Admiral Kosov class Battlecruiser-Carrier
Mark "Indy" Kochte
Tech: Human (FB)
Govt: ESU
Mass: 96
Cost: 319 (355)
Clas: Escort Carrier (CVE)
Strm: None
FTL: Std
MD: 4
Armr: 0
Hull: 38 (Military)
Damg: 10/10/9/9
Crew: 5
Sens: Std
Systems:
2 x FCS
2 x PDS
1 x Screen
1 x Class-2 beam (AP,FP,F)
2 x Fighter Bay
Notes:
The ADMIRAL KOSOV class battlecruiser-carrier was a side project of Admiral
Kosov, who was a major proponent of space fighter superiority. However, his
design to redo the battlecruisers to become mini-light carriers did more harm
than good to the space fighter cause in the Voyenno-Kosmicheskiy Flot. While
it retained the defensive capabilities of the MANCHURIA class BC, stripping
out all weapons (save a lone Class-1) in order to fit in two hangar bays met
with great reluctance on the part of the crews, and gave it absolutely no
punch power beyond its fighters. Of the three that were built, one was
destroyed in a skirmish between the NAC and the Phalons, and one was 'retired'
to be carrier academy training vessel (albeit an expensive one). The ADMIRAL
KOSOV itself (VKK-2714A) still serves the ESU fleet, but usually in backwater
systems where it can't get into much trouble. Admiral Kosov himself generally
commands the helm. Where he can't make too much trouble for the ESU
Admirality.
[Data note: Mass corrected from 94 to 96 - the declared Mass did not
cover the ship's own listed components (Hull, drives, weapons, etc.). Note that
96 is not simply the old components total: MD/FTL/Screen mass are all
percentage-of-mass formulas, so raising Mass also raises those, requiring an
iterative solve to find the Mass where components exactly match declared Mass
again. Verified formula-by-formula against the original 1998 tool - every
component matches its own arithmetic exactly, so this is a genuine discrepancy
in the original submission, not a parser or calculation bug. Raised to match
its own components rather than altering any weapon/system to fit the old figure.]
[Data note: Cost corrected from 316 (348) to 319 (355) - a direct consequence of
the Mass correction above (Cost includes 1 point per MASS as its base component).
The fighter-cost premium itself (+36) is unchanged, since Fighter Bay cost depends
on bay count, not overall ship Mass.]