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| Flower-Class Corvette | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Exodus Shipyards |
| Use | Escort Patrol Ship |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere Experimental |
| Cost | 8,154,216,000 C-bills |
| Introduced | 3137 (Approximately) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 100,000 tons |
| Length | 104 meters Width: 22 Height: 23 |
| Width | |
| Sail Diameter | 571 meters |
| Fuel | 6,303.5 tons (63,035) |
| Burn Rate | 19.75 |
| Safe Thrust | 4 |
| Top Thrust | 6 |
| Sail Integrity | 3 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 4 |
| LF Battery | Yes |
| Armament | Main Weaponry
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| Armor | Ferro-Carbide Armor Nose: 30 Fore Side: 30/30 Aft Sides: 30/30 Aft: 30 |
| DropShip Capacity | 2 |
| Small Craft/ AeroSpace Fighters |
4 / 6 |
| Crew | 25 officer 75 enlisted/non-rated 28 gunners 32 bay personnel 50 marines |
| Grav Decks | 1 (100 meters diameter) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 16 / 16 |
| Heat Sinks | 289 (578) |
| Structural Integrity | 60 |
| BV (1.0) | |
| BV (2.0) | 15,810[1] |
Overview[]
The Flower-Class Corvette is a basic patrol & escort vessel design by the Star League in Exile and it's allies. Unlike other warships in service in of the Star League in Exile, the ship was intended for human crews to man. This design choice, allowed for ready available ship to sell to Allies without risking CASPER type technology spreading possibly into enemy hands.
A patrol ship by nature, the vessel is intended for to keep watchful eye for invaders, while handling policing duties other wise be regulated to larger ships or less flexible dropships.
A creation of monbvol, the corvette vessel conceived by the Star League in Exile's SLDF as backbone of their fleet. The ship was introduced for the fan story Weapons of War Saga: The Final March.
Class History[]
Production of the ship began in 3137, where first her kinds were launch from the shipyards of New Lazarus orbital shipyards. First of renewal of new ships to added to the fleet. With the integration of the human crews to the other wise automated destroyer fleet, the corvette provide further opportunities to train SLDF Navy crews in the basics of Warship operations without the benefits of sapient Artificial Intelligence which dominates the fleet.
Canonity[]
Total invention of the fan story it appears in, the ship however armed with canon features found in other warships of the setting.
Armament and Equipment[]
The ship's hull is protected by a modest 120 metric tons of Lamellor Ferro-Carbide, like the Clan refitted SLDF Ships. With even layer of the armor all it's firing arcs. Powered by fusion reactors, these power plants allows ship to maintain pace with existing Star League in Exile ships in service.
Armament wise, the ship is intended as stand off combatant, effectively a Missile Corvette, where it's capital missile fire power comes from series of dedicated Barracuda Light Capital Missile Launchers and flexible AR10 Capital Missile launcher loaded with additional Barracudas or Peacekeeper heavy nuclear-tipped missiles. To supplement the missiles, the ship has singular Class 45 Naval Laser and a number of Class 1 Sub Capital Lasers, to allow for ranged firepower as well less destructive Orbital artillery should extreme case come up. Ship unlike many SLDF era built warships has fair compliment of standard energy based weapons to fend off incoming fighters & small craft in form of Extended Range Particle Projection Cannons. For point defense work the Flower's defenses rounds up with clusters of ballistic based Anti-Missile guns.
Weapon Placement[]
- Nose
- x2 Capital Missile Launcher (Barracuda) - [Barracuda Ammo (40 shots)]
1x NL/45
x9 ER PPC
x2 AMS (240 shots)
- Forward Right/Left Sides
- x4 Sub-Capital Laser /1
- Broadside Right/Left
- x2 Capital Missile Launcher (AR10 Launcher) [AR10 Barracuda Ammo (10 shots), AR10 Peacemaker Ammo (10 shots)]
x9 ER PPC
x2 AMS (240 shots)
- Aft (Rear) Right/Left Sides
- x4 Sub-Capital Laser /1
- Aft
- x2 Capital Missile Launcher (AR10 Launcher) [AR10 Barracuda Ammo (10 shots), AR10 Peacemaker Ammo (10 shots)]
x9 ER PPC
x2 AMS (240 shots)
Ammunition:
-80 rounds of Barracuda ammunition (2,400 tons)
-20 rounds of AR10 Barracuda ammunition (600 tons)
-20 rounds of AR10 Peacemaker ammunition (1,000 tons)
-720 rounds of Anti-Missile System [IS] ammunition (60 tons)
Other Equipment[]
In it's role as picket vessel, escorting and providing patrol services systems protected by the Star League in Exile, the Flower Class has been given advance sensors and rare Mobile HPG System to contact other fleet assets should crisis arise. The vessel's Naval Com-Scanner Suite allows for the ship to link to other ships with the suite to be able coordinate weapons fire for a flotilla or large task forces.
- x1 Lithium-Fusion battery system
- x1 Mobile Hyperpulse Generators
- x1 Naval Comm-Scanner Suite (Large)
Cargo[]
- Bay 1: Small Craft (4) 2 Doors
- Bay 2: Fighter (6) 3 Doors
- Bay 3: Cargo (1728.5 tons) 1 Doors
Flower Corvette - Game Stats Breakdown[]
Marines: 100 Marine Points
Tech Rating: Tech Rating: E/X-X-X-F
Total Cost: 8,154,216,000 C-bills (BV2)
Battle Value: 16,507 (BV2)
Notes[]
- Wiki Note: Two variants were made, the one named Flower Corvette Alternate was chosen as the final candidate to become unit represented here.
Download Links[]
- Flower Class Corvette - MegaMek File
- Flower Class Corvette - Record Sheet
- Flower Class Corvette - Alpha Strike Data Card
Bibliography[]
- Original posting of the Flower Class Corvette (alternate, revised version)
- Weapons of War Saga: The Final March
- Revenants of the Star League