FFS designs
TL15 12-ton Bay Laser
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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 12:15:13 -0500 From: Steven Bonneville <bonnevil@itlabs.umn.edu> Subject: TL15 12-ton Bay Laser 730 MJ TL15 12-ton rapid-fire bay laser --------------------------------------- Volume: 168 kL Mass: 289.3 tons Power: 20.3 MW normal, 1622 MW at ROF-800 (-5) Price: MCr 7.696 Crew: 1 Surface Area: 36 square meters 10:1/22-68 20:1/22-68 40:1/22-68 80:1/22-68 This is nearly the largest laser permitted by the unofficial laser DE limit of TL*50 MJ. A twelve-ton "double barbette" bay has a length of 8 meters and a width of 4.5 meters. (I went with this size because there is little difference between a 750 MJ laser and a 730 MJ laser, and this size is easier for ship designers to work with.) The laser has a standard 2.6 meter tunable lens with an effective range of 2400 Mm, reinforced to handle rates of fire of up to one shot every 2.5 seconds. It is nearly able to penetrate an armor value of 1500 at all ranges. It can penetrate AV 1000 and still do appreciable damage. In theory, the maximum laser bay could be reduced to ten tons by using x-ray laser lenses or removing the rapid-fire capability, or with shorter-range beam pointers. Just over nine displacement- tons are required for homopolar generators, ten cubic meters for the workstation and beam pointer, and the rest is trainable lens.