MCRN Donnager

The MCRN Donnager was the flagship of the Martian Congressional Republic Navy Jupiter fleet. The Donnager is the namesake of the Donnager-class. Before her destruction by unknown assailants in Stealth ships, she played a highly active role in protecting Martian shipping lanes, putting down piracy, and protecting Martian interests in the outer system.

Appearance

The MCRN Donnager was a large battleship, almost 500 meters long and weighing approximately 250,000 tons. This made her significantly larger than her UNN counterparts, the 270-meter long Leonidas-class battleship or the 376-meter long Truman-class dreadnought. Not only did she dwarf all the competition, her sheer size allowed her to carry a small support fleet within her hull.
Like most MCRN ships, she was sleek and angular, covered in thick armor plating. Shaped like a long broadhead arrow tip, with the four engine nacelles fanning out resembling the fletching of an arrow. Each nacelle housed an RT-10 'Kaminari' Epstein Drive. She was designed for long periods at high-g.
Like most ships, she was built in the "office tower" configuration: each deck one floor of the building, ladders or elevators running down the axis. Because of this layout, constant thrust takes the place of gravity. At nearly five hundred meters long, it was the size of a 130-story skyscraper.
Halfway down her frame were two enormous doors which led into her expansive internal hangar. Positioned just in front of the hangar doors were two enormous VX-12 "Foehammer" ultra-heavy Railgun turrets, each longer than a Martian frigate. At her nose were 6 large-bore torpedo doors.

Armament

• 14 x configurable torpedo tubes, 6 fore and 8 aft; fixed missile silos capable of firing torpedoes with a variety of warheads from conventional to plasma to nuclear.
• 2 x VX-12 Forehammer turreted ultra-heavy railguns. Although only used in CQC (close-quarters combat) as they were ineffective at long ranges compared to missiles, they were superior in range and accuracy to any other railgun in the system short of the UNN's orbital weapons systems. Turret mounts for two additional railguns, but these go unused for fear of overloading the power core and instigating a critical meltdown.
• 59 x Nariman Dynamics 40mm point defense cannons (PDCs) positioned all along the ship's hull for defense against incoming missiles and close range enemy vessels. Internal hangar bay for up to eight support ships such as patrol destroyers and frigates.

Power Generation

Fusion Reactor

Propulsion

4x Epstein Drives

Weapons & Armament

• 14x torpedo tubes
• 2x hull mounted railguns
• 59x PDC

Armor and defense

Reinforced hull armor

Communication Tools & Systems

Wide and Narrow band communication antenna

Sensors

RADAR, LADAR, Radio receptor, optical telescopes

The MCRN Donnager firing its PDC armament

Class

Donnager-class

Designation

MCRN

Manufacturer

Martian Congressional Republic Navy

Owning Organization

Martian Congressional Republic Navy

Length

475.5m (1560 feet)

Weight

250000 tons

Complement / Crew

2086