Killamanora class Light Carrier

## Offensive and defensive specs

### Armament

16 CF9 laser cannons in 8 double turrets and 112 flack point-defense guns in 56 double turrets

### Complement

78 Lancer fighters, 59 Cutlass fighters and 26 hunter shuttles

## General information

### Additional systems

Larger radar system to track incoming projectiles

## Overview

Commissioned in 141 DoS the Kllamanora class was the Mass Alliance's major carrier for several decades before slowly being replaced by the Reparation assault carrier. The ship class was designed with light armor to carry more fighter craft. The Killamanora was named after the largest free standing mountain on Empress, intended to be a long standing ship type in the MAGN like the Everest class instead what they got was a paper thin ship that was always the liability of a fleet. As space fighters became less and less useful in space combat, even for scouting, and dreadnoughts became the next big marvel dedicated carriers like the Killamanora class became unneeded.

Plans were made to decommission the class in 165 DoS as the much more powerful Reparation classes came online, leaving the last mission that they participated in the Grey fleet crisis along side the newly unveiled Reparation. However the decommissioning plans were stretched out thanks to bureaucracy, with the flag ship of the line the MAS-Killamanora to be turned into a museum ship and the remaining 11 to be either sold off or scrapped by 179 DoS. Due to the Serpent war in 177 DoS changed plans and the Killamanora class was returned to service. However 5 ships of the line were lost in the battle of Octavia as they underwent refits and a 4 more lost during the war as Serpent Empire had a love for destroying carriers. The remaining 3 Killamanora, including the MAS-Killamanora, were attached to smaller fleets and used to carry around fighters to disrupt Serpents darts.

## Design elements

The Killamanora class has 9 launch platforms for quick deployment of fighters. With side mounted launch bays mounted on the port and starboard for short range deployment of fighters, unlike the long launch catapults for sending fighters into atmosphere from orbit. The design also features a long landing strip running along the back, this also allows the Killamanora class to retrieve fighters well retreating from a field of combat.

The ship is also famous for making the Mass Alliance "give up" on laser weapons. The 8 CF9 laser cannons took so much current from the ship that it would be unable to charge up it's ATD, leaving the ship venerable if it needs to retreat.

It also uses flak guns instead of machine gun which would be viewed as a massive mistake afterward as the flack screen could become so thick that it blinded heat sensors and radar. An attempt was made to use shatter shells in a more shot gun like fire pattern but this did not produce the desired effect.

## Compliment

* 59 Cutlass class fighters
* 78 Lancer class fighters
* 5 Sabler class fighters

Standard load: 142

Max load: 200

## Cost

Construction price: 10,784,313,725 Shards

Armor cost: 6,237,000,000 Shards

Weapon cost: 87,000,000 Shards

Internal systems cost: 134,198,000,000 Shards

Total cost: 151,306,313,725 Shards