Hero-Class Ultra-Heavy Cruiser
 LNS Comrade Mikoyan (CH-04)
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Librira |
| Operators: |
 Libriran Navy |
| Preceded by: | City-Class |
| Succeeded by: | none |
| Built: | 1979-1984 |
| In commission: | 1979-present |
| Planned: | 5 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Cancelled: | 3 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ultra-Heavy Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 27,500 tons normal load |
| Length: | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Beam: | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Draft: | 9.5 m (31 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4x Armorva Boilers (gas) feeding 2x 75,000 Shp turbines |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range: | 8000km at 12 knts |
| Complement: | 700 including crew and troops |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Armament: |
1x 5 AA-25M ASW Rocket Launcher 6x 1 540mm Torpedo/missile launcher system |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 Helicopters |
The Hero-Class Ultra-Heavy Cruiser is a class of ultra-heavy cruisers deployed by the Libriarn Navy. The class was developed to be a convetional powered and cheaper version of the City-Class after economic pressure meant that the navy would have to cut back on spending. Design work was completed in a record 8 months and was essentially a conversion of the City-Class to use gas-fed boilers with the exhaust trunked into the aft sensor tower. The Class is named for various heros of Librira, primarily early founders from the revolution. The class was ordered for the 1980 building plan, however the worsening economic situation as well as they questionable utility of such large ships ensured that only 2 were finished, with one being cancelled on the slips, its parts being used in the construction of the Congression-Class
Development
The Hero Class has its origins in the City-Class, originally being an alternative design (Project 212) that used an array of gas-fed boilers, or in one alternative diesel engines to propel itself. Once construction on the City-Class began, the cost became to be too much for the navy to build the original 7, the navy thus decided to curtail the nuclear-powered ships, in favor of a conventional version. Work on the previous project and new design work was undertaken on an accelerated schedule in 1978 to create a cheaper alternative to the city-class. This would eventually result in the Hero-class.
Design
The Design of the hero-class although based off of the already constructed city-class, required some additional work to be steam powered. Firstly was exhaust, whereas nuclear powered craft required no large smokestacks, gas powered ships did. re configuring the ships interior around this fact while making minimal changes to the internal layout was the majority of the naval architects work. In the end the ship was lengthened about 7 meters to accommodate the larger power plant, and a exhaust was integrated into the aft sensor tower array, to save space. The head designer on the project was awarded the Order of Labor for his work.
Armament
The centerpiece of the hero and city-class is their AShM battery. Consisting over a series of VLS launched M-700 missiles at their commissioning, these massive missiles carry a larger warhead than contemporary missiles, as well as possessing a longer range. This gave Librira Ultra-heavy cruisers a palpable advantage over adversaries. Combined with the complex targeting arrays and sensors it was envisioned that these missiles would give the Hero-class the ability to single-handedly take out multiple adversaries.
In 2000 the ships of the class were upgraded to fit the smaller, faster, and longer ranged M-1000. This missile is a further development of the M-700 and sacrifices warhead size for a higher speed and longer range. Using its mach 2.0 impact speed to make up for its smaller explosive content. The M-1000 also has limited use as a land attack missile.
Sensors
Similiar to their half sisters of the City-Class the Hero-Class was equipped with a complicated and advanced network of sensors, to allow it to detect, track, target, and eventually destroy enemy aircraft, ships, etc. The ships are equipped M-19-2 control system, which allows the Hero-Class to receive tracking and targeting information from screen ships and forward it to other ships in the fleet. The ability for the Hero-Class to act as a delegation ship was perceived to better focus missile fire and avoid over-saturation while still ensuring the destruction of enemy assets.
Complimenting this fire control system the ships are equipped with special Radar suite, massive radar arrays on the sensor towers provide high resolution, long range detection capabilities for both air and sea targets. These contacts are displayed separately to avoid clutter, and confusion, and each radar set can track hundreds of individual targets. The Hero and City class are famous in the navy for having one of the most powerful seaborne radar systems in the navy.
Ships in Class
| Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Homeport | |||
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| Libriran Navy
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| CH-04 | Comrade Mikoyan | 22 April 1979 | 24 July 1980 | 18 December 1982 | Foskva | |||
| CH-05 | Comrade Kapurin | 2 January 1980 | 1 August 1982 | 1 July 1984 | Harbraskaya | |||
| CH-06 | Comrade Oskorov | 19 June 1977 | ||||||
| CH-07 | Comrade Simansky | 15 August 1983 | Cancelled 5 November 1984 | |||||
| CH-08 | Comrade Dudskov | Cancelled 12 November 1984 | ||||||