KungsArme Navy


The Norseman

 The Star Lord class JumpShip's command section can accommodate up to 30 crew members in single-occupancy rooms, which are considered among the finest crew quarters in the Inner Sphere. Each room is furnished with a bed, closet, desk and chair, a lounge chair and a small automated food-processing system, as well as private washroom.

In addition to standard crew accommodations, the Star Lords traditionally have 50 additional rooms to give DropShip crews a break from their cramped and uncomfortable living conditions. Aboard Norseman however roughly half of these have been converted to luxurious accomodations for the Elected Prince and his closest advisors, as well as a secondary tactical bridge to accomodate staging of larger military operations and analysis of systemwide operations.

NORSEMAN: Starlord class JumpShip
Tonnage : 274,000 t
Length : 660 m
Sail Diameter : 1,140 m
Crew Complement : 26 crew, 4 small craft pilots
Dropship capacity : 6
Small craft Compl. : 4 (2 bay doors)
Drive System : KF Mark VIII a-1 with modifications
Cargo : 6 cargo bays, each 100t approx.








Överste Larsson is the captain of JumpShip Norseman, he runs the ship smoothly, with tight discipline. It is the flagship of the Republic and service aboard it is an honor. The JumpShip battle bridge is geared towards interaction with the second tactical bridge if need be and is also geared towards space battles. Överste Larsson has among his crew four excellent Aerotech pilots as Norseman replaces the usual shuttles with fighters, to beef up the combat capabitlities of the ships carried. It is after all, a ship of military utility not a ship meant to be carrying civilian dropships.

The Norseman, flagship of the Kungsarme Navy, has been close to actual combat on several occasions. Having been the ship that Elected Prince Haakon Magnusson used to move during the roughest days of the struggle against the seemingly unstoppable Clan juggernaut. The Norseman was there when Elected Prince jumped to Satalice only to find it under clan attack, it was there to provide Elected Prince transport from the clan threat while the 1st Drak0ns, and among them Tyra Miraborg bought precious time for Prince to escape and equally so, for the whole Inner Sphere.

Norseman was modified by the New Avalon Institute of Science to include a Lithium Fusion Battery, doubling it's effective immidiate range. A priceless gift from the Insitute at the time, technology far ahead of its time.

Rumours and speculation:
An active rumour is that the Republic is looking to arm it's remaining JumpShips with few fast AeroSpace fighters and fit them with nuclear devices to enable them to take combat against warships to a new level.

However there exists much speculation over this possibility, after the apparent collapse of the Clan society structure. It is concievable, should it be used against them that they would abandon all the princibles they were adhering to. Atleast by ComStar observations.

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