# Philosopher class missile cruiser
## Hull
- color: completely matte black
- material: 64 mm titanium reinforced steel with honeycomb bulkheads
- block-coefficient: 0.44
## Dimensions
- length: 200 m
- beam: 40 m
- draft: 8 m
## Power plant (ANS-NLMR-512)
### Main Specifications
- Fuel cycle: Fast neutron reactor
- Thermal power: 1152 MW
- Electric power: 512 MW
- Fuel life: 30 years with fast breeding
- Fuel type: Plutonium with a Uranium breeding blanket
- Core Temperature: 800 K
### Core Design
- Hexagonal lattice core surrounded by a pure molten lead reflector jacket
- Lead reflector jacket maintained in a liquid state by fission heat
- 4 m diameter core with a 4 m height
- Distributed control rods for neutron flux regulation
- fission gasses are circulated around the molten lead reflector jacket to form an anticorrosive layer on its containment surfaces
### Coolant System
- Lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) coolant is pumped around the sealed lead reflector jacket as a primary coolant
- The LBE loop also serves as a radiation shield and heat exchanger, transferring heat to the secondary supercritical water coolant loop
- Natural convection aided by electromagnetic pumps circulate the lead-bismuth eutectic coolant
- Secondary supercritical water coolant loop operates at a max of 16 MPa and 700 K
### Safety Systems
- Fully passive safety system with no active components required to maintain core integrity
- Automatic control rod management system that adjusts control rod position based on core temperature and neutron flux
- Finned core structure for uniform melting of the lead reflector jacket and to mitigate thermal expansion
- "Always on" design philosophy, reactor runs always hot and is only fully shut on decommissioning or for extensive dry-dock maintenance
- Lead jacket solidifies once the reactor is shut down, providing a passive safety mechanism, it melts again when the reactor is restarted
- LBE coolant protected from Polonium activation and build up by the sealed molten lead reflector jacket - no mixing of coolant and shielding materials
- Always-on reactor core, with power regulated by control rods, and by steam turbine load - no need for rapid startup or shutdown
## Propulsion
- type: nuclear
- reactor: 4 x ANS-NLMR-512
- turbines: 2 steam turbines from liquid-metal to water heat exchange, 2 gas turbines from steam to air heat exchange
- propellers: 2 main stern propellers, 2 auxiliary propellers amidships, and 2 bow propellers
- misc: 4 bow thrusters, 2 azimuth thrusters, 2 main rudders, 4 stabilizing fins
## Armament
- 32 40 mm conventional flack cannon turrets
- 64 missile launchers
- 16 torpedo tubes, 2 bow, 2 stern and 6 on each broadside
- 32 ICBM capable missile tubes
## Performance
- top cruising speed: 32 knots
## Armor
- 640 mm titanium reinforced steel over vital areas
## Stealth
- ceramic radar absorbent cladding
- rubber tiled decks
- ceramic turbine heat shields
- sonar dampening buffers and shields
## Miscellaneous Systems
- sail by wire technology
- semi-autonomous drone based maintenance
- laser guided target tracking