V1.00PÖÜCenturion Class Cruiser  s €k££r#pŸžQ€ò“G€ò“GlïE:ž·EU¥xEÙÓ¾DWS 0 0 — — —— 3 n.a.n.a.7911,134˜:XЃ÷IÄ¥àƒtthtt-3 (Unknown)5 (Unknown)<: (Unknown)7 (Unknown) 8 (Unknown)> (Unknown)Zc (Unknown)xi (Unknown)xÝ (Unknown)P3 (Unknown)ø (Unknown)5 (Unknown): (Unknown)` (Unknown)xg (Unknown)dA (Unknown)P7 (Unknown) 8 (Unknown)3 (Unknown)ø (Unknown)5 (Unknown): (Unknown)7 (Unknown) 8 (Unknown): (Unknown)c (Unknown)6i (Unknown)xA (Unknown)d3 (Unknown)ø (Unknown)5 (Unknown)c (Unknown)xi (Unknown)x7 (Unknown) 8 (Unknown): (Unknown)A (Unknown)<ø (Unknown)5 (Unknown) : (Unknown)7 (Unknown) 8 (Unknown)c (Unknown)xi (Unknown)xA (Unknown)d(  !!"#$$%%&&''(()*++,,--Z †ÐQ¾@T‰Officers (80 minimum)úp@=x` Crew (115 minimum)–p@=x 7 Gunners (138 minimum) †1st Class Passengersp2nd Class PassengersPÃSteerage PassengersðP÷Marinesp'Marine Battle Armor Troopers/ElementalsPÃPÃNew Crew/Passenger Typen@BèvH@BGrav Deck #1 - 110m Dian@BèvHGrav Deck #2 - 110m Dia ¡t;¤ Grav Deck #3 - 0m DiaÊš;ä TEnergy Storage Batteries¸p€ðú€ˆÄ Life Boatsp€ðú Escape Pods€Ñð€ÑðLot Spare Parts (1.88%)`ãÂë Àü›Fighters (1+1) €„Âë 6nSmall Craft (4+1)tÇÇ$tÇÇ$ Cargoÿÿÿÿÿÿ»ÎIntroduced in 2675 by the Rim Worlds Republic to escort it’s Phalanx Battleships and Snow Kite class Carriers, the 750,000 ton Centurion class Cruiser became the mainstay of the Republics escort fleets with its massive array of antifighter weaponry, exceptional speed and heavy armour making it a fine ship in its own right. However its flaws would eventually be its undoing, as the War against Amaris turned the majority of the SLDF fleet against the class. ‰ With roots in several of the SLDFs highly successful frigate class vessels the Centurion was constructed to safeguard larger vessels such as the Phalanx from aerofighter assault as well as from smaller vessels, the Centurion carries state of the art Starcutter Drives capable of pushing the titanic vessel up to one and a half Gs for short periods making it as fast as the Cameron Class Battlecruiser as well as allowing it to keep up with the majority of larger ships generally available to the Great Houses. This also gives the vessel good tactical flexibility in combat when in the company of larger vessels as its speed enables it to be redeployed from one area of the battlefield to another with speed and ease. This speed allowed the Centurion to engage in its primary task, destruction of inbound fightercraft and dropships. Armed with one of the largest arrays of antifighter weaponry found on in ship in service, it gave the Centurion to neutralise the threat posed by ships such as the Vengeance class Dropship with their massive fighter wings. Composed of multiple types of weaponry this battery has the advantage that when a fighter gets past one layer of weaponry it still has to content with the rest of the Centurions weaponry. Long ranged firepower is composed of 40 massive Long Range missile racks each capable of firing twenty missiles which can put enough ordinance in the air to scare off small dropships, supported by 48 Magna Hellstar PPCs this provides a tremendous punch at long range. Medium range is just as well covered with another 40 Large Lasers providing accurate firepower with 40 SRM 6 packs backing them up and shredding armour off any craft stupid enough to brave the Centurions barrages. Short Range is possibly the most deadly for any craft, as sixty Republic built AC 20s come online. Capable of destroying fightercraft in one shot, these weapons are worthy of respect and more than one pirate corvette that came too close to a Centurion has found itself screwed after those cannons came online. Lastly is the ‘point defence’ which to put it simply is eighty medium lasers. However this antifighter firepower did come at a cost, as the Centurion is somewhat lacking in capital scale weaponry and that it has was chosen to compliment its fighter shredding firepower. 16 Medium Naval PPCs spread across the bow and broadsides provide most of the firepower with twenty class 10 Naval Autocannons along the bow and broadsides providing a backup punch. 8 barracuda missile launchers built off plans stolen from the SLDF were placed along the front of the ship, aimed at scaring off ships at extreme range, while thirty Naval Lasers scattered across the sides and aft of the Centurion keep dropships away from nearby ships. The Centurions armour is also impressive, with over 1,000 tons of Ferro Aluminium armour providing greater protection than found on some battleships of the day, in addition two Docking Collars and bays for eighteen Republic Aerofighters put the Centurion into a secondary role as a carrier, however the titanic Snow Kite class Carrier performed many of the Rim Worlds carrier duties and the Centurions rarely carried a full load of Fighters.    Ž However for the first few years of the Centurions service most of the foes encountered were Pirate Corvettes and Destroyers. Which often ran from the sight of a Rim Worlds battlegroup, only a few battles allowed the Centurion to distinguish itself from other classes, and none are truly remembered. Most of the time the four Centurions on patrol duty found themselves relocated to defending static locations like Apollo or the Star’s End Shipyards. When the Amaris Conflict came around, the 12 ships of the Centurion class was on the forefront leading attack forces of Destroyers and Frigates into the midst of Kerenskys Fleets while they concentrated on annihilating larger ships. The Centurion class Demonic was responsible for the most dramatic of these encounters in the skies over New St Andrews. In the midst of battle Demonic and three Raven class Frigates leapt free of the raging battle, having been assigned to protect the Stefan Amaris, however with the mighty ship taking volleys from the Fireball and Hellgate despite several Swiftlings dancing and darting around the ponderous Hellgate attempting force her off her run. There wasn’t any smart plan to it, as the Demonic and the Ravens came in at the Fireball from below, attempting to use their meagre weaponry to pierce the McKennas thick hide. In just under five minutes of combat the Fireball eviscerated the Raven Class Blackbird, forcing the remaining two Ravens pulled back as the Demonic surged forward firing full broadsides into the Fireball. At the high point of the battle, just as the Demonic seemed to be about to disable the Fireball it was engulfed in PPC fire from the Hellgate which had dispatched 3 of the 5 Swiftlings and was returning to assist it’s partner. In response portals snapped open in the Demonics belly, as it’s final defense prepared. Before either McKenna fired a volley, 18 aerospace fighters joined the battle, ready to exploit the McKennas lack of anti fighter weapons they swooped in on the Fireball as the Demonic slammed into the Hellgate, just aft of her docking collars, the resulting impact set off the Demonic’s ammunition stores and gutted the ship as well as finishing off the now crippled Hellgate. In the end however the Star League forces won the day with superior numbers and technology. The Demonic and her crew are credited with the destruction of both McKennas. =Notable Vessels= Demonic In Class at Height: 12  (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)[ none ]