Scandavian States
14-01-2006, 01:16
The ancient Fenrir class Dreadnaughts are rapidly approaching the point where further refits would not only be pointless, but impossible. The hulls are simply too old to support another round of being cut open and then put back together in a slightly different configuration. While building an entirely new round of DNs is possible, the Imperial Navy has decided that, for the time being, DNs shall be phased out in favor of SDs due to a lack of an immediately ready new design.
The Flight II Halcyon class has had its sensors and electronics completely replaced in favor of newer systems. The weapons load has also been slightly revised, with entirely new launchers designed to fire the Arquebus-II cruise missile, the only known naval vessel to do so.
Production costs will exceed four trillion USD for 140 ships and take three years to pay for, with construction being staggered into blocks of thirty-five and with each block starting exactly a year after the one preceeding it. Total construction time will take 15 years for all ships.
Halcyon class Superdreadnaught
Displacement: 620,000 tons
Dimensions: 548M L x 130M W x 19.5M D
Propulsion:
8 x Pebblebed reactors rated at 175Mw each
4 x Water jets
Speed: 32+ knots (top speed)
Crew: 3,100
Endurance: Limited to crew endurance only.
Radar:
APAR-12E Mod 2 Air/Surface (Long Range Air/Surface Search/Targeting)
AS-35 Mod 0 Airborne Early Warning (Long Range Air Search/Tracking)
Iris Mk1 Mod 1 (Medium Range Over-The-Horizon Search/Targeting)
Zeus Mk1 Mod 0 (Long Range Over-The-Horizon Search/Tracking)
ASL Mk1 Mod 1 (Short Range/CIWS Air Search/Tracking LIDAR)
G04 Navigation
Fire Control:
Falltech GSWDC Control Bloc (Ship Control)
Falltech "Jupiter" (Area Warfare Coordination)
Falltech NG05 Mod 2 (Gunfire Control)
Host arrays for multilink combat systems (such as AEGIS)
EW:
Falltech Mk603 Intercept/Jamming Unit
4 x Falltech Type 5 MR Chaff/Flare Dispensers
SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure
Mk53 SRBOC decoy
Host arrays for ELINT equipment
LIDAR/SONAR:
Falltech Mk.1B Multi-Spectrum LIDAR
Falltech Mk.2A Underwater LADAR
Falltech ‘Opal Eye’ Underwater Self-Defence LADAR
Falltech SS-24A Bow-Mounted SONAR
Falltech SS-30C Multi-Line Towed SONAR
Aviation: Two extensive helipads and hangar, 12 x helicopters or VTOLs
Armament:
15 x 22”/64 ETC (Triple Mounts)
8 x 6”/64 ETC (Single Mounts)
1 x 144-cell Mk72 Strategic Dual-Load VLS
4 x 48-Cell Mk72 Tactical Dual-Load VLS
4 x 8-cell Arquebus-II ASCM Launchers
13 x Mk45 CAMDS
16 x 25mm BI M/C Cannons (Dual Mounts)
4 x 25mm BI M/C Cannons
1 x 3.2Mw Carbon Dioxide Laser
4 x 500Kw Carbon Dioxide Lasers
4 x Machine Gun Mounts
4 x Torpedo Intercept Systems (32 Light Torpedoes)
4 x ML 533mm Torpedo Tubes (60 Heavyweight Torpedoes/120 Lightweight Weapons)
8 x PDI 50mm Underwater Supercav Railguns
4 x Mk2 12-Cell Unguided ASW Mortars
Armour: 1000mm Titanium VA/Ceramic/Titanium-Carbide Rods
The Flight II Halcyon class has had its sensors and electronics completely replaced in favor of newer systems. The weapons load has also been slightly revised, with entirely new launchers designed to fire the Arquebus-II cruise missile, the only known naval vessel to do so.
Production costs will exceed four trillion USD for 140 ships and take three years to pay for, with construction being staggered into blocks of thirty-five and with each block starting exactly a year after the one preceeding it. Total construction time will take 15 years for all ships.
Halcyon class Superdreadnaught
Displacement: 620,000 tons
Dimensions: 548M L x 130M W x 19.5M D
Propulsion:
8 x Pebblebed reactors rated at 175Mw each
4 x Water jets
Speed: 32+ knots (top speed)
Crew: 3,100
Endurance: Limited to crew endurance only.
Radar:
APAR-12E Mod 2 Air/Surface (Long Range Air/Surface Search/Targeting)
AS-35 Mod 0 Airborne Early Warning (Long Range Air Search/Tracking)
Iris Mk1 Mod 1 (Medium Range Over-The-Horizon Search/Targeting)
Zeus Mk1 Mod 0 (Long Range Over-The-Horizon Search/Tracking)
ASL Mk1 Mod 1 (Short Range/CIWS Air Search/Tracking LIDAR)
G04 Navigation
Fire Control:
Falltech GSWDC Control Bloc (Ship Control)
Falltech "Jupiter" (Area Warfare Coordination)
Falltech NG05 Mod 2 (Gunfire Control)
Host arrays for multilink combat systems (such as AEGIS)
EW:
Falltech Mk603 Intercept/Jamming Unit
4 x Falltech Type 5 MR Chaff/Flare Dispensers
SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure
Mk53 SRBOC decoy
Host arrays for ELINT equipment
LIDAR/SONAR:
Falltech Mk.1B Multi-Spectrum LIDAR
Falltech Mk.2A Underwater LADAR
Falltech ‘Opal Eye’ Underwater Self-Defence LADAR
Falltech SS-24A Bow-Mounted SONAR
Falltech SS-30C Multi-Line Towed SONAR
Aviation: Two extensive helipads and hangar, 12 x helicopters or VTOLs
Armament:
15 x 22”/64 ETC (Triple Mounts)
8 x 6”/64 ETC (Single Mounts)
1 x 144-cell Mk72 Strategic Dual-Load VLS
4 x 48-Cell Mk72 Tactical Dual-Load VLS
4 x 8-cell Arquebus-II ASCM Launchers
13 x Mk45 CAMDS
16 x 25mm BI M/C Cannons (Dual Mounts)
4 x 25mm BI M/C Cannons
1 x 3.2Mw Carbon Dioxide Laser
4 x 500Kw Carbon Dioxide Lasers
4 x Machine Gun Mounts
4 x Torpedo Intercept Systems (32 Light Torpedoes)
4 x ML 533mm Torpedo Tubes (60 Heavyweight Torpedoes/120 Lightweight Weapons)
8 x PDI 50mm Underwater Supercav Railguns
4 x Mk2 12-Cell Unguided ASW Mortars
Armour: 1000mm Titanium VA/Ceramic/Titanium-Carbide Rods