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AVCVF-1 "Aculeo" Mini Carrier
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an effective mini-carrier for the Elysium Empire/export for individual usage.
- Image Source: Source
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: Permission to use Mandal-Elysium Arms as a contractor.
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Mandal-Elysiun Arms, Voland Military Enterprises
- Affiliation: Elysium Empire,
Dorthea Dobson
,
Aculia Voland
, authorized clients. - Market Status: Closed Market.
- Model: AVCVF-1 "Aculeo" Mini Carrier.
- Production: Minor.
- Material: Duraplast, Durasteel, Duranium.
- Classification: Mini Carrier Frigate
- Length: 200m
- Width: 100m
- Height: 100m.
- Armament: None.
- Defenses: Low
- Hangar Space: Extreme: 4 Squadrons.
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: *Variable, never more when combined with support craft to equal more than four.
- Support Craft: *Variable, never more when combined with starfighters to equal more than four.
- * Typical loadouts involve some variation of squadrons of the following but NEVER MORE THAN FOUR SQUADRONS TOTAL: AVSF-1 "Strike Eagle" Space Superiority Fighter, AVSF-2 "War Hawk" Ground Attack Fighter, AVSF-3 "Flying Falcon" Interceptor, AVSF-4 "Screeching Owl" Bomber, and AVS-1 "Argus" SAWACs.
- Single Craft Hangar: Yes, one.
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive: Class 2.0, standard Class 10 backup.
- All standard military grade features for a ship/carrier of this size.
- Small compliment of anti-missile focused point defense laser cannons and flares.
- Optimized Flight Decks: The Aculeo's purpose built flight decks are well optimized for the launching, refueling, rearming, and repair of its fighter or support craft complement, enabling them to get back into battle faster than a regular, generalist ship might
- Single Craft Hangar: It contains one small personal hangar for ships up to fifty meters in size, typically used for guests or the commander's personal starship.
- Great Hangars: The Aculeo is a purpose-built carrier, and as such has two well-laid out, roomy, and efficient flight decks that allow for the quick deployment, rearmament, refueling, and repair of its large strikecraft complement.
- Excellent Speed, Decent Maneuverability: Equipped with state-of-the-art Mandal-Elysium Arms engines and decent maneuvering thrusters, the Aculeo can outrun most ships of its own class in any direction that it might choose. One will have to deploy one's forces carefully if they wish to trap or catch up to an Aculeo.
- No Offensive Armament: Due to the need to fit a large hangar complement and critical defensive systems the Aculeo is unarmed when it comes to offensive weaponry. Its main offensive and defensive capabilities come from its strikecraft and its high speed and decent maneuverability.
- Thin Armor: It was necessary to thin out the Aculeo's armor in order to enable its high speed and decent maneuverability, meaning that it is relatively light for vessels of its class. A wise Aculeo captain would do well to rely on its shields, strikecraft, and maneuverability to defend itself and stay away from heavy sustained fire from a ship of its class or higher.
The AVCVP-1 "Aculeo" is the second capital ship designed by Voland Military Enterprises, designed to be a complementary escort to the larger Aspis pocket carrier, often operating in battlegroups with the Aspis serving as the "leader" of the strike force and providing the critical gravity well generator necessary to fend off attempts of capital ships to easily catch up to said group via microjumps. Although less than half the size of its larger cousin, it has an impressive compliment of four full starfighter squadrons to boot and is capable of keeping up with it. It can be deployed to serve as cheap potent starfighter support to larger ships of the line, or in carrier battle groups centered around an Aspis. In a pinch, it can also be used as a sacrificial screening vessel due to its high speed and decent maneuverability, though such is not recommended by Voland Military Enterprises.
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