CT Only: Type LF class Pursuit Corvette

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Pursuit Corvette
Ship Type: LF (Corvette, Fast)
TL=12 (LBB5.80 design fitted with LBB2.81 standard drives)

Tonnage (custom hull): 400 tons
Configuration: 1 (Needle/Wedge, streamlined, MCr48) (LBB5.80, p21-23)
Armor: 0

Jump-F (code: 3, 35 tons, MCr60, TL=10, Capacitor storage: 6 tons = 216 EP maximum)
Maneuver-M (code: 6, 23 tons, MCr48, TL=12)
Power Plant-M (code: 6, 37 tons, MCr96, TL=12, EP: 24, Surplus EP: +0 @ Agility 4, Emergency Agility: 6)
Total Drives: 35+23+37 = 95 tons (LBB2.81, p22) (+7 tons LSP Armored Fighter C drives = 102 tons combined)

Fuel: 180 tons = 120+60 tons (LBB2.81, p14-15, 23)

• Jump Fuel = (Tonnage/100) * (Parsecs*10)
  • 120 tons = 3 parsecs range @ 400 tons displacement
• Power Plant and Reactionless Maneuver Fuel = (10Pn*0.25*weeks)
  • 60 tons = 4 weeks @ 6G M-Drive reactionless maneuver within 1000 diameters of gravity wells for 400 tons displacement
• HEPlaR Reaction Maneuver consumption rate = (Tonnage/100) * (G*0.05*days)
  • 0.2 tons consumption per G per day beyond 1000 diameters of gravity wells (CT Beltstrike, p5, 11)

Fuel Scoops (MCr0.4) (LBB5.80, p27)
Fuel Purification Plant: 200 ton capacity (6 tons, MCr0.032) (LBB5.80, p27, 36)
L-Hyd drop tank fittings (MCr0.01) (LBB A5, p14)

Hardpoints: 4 (MCr0.4) (LBB2.81, p15 and p23)
Dual Turrets: 2 (MCr0.5) (LBB2.81, p23)
Triple Turrets: 3 (MCr3) (LBB2.81, p23)
Triple Turret: Sandcaster, Sandcaster, Sandcaster (1 ton, MCr0.75, EP: 0) (LBB5.80, p25)
Dual Turret: Fusion Gun, Fusion Gun (2 tons, MCr4, EP: 4) (LBB5.80, p25)
Triple Turret: Missile, Missile, Missile (1 ton, MCr2.25, EP: 0) (LBB5.80, p25)
Triple Turret: Missile, Missile, Missile (1 ton, MCr2.25, EP: 0) (LBB5.80, p25)
Batteries:

• 1 Sancaster (code: 4)
• 2 Fusion Gun (code: 4)
• 1 Missile (code: 3)

Bridge (20 tons, MCr2, Military Sensor Suite)
Computer: 5 (Code: 5, 5 tons, MCr45, TL=11, EP: 3)
Skills required: 9 crew (Cr34,275 per 4 weeks salaries)

1. Pilot-1 = Cr6000
2. Navigator-1 = Cr5000
3. Engineering-2/Engineering-2 (chief) = (((4000*1.1)+(4000*1.1))*0.75*1.1 = Cr7260
4. Engineering-1 = Cr4000
5. Medic-2 = (2000*1.1) = Cr2200
6. Gunnery-2/Gunnery-2 (energy weapons and missiles) (chief) = (((1000*1.1)+(1000*1.1))*0.75*1.1 = Cr1815
7. Gunnery-1 (sandcasters) = Cr1000
   1. Ship's Boat-1 = Cr6000
   2. Gunnery-1 (missiles) = Cr1000

Crew staterooms: 9 single occupancy (36 tons, MCr4.5)
Ship's Troops Staterooms: 5 (20 tons, MCr2.5)

• Fire Team (4): 4 troops single occupancy, 1 brig detention cell
• Squad (9): 1 troop leader single occupancy, 8 troops double occupancy

Low Berths: 4 (2 tons, MCr0.2)

Internal Hangar Bay: 30 tons capacity Ordinary Launch Facilities (30 tons, MCr0.06) (LBB5.80, p32)

• 1x LSP Armored Fighter C (20 tons)
• 1x G-Carrier (8 tons, MCr1) (LBB3.81, p23)

External Dock/Board/Tow: 600 tons capacity Dispersed Structure Launch Facilities (0 tons, MCr1.2, ship becomes unstreamlined while in use) (LBB5.80, p32)
Cargo Bay: 1 ton

Total Cost: MCr322.052 (+30.07) = MCr352.122 (single production), MCr257.6416 (+24.056) = MCr281.6976 (volume production)

Pursuit Corvette         LF-3136652-040000-04003-0  MCr257.6416   400 tons
        batteries bearing            1      2  1            TL=12. Crew=9.
                batteries            1      2  1            Troops=4 or 9.
Passengers=0 to 1. Low=4. Cargo=1. Hangar=30. Fuel=180. EP=24. Agility=4.
Jump-2, Maneuver-2 @ up to 600 tons total (+200 tons external)
Jump-1, Maneuver-2 @ up to 800 tons total (+400 tons external)
Jump-1, Maneuver-1 @ up to 1000 tons total (+600 tons external)

LSP Armored Fighter C    FA-0206621-600000-00002-0  MCr24.056         20 tons
        batteries bearing                      1               TL=12. Bridge.
                batteries                      1                 Crew=1 or 2.
Passengers=0 or 1. Staterooms=1. Low=0. Cargo=0. Fuel=1.2. EP=1.2. Agility=6.
Maneuver-5 @ up to 24 tons total (+4 tons external)
Maneuver-4 @ up to 30 tons total (+10 tons external)
Maneuver-3 @ up to 42 tons total (+22 tons external)
Maneuver-2 @ up to 68 tons total (+48 tons external)
Maneuver-1 @ up to 170 tons total (+150 tons external)

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Total Cost: MCr322.052 (+28.75) = MCr350.802 (single production), MCr257.6416 (+23) = MCr280.6416 (volume production)

Pursuit Corvette         LF-3136652-040000-04004-0  MCr257.6416   400 tons
        batteries bearing            1      2  1            TL=13. Crew=9.
                batteries            1      2  1            Troops=4 or 9.
Passengers=0 to 1. Low=4. Cargo=1. Hangar=30. Fuel=180. EP=24. Agility=4.
Jump-2, Maneuver-2 @ up to 600 tons total (+200 tons external)
Jump-1, Maneuver-2 @ up to 800 tons total (+400 tons external)
Jump-1, Maneuver-1 @ up to 1000 tons total (+600 tons external)

LSP Armored Fighter D    FA-0206621-900000-00003-0  MCr23             20 tons
        batteries bearing                      1               TL=13. Bridge.
                batteries                      1                 Crew=1 or 2.
Passengers=0 or 1. Staterooms=1. Low=0. Cargo=0. Fuel=1.2. EP=1.2. Agility=6.
Maneuver-5 @ up to 24 tons total (+4 tons external)
Maneuver-4 @ up to 30 tons total (+10 tons external)
Maneuver-3 @ up to 42 tons total (+22 tons external)
Maneuver-2 @ up to 68 tons total (+48 tons external)
Maneuver-1 @ up to 170 tons total (+150 tons external)

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Total Cost: MCr322.052 (+29.05) = MCr351.102 (single production), MCr257.6416 (+23.24) = MCr280.8816 (volume production)

Pursuit Corvette         LF-3136652-040000-05004-0  MCr257.6416   400 tons
        batteries bearing            1      2  1            TL=14. Crew=9.
                batteries            1      2  1            Troops=4 or 9.
Passengers=0 to 1. Low=4. Cargo=1. Hangar=30. Fuel=180. EP=24. Agility=4.
Jump-2, Maneuver-2 @ up to 600 tons total (+200 tons external)
Jump-1, Maneuver-2 @ up to 800 tons total (+400 tons external)
Jump-1, Maneuver-1 @ up to 1000 tons total (+600 tons external)

LSP Armored Fighter E    FA-0206621-E00000-00003-0  MCr23.24          20 tons
        batteries bearing                      1               TL=14. Bridge.
                batteries                      1                 Crew=1 or 2.
Passengers=0 or 1. Staterooms=1. Low=0. Cargo=1. Fuel=1.2. EP=1.2. Agility=6.
Maneuver-5 @ up to 24 tons total (+4 tons external)
Maneuver-4 @ up to 30 tons total (+10 tons external)
Maneuver-3 @ up to 42 tons total (+22 tons external)
Maneuver-2 @ up to 68 tons total (+48 tons external)
Maneuver-1 @ up to 170 tons total (+150 tons external)

Note that TL=14 Gazelle class Close Escorts cost MCr359.3431 standard, MCr287.474 in quantity (LBB S9, p17), making them the closest near peer equivalent in the anti-piracy role at ~400 tons displacement (with L-Hyd drop tanks attached).

 

[Spinward Flow]

The TL=12-13 cousin design that evolved out of the TL=10 Type LT class Patrol Corvette.

All of the pincer tactic "hound to hunter" described in the previous thread regarding employment of the LSP Armored Fighter screening the Corvette(s) can be employed here to prevent pursuit targets from escaping via Break Off by Acceleration from long range (LBB5.80, p39 and p41-42)).

Also, the "1 crew for 2 positions" reasoning is likewise carried over into these technological evolutions of the underlying design which ultimately traces its ancestry all the way back to the Type T class Patrol Cruiser from LBB2.81, p20 (and the wiki page really should update the TL recorded on the wiki to be TL=10, not 12, since it is using LBB2.81 standard drives).