Essex

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Essex
Production information
Manufacturer Mitchell Vehicles
Use Destroyer
Tech Base Star League
Cost  ???
Introduced 2711
Technical specifications
Mass 620,000
Length 615
Top Thrust 5
LF Battery No
Armament 12 x NAC/20s
3 x Barracuda Missile Tubes
8 x NL35s
8 x Medium NPPCs
Armor MVT CL200 Improved Ferro-Aluminum
DropShip Capacity None
Crew 208
Grav Decks 2 x 55 meter diameter
Escape Pods/Life Boats 6/6
Heat Sinks 746 Double Heat Sinks
BV (1.0)  ???
BV (2.0)  ???




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[edit] Description

The second class of WarShip to bear the name, the Essex-class destroyer was designed in response to Star League Navy's request for a quick destroyer that could also make sustained voyages far from support, replacing the older Naga Class which had in turn replaced the original HAF era Essex Class in 2645.

The modern SLS Essex slipped its moorings from the Mitchell Vehicles shipyards above Graham IV in late 2711. Because its designers had wished to emphasize the vessel's swiftness and reliability, they had given it three compact and dependable lnterSystem Class VII engines, built by the Saro Company of Keid, which produce great thrust. The ship's computer systems were built by the Nirasaki Computers Collective, allowing the Essexs crew to do everything from monitor remove surveillance satellites to orchestrating corvette squadrons.

However, the Essex was noted for its ammunition bays, which were too lightly armored to protect its missiles and autocannon shells adequately, and became quite evident with the destruction of Essex destroyers in action against Periphery forces in the 2730s and during the Amaris-Kerensky Civil War. Less than thirty survived the campaign to liberate Terra and the bulk left with the Exodus Fleet, but surviving examples continue to serve in the fleets of ComStar, the Free Worlds League, Word of Blake as well as various Clan Toumans.

[edit] Armament

The Essexs main weapons are its twelve Whirlwind-20 Series NAC/20s, manufactured by Karon Naval Armaments of Terra and unmatched for reliability, mounted in four turrets. The Essex carries three missile tubes capable of firing Barracuda missiles, the smallest and smartest of the three standard missile types used by the Star League Navy. The remainder of the vessel's weaponry consists of a mixture of Magna-35 NL35s and Rand-10 Medium NPPCs.

[edit] Cargo

Lacking Docking collars, the Essex has a single 132,634 ton capacity cargo bay, with four Small Craft bays a single six fighter capacity AeroSpace Fighter bay located amidships with entry and exit doors port and starboard.




[edit] Variants

Clan Refit Essex
  • Clan - Those vessels that survived the genesis of the Star League in Exile continue to serve in the Clan Toumans, beyond a reduction in armor and cargo space to allow the Essex to carry two complete Stars of OmniFighters and add a Lithium-Fusion Battery, the most most notable modification is refitting the ships with the advanced Athena-3 computer system. Far superior than those of the Star League, the Athena-3 can control almost all shipboard functions so a skeleton crew of 25 can run it, though normally it only monitors the ship's system.

[edit] Named Vessels

  • SLS Gettysburg - Launched in 2722, the Gettysburg came to fame first by defeating a Dart Class cruiser while defending shipping in and out of the New Vandenburg system, and then fending off further Taurian Concordat assaults while under the command of Major Evgeny Baratynsky, a decorated nephew of General Aleksandr Kerensky. The SLS Gettysburg was destroyed by Caspar drone warships above Terra in 2777.
  • CSV Emerald - Assigned to Task Force Serpent, destroyed over Huntress.
  • CSV Starlight - Assigned to Task Force Serpent, destroyed over Huntress.
  • CSV Defender of Versailles - Com Guard Second Fleet - Ross 248
  • CSV Hammerstrike - Com Guard First Independent Squadron
  • CSV Deathblow - Com Guard Second Independent Squadron
  • CSV Brandenburg Crusader - Com Guard Second Independent Squadron
  • FWLS Raven - A derelict located in Federated Commonwealth held Elgin system, a FWLM and Blakist team spent the bulk of 3055 secretly repairing the former SLS Oslo enough to jump it to back to the Free Worlds League where it was fully reconditioned to become the first ship of the League's Secret Fleet.
  • FWLS Schrack - Another ship in the League secret fleet, posted in the Marik system along with the Raven
  • WoBS Deliverance - Donated to the Word of Blake as thanks for the aid given to the League's WarShip programs.

[edit] References

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