Toledo-class Light Cruisers

=== Classification: ===
Refitted Ontario-class Explorer, Toledo-class Light Cruiser
Builders:
 Van Halsem Ship Factory, CCS Van Halsem (main producer)
MIC-Davies (under license)
Operator:
Terran Confederation
Apex Consortium
Etherite Federation
Preceded: Ontario-class Explorer
Suceeded by: Kuln-class Light Cruiser
Completed for the Terran Confederation: 14
Completed for the Apex Consortium: 16
Completed for the Etherite Federation: 6
Completed under license: More than 100
Type: Light Cruiser
Displacement: 34 000 space tons
Length: 185m
Propulsion (space): Triple Ion turbines
Propulsion (warp): Hydrogen-Deuterium warp drive
Propulsion (jump): Buoy Connection
Effective range: 8 jumps before refuelling is required, up to 240 Warp jumps.
Crew: 160 crewmen, 180 Marines
Armament:
4 x Triple Mjolnir-class medium particle cannon turret, 2 top, 2 bottom, front mounted
2 x Double Mjolnir-class medium particle cannon turret, 1 top, 1 bottom, rear mounted
8 x Double Valient-class light particle cannon turrent, 4 on each wings
16 x Gaebulg Missile launchers, 2 x 4 on each wings
36 x 20mm GM61A railgun CIWS
Equipment:
 Ramscoop
Warp Disruptor Array, front mounted
Shield:
2 x 160 Churchill-rated shield generators, later upgraded to 170 and 190 rated.
Armor: Titanium-tungsten alloy, ranging from 160mm to 460mm)
Drone bay: 4 SkyEye drones, 8 Predator drone
Shuttle bay: 1 Mark IX shuttles
Combat Frame complement: 1 ED-416 Walker
As the production line for the Ontario-class was stopped as the Protectorate War began, the ones that were already started were rapidly converted to a more military minded version of the same hull. Stripping a lot of the technical and scientific equipment, the four front turrets were loaded with an additional medium particle cannon and the number of wing-mounted missile launchers were doubled, from two groups of 4 to four groups of 4. The exploration ship tractor beams were taken out as well, replacing it with a single warp disruptor and using the remaining power to power the additional weapons and the increased shield power. The Ontario-class ramscoop was left on the ship as it was integral to the chassis, making the Toledo-class one of the cruisers with the longest possible range in the Imperial Allied forces. 
The Toledo-class was never produced in a large quantity, as the military procurement rules favoured the more popular Kuln-class, but the class remained in operation until far later then was originally expected, mostly due to its ability as a super long range patrol ship, especially with the miniaturization of the ICE system. The basic hull design was purchased and copied by multiple Apex shipyards over the years, a lot of them falling in the hands of privateers and private military contractors.
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