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The Silinrul class was the first dedicated fleet carrier to be built for the RIRN Navy. Following the success of small strike-craft deployed aboard the Calussa class and now-decommissioned Titan class SSNs, the RIRN Navy felt the need to deploy larger, dedicated carriers to offer an additional striking power. Mostly because a fair number of navies about the world had no defense against such technologies.
If you ask any back-water Rhydin colonist what their greatest fear is from the Imperial Gynocracy of Renor Xukuth, he will most likely answer the Aleus class carrier. Fortunately for such colonists, the RIRN's capability to combat this threat comes in the form of one of the finest and reliable subfighter carriers the world has known: the Silinrul class.
The Chiana cruiser and Silinrul carrier share a common history; both vessels are based on the same hull design, making them very versatile warships. Despite this, the similarities end there. While their design is nearly identical and they share many basic parts, the Silinrul's internal layout is vastly different from the Chiana.
The Silinrul was the RIRN's first dedicated submarine carrier, and when it was first built, it was more than capable of holding back Renor Xukuth's marauding Mako squadrons. By the end of 2005, thirty-five Silinruls were in service with the RIRN, and by the outbreak of war at the end of 2007, an additional twenty-seven had joined their ranks. For the last four years they have been in service, they have been the long arm of the navy's strength, and wherever there is a brewing crisis or trouble stirring, the Silinruls are there to answer the challenge.
In 2010, the Silinrul was one of the most important ships in service to the RIRN, and operated en-masse as the flagships of many taskforces. By the end of that year and the break out of the Alliance war, they were taking an increasingly active and pivotal role in supporting and deploying the RIRN's subfighter forces.
General Specifications: Class: Silinrul (Hunter) class Fleet Carrier (SCVN) Builder: Harl L'Qu'mados Technologies/RIRN Keel Laid: Silinrul SCVN-40 – 2005 Launched: Silinrul SCVN-40 – 2006 Crush Depth: 2,880 meters Computer System: RIRN VII Combat Network
Sensors: Internal: Hypersonar; active and passive sensor suites Effective Range: Approximately 100 nautical miles
Defensive Systems: Mark IX and X Intercept Torpedoes ECM Packages and Noise Makers
Hull Composition: Double layered 3rd Generation Hull skin covering a titanium double hull supported by a reinforced composite steel frame.
Hull skin details: Anechoic, genetic prototype hull-skin developed as an acoustics countermeasure. The genetically-engineered material covers the exterior of the hull as two layers, each approximately three and a half inches thick. Both layers are highly tensile, densely composed structures which absorb and distort active acoustic signals such as sonar pings, thereby drastically reducing the effectiveness of sonar equipment directed at the vessel.
Secondly, the hull skin attenuates sounds emitted from the submarine - especially from engine machinery. This substantially reduces the passive sonar visibility of the submarine, rendering it effectively stealth to passive detection at extended ranges.
The genetic composition of the hull skin is one of the most classified and tightly controlled secrets in the RIRN Navy's engineering corps. The degree of effectiveness of the technology is unparalleled by any other navy in the world, and it is reported that the technology has helped in reducing the sonar signature of RIRN submarines by up to 85 or 90 percent.
Note: Genetic Engineering and Usage of this type has violated numerous international treaties. Buyers may come under penalties of own treaties and etc.
Computer Specifics The RIRN-VII series cores have been in operation aboard RIRN submarines since the early 2000's. The VII installed aboard Silinrul class carriers has been deployed since 2001, and replaced the VI originally installed during the class's earliest production run. Operating with a fully-integrated Linux-based OS developed specifically to the class's specifications, the system is believed to be up to 10 times more effective than the latest generation fiber-optic systems used in the civilian market.
The information systems are wired throughout the ship in bundled conduits. Each 'bundle' consists of several thousand 'strands' of artificially manufactured 'nerve' wiring that is stimulated and insulated by the gel within the conduits.
The primary difference between the type VI carried aboard the near-identical sister-class, the Chiana, and type VII cores aboard the Silinrul is one of design purpose. The Chiana's computer systems are dedicated to high-sensitivity and long-range weapons control, while the Silinrul's computer systems deal more with long-range communications to deployed subfighter wings. As weapons sensors and communications systems are similar in design, the differences between the two cores are subtle on most levels of operation.
Hypersonar technology Relies on a combination of 'traditional' acoustic monitoring equipment such as active and passive sonar, and laser-based range finding, it stands for Hypersonic Navigation and Ranging; as the name implies, it uses faster-than-sound technology to detect shipping, map terrain and aid in navigation. The Poseidon class mounts a total of 5 parabolic hypersonar arrays mounted bow, stern, midships dorsal and ventral across the submarine providing it with 360 degree sonar coverage on all of its axis.
Operating passively, hypersonar sensors are able to work in conjunction with the ship's computer to use repeated, low-band particle beams to build up a 3D picture of the environment while an integrated passive array intelligently detects and identifies acoustic signatures within that environment. This is the preferred method of operation, as it maintains complete stealth capability for the submarine while still providing at least a marginal picture of the environment around the vessel - while there is no guarantee that a submarine will be detected by the passive components of the array, the laser array ensures that even if targets cannot be identified, they will be detected, ranged and targeted. Only next-generation active camouflage systems employed by Macronesian vessels have the capacity to evade passive hypersonar entirely.
Used actively, hypersonar becomes a double edged, but ultimately infallible sword - First sweeping the area with a high-sensitivity laser array to gather preliminary data, the ship's computer then isolates targets of opportunity which are then battered with a series of uni-directional audio pings, the system literally bounces sound waves off specific solid objects in the water repeatedly and reflects them back to the array, with each ping building up an incredibly detailed picture of the target in real time. The only draw back to this system is that the target being 'illuminated' will also have access to the same information - active acoustics work both ways.
Combining active hypersonar on a single ship with such a network between a task force would enable an entire battlegroup to receive real-time and incredibly detailed target information without revealing their locations.
As a carrier, the Silinrul's armament is modest at best. In its role as a dedicated carrier, the Silinrul carries only half the armament of its cruiser sister, the Chiana. The Silinrul's eight 21-inch torpedo tubes are rapid, self-loading batteries which can be fired, flooded, drained, reloaded and fired again in approximately 5 seconds. They are capable of delivering every RIRN/International made torpedo model developed since 2003 with current armaments including the Marks 87, 88, 91 and 92 variable-charge plasma torpedoes and the Marks IX and X Intercept-countermeasure torpedoes.
The ship's magazines can be stocked with a total of 80 21-inch torpedo warheads. The rest of the enlarged-magazines of this class are used as storage for subfighter armament.
EVA Assets: Can carry up to 60 sub-craft of various types. During peace time, this is generally halved between utility/science craft and combat sub-fighters.
by The City State Rhydin » Wed May 11, 2011 10:12 pm 