Old Posts (3): Hamburg

I could never get the Hamburg quite right in NAM. I assumed with the general crapness of the ship that they basically threw something together as they were at war with France and needed ships *now*.

The submunitions dispenser of course has utterly changed SC design, at least where there is more to use it. The other thing which we never really used but was within the rules was ammunition consuming laser weapons. The Ritage-1 etc. pack five x1 shots into a fairly small package. Roughly per shot a fusion powered ship can have ~ 300 laser shots (turns of laser fire) for the same reactor mass as the 1MW needed to power it. Ergo in reality realistic ship design would have culled the powerplant powered energy weapons idea long ago.

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German Hamburg class Light Missile Cruiser (War Emergency Build)

The Hannovereans built 2 Hamburg class vessels as an emergency war measure, managing to construct them in less than 2 years by using the major engineering of 2 battle damaged CESA II class Destroyers

The Hamburgs are slow, but have reasonable protection and are fairly heavily armed. Their 12 particle beams can seriously maul any large vessel in a close range broadsides engagement, but are very inaccurate and have problems defending him* against missile strikes or smaller fighter craft. For this reason Hamburg usually travels with a Sachsen class ship to defend it.

The offensive armament is based around 24 SR-10 missiles, delivered in salvoes of six, a sufficient
number that some will penetrate the defences of a lone cruiser. German ships tend to operate in battlegroups, stacking up their defences and their offensive missile fire to provide mutual support. This has worked very well against the French, who often acted with a great deal of elan and allowed their forces to become separated. The French have learnt from this experience, and made a much better showing during the 2nd invasion.

Both Hamburgs were commited to a strike against French forces at Tirane (Alpha Centauri), in the company of a frigate.Their attack was repulsed with the loss of the Koln, an action which ensured Gartens security, and their transition to the free state of Freihaven.

The remaining vessel, Hamburg, was part of Kampfgruppe Bismarck in 2297, and served well at the Glorious 1st of July. Repaired, he remained on station on the frontier for 4 years until the 2nd invasion. Caught behind Kafer lines, Hamburg became part of Borodins Aurore Fleet, where his heavy particle beam armament was especially useful in broadside actions against Kafer Alpha and Beta class Cruisers.

Hamburg returned to Earth for refit. The drives are being upgraded to warp 2.4, giving superior battle
speed, six TTA's are being replaced with LHH-637 submunitions launchers, the screens upgraded to level
4 and the sensors upgraded to active-16, passive-10.

Ship specifications

Warp efficiency: 2.21, unloaded but fully armed
Power Plant: 50 MW fission
Fuel: none
Range: 7.7 light years
Mass: 7,602 tons (unloaded)
Cargo Capacity: 1,300 cubic meters
Crew: 80 (20 Bridge, 20 TAC, 37 Engineering, 3
Medical)
Passengers: none
Comfort: 0
Total Life Support: 80 for 180 days
Cost: MLv96.934 (without ordnance)

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 4
Screens: 2
Radiated Signature: 6
Radial Reflected: 7
Lateral Reflected: 9
Target Computers: +2
Radial Profile: 0
Lateral Profile: +1
Armour: 3
Hull hits: 61/31/16
Power Plant Hits: 60/12
Active: 13
Passive: 6
Other:


Weapons
12 x3-2 PBWS in masked turrets (2x 1278, 1x 1238, 3x 4567, 2x 3456, 2x 1234, 2x 5678)


Ordnance Load
24 SR-10 missiles in 2 external missile packs, 6 communicators


Sensors and Electronics
Spherical Active-13
Spherical Passive-6
Navigation Radar
DSS
Gravitational
12 Fire Control Radars (TTAs)


Crew Hits
Bridge: Captain, Navigator, Helm, Engineer, 2
Communications, 3 Computer
TAC: 12 Fire Control, 6 Remote Pilots, Active
Operator, Passive Operator

Damage Control: 17

Notes: This is as close a fit to the book Hamburg, except there is no way of getting the mass up to
12,223 tons, unless this is the mass loaded with metal ores. As it is, the Hamburg ends up as a light cruiser
in the Kennedys weight class. The small power plant and drive is the same as the CESAD II uses, hence the
backstory.

* While Britain, France, America etc. have female ships, German and Russian ships are male.