Hesperian Massachusetts-class Battleship
The Massachusetts-class is a class of Battleships operated by Hesperian Navy. Designed to compete with such modern heavy warships as the Tian Empire’s Type-37 Battleship or the Radford Consortium’s J-class Fast Battlecruiser, the Massachusetts-class represents a dramatic shift in design paradigm of space-borne warships.
Originally ordered as a series of four ships (The Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Franklin) in 2751, following the Corporate Alliance’s Mobilization Initiative of 2755, and additional six ships (The Maine, Westfold, Rhode Island, and three unnamed vessels) were additionally ordered.
*Statistics:*
Length: 410m
Beam: 35.2m
Installed Power: 4 x Stellaron DX Pinch Fusion Reactors
Propulsion:
- Sublight: 4 x SRI N-700 Fusion Thrusters
- FTL: Class-Ten Hyperspace Impeller Drive
Complement: 1,200
Armament:
- 18 x 200mm naval railguns (6 x 3 mounts)
- 20 x Hammerhead guided KKV launchers
- 8 x IACTO fusion missile launchers
- 112 Dazzler point-defense lasers (28 x 4 mounts)
Armor:
- Composition: Titanium-Corundum “Ajax” composite
- Belt: 410mm
- Bulkheads: 325mm
- Barbettes: 475mm
- Turrets: 510mm
- Superstructure: 450mm
Spacecraft Carried:
- 12 x Unmanned Space Vehicles
- 4 x S12 Zephyr Light Interceptors