Lion-class Battlecruiser Lion-class Battlecruiser Specifications From Wendy's Fighting Ships in Earth Sector 2200 – 2350, Earth 2350 (standard) Type: Battlecruiser Class: Lion Country: United Kingdom Service Date: 2346 to present Displacement: 5000 tonnes Length: 195m Beam: 134m (max.) Thrust: 5G Complement: 292 (including 25 Royal Marines) Armament: Primary: 2x 100 tonne torpedo bays 6x 100 tonne meson gun bays Secondary: 6x 100 tonne fusion gun bays 8x Plasma gun barbettes 6x Railgun barbettes Light: Quad turrets (various) Defenses: Point Defense Node Array Point Defense Drones MaGG Screen Meson Screen Armor: Crystaliron Ships in class: Commissioned HMS Lion HMS Tiger Under Construction HMS Jaguar Projected HMS Cheetah PREVIEWHMS Leopard HMS Panther Class Notes: Designed to provide heavy support for independent cruiser squadrons, act as cruiser squadron flagships, to undertake escort duties and to engage in commerce raiding, the Lion-class 5 Lion-class Battlecruiser Armament and Defenses Main: 2x 100 tonne Torpedo bays 6x 100 tonne Meson Gun bays Secondary: 6x 100 tonne Fusion Gun bays 8x Plasma gun barbettes 6x Railgun barbettes (dual purpose) Light: 12x Beam Laser quad turrets 10x Ordinance quad turrets (3x Missile/1x Sandcaster) The main armament of the Lion-class battlecruiser is considerable. Six one hundred tonne meson gun bays and two one hundred tonne capital ship torpedo bays provide the class with all the authority required for its role while the secondary one hundred tonne fusion gun bay armament allows for more devastating broadsides at closer ranges. PREVIEW 11 Lion-class Battlecruiser Armament and Defenses Type Tonnes Price (MCr) Weapons Main Hardpoints 1-2 2x Torpedo Bay (100 tonnes) * 150 60 Hardpoints 3-8 6x Meson Gun Bay (100 tonnes) 600 600.0 Secondary Hardpoints 9-14 6x Fusion Gun Bay (100 tonnes) 600 48.0 Hardpoints 15-22 8x Plasma Gun Barbette 40 40.0 Hardpoints 23-28 6x Railgun Barbette 30 30.0 Light (turrets) Hardpoint 29-40 12x Quad turret beam laser 12 60.0 10x Quad turret (3x missile and 1x Hardpoint 41-50 10 35.0 sandcaster) Defenses Active PD Node Array 25x PD Gatling Laser 25.0 25x VRF Gauss Gun 18.8 PD Drones Gatling Laser 100x 20 100.0 Passive Primary Screen Magnetogravitic (MaGG) Screen 3x 75 210.0 Secondary Screen Meson Screen 15 40.0 Ammunition Magazines Improved 12.6 Missiles 1440x 40 Railgun Projectiles 576x 36 Sandcaster Canisters 400x 20 Torpedoes 12x 30 Armament and Defense 1,678 1,273.4 Total * Tech Level reduction Crew and Accommodation Type Tonnes Price (MCr) Crew 297 48 officers, 224 enlisted, 25 marines Accommodation Officer's Staterooms 37x 148 18.5 Enlisted Berths 28x 168 14.0 Enlisted Heads 28x 42 2.8 Marine Berths 3x 18 1.5 Ship's Troops Heads 3x 5 0.3 Galley 3x 25 5.0 Recreation Space 30 6.0 Bridge Crew Fresher 1x 1.5 0.05 Bridge Crew Mini 1x 1 0.02 Galley AccommodationPREVIEW Total 438 48.2 29 Lion-class Battlecruiser PREVIEW 40 .