**75,000-ton Starwind-class Strike Carrier, Heinlein (TL12)**

With the Azhanti High Lightning Frontier Cruisers getting fairly long in the tooth, and the Imperial borders getting more dangerous than ever, the search for another platform to replace the aging class has been underway. The Wildwind class Strike Carrier is a slightly larger vessels originally designed to carry out strike missions. With shorter legs than the Azanti, as well as a lighter spinal mount it still has advantages over the Frontier Cruisers in mission flexibility. Five Wildwind Strike Carriers were diverted from construction block IV and have been designated Starwind Class. They have not been classified as Frontier Cruisers and maintain their Strike Carrier designation. Modifications include the addition of vehicle bays for two 400dton gunships(SDB), to act as extra heavy fighters, two modular scouts, two assault cutters, and two advance cutters and 14 cutter modules. They maintain their compliment of 80 fighters, replacing their heavy fighters with a mixture of 40 heavy fighters and 40 light fighters. Two Troop Shuttles based on the Valor Heavy Fighter hull allow ships troops to be quickly deployed using the same 50-dton launch tube that the Heavy fighters and Lowalaa Assault Cutters use. Space for these extra vehicles has been made possible by the removal of the ship's refueling lighters. This make the Carrier more dependent on its own ability to frontier refuel, which is expected to reduce the service life of these ships, though not extensively .

Crew: 1,713 Total (including troops). Commanding Officer, First Officer, Computer Officer, Chief Navigator, 2nd Navigator, Communications Officer, Chief Engineer, 2nd Engineer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Gunner, Flight Officer, 112 Total Command and Control, 112 Jump Drive, 767 Maneuver Drive, 13 Medical, 4 Meson Screen Operators, 4 Nuclear Damper Operators, 15 Spinal Weapon Gunners, 24 Weapon Bay Gunners, 32 Turret Gunners, 395 Flight Crew, 235 Troops (7 Officers).

Hull: 75,000-ton USL, Heavy Frame, Standard Materials, Bonded Superdense (Expensive) Armored Hull (DR 10,500, Psi-Shielded, Instant Chameleon), Total Compartmentalization, Radical Stealth (-16, AMod -2), Radical Emission Cloaking (-16, PMod -2 [-8, PMod 6 in space]).

Control Areas: Command Bridge (Hardened, Thermo/LLTV, Genius, Complexity 11), Information Center (Hardened, Thermo/LLTV, Genius, Complexity 11), Flight Control Center (Hardened, Thermo/LLTV, Complexity 10), Adv Sensors, 6 PESA-SHv, 6 AESA-SHv, Probe Module, 6 Radscanner-UHv, Densitometer, EW (Hardened, Complexity 10), Jammer (Hardened, Complexity 10), Enh Commo Suite.

Communicator Range (mi)	Radio	Maser	Laser	Meson
Command Bridge	50,000,000	0	100,000,000	200,000
Flight Control Center	50,000,000	0	100,000,000	200,000
Enh Commo Suite	50,000,000	500,000,000	100,000,000	2,000,000

Sensors Range/Rating (mi)	Passive	Active	Radscanner
Command Bridge	100,000/41	200,000/43	30,000/38
Flight Control Center	100,000/41	200,000/43	30,000/38
Adv Sensors	1,000,000/47	2,000,000/49	70,000/40
PESA-SHv	4,500,000/51	0/0	0/0
AESA-SHv	0/0	4,500,000/51	0/0
Radscanner-UHv	0/0	0/0	450,000/45
Densitometer	0/0	1,250/29	0/0

EW Range(/Rating) (mi)	Area Jammer	Radio Direction Finder	Radio Jammer
EW	2,250/7	5,000,000,000	50,000
Jammer	2,250/7	5,000,000,000	50,000

Engineering: 2 Engineering (8,393.6 dtons[349,732.07 MW], 1,130 Continuous Life Support), 3,750 Jump Drive, 24,761 Maneuver Drive (6.00 / 7.32 Gs, 2,476,100 stons thrust), 30,000 Jump Fuel (Fire 13), 750 Fuel Processor (5 hours to refine ), 150 Utility.

Accommodations: 532 Stateroom, 10 Luxury Stateroom, 59 Bunk Room, Luxury Double-size Stateroom, 4 Troop Officer Stateroom, 198 Flight Crew Stateroom, 3 Military Sickbay (15 Patients), 3 Operating Theater (6 Patients), 10 Emergency Aid Station (20 Patients), 100 Low Berth (400 Cryoberths), 67 Escape Capsule (603 Users), 3 Galley, 2 Flight Ready Room (100 Users), 4 Brig (8 Users), 4 Military Holoventure, 12 Battle Dress Morgue (240 Users), 2 Office (32 Users), 5 Shooting Range (10 Users), 10 Mess Halls (500 Users), 3 Logistics (18 Users), 10 Workshop (Complete) (30 Users), Stage, Theater (100 Users), 6 Damage Control Locker (2,000 HP), Gymnasium (4 Users), Officers Mess (50 Users), 4 Flight Officer Mess (200 Users).

Armaments: 1,000 Meson Screen (DR 31,515), 16 Nuclear Damper (30 mi), 570 Gj Lt Spinal Meson/J, 24 Sm Internal Bay Batteries of 1 each (Sm Lt Missile Bay [4100], Sm Lt Missile Bay Load [x4100]), 25 Sm Internal Bay Batteries of 1 each (Sm Hv Missile Bay [750], Sm Hv Missile Bay Load [x750]), 9 Lg Internal Bay Batteries of 1 each (Lg Repulsor Bay), 20 USL Turret Batteries of 10 each (Front DR 5,250/PD 4, Left DR 5,250/PD 4, Right DR 5,250/PD 4, Top DR 5,250/PD 4, Rear DR 5,250/PD 4, 1.3 Gj Hv Laser[RoF Bonus +3]), 1 USL Turret Battery of 10 (DR 5,250, 2x700 Mj Fusion Gun[RoF Bonus +4]), 1 USL Turret Battery of 10 (DR 5,250, 1.4 Gj PAW[RoF Bonus +3]), 10 USL Turret Batteries of 10 each (DR 5,250, 3xSand Caster Full Load [x200], 3xSand Caster [200]).

Weapon Name	Qty	Type	Acc	SS	Dmg	RoF	1/2 Rng	Max
570 Gj Lt Spinal Meson/J	1	Exp	38	30	7dx3000(!)	1/60 (+7)	98000/10	294000/29
Sm Lt Missile Bay [4100]	24					(+0)		10,000,000/1000
Sm Hv Missile Bay [750]	25					(+0)		10,000,000/1000
Lg Repulsor Bay	9					(+0)
1.3 Gj Hv Laser	200	Imp	34	30	5dx170(2)	1/60 (+7)	47000/5	140000/14
700 Mj Fusion Gun	20	Spcl	29	30	5dx500	1/60 (+7)	3700/0	11000/1
1.4 Gj PAW	10	Imp	30	30	6dx550	1/60 (+7)	5200/1	15600/2
Sand Caster [200]	300					(+0)

Missiles/Probes	Qty	DR	G-Rds	Exp Dmg	KK-Dmg	Size	AMod	PMod
Sm Lt Missile Bay Load [x4100]	24	120	10G-30	6dx80(10)	6dx100(5)	0	-8	-8
Sm Hv Missile Bay Load [x750]	25	200	10G-60	5dx150(10)	6dx400(5)	1	-7	-7

Stores: 24 Launch Tube (One module per 25 ston of craft launched), 1,400 Auxiliaries Spacedock (Sensor, Sensor, 50-ton Lowalaa Asault Cutter, 50-ton Lowalaa Asault Cutter, Orbital Insertion, ECM, ECM, Expandable Base, Passenger Module Stealth, Recovery, Weapon Pod - Missile Armored, Weapon Pod - Missile Armored, Weapon Pod - Laser, Weapon Pod - Sand Advance, 2x50-ton Troop Shuttle, 50-ton Captain's Gig[Modified Troop Transport], 50-ton Sirigerkhe Stealth Cutter, 50-ton Sirigerkhe Stealth Cutter, Weapon Pod - Energy Armored, Cargo Module Stealth, 50 dtons for small craft available), 1,000 Stores Hold, 800 Gunboat Vehicle Bays (2x400-ton Wyrm System Defense Boat, 2 400 dton bays), 160 Fighter Bay (40x50-ton Valor Heavy Fighter, 10x10-ton Rampart Fighter, 10x10-ton Rampart Mk2 Fighter), 200 Multi-Mission Scout Vehicle Bay (2x70-ton Multi-Mission Scout, Fuel Skimmer Module Advanced, Boarding Module), 100 Launch Tube Staging Area (50 dtons for small craft available).

Statistics: DMass 308,107.54 stons, EMass 338,107.54 stons, LMass 412,672.23 stons, Base Cost MCr50,402.65, Load Cost MCr7,693.92, Total Cost MCr58,096.57, HP 1,980,000, Damage Threshold 99,000, Size Mod +14, HT 12, 1,077.6 Man-Hours/day Maintenance.

Space Performance: Jump-4, sAcc 5.79 Gs (max load)/6.00 Gs (normal load)/7.32 Gs (fuel load)/8.04 Gs (dry load).

Air Performance: aSpeed 600 mph, Skimming aSpeed 43,312 mph, aLift 2,476,100 stons.

Sample Times : Orbit 0.05 Hrs, Escape Velocity 0.06 Hrs, 100D 2.61 Hrs, Earth-Mars 44.76 Hrs.

Options
All times are Earth Std, Full Load.
100D and Earth-Mars assume mid-point turnover.
Using VE2 Crew Corrections
Crew arranged into 3 shifts