Berlin class Escort Battlecruiser
Mark "Indy" Kochte
Tech: Human (FB)
Govt: NSL
Mass: 150
Cost: 502 (538)
Clas: Battledreadnought (BDNE)
Strm: None
FTL: Std
MD: 2
Armr: 14
Hull: 60 (Military)
Damg: 15/15/15/15
Crew: 8
Sens: Std
Systems:
2 x FCS
2 x ADFC
5 x PDS
1 x Class-3 beam (AP,FP,F)
1 x Class-3 beam (F,FS,AS)
1 x Class-2 beam (AP,FP,F)
1 x Class-2 beam (F,FS,AS)
1 x Class-1 beam (All)
2 x Fighter Bay
Notes:
Although the NSL had a good array of anti-missile/anti-fighter ships in their
CLs and CEs, they were still hard-pressed by the FSE to cover all their
valuable assets adequately. Plans were drawn up to create, as the NAC had done
with their AEGIS-class battlecruisers, a heavier anti-missile/fighter
platform. The Kreigsraumflotte admirals were split into a number of different
camps as to the exact design specifications this new platform should take. The
two strongest camps were the carrier group and the pure anti-missile/fighter
proponents. A compromise was finally reached in which the new vessel would
carry 2 fighter squadrons (satisfying the gap the NSL were feeling with their
already limited light carriers) and have adequate anti-missile/fighter
capabilities by mounting a suite of 5 PDS' and 2 area-defence firecontrol
systems (satisfying the anti-missile/fighter proponents), with the rest of the
hull design following the standard NSL philosophy: have the ability to go
head-to-head with other ships of the line. Thus was born the BERLIN class
defense cruiser.