DARKSTAR CAMPAIGN UPDATE: DUCHESS ANNABEL’S WAR IS OVER
Darkstar Warship Design: Kutusov Class Light Cruiser
Named for famous field marshals and admirals of Russian and Soviet history, the Kutuzov class of light cruiser represents a new step forward in the Holy Russian Navy, an attempt to break with old gun-heavy designs like the Slava, Sovnya, and Peter the Great. Instead the Kutuzov mounts entirely particle-based weaponry. Among these armaments is a formidable array of new RSA Molniya 550 (Lightning) model electron particle cannons, easily capable of stripping a destroyer bare of armor with a single volley at up to a thousand kilometers if fired from a full broadside. But even these mounts are only meant to support the Kutuzov’s true weaponry, four immense Tunguska Arms 790A 40-kilogram thorium plasma projectors, mounted in two double turrets. Combined with the EPCs, these give the Kutuzov a truly hellish punch at close range. Any captains who come up against one of these warships is best advised to try and keep the engagement ranges as long as possible. For all its strength, however, the Kutuzov of course has weaknesses as well. Shielding and speed are only adequate, and the Bozhorshkin Electronics sensor and targeting suite is hardly top of the line. The torpedo array is also a little dated, although with eight tubes in a forward spread, the Kutuzov is almost guaranteed to hit with at least one of them. In all, the Kutuzov is a robust, pragmatic, and well-balanced design. In its weaker aspects it is unspectacular without being poor, but its firepower makes it a frightening contender for its class, particularly at close range. Eighteen units of the class have been built so far, with a slightly modernized variant on the drawing boards. They have seen combat in at least three Strategic Command Sectors, where they have earned the respect of friend and foe alike.Mass: 109,220 tons
Complement: 458 officers and men
Marines: 32
Passengers: 16
Sublight thrust: 5
Darkstar Wave: 10th (x300 c)
Aerospace: (2) scouts, (1) 1,200-ton cutter, (1) 4,000 ton yacht
ECM & Gravitic Shielding:
Bow: 4
P Bow: 4
S Bow: 4
P Quarter: 4
S Quarter: 4
Stern: 5
Armament:
Turret – x2 40-kilogram plasma projectors (bow)
Turret – x2 40-kilogram plasma projectors (stern)
Turret – x2 12-teravolt electron particle cannons (bow)
Turret – x2 12-teravolt electron particle cannons (bow)
Turret – x2 12-teravolt electron particle cannons (stern)
Turret – x2 12-teravolt electron particle cannons (stern)
Rack – x4 Class III gravitic torpedoes (p bow)
Rack – x4 Class III gravitic torpedoes (s bow)
Turret – x3 35mm mass driver point defense array (bow)
Turret – x4 35mm mass driver point defense array (p bow)
Turret – x4 35mm mass driver point defense array (s bow)
Turret – x4 35mm mass driver point defense array (p quarter)
Turret – x4 35mm mass driver point defense array (s quarter)
Turret – x6 35mm mass driver point defense array (stern)
Ships in Class:
261 CRK Kutuzov
262 CRK Suvorov
263 CRK Golovin
264 CRK Sheremetev
265 CRK Menshikov
266 CRK Potempkin
267 CRK Chernyshyov
268 CRK Chichagov
269 CRK Istomin
270 CRK Lazarev
271 CRK Makharov
272 CRK Nakhimov
273 CRK Ushakov
274 CRK Senyavin
275 CRK Zmajevic
276 CRK Spiridov
277 CRK Chernavin
278 CRK Gorshkov
slava was that not a battleship class in an other game ? @oriskany
Not that I know of, @zorg – Slava means “Glory” in Russian. I will say this, there IS a real-life Slava class of Soviet missile cruisers from the Cold War. I think a few are still in service to this day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava-class_cruiser
Also, there was a Slava pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy (pre-1906), one of the five Borodino-class battleships.
The Kirov-class battlecruiser “Molotov” was re-named “Slava” in 1957, finally sold for scrap in 1972.
But in a game? I don’t know.