OZ Picket Corvette (TBG)

==Overview==
The OZ Picket-Class Corvette is a upgrade refit variant of the venerable Pinto Class Corvettes produced by the Clan Snow Raven 
Directed by the Ghost Bear war planner, Frederick (Ghost Bear), the design is intended as basic Combatant, it was intended safeguard the Clans' holdings within their Occupation Zones in the Inner Sphere. 
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A creation of Fabius Maximus, the variant of the canon Pinto corvette vessel conceived by the Clans in alternated AU universe where technology was introduced sooner than expected in the Inner Sphere. The ship is featured in the fan story The Bull and the Genie.
==Class History==
The Pinto Class Corvettes originally designed by the Rim Worlds Republic, which ultimately led the Inner Sphere into chaos. The original ships of Pintos were sold across the Periphery nations. 
By 3050, the Clan Occupation Zones suffered from an increasing problem during the war: The Clans never had enough warships, and those they had were often taken for "more important" conflicts, which for much of the war, translated to protecting Tharkad and New Avalon, as well as other regions the Council saw, doing the one thing Frederick had warned against. While the OZ had dropship yards, it had no warships under Frederick's Command, and as RX-79 corvettes started operations, the danger became clear. Fortunately, the Snow Ravens had a solution having found a number of wrecked Pinto Class corvettes, using the records accumulated during the Amaris Civil War. While beyond restoration by the Inner Sphere, the advanced Clan ship yards could strip them and rebuild them into slightly heavier warships, while preparing for series production of new hulls.
==Canonity==
The Pinto Class Corvettes are canon, however this variant was never built.
==Deployment & History== 
After the conflicts ended more were produced as an effective and long-ranged platform, that nonetheless did not possess the kind of offensive threat larger hulls would. The Draconis Republic would eventually operate 24 of these hulls, although all of them were produced without the LF battery, in keeping with the new nation's renunciation of offensive warfare. the Capellen Confederation Space Guard operates 12, while the Hegemony operates 18. The Federated Commonwealth captured two, but both of them are currently museum ships.
The Corvette was not a bad platform, and had it been available in numbers it may have made things difficult, but the fact was that the Clan industrial machine was hopelessly outmatched by the Inner Sphere, and by the end of the conflict, only 18 had been completed, with four more finished in time for the last battles over Luthien, where they served as picket and AA craft. It did suit the needs of the Clan OZ, and six never engaged Inner Sphere forces, being focused on Anti-piracy patrols with largely Inner Sphere Crews.
==Armament and Equipment==
The Picket Corvette was fast, lightly armed, and designed to fight at long range. Frederick (Ghost Bear)'s request that ammunition dependent systems be kept to a minimum was granted, and save for two missile launchers, the corvette was a pure energy platform, which eased issues with its small cargo bay. As was becoming common, both anti-fighter and missile systems were based on an "all around" model, in order to ensure the ship would never have an empty arc, while the light NL armament could threaten dropships and plink away at heavier warships at range. The fighter and small craft component was adequate, while attached dropships could carry more if need be. However the light frame of the picket ship meant that the Snow Ravens were reluctant to assign it heavy combat units, and most Picket Corvettes made do with smaller dropships, such as gunship-Leopards, Union-CVs, or Avengers. In many cases, they were captured or rebuilt Inner Sphere prizes, with a few making do with assault ships that had not been updated since the early 3010s.
===Weapon Placement===
*;Nose : x3 ER Large Lasers 
*;Forward Right/Left Sides : x2 NL/35 x3 ER Large Lasers x3 Laser AMS
*;Broadside Right/Left : x1 Capital Missile Launcher (10 shots) x3 NL/45 x3 ER Large Lasers x3 Laser AMS
*;Aft Side Right/Left Sides : x3 ER Large Lasers x3 Laser AMS
*; Aft : x3 ER Large Laser Screen Launcher, Screen Launcher Ammo (10 shots)
Ammunition:
-20 rounds of Killer Whale ammunition (100 tons)
-10 rounds of Screen Launcher ammunition (100 tons)
==Cargo==
*Bay 1:  Small Craft (6) 1 Door
*Bay 2:  Fighter (6) 1 Door 
*Bay 3:  Cargo (12,611 tons) 1 Door
==Game Stats Breakdown==
Tech Rating: E/X-X-X-F
Total Cost: 18,673,494,000 C-bills 
Battle Value: 22,318 (BV2)
==Notes==
*Wiki Note: Variant was created in MegaMek Lab, included indownload links are Megamek file, PDFs of both Record Sheet & it's Alpha Strike Data Card
==Download Links==
*OZ Picket Class Corvette - MegaMek File
*OZ Picket Class Corvette - Record Sheet
*OZ Picket Class Corvette - Alpha Strike Data Card
==Bibliography==
*Original posting of the Hazard Class Corvette (alternate, revised version) 
*The Bull and the Genie
==References==
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