Kyrana Gould
Admiral
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Manufacturer: Firemane Industries and Technology
Model: SC-C2a
Modularity: N/A
Production: Mass
Material: Standard ship components.
Classification: Assault Corvette
Length: 125 metres
Width: 20 metres
Height: 25 metres
Armament: 0 Capital Guns/4 Missile Launchers/4 Defence Guns
- 4 x Baradium Missile Launchers (4ML)(90 degree fire arc forward)(6 missiles each)
- 4 x quad laser cannons (4DG)(360 degree fire arc)
Overall: 18
Vs. Attack Craft: 2
Defence Rating: 8
Hangar:
- N/A
Special Features:
- Standard on-ship components
- Missiles have a range depending on target’s size: Range = (target ship’s length/200)(Rounded up)
Manoeuvrability Rating: 6
Speed Rating: 6
Hyperdrive Class: 1.0
Strengths:
- Baradium Boom. The Fulminatus features four powerful launchers which allow it to do damage even to much larger capital ships.
- Speedy. The Fulminatus is very fast for a corvette, able to move in and out of danger rapidly.
- Ramming Speed. When all else fails the ship can be abandoned via escape pods and set to ram the enemy. The remaining Baradium missiles can make a satisfying boom. This is of course a last resort.
- One Track. The Fulminatus is only really useful against larger ships and has pitiful other weapons or defences against attack craft.
- Fragile. Without special shields or armour and being quite small, the Fulminatus’ only protection is its speed. If focused on by a larger ship it will rapidly perish.
- Ammunition. The power and size of the baradium missiles limits the amount of volleys the ship can fire. If it runs out of ordinance it really is useless for the rest of the battle.
Description:
The future threat of war and the potential need to counter large enemy capital ships resulted in the design and creation of the Fulminatus. This corvette, though quite small, was able to contain some potent ordinance.
Baradium missiles were used during the Civil War and Legacy eras to some effect, but during the 400 Year Darkness they were mostly forgotten. Now however, the Coalition looked back to find some warheads which would allow a smaller ship to take the fight to the enemy.
The Fulminatus is speedy for an escort, able to stay out of harm’s way and then sweep in, releasing missiles before retreating once more. However, the effectiveness against the ship against other escorts is severely limited. Although a single baradium missile could do severe damage to a frigate, the launcher is so slow that it would need to be at almost point blank range to fire, limiting effectiveness. In reality, the Fulminatus is only really effective against larger capital ships. However, even at long range the presence of enemy point defence batteries can be problematic.
To protect itself, the Fulminatus has a few quad lasers, enough to deter a few attack craft, but not enough to protect against a swarm. They must therefore be supported by other attack craft and escorts.
The Fulminatus is a very fast but very fragile escort which aims to deliver a powerful blow to enemy capital ships and then retreat before they can be punished. Therefore they require exact timing to use well.
Development Thread: If needed.
Intent: To create a small, fast corvette which nevertheless has a powerful punch to capital ships. This writer’s analogy would be to the U-Boats of the World Wars in that they can strike quickly and retreat, releasing powerful attacks. However, these corvettes have limited protection and lack other capital weapons. If actually targeted by an escort or capital ship they will not survive long.
Who Can Use This: Silver Sanctum Coalition
Primary Source: N/A
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