Chieftain Command DropShip (Katherine-verse AU)

==Description==
Designed jointly by Clan Hell's Horses and Coyote, the Chieftain Command DropShip is a Surveillance and anti-pirate enforcement vessel.
Conceived by fan writer AlphaMirage for his Katherine-verse AU. This ship was intended defend remote outposts as well keep on it's used enemies without being seen too visually.
==Background History==
In 3057 Khan Malavai Fletcher of Clan Hell's Horses and Khan Vladimir Ward of Clan Wolf came to an agreement during what became known as 'The Harvest Trials.' Instead of the Wolves harvesting his Warriors Khan Fletcher instead offered to 'contract' them to Clan Wolf while keeping them under his control. This contract effectively turned the Hell's Horses into the Inner Sphere's largest and most capable mercenary unit. They were rewarded with worlds along the Wolf-Ghost Bear border in the Occupation Zones and Wolf Homeworld Enclaves greatly empowering the once second rate Clan.
These worlds were rich in comparison to their own much to the delight of the Horse Merchants whose Potemkin -Class Troop Cruisers now frequented the Exodus Road. Coming down from the Homeworlds they transported Wolf, Scorpion, and Horse Castemen, Cargo, and Warriors returning with raw materials, components, and Spheroid Castemen. This increased trade did not go unrecognized by other factions, both Goliath Scorpion and Coyote Merchants quickly joined the Horses' growing trade network.
In the early 3060s Pirates more frequently raided The Exodus Road. Chief among their targets were HPG Trunk lines connecting the Occupation Zones to the Kerensky Cluster. The Horses and Scorpions responsible for managing Exodus Road Enclaves on behalf of Clan Wolf appealed to their ally and primary supplier of very expensive QR249 HPG Relay Satellites, Clan Coyote, for assistance. The Coyotes had an answer that would also provide greater utility to their allies.
During the Exodus Kerensky maintained a small number of survey ships that came into Coyote possession. These former Monarch class passenger liners had upgrades installed allowing these vessels to provide detailed planetary surveys while protecting themselves. Since most of the components were already in place the first Chieftain CHHDS Crazy Horse was available in late 3060 less than four months after the bid was issued.
Crazy Horse was immediately popular with Loremaster Helena Fletcher who found it to be a very effective Watch vessel. Equipped with upgraded sensors, a mobile HPG, heavy vehicle bays, Aerospace Fighters or Gunships, and Armored Marines the 'Hellrazors' quickly located and disrupted a number of pirate hideouts adjacent to the Exodus Road. Clan Wolf has used them as spy vessels infiltrating the edges of populated systems siphoning off signals, Clan Goliath Scorpion has two attached to their Chi Seeker Galaxy for survey and communication purposes. In the Homeworlds two serve in the Clan Coyote Watch spying on their rival Clan Star Adder..
==Armament and Capabilities==
Built from civilian passenger dropship, these vessels were rebuilt and repurposed for more discrete and military tasks.
The ship retains much of the original ship's drive comments, while reconfiguring it's passenger amenities. 
With additional additional bays and passenger accommodations for it's Battle Armor compliment of Marines, the ship mounts Small Nav Comm, which can tie this ship with other vessels with similar Navcoms, large or small. It's Hyperspectral Imager provides excellent eyes for this modest size ship. An Advanced Tech Watchdog ECM rounds out it's electronic package, giving it improve means to jam enemy vessels.
While the original Monarch ships were unarmed, the Chieftain is not. Armed with considerable firepower for anti-large ships warfare, for the unexpected targets, the ship has pair of Barracuda Capital Missile Launchers, with 20 missiles payload. Conventional weaponry rounds out the ship's defensive weapons, are large array of Pulse Lasers, including 2 Large Pulse lasers per wing forward and aft sides, while 4 Medium Pulse lasers are fitted each of the ship's firing arcs. Ballistic based, AMS system is also found clusters of for each of the Aerodyne's firing arcs. 
==Cargo==
*Bay 1:  Small Naval Comm Scanner Array (1)                          0 Door
*Bay 2:  Small Craft (2) 2 Doors
*Bay 3:  Heavy Vehicles (2) 2 Doors
*Bay 4:  Hyperspectral Imager (1)                                    0 Doors
*Bay 5:  Cargo (1,052.00 Tons) 
==Game Stats Breakdown==
Total Cost:        38,240,172,000 C-Bills
Battle Value 1:    7,750
Cost per BV:       4,934,215.74
Weapon Value:      8,727 (Ratio = 1.13)
Damage Factors:    SRV = 300;  MRV = 205;  LRV = 51;  ERV = 15
==Notes==
*Author indicated this ship was created using Heavy Metal Aero. While this program was once canon record sheet maker for Aerospace vehicles in the BattleTech universe, it is out of date. Items in this should be subjected to scrutiny should this vehicle be used matching Battle Value
==References==
Category:DropShipsCustom
Category:Works by AlphaMirage
Category:Katherine-verse AU