<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i><b>Clarion-</b></i></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>class Strike Cruiser</b></span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">In f.y. 69, the Frontier Security Council placed a bid for a cruiser-class starship with more speed and firepower than the current </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Hargut-</i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">class vessels, to serve as flagships for the soon-to-be formed Joint Reaction Forces, PGC and Interstellar Industries submitting the winning </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Clarion</i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">-class design, the first three of which were built just at the outbreak of the Second Sathar War.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">The design sacrifices armor and missile battery armament in favor of additional laser and torpedo weaponry and a vastly improved acceleration rating and maneuverability, the </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Clarion </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">itself proving its combat effectiveness during the Battle of the White Light Nebula, when it singlehandedly destroyed three Sathar heavy cruisers and crippled an assault carrier.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">Upon the development of the pion engine system in f.y. 72, the </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Clarion, </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">along with her sister ships, the </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Hargut, </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">the </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Gran Quivera </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">and the </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Tereldrom, </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">underwent refitting, their four PGC Eureka engines being exchanged for a pair of Interstellar Industries/Mhneme Confederated Shipwrights size C Pulsar pion engines, the refit serving the Clarion particularlly well during the Battle of the Blockade a year later, where, in spite of being badly damaged, the cruiser proved instrumental in the destruction or dispersal of an enemy reinforcement fleet bound for Kdikit.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b>Specifications</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>HS: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>12 </span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>HP</b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>:56</span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style: normal"> </span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Powerplant: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>2 II/MCS Pulsar Pion “C” engines</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>ADF: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>5</span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b> MR</b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>:4 </span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>DCR: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>100 </span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Crew: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>70</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Armament: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>HLC(x2), TT(x10), HLB(x2),PB, EB</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Defenses: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>RH,</span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b> </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>ABM(x8), ICM(x8), MS</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Communication/Detection: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>Subspace Radio, Videocom, Radar, Energy Sensor, Intercom, WNB</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Miscelleanous Equipment: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>Cargo Arm</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Cargo Capacity: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>5.0</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Crew Accomodations: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>12 single cabins, 29 double cabins</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Passenger Accomodations: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>n/a</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Ship’s Vehicles: </b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>Escape pod(x20), 5 large launches, 4 workpods, (</span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i><span>Clarion </span></i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>and </span></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i><span>Hargut</span></i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span> only): Six Boomerang starfighters.<br /></span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br /><img width="320" src="/files/u78/clarion_0.jpg" height="240" /><br /><br /> </p>