Name of Ship: HMS 'Corvus' (BC-859)
Home Universe: Honor Harrington Series (D. Werber)
Ship Class: Nike-class battlecruiserRole: Multi-Role
Dimensions:-
Length: 1012m
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Beam: 127m
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Draught: 114m
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Mass: 2,417,000 tons
Armament:Broadsides (Port and Starboard):- 12 Grasers (24 total)
- 25 Missile Tubes (50 total) - 6,000 rounds of Mk 16 DDMs
- 32 Countermeasure Missile tubes (64 total)
- 30 Point-Defence Laser Batteries (60 total)
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Keyhole II Electronic Warfare pods (2 total)
Chase:- 4 Grasers (bow only)
- 12 Point Defence Laser Batteries (24 total; bow and stern)
Internal Hanger:- 4 Assault Shuttles/Gunships
History of the Ship:One of, eventually, fifty of the class commissioned into service by the RMN Bureau of Ships in 1921 PD,
'Corvus' had barely managed to get her working-up trials completed before thrown into the Defence of Manticore against the Solar League Navy. While a brief engagement, this abrupt battle allowed its relatively-green crew to become acclimatised away from simulations and trials into a life-or-death battle.
Barely had the scars of battle been repaired,
'Corvus' was recalled to be attached to the Grand Alliance Fleet, headed by Admiral Honor Harrington. To Captain Hammond's surprise, as soon as the Fleet slipped its moorings for the Sol campaign against the League, the battlecruiser was detatched from the fleet and sent on assignment elsewhere. At present, the battlecruiser is approaching its mantriple point for an impeller jump - now, CTN Hammond and his crew will find out where, and why, they have been sent to an unknown corner of the galaxy ...
Notable Crew:- CTN (JG) Christopher Hammond - CO
- CDR Mirabelle Lancaster - Executive Officer
- LtCDR David Stebbins - Tactical Officer
- LtCDR Norman Wycott - Chief Engineer
- Lt (SG) Heather Watts - Communications
- Lt (SG) Louis Brakka - Astrogation
- PO2 Henry Phillips - Coxswain
- LtCDR Anne Bracewell - Chief Medical Officer
- Major Elaine York - Royal Manticore Marine Commander
- Captain Stephen Horrocks - RMM 2IC
Unique Technology:-
Ship Shielding and the
Impeller Wedge-
Manticoran Missile Technology (specifically, Mark 16 Dual Drive Missiles)
Crew Size: 750 total personnel (approx. 650 officers and crew, and 100 Royal Manticoran Marines)
Faction: Royal Imperial Navy of Manticore