Ship/Smallcraft Code/Type BC Battlecruiser
Service/Source Harrington Blackbird Shipyard for the Elysian Space Navy
Class Name Farnese
Mass/Displacement (Tons) 950,000
Length Overall (Meters) 1,750
Maximum Beam (Meters) 210
Maximum Height (Meters) 185
Maximum Acceleration (G) 578 in Normal-Space 5,580.5 in Hyper-Space
Complement 2,500 (115 Officers + 1,185 Warrant/Enlisted + Marine Complement)
Core Crew 1,300 (115 + 1,185) Minimum
Marine Complement 1,200 Maximum
Armament Mounted Weapon Mount Placement
Type/Number Broadside Mounts P/S Chase Mounts F/A
Launcher Mod 19 x64 27/27 5/5
Laser 100cm x12 6/6 0/0
Laser 150cm x4 0/0 2/2
Graser 150cm x8 4/4 0/0
Graser 200cm x4 0/0 2/2
Launcher Mod 3CM x36 14/14 4/4
PD Laser Cluster x74 29/29 8/8
Missile(s) Used GSN/RMN Mk38 CA/BC-grade Series
GSN/RMN Mk5 Countermissile Cannister
GSN Mk2 Countermissile (RMN-std Countermissile
Parasite Complement LCMA x6 (F-4 Buccaneer); LCMC x2 (EC-4 Howard); LCSS x4 (AC-47 Yard); LCMU x2 (UA-1 StarTrain); LKLA x4 ()
Designer/Creator Harrington Yards Ship Design Board / Blackbird Research & Development Group, Office of Shipbuilding, Grayson Space Navy
Notes PN/SS-mod Warlord-class BC refit at HBY with current-generation GSN/RMN drives, inertial compensator, and full automation plus GSN/RMN missile launchers to increase magazine capacity.
Original Unit Strength 5 ships: Farnese, Wallenstein, MacArthur, Kutuzov, Barbarosa. ENS Farnese was the flagship of the Elysian Space Navy at the Battle of Cerberus under the direct command of FADM Honor Harrington, GSN (CDR Warner Caslet, PN, XO); with ENS Wallenstein under CAPT (COMM-Sel) Alistair McKeon, RMN, as Flag Captain for COMM Jesus Ramirez, San Martin Navy; ENS Kutuzov under CAPT Harriet Benson, Phoenix System Navy; ENS MacArthur under CDR Solomon Marchant, GSN; and ENS Barbarosa under CDR Geraldine Metcalf, RMN.


Return to Previous Ship
Continue to Next Ship
Return to HBY Contents
Return to Main Table of Contents