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| M5.2-Class Drone Destroyer | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Refit: Star League in Exile (Lazarus) |
| Use | Frontline Combatant Fighter Carrier Ship Picket Ship |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere Experimental |
| Cost | 16,221,638,000 C-bills |
| Introduced | 3060s (Approximately) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 680,000 tons |
| Length | 628 meters |
| Width | |
| Sail Diameter | 1,100 meters |
| Fuel | 4,000 tons (10,000) |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 4 |
| Top Thrust | 6 |
| Sail Integrity | 5 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 15 |
| LF Battery | No |
| Armament | Main Weaponry
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| Armor | Ferro-Carbide Armor Nose: 96 Fore Side: 96/96 Aft Sides: 96/96 94 |
| DropShip Capacity | 0 |
| Small Craft/ AeroSpace Fighters |
4 / 18 |
| Crew | 40 officer 163 enlisted/non-rated 36 gunners 20 bay personnel 110 marines |
| Grav Decks | 1 (1 - 100 meter diameter) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 30 / 30 |
| Heat Sinks | 2,500 (5,000) |
| Structural Integrity | 50 |
| BV (1.0) | |
| BV (2.0) | 55,487[1] |
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Overview[]
The M5.2-Class Drone Destroyers are co-inhabited type WarShip, where human and cybernetic intelligence of the ship would together form a crew. The new variant of the previous M5.1 Class Drone destroyer, which was solely unmanned. The new version of the ship offers additional options previous classes could not offer.
A creation of monbvol, the ship is a fictional upgrade from the original Casper Drone Warship and improvement of the M5.1 Casper Drone/Destroyer that was perfected by the Star League in Exile. The ship was originally introduced for the fan story Weapons of War Saga: The Director-General and her Knights and Strategos (A Great Captain Roberts Tale!!).
Unlike previous models of Casper, the M5.2 and it's sister 5.X variants were an upgrade which houses uniquely sapient Artificial Intelligence, whom would developed into full personality and utterly loyal Star League and Director-General.
Class History[]
With the work establishing infrastructure going well in the Lazarus system, a another concern began to arise in the refugee fleet of AIs. Their hulls did have maximum service lives that were about to be reached.
For many it was decided rebuilding them to the same standard as Victoria would suffice, but for some of the especially older hulls a more extensive refit was needed.
So it was decided to copy the Advanced Robotic Transport System Bays from the M9 and throw some on the hulls. The original Lola II hull was designed with hanger bays in mind so this was a relatively simple matter. Adding ARTS small craft bays likewise was not terribly difficult, system would now service the fighters and small craft with minimum human assistance needed.
But to make room for all this and human crews to help maintain everything that the drones could not the firepower was significantly downgraded with the removal of all remaining naval autocannons. To help compensate the nose and aft naval PPCs were relocated into the now empty autocannon bays.
The removal of the self destruct devices finished bringing the available mass and volume for cargo to an acceptable fraction of the hull's overall mass.
Canonity[]
This Casper variant has never existed in canon. However, the M5 Casper Drone Warship itself is canon.
Armament and Equipment[]
The redesign hull of the M5.2 would retrofitted for humans to be part of the crew. Which would led to the removal of some system and movement of other... Like M5.1, the design's armor is protected by 680 metric tons of Ferro-Carbide armor, like the Clan variant of the Lola III. The ship's systems include;
- x1 Mobile Hyperpulse Generators (Mobile HPG)
- x1 SDS (Caspar) Drone Control System (Improved)
- x1 Naval Comm-Scanner Suite (Large)
Weapon Placement[]
- Nose
- x4 Naval Laser 55
- Forward Right/Left Sides
- x3 Heavy NPPC
x2 Naval Laser 55
x1 AR10 Capital Missile Launcher (Killer Whales (10 Missiles) & Barracuda (20 Missiles)
x3 AMS (180 Rounds)
- Broadside Right/Left
- x1 Naval Laser 55
x2 AR10 Capital Missile Launcher (Killer Whales (20 Missiles) & Barracuda (40 Missiles)
- Aft (Rear) Right/Left Sides
- x3 Heavy NPPC
x2 Naval Laser 55
x1 AR10 Capital Missile Launcher (Killer Whales (10 Missiles) & Barracuda (20 Missiles)
x3 AMS (180 Rounds)
- Aft
- x4 Naval Laser 55
Ammunition:
-60 rounds of AR10 Killer Whale ammunition (3,000 tons)
-720 rounds of Anti-Missile System [IS] ammunition (60 tons)
-120 rounds of AR10 Barracuda ammunition (3,600 tons)
Cargo[]
- Bay 1: ARTS Small Craft (4) 2 Doors
- Bay 2: ARTS Fighter (18) 9 Doors
- Bay 3: Cargo (2546.0 tons) 1 Doors
Command Variant[]
- M5.2C-Class Drone Destroyer - Command variant, which originated with the SLS Billie Hoel after she and her hull had taken significant damage during Sons of Plunder War. As a Command variant M5s, as exceedingly few and rare as those were with Lady Cameron's fleet, also facing need of a life extension refit found themselves with even more room to work with so it was decided that they would take on an additional tender role for the formations they were meant to lead. The Command only significant variation of the M5.2 baseline, would be inclusion of the powerful Autonomous Tactical Analysis Computer (ATAC) which includes 50 drones, including Robotic Drone DropShips & Aerospace Fighters. Cost: 17,721,638,000 C-bills, BV (2.0): 55,487
Other M5.X Class Variants[]
- M5-Class Drone Destroyer - The original version of the Casper Destroyer.
- M5.1-Class Drone Destroyer - First upgraded variant of the 5.X series, the improvement of firepower and speed over the original Casper Drone.
- M5.3C-Class Drone Destroyer - Command variant based on the 5.3 variant.
- M5.4-Class Drone Destroyer - New baseline upgrade/variant of the destroyer first appearing in 3140s. This upgrades weapons system for optimization in combat.
Notes[]
- Note: AI inhabiting the Warships most have taken a female persona and were personally named by Helena Cameron. Thus ship's name is their individual name.
M5.2 - Game Stats Breakdown[]
Marines: Automated Defenses and Remote Drones provide - 110 Marine Points
Tech Rating: Tech Rating: F/F-X-X-X
Total Cost: 16,221,638,000 C-Bills (BV2)
Battle Value: 55,487 (BV2)
Download Links[]
Bibliography[]
- Original posting of the M5.2 Drone Warship and it's associated Variants.]
- Weapons of War Saga: The Director-General and her Knights
- Weapons of War Saga: The Final March
- Strategos (A Great Captain Roberts Tale!!)
- Revenants of the Star League