Skimish-class Light Carrier

LC-
L 4 4 2 6 J 3 - 1 9 0 9 0 0 - 7 6 7 4 7 - 80   MCr15,859.6   29 ktons
batteries bearing
                  5           9 Q 5 4 5           TL=15
batteries
                  5           A R 5 4 5           Crew=728
Fuel=13,340. EP=1,740. Agility=2.
Tonnage:
  29,000 tons (standard). 406,000 cubic meters.
Crew:
  42 officers. 206 ratings. 80 pilots.
Performance:
  Jump-4. 2-G. Power plant-6. 1,740 EP. Agility 2.
Electronics:
  Model 9/fib computer
Hardpoints:
  Four 50-ton bays. Two hundred fifty hardpoints.
Armament:
  Fifty triple beam laser turrets organized into 10 batteries. Fifty dual fusion gun turrets organized into 25 batteries. Fifty particle accelerator turrets organized into 5 batteries. Four 50-ton meson gun bays. Fifty triple missile turrets organized into 5 batteries.
Defenses:
  Fifty triple sandcaster turrets organized into 5 batteries. Nuclear damper (factor-9). Armored hull (factor-1).
Craft:
  80 heavy fighters. One launch tubes.
Fuel Treatment:
  Integral fuel scoops; on-board fuel treatment plant.
Cost:
  MCr19,824.5 standard. MCr15,859.6 in quantity.
Construction Time:
  45 months singly; 32 months in quantity.

   Comments: The Skimish class light carrier is a relatively slow fighter carrier/tender characterized by a variety of heterogeneous weaponry and a large complement of heavy fighter.

This ship appears in Supplement 9: Fighting Ships of the Imperium.

updated: March 25, 2005