Fleet Escorts (very light carriers)

1 posts ยท Mar 28 2001

From: Izenberg, Noam <Noam.Izenberg@j...>

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:56:00 -0500

Subject: Re: Fleet Escorts (very light carriers)

Here's New Israel's Kineret fighter transport:

Mass 34, Cost 121 4 Hull, 1 Armor Thrust 4, FTL 1 PDS 2 Fighter Bays

Standard complement is 2 Ashan (Stealth Attack) Fighter groups or 1 Ashan and
1 Chermesh (Stealth Interceptor) group (Stealth = Heavy with different
PSB).

The Kineret class is a small, fragile fighter transport. Performance after
initial deployment in 2182 with a single fighter group forced a review and
redesign, making the ship even more fragile, but able to field two groups.

The class has minimal defenses and is not designed to face any kind of standup
fight. Its purpose is to deliver its squadrons of fighters to the desired
space and stay clear. The first redesigned Kinerets were assigned to a hunter
killer groups with a number of other support ships. They have provided
essential fighter support, and were very sucessful when they managed to stay
out of the main combat themselves.

A redesign, replacing one fighter group with area defense and stronger hull
is under study for bona-fide escort duties.