Dragon Class Battleship


Craft: YY 1CS-2 "Dragon" Heavy Battleship
Type: Extra Heavy Battle Cruiser (Battleship)
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,300 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Operation: Dragon
Cost: Not avaliable for sale
Crew: 37,500
Passengers: 5,000 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 35,000 metric tons
Consumables: 5 years
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x1
Hyper Backup: x6
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 8
Space: 2D+2
Atmosphere: 280; 800 kph
Hull: 7D+1
Shields: 5D
Sensors:
Passive: 50/1D
Scan: 100/2D+1
Search: 200/4D+1
Focus: 6/6D
Weapons:
20 Heavy Quad Laser Cannons
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: 5 each
Crew: 1
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2km/2.5km
Damage: 6D
20 Medium Plasma Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 5 each
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 3-15/46/90
Atmosphere Range: 6-30/92/180km
Damage: 6D+2
16 Heavy Plasma Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 4 each
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 3-15/46/90
Atmosphere Range: 6-30/92/180km
Damage: 8D+2
5 Heavy Torch Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 1 right, back, left, 2 front
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 3-10/26/50
Atmosphere Range: 6-20/52/100km
Damage: 10D+1
4 Praseo-90 charge torpedo tubes
Scale: Capital
Missile Load Out: 28 (total)
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 4
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1/6/14
Atmosphere Range: 100/600/1.4km
Damage: 15D

The Dragon battleship is far and away the most powerful ship in usage among the Yaeger. The Superion Dreadnought is a good deal more powerful, but only two of those craft were ever made, and one of those two is non-functional. Twelve Dragons have come out of Yaeger Yards, five of which have been destroyed and three are so battle damaged that they are in permanent drydock. However, the four remaining craft play an important part in Yaeger strategy.

Too large to easily move in the floating tactics that the Yaeger prefer, the Dragons provide a high priority target that Imperial commanders can't ignore, and attempts to disable a fleet's Dragon (usually incorrectly identified as the fleet's flagship. Yaeger flagships are usually unmarked modified Panther or Daemon cruisers) often lead to far greater casualties than the goal is worth, especially when Yaeger ships fail to flee after the Dragon is taken out. Despite the fact that Dragons primary function in combat is to act as a target, they are fearsome enough battle platforms that ignoring them is just as fatal as devoting too much effort to destroying them. In addition, the crews of the Dragons don't much like the idea of dying to help the cause, and the Dragons have been given sufficient teeth to drive off many attacking craft, including Imperial Star Destroyers. Originally the Dragons were fitted with five additional torpedo tubes, but those were removed when the Torch cannons were invented. All existing Dragons have been modified in this manner, so in a way the modified version has become the stock model. Because of the value and firepower of the Dragons, Navy officers cannot purchase these ships with credits earned toward their ships, and as no Dragons have been produced in the last five years, it is hard to give an exact value on these ships. Suffice it to say, the Yaeger nation does not intend to sell any of these ships, and would take notice if one of them went missing.
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