Ship/Smallcraft Code/Type APL Troop Transport
Service/Source Harrington Blackbird Shipyard, Blackbird Station, Yeltsin’s Star VIII-A, for the Elysian Space Navy
Class Name Mardi Gras
Mass/Displacement (Tons) 4,750,000
Length Overall (Meters) 2,750
Maximum Beam (Meters) 350
Maximum Height (Meters) 325
Maximum Acceleration (G) 528 in Normal-Space 5,102 in Hyper-Space
Complement 41,500 (135 Officers + 1,365 Warrant/Enlisted + Embarked Troops)
Core Crew 1,500 (135 + 1,365)
Embarked Troops 40,000 Maximum
Armament Mounted Weapon Mount Placement
Type/Number Broadside Mounts P/S Chase Mounts F/A
Launcher Mod 3CM x24 8/8 4/4
PD Laser Cluster x52 20/20 6/6
Missile(s) Used GSN Mk2 Countermissile (RMN-std Countermissile)
Parasite Complement LCLA x30 (AC-130 Whitman); LCMA x24 (F-4 Buccaneer); LCMC x6 (EC-4 Howard); LCSS x2 (AC-47 Yard); LKLV x10 ()
Designer/Creator Harrington Yards Ship Design Board / Blackbird Research & Development Group, Office of Shipbuilding, Grayson Space Navy
Notes PN/SS-mod Longstop-class APL refit at HBY with current-generation GSN/RMN drives, inertial compensator, and full automation plus GSN/RMN CL-grade defensive armaments. No offensive armaments.
Nominal carrying capacity 40,000 troops plus all vehicles, weapons and supplies. Maximum rated Life Support capacity is 50,000 plus crew.
Original Unit Strength 5 ships: Mardi Gras, Voyager, 3 others.


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