Sir Lancelot
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Sir Lancelot Class Assault Ship
The Sir Lancelot class of landing ships was the current major type of troop transports that the Marines were using to get to battle. They were really modified Styx passenger ferries with limited capacity and very little in the way of support capabilities. Each ship could transport a full company of Marines and, using the two attached assault shuttles (either Leopards or Panthers), could get them to the planet's surface in one wave. The ship had two beam weapons for ship defense but no direct fire capability to support the ground troops. Neither could they carry close support craft, which meant that a Navy carrier had to be available to support any ground operations.
(Was that 'a full company' of 118 Marines by the original manning or the revised almost double manning of 205 Marines? -ZM)
Hull Listing
- LHA3001 Sir Lancelot
- LHA3002 Sir Bedivere - Attached to Demeter in the Cadet Series
- LHA3003 Sir Galahad - Modified for long-range mission in Behind Enemy Lines with additional modifications in Destination Azahar
- LHA3004 Sir Geriant
- LHA3005 Sir Percivale - Attached to Spindrift, and assigned to the 67th Mobile Infantry Regiment (modified to carry a dozen 'Kitten' class insertion shuttles in place of one of the Assault Shuttles)
- LHA3006 Sir Tristram - Attached to Demeter in the Cadet Series
- LHA3007 Sir Aglovale
- LHA3008 Sir Agravaine - Destroyed in 'Neptune' story
- LHA3009 Sir Bors
- LHA3010 Sir Breunor
- LHA3011 Sir Cador
- LHA3012 Sir Caradoc
- LHA3013 Sir Colgrevance
- LHA3014 Sir Constantine
- LHA3015 Sir Dagonet
- LHA3016 Sir Daniel
- LHA3017 Sir Dinadan
- LHA3018 Sir Ector
- LHA3019 Sir Elyan
- LHA3020 Sir Erec
- LHA3021 Sir Gaheris
- LHA3022 Sir Galeshin
- LHA3023 Sir Gareth
- LHA3024 Sir Gawain
- LHA3025 Sir Gingalain
- LHA3026 Sir Griflet (Assigned Task Force 12 - Thule)
- LHA3027 Sir Kay
- LHA3028 Sir Lamorak
- LHA3029 Sir Lionel (Assigned Task Force 12 - Thule)
- LHA3030 Sir Lucan
- LHA3031 Sir Maleagant
- LHA3032 Sir Meliant de Lis
- LHA3033 Sir Morholt
- LHA3034 Sir Palamedes
- LHA3035 Sir Pelleas
- LHA3036 Sir Owain
- LHA3037 Sir Sagramore
- LHA3038 Sir Safir
- LHA3039 Sir Segwarides
- LHA3040 Sir Tor
- LHA3041 Sir Ywain - Attached to Task Force Earth in Sunday Stroll available at 'Sunday Stroll'
- LHA3042 Sir Robin - Year 1.5? - Assigned to carry the 7th Independent Company after the damaged Apollo was refitted as a command ship. Assigned to Vulcan Colony from Year Five on. The ship name was inserted onto the ship list by a prankster.
(Records show that 'LHA3099 Sir Not Appearing In This Film' entry in the class name list was thought to be a typo and removed by the AIs without notifying anyone of the discrepancy.)
Story Usage
A textual analysis of the story repository, current as of 9/2019 and performed on 2019-09-16 and using SS Lib ver 1.15.05 (9/13/2019) identified the following usage counts for Sir Lancelot:
- Behind Enemy Lines by deGaffer 4 instances.
- Destination Azahar by deGaffer 3 instances.
- A Perfect 10 Part 2 by akarge 1 instances.
- Chosen Frozen by lordshipmayhem 1 instances.
- Colonisation by Duke of Ramus 1 instances.
- Neptune by Duke of Ramus 1 instances.
Text References
From Colonisation by Duke of Ramus relevance:1304 at paragraph 27 of 629
The Sir Lancelot class of landing ships was the current major type of troop transports that the Marines were using to get to battle. They were really modified passenger ferries with a limited capacity and very little in the way of support capabilities. The ship could transport a full company of Marines and, using the two Leopard class assault shuttles they carried, get them to the planet's surface in one wave. The ship had two beam weapons for ship defense but no direct fire capability to support the ground troops. Neither could they carry close support craft, which meant that a Navy carrier had to be available to support any ground operations.
From Destination Azahar by deGaffer relevance:898 at paragraph 1001 of 3596
The Darjee freighter that the Sir Lancelot-class assault ships were based on was an older model that was not equipped with detachable pods. The Sir Lancelot class was almost as long as the Aurora-class colony ships, but had a lighter central frame. The planned modifications were going to take at least three more months, but she could be made space worthy with the recommended accommodations in less than a week.
From Behind Enemy Lines by deGaffer relevance:708 at paragraph 47 of 764
Forney's aide, Lieutenant Colonel Carl Segal, offered, "There are eleven of the Sir Lancelot Class assault ships that are not likely to be required for some time. They're being phased out and replaced by the Tarawa Class ships. But even the Tarawas aren't in demand at the moment. The Marines keep getting their butts kicked when they show up in force."
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