Ship/Smallcraft Code/Type CAE Escort Heavy Cruiser
Service/Source Grayson Space Navy
Class Name Ishilinga
Mass/Displacement (Tons) 480,000
Length Overall (Meters) 1,350
Maximum Beam (Meters) 210
Maximum Height (Meters) 180
Maximum Acceleration (G) 594.5 in Normal-Space 5,706 in Hyper-Space
Complement 1,350 (125 Officers + 1,238 Warrant/Enlisted) Plus Flag/Flag Staff
Core Crew 1,175 (115 + 1,060)
Marine Complement 185 (7 + 178)
Flag/Flag Staff 50 (11 + 39) When Serving as Squadron Flagship
Armament Mounted Weapon Mount Placement
Type/Number Broadside Mounts P/S Chase Mounts F/A
Launcher Mod 7 x36 15/15 3/3
Laser 60cm x18 9/9 0/0
Graser 150cm x16 6/6 2/2
Launcher Mod 3CM x50 20/20 5/5
PD Laser Cluster x72 30/30 6/6
Missile(s) Used GSN/RMN Mk38 CA/BC-grade Series
GSN/RMN Mk4 Countermissile Cannister
GSN Mk2 Countermissile (RMN Standard Countermissile)
Parasite Complement LCLA x2 (M130 Stormer) LCS x2 (R4 Marder); LKL x1 (GSN-std Cargo Shuttle); YGM x2 (GSN-std Medium Gunnery Stores Lighter)
Designer/Creator K. Harron for the Grayson Space Navy
Notes This class is a variant on the Dragonfly class CA, optimized for the escort role. Like the Dragonfly, it has BC-grade sidewalls and particle/radiation shields and heavy armour for its size, but its point defense is designed to be in a class with most large BCs.
Ships in this class will be named for various types of infantry/horse cavalry defensive armour from Old Earth military history before the 2nd Century Ante Diaspora (20th Century CE): the Class Ship, GNS Ishilinga, is named for a shield carried by the Kaffiri tribesmen of South Africa during the 3rd Cent. A.D. “Zulu Wars.”



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