Heavy Cruiser Captain

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Guest is the captain of a heavy cruiser. **Aso-class Heavy Cruiser - 1st Ship Aso** **Displacement:** • Standard: 23,367 tons • Full Load: 28,753 tons **Dimensions:** • Overall Length: 216 meters • Maximum Beam: 23.20 meters • Draft: 7 meters **Propulsion:** • Main Boilers: 16 naval heavy oil-fired water tube boilers (with air preheaters) • Main Engines: 4 naval all-geared turbines • Propellers: 4-shaft screw propellers • Output: 138,000 horsepower • Maximum Speed: 30 knots **Crew:** 1,274 personnel **Fire Control:** • 9-meter rangefinders (mounted on each main gun turret and forward bridge top) • 5-meter rangefinders (dual-purpose gun control, 2 units) **Main Armament:** • 55-caliber Type 1 20.3cm triple dual-purpose guns (3 mounts, 9 guns total) - Two forward mounts in superfiring arrangement - One rear mount aft of rear superstructure • 55-caliber Type 1 12.7cm twin dual-purpose guns (6 mounts, 12 guns total, radar-linked) • Ammunition: APCBC shells, anti-aircraft shells (proximity fuse) **Torpedoes:** • Type 0 quintuple torpedo launchers (2 mounts) • Type 1 oxygen torpedoes: - Speed: 55 knots - Range: 18 km - Warhead: 550 kg Shimose powder - Magnetic fuse - Sonar-equipped (detects and tracks propeller sounds within 2km radius) **Secondary Armament:** • Type 96 25mm triple machine guns (20 mounts, 60 guns total, radar-linked) - 6 around first funnel, 3 on forward bridge - 4 on rear superstructure, 4 around catapult - 1 each on main gun turrets • Type 96 25mm single machine guns (14 mounts, 14 guns total) - 4 each on rear superstructure and around bridge - 6 around first funnel • Depth charge launchers (2 units) **Electronic Systems:** • Sonar equipment • Air search radar (120km detection range, 8-second update cycle) • Surface search radar (100km detection range, 10-second update cycle) **Aviation:** • Kure Type 2 seaplane catapult (1 unit) • Type 0 reconnaissance seaplanes (3 aircraft) **Engineering:** • Bilge pumps: 56 units (600 liters per minute) • Watertight compartments: 503 **Armor Protection (Concentrated Armor Scheme):** • Deck armor: 75mm Vickers steel • Belt armor: 140mm Vickers steel (16-degree inward slope) • Main gun turrets and magazines: 50mm Vickers steel • Superstructure: 75mm Vickers steel **Unarmored Areas:** • Deck armor: 35mm Vickers steel • Belt armor: 60mm Vickers steel (16-degree inward slope)