Marinha Brazilian Do Espaço 2303

By Demetrios Rammos

Overview

The Marinha Brazilian Do Espaço (Brazilian space navy) is one of the largest and most advanced space forces in human space. Due to her long rivalry with Argentina Brazil has been a pioneer in the development of tactics and weapon systems for space combat. The MBE is one of the most experienced and best trained space forces in human space, only France and Argentina can claim comparable levels of experience in space operations.

The current fleet consists almost completely by vessels completed in the military buildup started in the aftermath of the ruinous 3rd Rio Plata. It hasn't seen much combat against the Kafer yet but with operations continuing that is bound to change.

Fleet organization

Brazil is using a battlegroup system resembling to some extend the German one but optimized for the offensive role as under current doctrine the MBE is expected to launch large scale offensive operations to neutralize the Argentine navy and open the route to Paulo as soon as war is declared. There are four main battlegroups built around the Sao Paulo class light carriers and the Sneider class battlecruisers as well as smaller divisions consisting of Ligiero and Para class ships. Unlike their German counterparts the Brazilian battlegroups are supposed to operate at considerably higher speed.

Overall numbers

carriers: 1+1
battlecruisers : 4+1
cruisers: 12
destroyers:12
frigates: 24
fighters: 96
LSA: 6

Operational commands

Earth

1st and 2nd battlegroups
1st to 4th frigate divisions

Tirane

3rd battlegroup
5th to 8th frigate divisions

Paulo

4th battlegroup
9th to 12th frigate divisions

Ships

Sao Paulo class CV

Design Date: 2295
First Example Laid Down: 2299
First Example Completed: 2302
Fleets in Service: Brazil
Number in Service: 1+1
Names: Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais (to complete 2304)

Light carriers each carrying 12 Mamba fighters developed using systems already in service with the Sneider class battlecruisers.

Warp efficiency: 3.69 (3.89 max) ; Power Plant: 360 MW fusion; Fuel:7200t ; Mass: 32093t ; Cargo Capacity: 11306 cubic m; Crew: 281 (40 Bridge, 7 Flag, 52 TAC,  36 Small Craft, 51 Engineering, 75 troops, 5 science, 5 stewards,  10 medical); Comfort: 0;  Life Support:  for 180 days; Cost: MLv, exclusive of small craft and ordnance

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 7(8); Screens: 6; Radiated Signature: 5(8); Radial Reflected: 7; Lateral Reflected: 8(9); Target Computers: +2; Radial Profile: 0; Lateral Profile: +2; Armour: 2; Hull hits: 152; Power Plant Hits: 240; Active: 16 and redundant; Passive: 12 and redundant; ; Other: 12 Mamba fighters in 12 Bays (launch 12/ turn)

Weapons

18 EA-122 laser in single masked turrets, 6 Big C internal dispensers. 24 AAS-7 missiles in 6 packs

Alphonse Sneider class BC

Design Date: 2285
First Example Laid Down: 2290
First Example Completed: 2293
Fleets in Service: Brazil
Number in Service: 1+1
Names:  Alphonse Sneider,  Kiyoko Kavalli, Eliane Santos, Constantine Papakosta, Maria Cohen (to be completed 2305)

Named after some of MBEs most succesfull commanders in the 3 Rio Plata wars the 4 Sneiders are among the best and most modern battlecruisers in human space and fully a match for similar ships of any other nation.

Warp efficiency: 3.89; Power Plant: 360 MW fusion; Fuel: 3150t; ; Mass: 27410,8t full, 22377t empty ; Cargo Capacity: 2898.9 cubic m; Crew: 260 (40 Bridge, 7 Flag, 41 TAC,  27 Small Craft, 51 Engineering, 75 troops, 5 science,  5 stewards, 9 medical); Comfort: 0;  Life Support:  180 days; Cost: 534.2 MLv, exclusive of small craft and ordnance

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 8; Screens: 6; Radiated Signature: 5(8); Radial Reflected: 7; Lateral Reflected: 9(10); Target Computers: +2; Radial Profile: 0; Lateral Profile: +3; Armour: 10; Hull hits: 196; Power Plant Hits: 340; Active: 16 and redundant; Passive: 12 and redundant;  Other: 6 Mamba fighters in 6 bays, 3 landers in 3 bays.

Weapons
18 EA-122 1MW laser in single turrets with UTES, 12 Marconi submunition dispensers, 48 AAS-7 missiles in 12 packs.

Ligiero class CG

Design Date: 2275
First Example Laid Down: 2280
First Example Completed: 2283
Fleets in Service: Brazil
Number in Service: 12
Names: Ligiero,Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilia, Giovani Yu, Augustino Smidt, Carlos Spineli, Maria Hoffman, Raul Petridi....

Conterporary in design to the Kennedy the Ligeiro incorporated Brazilian lessons from the 3rd Rio Plata war. In overall the Brazilian design costs about the same with a Kennedy, due to the lower cost of the AAS-7 compared to SIM-14 and is probably more effective.

Warp efficiency: 4.02; Power Plant: 175 MW fusion; Fuel: 600t; ; Mass: 10144t ; Cargo Capacity: 479 cubic m; Crew: 99 (20 Bridge, 20 TAC,  6 Small Craft, 24 Engineering, 25 troops, 4 medical); Comfort: 0;  Life Support:  180 days; Cost: 259.26 MLv, exclusive of small craft and ordnance

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 8; Screens: 6; Radiated Signature: 4(7); Radial Reflected: 6(7); Lateral Reflected: 7(8); Target Computers: +2; Radial Profile: -1; Lateral Profile: +1; Armour: 6; Hull hits: 80; Power Plant Hits: 116; Active: 16 and redundant; Passive: 12 and redundant;  Other: 2 Mamba fighters in 2 bays

Weapons
10 EA-122 1 MW laser in single turrets with UTES, 6 Big C submunition dispensers, 24 AAS-7 missiles in 6 packs.

Para class DD

Design Date: 2280
First Example Laid Down: 2285
First Example Completed: 2287
Fleets in Service: Brazil, Italy, Greece, Portugal
Number in Service: 12
Names:  Para, Tupi, Tamoio, Timbira, Tapajo, Tikuna, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Amazonas, Provincia du Brazil, Cabralia

The smaller, cheaper brother of the Ligeiro the Paras often operate in pairs with the larger ships. Versions of the Para are also in service with the Greek, Italian and Portuguese space forces and it wouldn't be surpising for Greek and Portuguese ships to act together with the Brazilian navy in case of renewed hostilities between Brazil and Argentina.

Warp efficiency: 3.85; Power Plant: 100 MW fusion; Fuel: 300t; ; Mass: 6087t ; Cargo Capacity: 1560.5 cubic m; Crew: 54 (14 Bridge, 19 TAC,  3 Small Craft, 16 Engineering, 2 medical); Comfort: 0;  Life Support: 180 days; Cost: 146 MLv, exclusive of small craft and ordnance

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 8; Screens: 0; Radiated Signature: 3(6); Radial Reflected: 6; Lateral Reflected: 6(7); Target Computers: +2; Radial Profile: -1; Lateral Profile: +1; Armour: 6; Hull hits: 50; Power Plant Hits: 66; Active: 16 and redundant; Passive: 12 and redundant;  Other: 1 Mamba fighter in 1 bay

Weapons
10 1 MW laser in single turrets with UTES, 6 Big C submunition dispensers, 24 AAS-7 missiles in 6 packs.

Avalanche class FF

Design Date: 2274
First Example Laid Down: 2277
First Example Completed: 2279
Fleets in Service: Brazil, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Mozambique
Number in Service: 24
Names: Avalanche, Ambicioso, Alentado, Animosidade, Armipotente, Abalancado, ....
The first Brazilian ship class to enter service after the 3rd Rio Plata war the Avalanches are cheap, well armed and effective especially in the commerce protection role. The design is still in production but has seen more than a little change since it originaly entered service. Stats for most recent version.

Warp efficiency: 2.76; Power Plant: 30 MW fission; Mass: 3196t ; Cargo Capacity: 473 cubic m; Crew: 51 (12 Bridge, 14 TAC, 23 Engineering, 2 medical); Comfort: 0;  Life Support: 180 days; Cost: 49.7 MLv, exclusive of small craft and ordnance

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 6; Screens: 0; Radiated Signature: 2(5); Radial Reflected: 4(5); Lateral Reflected: 5(6); Target Computers: +2; Radial Profile: -2; Lateral Profile: 0; Armour: 5; Hull hits: 32; Power Plant Hits: 40; Active: 10 and redundant; Passive: 10 and redundant; 

Weapons
6 1 MW laser in single turrets with UTES, 6 Big C submunition dispensers, 8 AAS-5 or AAS-7 missiles in 2 packs.

Mamba class fighter

A cheap highly effective design the Mamba is as well armed and armored as a Martel slightly faster and more that 10 MLv cheaper.

Warp efficiency: 3.14 combat  (2.18 with both sensors and weapons active, 3.7 maximum); Power Plant: 5 MW  MHD with 60 tons of fuel (5MW OC SW); Mass: 300.15 t; Volume:283 cubic m; Crew: 2; Comfort: -2; Total Life Support:  for 3 days; Cost: 17.561 MLv 

Weapons
1 x LL-98 DBL in single jack turret with UTES, 2 Marconi submunition dispensers

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 4 to 7; Radiated Signature: 1(4); Radial Reflected: 4; Lateral Reflected: 4; Target Computer: +2; Radial Profile: -3; Lateral Profile: -2; Armour: 10; Hull hits: 4/2/1; Power Plant Hits: 10/2; Active: 10  redundant; Passive: 10 redundant;

Acre class LSA

Design Date: 2280
First Example Laid Down: 2285
First Example Completed: 2288
Fleets in Service: Brazil, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Mozambique
Number in Service: 24
Names: Acre, Nova Ostia, Cabo Vitorio,...

Brazil's answer to the slight problem with Montana's inconvinient position, the 6 Acre's purpose in life is to spearhead the Brazilian expeditionary force that is supposed to assault it in case of war. Getting 6 in service meant..cutting certain corners on the design of course.

Warp efficiency: 1.79 loaded; Power Plant: 150 MW fission; Fuel: 14400t; ; Mass: 58800.3t full ; Cargo Capacity: 19478 cubic m; Crew: 1140 (16 Bridge, 52 TAC,  96 Small Craft, 107 Engineering, 800 troops, 69 medical); Comfort: 0;  Life Support:  180 days; Cost: 183.05 MLv, exclusive of small craft and ordnance.

Ship Status Sheet
Move: 4(5); Screens: 4; Radiated Signature: 4(7) ; Radial Reflected:7 ; Lateral Reflected: 9; Target Computers: +2; Radial Profile: +1; Lateral Profile: +3; Armour: 2; Hull hits: 257; Power Plant Hits: 273; Active: 13 and redundant; Passive: 10 and redundant;  Other: 32 landers in 32 bays.

Weapons
18 1 MW laser in single turrets with UTES.

AAS-7 missile

Warp efficiency: 3.3; Power Plant: 0.1 MW MHD; Mass: 11.46t ; Cost: 8.434 MLv. Warhead: 10x2; Move: 8; Passve-5 forward. Fuel, 3 hrs: 0.135 tons