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[[category:Kilrathi Carriers]]

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Snakeir
Wc1snakier.jpg
Type Carrier
Manufacturer Nar Kiranka Clan
Introduction 2649


Snakier-class Target Identification Shots.

The Emperor of Kilrah personally commissioned the production of the Snakeir-class superdreadnought line in 2649, the heaviest battleships to enter service until the final year of the war. The dreadnoughts are built and manned only by members of the Nar Kiranka Clan. At least 51 were produced, of which seven were destroyed by 2654 (five in combat and two in accidents). As is often the case with Kilrathi capital ships, multiple sizes exist: the 915-meter long standard version and a huge three to four kilometer long command ship. No Snakeir-class ship has ever been captured.

Six years later, the massive battleship design was spun off into a smaller dedicated fleet carrier. The Empire deployed between four and ten of the carriers in late 2654-55. They first saw action in the Ardai System, while combat testing the new Hhriss-class fighter. Snakeir carriers went on to serve at the defense of Jakarta and with the strike fleets invading Firekka.

Major James Taggart lead the first successful strike against a Snakeir - trading a Rapier II and its pilot to destroy the carrier. Commodore Christopher Blair is credited with three confirmed Snakeir kills - the superdreadnought KIS Grist'Ar'Roc, lured into a gravity well in the Sol System, and two carriers during the Firekka campaign.

Other notable Snakeir include the superdreadnought KIS Shak'Ar'Roc, which lead the fleet that attempted to capture the renegade TCS Olympus in 2654.

The Snakeir was eventually succeeded by the more modern Snakeir II-Class Carriers.

Specifications

Source: Clawmarks Confed Handbook Movie
Class: Carrier Super Dreadnaught Super Dreadnaught
Length: 650 meters 915 meters 3,000 - 4,000 meters
Mass: 30,000 metric tonnes 67,000 metric tonnes 200,461 metric tonnes
Max Velocity: 150 kps 150 kps 150 kps
Cruise Velocity: 100 kps 100 kps 100 kps
Acceleration: Poor Poor Poor
Max Y/P/R: 1/1/1 dps 1/1/1 dps 1/1/1 dps
Fore Shield: 37.0 cm equivalent Meson Meson
Aft Shield: 37.0 cm equivalent Meson Meson
Front Armor: 28.0 cm 28.0 cm 28.0 cm
Right Armor: 36.0 cm 36.0 cm 36.0 cm
Left Armor: 36.0 cm 36.0 cm 36.0 cm
Rear Armor: 24.0 cm 24.0 cm 24.0 cm
Guns: Single mounted turreted laser (6)

Dual mounted Turreted Laser (11)
Triple mounted turreted laser (1)

Single mounted turreted laser (42)

Dual mounted Turreted Laser (6)
Antimatter Guns (2)

Single mounted turreted laser (42)

Dual mounted Turreted Laser (6)
Antimatter Guns (2)

Missiles: Claw IR (2) Torpedo Tubes (14) Torpedo Tubes (14)
Fighter Compliment: 100 200 200
Crew: 400-600 400-600, 500 Marines 400-600, 500 Marines
Service Entry: 2655 2649 2649