship carries 2,549 tons of standard cargo, which used to supply the ship on long voyages and sustain is aerospace compliment.
The ship has three Heavy Vehicle Bays (100 Tons each) with doors mounted in the rear of the ship.
Armament
- 12 x ER Large Lasers
- 6 x ER Medium Lasers
- 4 x LR Torpedo 20s
- 8 x SR Torpedo 6s
- 8 x Arrow IV Launchers
Heat Sinks 174
Crew
- 26 Officers
- 70 Enlisted/Non-Rates
- 106 Gunners
- 60 Bay personnel
Long-Range Torpedoes (LRTs) have provided ocean-going military units with a decent far-reaching punch for centuries. The LRT-20 fires twenty such torpedoes at an enemy.
Short-Range Torpedoes pack more power into the missile than almost any other kind. They lack sophisticated guidance systems, so they must deliver their punch at short range. The SRT-6 fires six such missiles at a time.
Though the SRT-6 is a modified version of the SRM-6, it cannot fire the same special munitions.
Squadron
Typical Inner Sphere formation consisting of 6 units or airborne vehicles. Consisting of 3 flights. This does not include a Command Flight for the unit's commanding officer.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 04:08 AM
Skylarr, on 24 May 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:
Typical Inner Sphere formation consisting of 6 units or airborne vehicles. Consisting of 3 flights. This does not include a Command Flight for the unit's commanding officer.
Except.. Draconis squadrons organise as flights of 4 with three such four unit flights.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 04:39 PM
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:30 PM
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