Goliath Class Guardship (DropShip) (BtH)

==Description==
The Goliath Class Guardship is a refit DropShip redesigned to save guard capital world of the Taurian Concordat, The design was conceived by fan writer master arminas for his By the Horns AU.
==Background History==
Once a 100,000 ton cargo dropships, Brigadier Aerospace of MacKenzie has built for civilian cargo carriers. A pair of these former Behemoth-Class Cargo DropShips were captured by pirates operating spinward of the Inner Sphere. However, these pirate were eventually stopped and captured by the Taurian Defense Forces. These ships were taken into service and radically refitted into by 3025, the most powerful known spaceborne ships seen since the Star League Era.
Designated GuardShips, the Goliath Class ships served naval forces of the Concordat as "battleship" of their navy. 
==Ships of Class==
*TCDS Goliath : Lead vessel converted for military serve from Behemoth Cargo version. 
*TCDS Titan : Sister ship of the Goliath, served during the Taurian Crisis of 3025, when Renegade FedSuns forces to invaded New Vallis where it was lost fighting aerospace fighters attempting launch nuclear weapons.
*TCDS Titan II : Originally a Behemoth Class Cargo DropShip, it was converted as a replacement for the original 
*TCDS Leviathan :
*TCDS Colossus :
*TCDS Monolith :
*TCDS Liam Zahra :
==Armament and Capabilities==
The Goliath was result of a radical refitting by the shipwrights of Taurus. These orbital facilities reduced the 100,000 Behemoth to mere 25,000 tons. Gone was most it's mammoth cargo capacity and slow thrust capacity. The refit resulted in fast and deadly assault dropship, with ability to reach speed of 12 where most ships half size rare achieve such acceleration. However, like it's original design, it is unable to safely to land on planets without great difficulties.
Using the what they materials on hand from it's rich asteroid fields, the Goliath's were fitted with 324.00 tons of Standard armor. Giving astonishing damage resistance to most threats could muster.
In addition to it's weaponry, the ship carries eight Aerospace Fighters and a pair small craft for boarding actions as well relay equipment and personnel to the surface.
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The ship armed with large array of Standard Weaponry.
;Standard Weapons Weapons: Nose (Front): 8 x Class 2 Autocannons (405 Rounds), 2 x PPCs, 2x LRM15 (120 Rounds), 2 x Large Lasers, 2 x SRM-6s, 2 x Class 20 Autocannons, 3 x Medium Lasers, 5 x Small Lasers, and 8 x Machine Guns (500 Rounds) Front Fight & Left Sides: 8 x Class 2 Autocannons (405 Rounds), 2x LRM15 (120 Rounds), 3 x Class 5 Autocannons (180 rounds), 2 x Class 10 Autocannons (120), 2 x PPCs, 2 x Large Lasers, 2 x SRM-6s, 1 x Class 20 Autocannons, 3 x Medium Lasers, 5 x Small Lasers, and 8 x Machine Guns (500 Rounds) Aft Left & Right Sides: 8 x Class 2 Autocannons (405 Rounds), 2x LRM15 (120 Rounds), 3 x Class 5 Autocannons (180 rounds), 2 x Class 10 Autocannons (120), 2 x PPCs, 2 x Large Lasers, 2 x SRM-6s, 1 x Class 20 Autocannons, 3 x Medium Lasers, 5 x Small Lasers, and 8 x Machine Guns (500 Rounds) Aft: 8 x Class 2 Autocannons (405 Rounds), 2x LRM15 (120 Rounds), 3 x Class 5 Autocannons (180 rounds), 2 x Class 10 Autocannons (120), 2 x PPCs, 2 x Large Lasers, 2 x SRM-6s, 1 x Class 20 Autocannons, 3 x Medium Lasers, 5 x Small Lasers, and 8 x Machine Guns (500 Rounds)
==Cargo==
*Bay 1: Fighters (4) / Small Craft (1) with 4 doors 
*Bay 2: Fighters (4) / Small Craft (1) with 4 doors 
*Bay 3: Cargo (660 tons) with 2 Door
==Game Stats Breakdown==
Total Cost: 1,489,957,056 C-Bills
Battle Value: 32,401
Cost per BV: 45,984.91
Weapon Value: 30,709
Escape Pods / Life Boats 26 / 0
Structural Integrity: 90
26 Bay Personnel Quarters
Food & Water: (360 days supply) 
==Notes==
==External Links==
*Space Battles.com / Forum posting of the Goliath Class DropShip, with stats revamped.
==References==
*Chapter/Page 15 - By the Horn (Introduction)
 
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