Twice the complement found on the older Shiva, the fighters allow the Zeus to maintain an impressive CAP or conduct anti-shipping strikes at ranges beyond those of the onboard weapon systems.
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CFS provided twin hanger bays each capable of housing an entire fighter group (72 fighters), plus two squadrons of small craft (12 vessels). One key difference in the design of the Zeus versus most standard TOG battleships is the fighter complement. A standard anti-fighter/anti-missile turret system rounds out the weapons configuration. A Jankowski Mark IV Type D Spinal Mount provides hard-hitting forward firepower, while a Hellstorm missile battery (Type E) gives added punch that no one cannot characterize as battleship-level firepower. This has given the new battlecruiser unparalleled reach and damage potential for such a high-thrust vessel. Although the lightest weapons of the 37.5-series, CFS installed one thousand on the Zeus divided into twelve bays (eight 100-gun bays and four 50-gun bays). and an emergency thrust of 9-g’s for limited periods of time! Equal to that of most Frigates in service today, this high thrust capability allows the Zeus to rapidly maneuver and match velocity with the fast wing of Renegade and Commonwealth Fleet elements.ĬFS decided against using the standard TOG mixed battery of differing laser types in the design instead, the Zeus carries a uniform battery of Karpov-Lassiter ‘Nova’ 37.5/5-class lasers. The Zeus devotes a high proportion of its power production to an increased thrust, allowing for a standard acceleration of 3-g’s. a feature appreciated by the Imperial Treasury, to be certain. Power production is also lower, although production costs have stabilized at just under 54%.
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Despite the success that CFS had in meeting the design criteria, various Overlords have criticized the project, citing that the modern front-line TOG Navy should be an offensive arm rather than concerned with reacting and responding to rebel raids.Īs a result, production has been temporarily halted until full combat evaluations of the design have taken place.Īt just over 2.1 million tons, the Zeus is just half the displacement of the main TOG ship-of-the-line, the Shiva-class. The original design proposal called for a ‘fast Battleship’ similar to the rapidly aging Mars-class vessels with a greater ability to engage targets at extreme range, while keeping mass and costs within reasonable limits. However, disputes over the proper doctrine to deploy this class at the highest levels of the TOG Naval Command have so far resulted in the production of just twenty-three vessels to date. Built by Chandler Fleet Systems in their massive yard complex orbiting Nova Terra in the Orion district, these Leviathans are designed to deal with increasing Commonwealth and Renegade Legion incursions into TOG rear areas. The Zeus-class Battlecruiser is the latest design to emerge from TOG shipyards. My take on the once-mentioned (and never again seen or heard from) Zeus-class Battlecruiser (TOG Interceptor Briefing). I realise that the text doesn't specifically mention missile system BF but the implication is certainly there that missile system BF applies to total bay factor limit and by logical extension to Single limit as well. The table describing Class Weapon Limits includes not only a total limit of 2000BF for destroyers but also a single weapon limit of 500BF, which would explain why no destroyer in the Capital Ship briefing carries any missile system greater than type C
The table describing Missile systems also includes a Bay Factor (BF) "That would have been a good solution to block the idea of a Class E DDG (it's the E not F that has 3x150, the F is 2x100, plus has worse range), but as you note, it's not anything they put in the published rules." I tend to disagree with this comment from the early part of the discussion. Sorry to be joining this discussion so long after the original posting, but I have only just rediscovered my RL games in the shed and started trawling the net for PL related content.