The Golden Rule
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create an effective stealth frigate.
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Manufacturer: Kiribian Systems Armory
Model: Pantera-class
Affiliation: Private Market
Production: Limited
Material: Common Materials
Classification: Stealth Frigate, Command Ship
Length: 400m
Width: 150m
Height: 170m
Armament: Average (192)
4x Angon Hypervelocity Cannon, Spinal Mounted (80)
8x Casper APS Module (8)
2x Heavy Warhead Launcher (40)
10x Rhongomyniad Mass Driver Cannon (20)
6x Standard Warhead Launcher (24)
40x Vespa 40mm Autoripper (20)
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Defenses: High
Armor/Shielding
Neutronium-Impregnated Ferrocarbon Compartmentalized Frame
Anti-Concussion Field Generators
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Ajax Tier 3 Laminate Spaced Armor
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Delphus 2 Shield System
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Boarding
CIC Buried Within Superstructure
Hatchling Maintenance Droids
Internal Emplacements
Glop Aerosol Dispensers
Famos Mk II, Vehicle Configuration
Osmotic Field Generators
Paralysis Beam Emitters
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Tudradium Blast Doors w/ Magnetic Seals
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Cyber Security
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Electronic Protection
ECM/ECCM Suite (Subspace, Realspace, Sub-Hyperspace, Hyperspace)
ECM Drones
Gravitic Amplitude Modulator
Hydra Mesh Networking System
Ion Scrambler
Optical Shield
Reflec Coating
Tractor Beam Shrouds
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EMP/Ion
Ajax Armor (Listed Above)
Biolux Organoform Circuitry (Photonic Circuitry)
Cap Drains
Energy Sinks
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Hangar: 1 Squadron (Default: Yutan Stealth Fighter/Bomber)
Standard Boarding/Ground Complement
Mixed Brigade Combat Team w/ Equipment (~2,500)
Boarding Craft/Dropships
Intruz Stealth Dropships
Spiral Assault Ships
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Maneuverability Rating: Average
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Speed Rating: Average
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Hyperdrive Class: 0.8
SPECIAL FEATURES
Powerplant/Propulsion
Hypermatter Reactor
Dimensional Drive
Shawyer Drives
Inertial Compensators
Repulsorlits
Zephyr Hyperdrive
HIMS
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Avionics
Navigation
Long Range Sensor Suite
Electro-Optic Distributed Aperature System (High Resolution Digital Cameras)
Quantum Radar
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Communications
Long Range Comm Suite
Comm Desrcambler
Biocomm
Hydra Mesh Network System (See Above)
Signal Interceptor
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Display/Management
CRESH OS (See Above)
Merlin Holographic Display
Memristor Neural Network/Droid Brain
Subutai Tactical Analysis System
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Miscellaneous
Tractor Beams
Other standard ship things not explicitly mentioned.
Strengths:
A combination of its electronic protection suite, reactionless sublight engines, and passive stealth features make the Pantera difficult to detect, especially at long range.
A Powerful sensor suite that allows it to track other objects through heavy interference and/or at long range.
A class 0.8 Hyperdrive w/ HIMS.
Highly automated, requiring minimal crew for operation.
Built as a stealth vehicle, the Pantera aren't well suited for direct extended fights against enemy vessels, especially at close range.
Its main guns – Angons – are spinal mounted and require the whole vessel to turn to aim them.
The use of its weapons can increase its chances of detection.
Automation leaves the ship easy to seize by a small number of boarders.
The Pantera (Panther) are a class of multi-role stealth frigates designed to operate in denied areas. During naval operations, Pantera are meant to work independently from large friendly formations targeting enemy vessels and installations for destruction and boarding/infiltration. Outside of large scale combat, Pantera are used for raiding, ISR, and supporting special operation units.
Taking some design cues from the Sowa, the Pantera uses its ECM suite to distort its signature during transit through hyperspace, and upon reversion to spoof hyperwave signal interceptors and similar sensors. However, this does nothing to mask its cronau radiation or tachyon emissions like the more advanced stealth hyperdrives fitted onto the Sowa. So Pantera crews are trained to revert within a system’s heliosphere to have their emissions dispersed by the high speed charged particle streams of solar winds. From there, they rely on Dimensional drives to arrive at their final destination, movements hidden by their onboard GAM modules.The crude Dimensional drives fitted onto the Pantera are incredibly slow in comparison to its hyperdrive, with a max speed of only 60 AU per hour. (By comparison, the size of the Solar System is about 120 AU.)
Interestingly, the Pantera has found another niche among some users as a command vessel. As boarding and ship ramming has become common practice, the Panteras' stealthiness and relative nimbleness have made them an attractive alternative to typical flagships for defeating such tactics.
