Ship/Smallcraft Code/Type CA Heavy Cruiser
Service/Source People’s Navy / People’s Republic of Haven Ministry of State Security
Class Name Mars
Mass/Displacement (Tons) 600,000
Length Overall (Meters) 1,600
Maximum Beam (Meters) 200
Maximum Height (Meters) 175
Maximum Acceleration (G) 497 in Normal-Space 4,795.7 in Hyper-Space
Complement 1,000 (90 Officers + 910 Warrant/Enlisted) Plus Flag/Flag Staff
Core Crew 850 (80 + 770)
Marine Complement 150 (10 + 140)
Flag/Flag Staff 50 (11 + 39) When Serving As Squadron Flag
Armament Mounted Weapon Mount Placement
Type/Number Broadside Mounts P/S Chase Mounts F/A
Launcher PN CA-Mod x56 24/24 4/4
Laser 60cm x14 7/7 0/0
Laser 100cm x6 0/0 3/3
Launcher PN-Mod CM x24 9/9 3/3
PD Laser Cluster x50 21/21 4/4
Missile(s) Used PN CA-grade; PN-std Countermissile
Parasite Complement LCMA x2 (D.450 Ouragan); LCS x4 (DB.100 Mercure); LKL x2 (PN-std Cargo Lighter)
Designer/Creator People’s Navy
Notes This design utilizes Solarian League impeller technology to incorporate impellers equal in total power to those of the Tiger-class BC. This allows the Mars class to tow a total of six PN 2nd Gen missile pods (16 DN/SD-grade missiles per pod) or to tractor up to four inside the impeller wedge. Similar EW/ECM technology upgrades are also incorporated, giving the class an EW capability similar to that of PN battlecruisers. These improvements and the increased number of broadside missile weapons reduces the magazine space for the missile launchers to slightly less than that of the Sword class CA on a per-tube basis and reduces the drone telemetry capacity by a third from that of the Sword class.
This class was introduced in In Enemy Hands, with further information given in Echoes of Honor.



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