Ship/Smallcraft Code/Type CL Light Cruiser
Service/Source Royal Manticoran Navy
Class Name Hoplite
Mass/Displacement (Tons) 142,000
Length Overall (Meters) 910
Maximum Beam (Meters) 175
Maximum Height (Meters) 100
Maximum Acceleration (G) 615.1 in Normal-Space 5,935.1 in Hyper-Space
Complement 525 (41 Officers + 484 Warrant/Enlisted)
Core Crew 375 (35 + 340)
Marine Complement 150 (6 + 144)
Armament Mounted Weapon Mount Placement
Type/Number Broadside Mounts P/S Chase Mounts F/A
Launcher Mod 7 x16 6/6 2/2
Laser 45cm x4 2/2 0/0
Graser 65cm x4 2/2 0/0
Graser 85cm x2 0/0 1/1
Launcher Mod 3CM x24 9/9 3/3
PD Laser Cluster x48 19/19 3/3
Missile(s) Used RMN Mk50 DD/CL-grade Series (50/tube; 800 total)
RMN Mk3 Countermissile Cannister
RMN-std Countermissile (GSN Mk2 Countermissile)
Parasite Complement LCMA x2 (Mk30 Intruder); LCS x3 (Mk3 Dakota); LCLU x2 (RMN-std Utility Shuttle)
Designer/Creator K. Knopf for Royal Manticoran Navy
Notes The Hoplite class CL is the first RMN CL class to incorporate Beta² impeller technology from the keel out, with the additional space freed up by this and the increase in mass over the Apollo class used to increase the ship’s point defense and EW/ECM capability.
Ships of this class are named for pre-space warrior types (infantry soldiers, cavalry troopers, sailors, etc.) from Old Earth history before the Space Age. As a result, many of the Hoplite class ships will have the “same” names, but those names will be drawn from different Old Earth Languages.
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