New KV designs, was Re: A remark...

Alan Brain wrote:

>I've taken delivery of a KV MegaFleet+FleetPack, and there are some new

>OO-created designs I still don't know where to find the SSDs for.

Which ones? I *think* that I've posted the stats if not here (or to the
FB4 
site) then at least to the playtest list, but I'm not sure...

Anyway. The background blurbs are still vague for most of the new
Kra'Vak 
ships (a few snippets are included below). Generally speaking these
ships 
start making an appearence from 2190 onwards, though human military 
intelligence analysts are deeply divided regarding whether these ships
are 
new designs created in response to experience with fighting humans or 
represent the arrival at the front of Kra'Vak clans from regions of the 
Dominion further away from Hu'Man space than those encountered during
the 
first years of the war. The stats and names I use for them are:

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FT423	NEW Kra'Vak Heavy Striker
 >>>>KV name unknown<<<<
UNDIA reporting name "Kedge"
(Yes, I know that this is very similar to "Keg" (FT403 Ka'Tak striker).
One 
reason for this is that there aren't too many single-syllable English
words 
beginning with "K", the other is that the two ships are very similar 
stats-wise :-/ )

Stats:
TMF 24
NPV 96
MD6A
FTL
Hull Integrity 7 (Average)
Armour 0
1x FCS
1x Class-1 K-gun (All)
1x Scattergun (All)
4x MKP (F)

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FT 425 To'Ki (Seeker Spear) Destroyer
First encountered: June 2190 . (Probably encountered by human ships 
earlier, but if so those human ships didn't survive to tell the tale -
more 
on this below.)
UNDIA reporting name "Kick"

Stats:
TMF 31
NPV 124
MD6A
FTL
Average hull (9)
Armour -
1x FCS
1x K1-6 (All)
1x K3-1 (F)
2x Scattergun

Excerpt from UNDIA military report circulated to UNSC and allied units, 
December 2191:

"...The first human ship to report an encounter with Kick-class vessels
was 
the OUPS Blackwood, which narrowly escaped after surviving damage which 
would have wrecked most human light cruisers. It is believed that
similar 
earlier encounters with patrolling Kicks explain many of the human
escorts 
that were lost without trace during attempted raids on Kra'Vak supply
lines 
in the months after the Kra'Vak rebuff at Centauris, since the tactics
that 
have made human escorts so effective against the smaller Keg, Kedge and 
Kite strikeboat classes often fail disastrously against Kicks. ..."

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FT 426 NEW Kra'Vak Light Attack Cruiser (MKP variant)
KV name "Ki'Rek" (Spear Stealthy Ship)
UNDIA reporting name "Kilroy"

Stats:
TMF 60
NPV 237
MD6A
FTL
Hull Integrity 18 (Average)
Armour 0
2x FCS
2x Class-1 K-guns (All)
1x Class-3 K-gun (F)
3x Scatterguns (All)
4x MKP (F)

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FT 426A NEW Kra'Vak Light Attack Cruiser (K2 variant)
KV name "De'Rek" (>>>>[untranslated] Stealthy Ship<<<<)
UNDIA reporting name "Koorbash"

Stats:
TMF 60
NPV 235
MD4A
FTL
Hull Integrity 22 (Strong)
Armour -
2x FCS
1x Class-1 K-gun (All)
2x Class-2 K-guns (FP/F, F/FS)
1x Class-3 K-gun (F)
3x Scatterguns (All)

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FT 428 NEW Kra'Vak Heavy Attack Cruiser (MKP variant)
KV name "Ka'Ton" (Attack Dark Horde)
UNDIA reporting name "Kayak"

Stats:
TMF 82
NPV 322
MD4A
FTL
Hull Integrity 30 (Strong)
Armour 0
2x FCS
3x Class-1 K-guns (All)
2x Class-3 K-guns (F)
4x Scatterguns (All)
6x MKP (F)

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FT 428A NEW Kra'Vak Heavy Attack Cruiser (K2 variant)
KV name "Lu'Ton" (Sneak Dark Horde)
UNDIA reporting name "Kinky"

Stats:
TMF 82
NPV 322
MD4A
FTL
Hull Integrity 30 (Strong)
Armour 0
2x FCS
2x Class-1 K-guns (All)
2x Class-2 K-guns (FP/F, F/FS)
2x Class-3 K-guns (F)
4x Scatterguns (All)

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FT 431 NEW Kra'Vak Heavy Battleship (MKP variant)
KV name Kia'Kyu (Spear of the War Lord)
UNDIA reporting name "Karate"

Stats:
TMF 130
NPV 512
MD4A
FTL
Hull Integrity 46 (Strong)
Armour 0
3x FCS
4x Class-1 K-guns (All)
2x Class-5 K-guns (F)
6x Scatterguns (All)
6x MKP (F)

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FT 431A NEW Kra'Vak Heavy Battleship (K2 variant)
 >>>>KV name unknown<<<<
UNDIA reporting name "Kanaka"

Stats:
TMF 130
NPV 512
MD4A
FTL
Hull Integrity 46 (Strong)
Armour 0
3x FCS
3x Class-1 K-guns (All)
2x Class-2 K-guns (FP/F, F/FS)
2x Class-5 K-guns (F)
6x Scatterguns (All)

Note: The first reported encounter with a "Kanaka" class heavy
battleship 
occurred during the Mars raid in July 2192. While the UNDIA reporting
name 
for this class is politically sensitive in some circles, it was chosen
in 
honour of the Hawai'ian-descended crew of the UNS Kalihiwai who
sacrificed 
themselves in order to draw the fire of the Kanaka-class ship leading
the 
attack away from civilian orbital facilities.

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Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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