SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Colonial Confederacy, Union of Sovereign Solar Republics
TYPE: Interplanetary Space Battleship
MODEL: Kirov class SBCC-88 (Ironclad Mark-IV)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2183 AD
DIMENSIONS

Kirov Battleship

LENGTH: 2057.1 feet (627 meters)
WIDTH: 298.6 feet (91 meters)
HEIGHT: 480 feet (146.3 meters)

Dropship

LENGTH: 546.6 feet (166.6 meters)
WIDTH: 144.4 feet (49 meters)
HEIGHT: 88.6 feet (27 meters)

MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: Hensai Energy HEFR-5000B fusion reactor x 94 (Kirov Battleship) x 3 (Dropship)
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (470,000 megawatts total for Kirov Battleship; 15,000 megawatts total for dropship)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 8 inches (Battleship), 5 inches (Dropship)
DISPLACEMENT: 450,000 tons (Battleship), 9000 tons (Dropship)
CREW:
           447 + 420 pilots (867 total) (45 Operators, 91 Gunners, 75 Officers, 45 Engineers, 45 Technicians, 45 Electricians, 41 Medical, 20 Science, and up to 40 Security.)
           68 + 40 pilots (108 total) (4 Operators, 43 Gunners, 76 Officers, 100 Engineers, 100 Technicians, 100 Electricians, 40 Medical, 4 Science, and up to 10 Security.)

PROPULSION

KIROV BATTLESHIP

             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE :
             1x Pallas Research PRID-T4-900K Type-4, Mark-V Intersection Drive unit
             SPEED: 0.56 light years per hour total (designed for a 900,000 ton ship) 

             PRIMARY:
             4x Uranus Propulsion Systems UPS-EMD-63K Electromagnetic Drive (Level-02)
             SPEED: 1,520,000 mph each (6,080,000 mph total)

KIROV DROPSHIP

             PRIMARY:
             Neptune Drives ND-EMD-2520 (Level-02) high yield ion engines
             SPEED: 3,040,000 mph

             SECONDARY:
             4x Eurospace HYIE-900 (Level-03) high yield ion engines
             SPEED: 7600 mph each (30,400 mph total)

WEAPONS:

KIROV BATTLESHIP

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             Maw Guns "Main Cannons"
             2x Lithgear LG-EMPAC-5000 5000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator heavy maw-gun; Effective Range: 25,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 6 blasts per minute in cycles of 1 blast per 10 seconds.

             Main Turrets
             5x Degtyrayov Dynamics/Lithgear DD/LG-EMPAC-5002 dual 500-megawatt Electromagnetic Particle Accelerator Cannon turrets; Effective Range: 2500 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 6 dual blasts per minute in cycles of 1 twin blast per 10 seconds.

             Broadside Guns
             16x Lithgear LG-PC-300 300-megawatt PHELAC cannon barbettes in two banks of seven; Effective Range: 2400 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 9 dual blasts per minute in cycles of 1 twin blast per 6.7 seconds.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             10x Lithgear LG-CML-5000T heavy space torpedo tube; Missile Type: UN-SRT-5000 short-range 5000-pound computer-guided cruise missile/space torpedo (597.5 kiloton nuclear warhead); Effective Range: 35.1 miles; Payload: 10 cruise missiles each in an internal space torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo each tube.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             8x Lithgear LG-RFL-502 dual 50-megawatt rapid-fire laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with a 1000-megawatt nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 60 blasts per minute in cycles of 10 blasts per 10 seconds.

DROPSHIP

            PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Militia Military Industries MMI-PC-3180 540-megawatt triple PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 1600 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Militia Military Industries MMI-MSTL-02 six-shot space torpedo launcher turrets; Missile Type: MHST-01 2000-pound SMART-guided space torpedo with 239-Kiloton yield nuclear warhead; Effective Range: 27 miles; Payload: 10 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute.

ELECTRONICS:

KIROV BATTLESHIP
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications Suite with a range of 10 light years.
              1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
              1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
              1x Active EMS array with a range of 100,000 miles.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Sensor Suite with a range of 80 parsec (260.8 light years).
              2x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: 1 Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability, the other four are for the Intersection Drives (1 each).

KIROV DROPSHIP
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 100 AU range.
              1x RADAR array with a range of 200,000 miles.
              1x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: 1 Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability, the other four are for the Intersection Drives (1 each).


DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS:

KIROV BATTLESHIP
                 6x Cydonia Research CR-DF-2000A omnidirectional LEVEL-2 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 2000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 2000 megawatts each; Output: 432 terajoules with a regeneration of 43.2 Terajoules every ten seconds.

DROPSHIP
                 5x Warptron DF-200A omnidirectional LEVEL-2 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 200 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 200 megawatts each; Output: 43,200 gigajoules with a regeneration of 4320 gigajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAYS:

KIROV BATTLESHIP
              1x 378,000-yd3 Bay holds forty AS-02B Shuttle Bombers, Sixty PSF-35J Space Fighters, and Sixty SF-03A Space Fighter/Bombers, with 78,448 cubic yards for parts, equipment, fuel, and munitions.

DROPSHIP
             1x 20,000-yd3 Bay holds Thirty Type-77VAT and Ten Type-80VAT until 2093. After 2093 the bay holds Forty Type-110PHT Protean Hover Tanks.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
              145x Ganymede Industrial GI-EP-01 emergency escape pods; DETAILS: Escape pods have 24-hour life-support, a speed of Mach 1 (760 mph), 3 weeks of food for six people, full reentry capability, parachutes for free fall, life raft for six people (water landing), and 24 hours of fuel for rocket engines.

Description/Overview:
              A part of VonStalin's total force modernization plan, the Kirov was a direct descendant of the Kiev class space battleship. Totally independent of the Michael Romanov class refit of the Kiev created by the Earth Federal Space Marines and the subsequent Jovian Defense Forces, the Kirov was designed as an upgrade of the existing fleet of Kiev class ships and partially completed hulls that the Pluto Republic had built during the final days of the 1st Interplanetary War. Originally conceived of in 2179 AD as a main space battleship for use against the EFR's new Kurita class, the Kirov design team modified the design to go toe-to-toe with the large scale warships of the Ceres Regency after it announced its independence at the end of the 1st Interplanetary War.  The initial production run of Kirov class ships was completed in 2183 AD, these fleet consisted of twelve warships all fitted with heavy PHELAC turrets as their main battery. During the Ceres Conflict of the 2180s, this main battery of five dual PHELAC beam cannon turrets was replaced with dual EMPAC cannon turrets to overcome the energy resistant armor of Prodono type ships believed to be in the Ceres Space Navy. The biggest change to the Kirov from the Michael Romanov and Kiev types of this family of space battleships was the oversized Intersection Drive Unit. Lady Furrier was keenly aware of the massive time dilation of the Prodono alien hyperspace fold flight system, and she needed a fleet of warships capable of shortening the gap between the considerably slower Terran Intersection Drives and the FTL engines of the alien ships. The Earth Federal Republic had begun using Type-3 Intersection Drive units in 2181 AD provided by the Lagrange "TransLight" company of L3-Space Island colony. The EFR configuration used two of the Type-3 FTL engines to propel their 580,000-ton Kongo class Space Battleships at a time-dilation of 0.36 light years per hour. The Pluto Republic obtained the plans for said drive system in late 2181 and by 2183 a new Type-4 Heavy Intersection Drive unit, capable of pushing a 900,000-ton ship through hyperspace at 0.28 light years per hour, was built for the Kirov and Glorious class warships. On the 450,000-ton Kirov the time-dilation was 0.56 light years per hour. A speed few Terran-borne ships could boast during the 2180s and early 2190s.
            The second major feature of the Kirov was the replacement of the old Intersection Drive engine nacelle with a 9000-ton mecha dropship. This dropship was used extensively during the Ceres Conflict for the invasion of Mars, and to an even greater extent during the Outer Sphere War. The Dropship was capable of using multiple different types of internal cargo-bay modules. The most common module was the mecha module for the transport and deployment of Type-77VATs and Type-80VATs. However, the dropship could also carry a Hospital module, or command/HQ module, vehicle maintenance module, fuel production module, or even just a large cargo module for a variety of missions.
            The Kirov was built in enormous numbers for a space battleship during the Outer Sphere War. This was due in part to the large numbers of existing Kiev and Michael Romanov type ships in service with the Colonial Confederacy nations and colonies. By 2193, nearly all Kiev/Michael Romanov type ships outside of the Neo-Hebrews/Orion Theocratic Republic were of the Kirov class. During the 2nd Interplanetary War, the Kirov class would be upgraded yet again to a newer more powerful class of main space battleship.