Quiltra Draenitzs Class Multipurpose Transport

(Version 1.00 - Last Modified: 12/11/2004)

The Quiltra Draenitzs transport vessel is the Tirolian workhorse for all manner of tasks ranging from large-scale troop movements and fleet tender duties to ore carrier, much in the same way as the Quiltra Queleual served in the Zentraedi fleets. The Draenitsz was mainly designed to serve as an ore carrier for the asteroid mining operations that served the Tirolian economy, but given the required characteristics, a multipurpose capability was designed into the class so that they could serve as general supply vessels, mecha carriers, and tenders for the Tirolian fleet if needed. As such, a point-defense battery was included from the first design.

Overall, the Quiltra Draenitsz design was a success; it had a large cargo capacity and was easily adaptable to other tasks. The class started series production in the mid-17th century and remained in production for over three centuries, supplementing older designs at first, replacing them as time went by. The effectiveness of the Draenitsz was such that at the time of the downfall of the Tirolian Mercantile Empire, no successor was in sight or even under consideration.

In the Second Robotech War the Draenitsz played a minor role in the Tirolian naval attacks, as this war was fought mostly at short range. On some of the ranged raids made by the Tirolian forces, the Draenitsz vessels went with the combat forces in the role of tankers and tenders. Once, a clandestine landing operation was made with a Draenitsz vessel acting as a survey and recovery vessel. But overall, the Draenitsz class was of little importance in the war.

Designed as a general cargo vessel, the Quiltra Draenitzs is not a ship likely to gain a prize for elegance of design. Odd corners, projections and hull fixtures dot the entire surface, creating the (mistaken) impression of a ship created by slapping several unrelated hulls and parts of ship together into one craft. Spread out over the hull is the defensive cannons. The Quiltra Draenitzs has a main hull shaped like a tapering rectangular box, with the smallest side vertical and the longest side in the longitudinal direction of the ship. From amidships aft, a massive superstructure sits on the upper deck. The tall command tower points upwards from near the center of the weather deck, while to the sides and the aft a lower superstructure extends, flowing smoothly in the lower hull near the engine. Four large external docking arms project to the flanks from the forward part of the superstructure. These arms are built to connect to asteroids (or the extraction machinery on them) and allow the vessel to dock with even the most irregular formed rocks. Seven distinctive Tirolian docking and embarkation ports can be seen on the hull, three almost directly aft of the bow (one forward and one for the dorsal and ventral each), with two more ports on each flank forward and under the command tower.

Internally, there are three sections distinguishable in the ship. The command tower houses the living and work spaces for the Tirolian crew, while the majority of the main hull consists of cargo holds and access bays. The holds can be reconfigured to serve as mecha bays, fuel tanks, or evacuation quarters. The third section is the aft engineering section, housing the generators and main engine.

These ships were built at the Tirolian Orbital Shipyards and the Cirtzsai Yards from 1662 through 1994. From the beginning of the production run till its end, no major upgrades were made to the Quiltra Draenitzs design, save replacing obsolete equipment with more modern equivalents. The total number of Quiltra Draenitzs class transports constructed is 9693. Of this number, 625 were destroyed prior to 2010. Due to protoculture depletion and the mostly non-military nature of the class, only 98 remained in service in 2013, the others mostly placed in long-term orbital storage in the systems they worked prior to the energy crisis. Of the operational vessels, 9 arrived with the Tirolian Fleet in the Sol System, the others having been abandoned in a deep-space depot with many other depleted ships. This depot has to this date not been found. After the heavy fighting of the Second Robotech War, no operational Quiltra Draenitzs transports remained. Several captured vessels were placed on the surface of the moon near the Moon Base, but were destroyed when the Invid arrived in Earth orbit.

Ship Information:

• Ship Class: Cruiser
• Year Commissioned: 1662 CE
• Crew: 325
• Troops:
  • Air Group: 420
  • Troops: 110
  • Total: 530
• Total Crew and Troops: 855

Vehicle Complement:

• Bioroid Complement:

320	Blue Combat Bioroid
18	Green Combat Bioroid
12	Red Combat Leader Bioroid
10	Bioroid Scout

• Drone Complement:

33	Roil Quekasm Air Defense Drone

• Other Complement:

480	Bioroid Skysled
6	Roil Tiluvo Class Assault Corvette

M.D.C. by location:

• Retractable Particle Beam Cannons (40) - 150 each
• Retractable Laser Turrets (120) - 60 each
• Retractable Weapon Hatches (160) - 100 each
• Airlock Access Hatches - 100 each
• Shuttle Bay Hatches (2) - 750 each
• Subspace Sensor Antennas (2) - 3500 each
• Command Tower - 5000
• Main Engines - 7500 each *
• Auxiliary Engine - 5000 **
• Maneuvering Thrusters (61) - 150 each
• Hull Regions (90, Main Body) - 300 each
• Hull Regions (10, Engine Section) - 300 each
• Inner Hull Regions (90, Main Body) - 100 each
• Inner Hull Regions (10, Engine Section) - 200 each
• Main Body - 30,000 ***
• Hexagonal Force Fields (15) - 1000 each


M.D.C. Armor Rating - Hull Region: 10
M.D.C. Armor Rating - Inner Hull Region: 9
M.D.C. Armor Rating - Main Body: 18
Notes:

*	Destroying the main engines will severely impair the ship, forcing it to rely on its auxiliary engine. Reduce atmospheric speed by half and rate of acceleration in space by 75%.
**	If both the main and auxiliary engines are put out of commission, the ship will be floating dead in space or will crash if the damage occurs in atmosphere. if the main engines are undamaged, the loss of the auxiliary engines will not impair the ship in any way.
***	Depleting the M.D.C. of the main body will shut down the entire ship, including life support, gravity control, communications, weapons, and engines. The command bridge will also be destroyed.

Speed:

• Fold Drive: Uses a Fold Drive with a maximum speed of 10 light-years per hour. The ship's navigational equipment cannot safely execute a fold jump of distances greater than 1 kiloparsec (3260 light-years) and it can only be activated once per hour.
• Sublight: Can travel at up to 20 percent of the speed of light (0.20c) and accelerate / decelerate at a rate of 0.15 percent of light (0.0015 c) per melee.
• Atmospheric Propulsion: Uses an anti-gravity drive that has a maximum cruise speed is Mach 2 (1490 mph / 2400 km/h) and can enter and leave an atmosphere with Earth-like gravity.
• Maximum Range: Effectively unlimited by drive system, but onboard supplies for the crew and troops will last for 12 months before the ship needs to be restocked. Water stores were recycled almost completely.

Statistical Data:

• Height: 978' (298 m)
• Width: 656' (200 m)
• Length: 1673' (510 m)
• Weight: 1.34 million tons (1.22 million metric tons)
• Reactor System: Tirolian Protoculture Reactor with a life span of 35 years.
• Propulsion System: Anti-Gravity / Chemical Drive
• Gravity System: Internal
• Cargo: The ship has several cargo holds that can carry the up to a maximum of 430,000 tons (390,000 metric tons).

Weapon Systems:

1. Retractable Particle Beam Cannons (40)
   Scattered across the hull of every Tirolian warship, the Particle Beam Cannons stand ready to pop out from under their sliding hatches to attack. Each turret is capable of 360 degrees of rotation with an arc of fire of 180 degrees. Seven cannons are located on the top of the ship, ten cannons are located on each side of the ship, six cannons are located on the bottom of the ship, and seven cannons are located on the front of the ship.
   • Range: 100 miles (160.9 km) underwater, 200 miles (321.9 km) through an atmosphere, and 200,000 miles (321,869 km) in space.
   • Damage: 2D4x100 M.D. per single blast.
   • M.D.C. Weapon Rating: 24
   • Rate of Fire: Each cannon can fire twice per melee.
   • Payload: Effectively unlimited
2. Retractable Laser Turrets (120)
   The Lasers Turrets are located in batteries along the front and side of all Tirolian ships. They are not very powerful, but if fired in large numbers they can be devastating. They are primarily used against enemy fighters that are attacking the ship. 25 turrets are located on the top of the ship, 30 turrets are located on each side of the ship, 15 turrets are located on the bottom of the ship, and 20 turrets are on the front of the ship.
   • Range: 1584' (956.6 m) underwater, 3168' (956.6 m) through an atmosphere, and 60 miles (96.6 km) in space.
   • Damage: 2D6x10 M.D. per single blast.
   • M.D.C. Weapon Rating: 23
   • Rate of Fire: Each cannon can fire four times per melee, but they must fire in a volley of at least three cannons.
   • Payload: Effectively unlimited

Shield Systems:

1. Hexagonal Force Fields (15)
   The ship can create fifteen hexagonal force fields at any point around the ship to protect it from incoming attacks. Once placed, the fields cannot be moved until the next melee round, but they can be taken down and replaced by an inactive shield between each volley against the ship. There are enough hexagons so that the entire ship can be covered with five hexagons remaining inactive. Damage in excess of what an individual field can sustain if caused by a beam or projectile weapon will cause damage to the ship, but excess damage from a missile or a missile volley will be completely deflected. Each field regenerates at a rate of 50 M.D.C. per minute while active and 100 M.D.C. per melee round while inactive.
   • M.D.C.: 1000 each

Special Systems:

1. Missile Production Facilities
   The ship contains basic missile construction facilities. There is a single factory aboard the ship and it is designed to be generic and can construct any Tirolian missile. At normal production, the factory can produce 100 short range missiles, 25 medium range missiles, 5 long range missiles, or 1 cruise missile per week. It takes one week to retool a factory from producing one missile type to a different missile type. Double rate of production if a factory is at maximum production, but for every month the factory is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the factory will fail and must be repaired at a shipyard or an Azashar Class General Purpose Vessel. The construction of a missile includes all guidance systems and warheads, although no reflex warheads can be built.
2. Weapon Production Facilities
   The ship contains basic weapon construction facilities. There is a single factory aboard the ship and it is dedicated to producing armor and infantry weapons. At normal production, the factory can produce 20 suits of armor of any type and 50 infantry weapons of any type per week. Double rate of production if the factory is at maximum production, but for every month the factory is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the factory will fail and must be repaired at a shipyard or an Azashar Class General Purpose Vessel.

Standard Systems:

1. Life Support System
   The ship has a fully operational life support system that provides fresh atmosphere throughout the ship. The life support system can sustain a maximum of 1000 people indefinitely or 2000 people for a short period of time in case of an emergency.
2. Communication Systems
   The ship is equipped with four communication systems. The first is a long range laser system with a maximum range of 100,000 miles (160,934 km), the transmissions travel at the speed of light, but they rely on line of sight, so it cannot communicate with a ship that is on the other side of a solid object. The second system is a long range radio system with a maximum range of 50,000 miles (80,467 km), the transmissions travel at the speed of light, but they are easy to intercept and jam. The third system is a satellite relay system that allows the ship to boost the range of the other communication systems indefinitely by using satellites or other ships to relay the transmission. The forth system is a Hyperspace Communications Relay, which travels at a rate of one light-year every 5 seconds. Hyperspace communications can travel through planets and other obstructions unhindered, are extremely difficult to intercept, and impossible to jam. The ship's communication array can contact with up to 1500 ships simultaneously.
3. Sensor Systems
   The ship is equipped with four sensor systems. The first is the Electromagnetic Detection Equipment that detects other sensor systems at twice the maximum range of their transmitter. The second is a powerful array that uses standard radar waves, which are fairly easy to jam, but it is obvious when the radar array is being jammed. The sensor can track tiny targets at a range of up to 750,000 miles (1,207,008 km), small targets at a range of up to 7.5 million miles (12.1 million km), medium targets at a range of up to 15 million miles (24.1 million km), and large targets at a range of up to 22.5 million miles (36.2 million miles). The third is a Subspace Mass Sensor that uses gravity-based technology to detect target's at real time speed. The sensor can track tiny targets at a range of up to 1 million miles (1.6 million km), small targets at a range of up to 10 million miles (16.1 million km), medium targets at a range of up to 20 million miles (32.2 million km), and large targets at a range of up to 30 million miles (48.3 million miles). The forth is a Huperspace Mass Sensor that can detect and track ships that are using a Fold Drive. The sensor can track tiny targets at a range of up to 4 parsecs (13.04 light-years), small targets at a range of up to 20 parsecs (65.2 light-years), medium targets at a range of up to 40 parsecs (130.4 light-years), and large targets at a range of up to 60 parsecs (195.6 light-years). See Tirolian Ship Systems for more details on sensor systems.
4. Targeting Computer System
   Connecting the ship's sensor systems with the weapon systems is the Targeting Computer System. The system is designed to control all of the weapons currently equipped on the ship. This system can track up to 150 targets simultaneously, providing detailed information about the targets from the ships data files. All direct fire weapons receive a bonus of +3 to strike and all missile weapons receive a bonus of +2 to strike. These bonuses are in addition to any previously stated bonuses or penalties.

Combat Summary:

• Combat Actions: 4
• Strike: +3 to strike with direct fire weapons and +2 to strike with missile weapons.
• Targeting System: Can track up to 150 targets simultaneously.