Texas

Texas
Production information
Manufacturer	Krester's Ship Construction
Introduced	2618
Production Year	2618
Use	Battleship
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Cost	16,017,075,200 C-Bills
Technical specifications
Mass	1,560,000 tons
Length	1,209 meters
Sail Diameter	1,375 meters
Fuel	3,500 tons
Burn Rate	39.52
Safe Thrust	1.5 g
Top Thrust	2.5 g
Sail Integrity	6
KF Drive Integrity	30
LF Battery	No
Armament	16x Heavy NPPC 4x Killer Whale 2x NAC/40 48x NL45 8x AR-10
Armor	1,782 tons Panthex YM1 Valiant Lamellor Ferro-Carbide
DropShip Capacity	6
Crew	702 117 Officers 507 Enlisted 78 Gunners (Crew Types) 100 Pilots / Engineers 94 Junior Officers / Other Crew (Non-Engineers) 508 Secondary Engineers Bay Personnel: 160
Grav Decks	3 (1 x 95 meters, 1 x 65 meters, and 1 x 55 meters diameter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	20/35
Heat Sinks	3,825 double
Structural Integrity	85
BV (1.0)	135,020

Description

The Texas-class WarShip was first deployed by the Star League in 2618 and was meant to directly replace the aging Monsoon. The primary requirements set down for the new battleship by the Star League Defense Force Admiralty was an increase in speed and heavy protection, both qualities achieved in Krester's Kimagure-class pursuit cruiser, and the Texas successfully delivered on both fronts. Where Member State vessels of comparable size averaged 1.5gs of thrust the Texas can reach 2.5g thanks to its Rolls Royce Kraken engines. Its massive amount of expensive Valiant Lamellor Ferro-Carbide armor gives it unrivaled protection, better than that of the larger McKenna. The design carried 40 aerospace fighters, six DropShip collars, some of the heaviest naval weaponry available, and the Texas's Communal XXX computer was as powerful as those often found running planet-wide power and communication grids. With such a blend of speed, durability, and firepower, the Texas was a ship to be reckoned with.

Even with advanced Star League automation and technology, the Texas required almost double the time of contemporary and similarly-sized vessels to build. Of the original 52 Texas-class vessels, only seven survived the fighting following the Amaris coup to join the Exodus fleet, though two were later lost in the destructive Pentagon Civil War (see Notes below), and one became stranded as a monitor in the Clan homeworlds. All examples of the class had been destroyed or been struck from any records by the end of the Jihad and Wars of Reaving.

Probably the most famous of this class was the Prinz Eugen, the lead ship of what became known as the Prinz Eugen Mutiny.

Armament

The Texas was primarily armed with Omicron-45 Naval Lasers and Sunspot-3L Heavy NPPCs, giving it plenty of long-range firepower. Two Winchester-Boeing NAC/40s, one each mounted in the front quarter facing to give the maximum firing arc, can punch holes in just about every vessel of the day, although the Texas has limited ammunition for these massive weapons. Four Killer Whale missile tubes and eight AR-10 tubes, each capable of firing any type of capital missile, provide the Texas with the armor-piercing firepower necessary when facing other cruisers or battleships. While certainly not the heaviest weapons load among Star League vessels, it was quite effective when used in concert with the ship's heavy armor and high maneuverability.

Cargo

• Star League

  • Bay 1: Aerospace fighters (40), 6 doors
  • Bay 2: Cargo (301,671 tons), 5 doors
  • Bay 3: Small Craft (16), 2 doors

• Clan 

  • Bay 1: Aerospace fighters (40), 6 doors
  • Bay 2: Cargo (286,255 tons), 5 doors
  • Bay 3: Small Craft (16), 2 doors

Variants

• Clan Upgrade - Although only five Texas-class vessels survived the ravages of the Amaris coup and the Exodus Civil War, the Clans respected the capabilities of this massive ship and so have maintained it within their fleet. The Clan refit Texas-class have been outfitted with a Lithium-Fusion Battery at the expense of a portion of their cargo space.

• M-6 Capital SDS Drone - The failed attempt at integrating a large-hulled drone into an autonomous Space Defense System suffered significant engine problems. The effort to wire and automate the sprawling battleship was deemed too costly, and the prototype was lost when it collided with the Terran system's Terra IX (Pluto) stellar body.

See Also

• Category:Individual Texas-class WarShips

Notes

• During the Amaris Coup, a Texas Class Battleship was knocked from the orbit of Devin while fighting with the Republic's Navy. The Battleship's wreckage created a large field of craters and a mountain of steel, which later was named "The Boneyard". In August of 3050, it became the battlefield where Clan Jade Falcon defeated Devin's armored tank militia units.

• Seven vessels are noted to have survived to join Exodus, with two destroyed in the Exodus Civil War. One, the SLS Perth, is noted to be barely functional and orbiting Arcadia during Operation KLONDIKE, while the other labeled as "destroyed" unknown or confused with the Prinz Eugen or a Clan Wolverine vessel lost a few years later: the SLS (Wolverine) Bismark. The vessels Prinz Eugen and SLS Mountbatten were noted by their Star League names and continued sailing under them to later eras. Four others are assigned to their various Clans during the Clan Invasion. If the given numbers of surviving vessels can be assumed to be correct, at least the Perth must have been recovered and renamed, as the Bismark was last noted in the possession of the Wolverines.

Gallery

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  Original Texas from TRO:2750

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  Clan refit Texas from TRO:3057

Bibliography

• 1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)
• AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
• BattleSpace
• Betrayal of Ideals
• Field Manual: Warden Clans
• Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
• Historical: Operation Klondike
• Interstellar Operations
• Jade Falcon Sourcebook
• Technical Readout: 2750
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised