Styria-class Battlecruiser
| Styria Class Battlecruiser | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class name: | Styria-class Battleruiser |
| Namesake: | Historical & Modern Provinces |
| Builders: | Deimos Steel Works, Enlis Drive Yards, and others |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battlecruiser |
| Displacement: | 357,200 tonnes |
| Length: | 1,150 m |
| Beam: | 144 m |
| Height: | 465 m |
| Complement: | 3,157 |
| Power Generation: | 40x Beranek Mk IV LP Furnaces Triple bank Kampon-Wahl Coronatite Expansion Engine |
| Propulsion: | 6x D-c10f Impellers 8x D-c4a Impellers < |
| Maximum FTL Speed: | 30.5 Kempes |
| Sensors Systems: | 3x KW/SY-15A Heimdall Omnisensors 7x Mk VI Argus Fire Control Sensors 30x Mk XXI Panoptes Sensor Drones |
| Electronic Warfare Systems: | 2x KW/SL-15A Hermes Panspectrum Electronic Warfare System 20x Flight 5C Dixie Decoys |
| Armament (Styria): | 12x Mk III Reiger Lances (6x2) 37x 40.6 cm SK/39 Kadwell Macrocannons (7x3, 8x2) 2x L/50 Torpedo Tubes (2x1) 118x Mk IX 40 kg DP Reinhold Gun (54x2, 10x1) 368x 8.8 cm FlaK-80 (184x2) 22x 8 cell Point Defence Missile Launcher |
| Shielding: | Mk XIV Priwen-II Ravelin Array |
| Armor: | Hull: 50 cm Belt: 150-300 cm Turret: 350 cm Barbette: 350 cm |
| Small Craft carried: | 2x J.21 'Uhlan' |
The Styria class Battlecruiser is a battlecruiser in service with the Imperial & Federal Navy, where it serves a crucial role as the primary capital ship of the Scouting Fleet, and generally forms the vanguard of any large scale Imperial naval campaign. The Styria class is named for both historical provinces of Old Terra, and modern provinces of the Imperial and Federal Union. Much larger than even a heavy cruiser, the Styria class is definitively a capital ship, and is deployed as such. The Styria class, using its extremely high output furnaces and efficient expansion engines can nearly match a light cruiser for speed at FTL and STL speeds. The Styria class is often used as the flagship of rapid response task forces, as it can easily outpace the slower battleships and dreadnoughts of the Navy's battle fleets. Vessels of this class are often deployed to frontier positions, where their high speed and massive firepower often enable them--and a small screening force--to deal with most incursion and other problems that may face frontier worlds. In large scale fleet actions, the Styria is intended to operate with the Scouting Fleet, and either launch independent raids deep behind enemy lines, scout for the battle fleet, and serve as a highly mobile reserve force. The Styria class follows the classic mantra of battlecruiser design, and is said to be able to outrun anything it cannot outgun. In service, the Styria class has been one of the more commonly seen classes of R.u.B Navy warship, as they are often used to patrol major trade corridors, and supplement frontier garrisons, as well as performing 'showing the flag' operations at major ports of call across the galaxy.