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Hero class Light Cruiser

Designed by: Admiral Savage   (based on a design from MT: Sup 7 Fighting Ships of the Imperium).  The Imperium came out with the 30kt ISEH Light Cruiser and the 75kt Planet Hvy Cruiser based on the Ghalalk Armoured Cruisers.
Statistics:
30,000-ton Hull (Needle/Wedge) - Streamlined
AC: 16 (13 vs. Meson Guns)   AR: 5 (TL-14)   SI: 550   Initiative: 3
Starship Size: Huge   Cost: 13,510.122 MCr (16,725.153 MCr without discount)
Model/9 Fib (PP: 65/14) Computer   Avionics: Less than 50,000-ton  
Sensors: 1 Parsec (passive survey) -M8  Communications: System Wide (Maser) -M8
Cargo: 5,450.45-tons  
Extra Ship's Stores: 400 person/weeks of Luxury Stores, 5,000 person/weeks of Standard Stores,
100 person/weeks of Low Stores
Annual Maintenance = 1,351.012 KCr (663.006 KCr if routinely maintained)
Routine Maintenance = 331.503 KCr/Month (3,315.031 KCr per year)
Performance:
Jump-3 (enough fuel for 2x Jump-3), J3=4505.25t
Acceleration: 3-G   Agility: 3
Power Plant: TL-16 Fusion (4,500 EP output, enough fuel for 8 weeks) -4wks=1500t
Fuel Scoops, Fuel Purification Plant (TL-15, 5hrs per 9,000 tons of fuel)
Active Defenses:
Nuclear Dampers USP:9
Meson Screens USP:5
Weapons:
Hardpoints: 135
120x Triple Missile Rack Turret TL-15 (0 missile magazines)
     Missile +4 To Hit, 4d6 (18/x1), Range: 90,000km, Ammo: 4000 missiles
     Nuclear Missile +4 To Hit, 9d6 + 4d12 Radiation (17/x2), Range: 90,000km, Ammo: 200 missiles
90x Triple Beam Laser Turret TL-15, +4 To Hit, 4d8 (20/x1), Range: 30,000km
15x Double Fusion Gun Turret TL-15, +5 To Hit, 5d20 (16/x5), Range: 4,500km
40x Triple Sandcaster Turret TL-15, +5 AC, Ammo: 400 sand canisters
9x 50-ton Repulsor Bay TL-15, USP: 4
Meson Gun Spinal Mount: TL-15, +18 To Hit, 16d20 (15/x10), Range: 75,000km
Ship's Vehicles:
1x 4-ton vehicle hangar
5x 50-ton small craft (Internal Hangar)
1x 50-ton small craft (External Dock - Unstreamlined)
1x maintenance shop (20 Mechanics)
Launch facilities for 4 Craft per turn
Accomodations & Fittings:
331x Double Occupancy Stateroom (662 People)
19x Low Berth (19 People)
165x Emergency Low Berth (660 People)
20x Standalone Fresher
1x Engineering Shop (20 Engineers)
4x Sickbay (8 Patients)
3x Autodoc
4x Airlocks
Crew Details:
7x Command Officers, 30x Command Crew
1x Flight Officers, 12x Flight Crew
1x Gunnery Officers, 301x Gunnery Crew
2x Engineering Officers, 52x Engineering Crew
1x Medical Officers, 2x Medical Crew
2x Ship's Troops Officers, 180x Ship's Troops
60x Service Crew

Description:
The Hero Light Cruiser is an upgraded version of the S.E.H. Light Cruisers.  These vessels are generally for
capital ship support amd defense.  The Hero ships are named for Hero's of the Commonwealth.
The 11 ranking officers have private double staterooms.  Hero has a FrozenWatch for 19 positions key
postions, 8weeks (2x1500t) of powerplant fuel,  2xJ3 jump fuel ( J1=4505.25t ), improved agility, a
secondary bridge (600t,150Mcr), and 300t of subcraft fuel. 
Weapons: Missiles- 20 batteries of 6 (18 Bear), Fusion Gun- 3 batteries of 5,
Beam Lasers- 6 batteries of 15 (14 Bear), Sandcasters- 10 batteries of 4 (8 Bear).