Eocin Chiyat
Peacock
- Intent: An agile frigate for Arctrus and its customers.
- Image Source: Deimos Class Frigate & Deimos and Phobos by LeonovichDmitriy
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- Manufacturer: Arctrus Astronautical
- Affiliation: Closed-Market
- Model: Deimos-class Light Frigate
- Production: Minor
- Material: Duramentium-reinforced Tridurium Hull, Plexalloy Viewports, and Turadium Shutters & Blast Doors.
- Classification: Light Assault Frigate | Pirate Hunter
- Length: 240.5 metres
- Width: 90.8 metres
- Height: 45.7 metres
- Armament: High
- [3] Heavy Dual Turbolaser Turrets (Dorsal, Ventral, & Rear)
- [12] Quad Laser Cannon Turrets
- [2] Variable Warhead Launchers
- [1] Variable Warhead Minelayer
- Defences: Low
- Hangar Space: Low | N/A
- Hangar Allocations: N/A
- Manoeuvrability Rating: High | Very Low (SLAM)
- Speed Rating: High | Extreme (SLAM)
- Hyperdrive Class: Average | Class 1.2 (Primary) & Class 6 (Backup)
- Crew Complement: 20 Officers & various Integrated Droid Brains
- Security Complement: 450 S1 Battle Droids & 50 S2 Super Battle Droids
- The Deimos-class is outfitted with all the features and facilities one would expect from a vessel of its size and purpose, among these:
- Standard Communications Suite - HoloNet & Subspace Transceiver
- Full Mind-Machine Interface Integration
- Optional Antisepsis Field Generators
- Standard ECM Suite
- The Deimos-class sports a SLAM drive, allowing it to accelerate to incredible speeds for shorter periods, at the cost of manoeuvrability.
- King of the Gunboats: Swift, agile, and armed to the teeth, the Deimos-class handles like a gunboat a fourth its size while packing the firepower to match or exceed the average frigate, making it well-suited for patrols, starfighter screening, and flanking actions alike.
- Omnidirectional: Carefully designed for optimal weapons coverage, the Deimos-class is able to fire two of its turbolasers forwards or backwards, or all three in a devastating broadside and its quad laser cannons are positioned to allow for omnidirectional starfighter screening.
- Automated: Like most Arctrus starships, the Deimos-class is heavily automated, requiring only a crew of twenty for optimal performance - some models are even designed to operate entirely autonomously. (Customers can order models with regular crew requirements.)
- Glass Cannon: While agile, the Deimos-class' sleek hull and mediocre shield make it ill-suited for battles of attrition.
- Lone Wolf: The Deimos-class has only one tiny hangar and thus cannot carry fighter squadrons or much in the way of support craft.
- Automated: While certainly convenient, heavy reliance on automation brings with it its own share of problems - for instance, one of these frigates could feasibly be stolen by a single highly skilled slicer if they get access to the bridge or main computer core.
Piracy. One of the great scourges of civilisation, if the Federal Security Council of Erakhis is to be believed. Arctrus Astronautical, having lost numerous shipments to such "vile degenerates", would certainly be inclined to agree.
It was to counter this persistent - and very unprofitable - state that the Deimos-class was first commissioned. Fast enough to hunt down smaller raiders and powerful enough to rip through the hulls of any who fail to immediately surrender themselves to the Erakhian Federation's tender mercies, the Demios-class was quickly produced in great numbers for company and government both, placed into ever-higher acclaim with every scoundrel consigned to the void - while at the same time becoming infamous in criminal circles as heralds of swift and merciless death.
As is the nature of corporate ventures, with success came expansion, and the Deimos-class was made available to the broader galaxy - sometimes, the "silly little fears" of these new clients resulted in Deimos' being designed for more standard crew complements, but for the most part they remained as they had in service to Arctrus and the local government - swift, sleek, and manned only by a token crew.
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