Approved Starship PDC-50 Horizon 2-class Freight Cruiser

[Miliek Salusa]

PDC-50 Horizon 2-class Freight Cruiser

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a supply ship capable of defending itself..
• Image Source: Expanse Wiki - D-class Fleet Support Ship
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: PhoenixDrive Shipwright Corporation
• Affiliation:
  
  • PhoenixDrive Shipwright Corporation (Manufacturer)
  • Various PhoenixDrive Clientele
• Market Status: Open-Market
• Model: PDC-50 Horizon 2-class Freight Cruiser
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material:
  
  • Durasteel Hull Plating
  • Plasteel Hull Reinforcement and Cargo Container Clamps
  • Transparisteel Viewports
  • Various Shipboard Components (Power Distribution Grid, Heat and Electrical Insulation, etc.)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Freighter
• Length: 480m
• Width: 100m
• Height: 116m
• Crew Complement (Minimum):
  
  • ~18 Crewmen (1 Captain, 1 Pilot, 4 Engineers, 12 Others)
  • Support Craft Pilots
  • Integrated Droid Brains
  • Maintenance Droids
• Crew Complement (Standard / PhoenixDrive Recommendation):
  
  • ~48 Crewmen (1 Captain, 2 Pilots, 10 Engineers, 1 Quartermaster, ~24 Others)
  • Support Craft Pilots
  • Integrated Droid Brains
  • Maintenance Droids
• Armament: Very Low
  
  • Bow:
    
    • [2] Variable Missile Launch Tubes. Anti-Capital Ship Battery
      
      • 40 Warhead Capacity
  • Dorsal:
    
    • [2] Ph-30 Point Defense Autocannons. Anti-Starfighter/Ordnance Battery.
  • Ventral:
    
    • [1] Ph-30 Point Defense Autocannon. Anti-Starfighter/Ordnance Battery.
  • Port and Starboard:
    
    • [2] Single Medium Turbolaser Cannons. 1 Port, 1 Starboard. Anti-Capital Ship Battery.
    • [4] Ph-30 Point Defense Autocannons. Anti-Starfighter/Ordnance Battery. 2 Port, 2 Starboard.
• Defenses: High
  
  • [7] Ph-30 Point Defense Autocannons
  • Medium Civilian-Grade Frigate-class Deflector Shields
  • Durasteel Hull Plating with Light Plasteel Reinforcement
• Hangar Space: Low - 1
• Hangar Allocations: Ventral Hangar Bay
  
  • 1 Squadron of Support Craft
• Single Craft Hangar: No
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
  
  • RCS Thrusters
• Speed Rating: High
  
  • [4] Sublight Ion Engines
• Hyperdrive:
  
  • Primary: Class 2.0
  • Secondary: Class 12.0

STANDARD FEATURES

• Internal Systems (Software)
  
  • Standard Avionics Package (Communications, Navigation, Helm Control and Sensors)
  • Standard Fire Control Systems
  • Standard Damage Control Protocols
  • Standard Command and Control Interface
  • Standard Security Interface (Camera Monitors, Firewalls, etc.)
  • Integrated Droid Brains
• Internal Systems (Hardware)
  
  • Variable-Ordnance Launch Tubes
  • Ordnance Loading Mechanisms for Bow Launch Tubes
  • Clamps for Cargo Modules
  • Rail System to Move Cargo Modules Through Docking Space
  • Shipboard Camera Network
  • Flight Data Recorder
  • Inertial Dampeners
  • Emergency Force Field Generators and Collapsable Blast Doors
  • Escape Pod Launch Chutes
  • Class 2.0 and 12.0 Hyperdrives
  • Hypermatter Annihilation Reactor
• External Systems
  
  • Port and Starboard Docking Circlets
  • Turbolasers
  • Ph-30 Autocannons
  • Targeting Laser Emitters
  • Bow-Mounted Sensor and Communications Clusters
  • 4 Ion Sublight Drives
  • RCS Thrusters
• Shipboard Facilities
  
  • Lengthwise Cargo Docking Space. Accommodates 12 Container Modules
  • Command Bridge
  • Crew Quarters
  • Sickbay
  • Engineering Deck
  • Ventral Hangar Bay
  • Secured Munitions Bay
  • Secured Cargo Bay for Unsafe Materials

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Material Refinery Bay
• Ammunition Fabrication Bay

STRENGTHS

• Capacity: The Horizon 2 can carry a great deal of cargo, both inside its container modules and within its secured cargo bay.
• Armed Enough: The Horizon 2 maintains a relatively formidable complement of point defense autocannons, turbolasers, and missile tubes in order to fend off raiders and other potential threats.

WEAKNESSES

• Not a Combat Ship: Despite its inclusion of offensive anti-capital ship weaponry, the Horizon is not built for extended combat, nor for engagements with larger and better-equipped vessels.
• Limited Armor: To accommodate the space needed to carry so much cargo, the Horizon's armor plating is extremely lacking. If the cruiser's shields are lost, it will not stand a chance to most artillery fire.

DESCRIPTION
Patterned and modified from the hull of one of PhoenixDrive’s earliest ventures into the shipbuilding industry, the Horizon 2 represents a dedicated cargo vessel suited toward fending for itself rather than relying on convoy escorts. In adopting this mission profile, the PDC-50 makes notable use of a suite of turbolasers, missile launch tubes, and defensive autocannon turrets. While this weapon complement is often not effective in outright destroying an attacking vessel, practice has shown it to be sufficient in deterring most initial aggression, buying time for the Horizon to begin a retreat and spool up its hyperdrive.

Of course, the defining characteristic of the Horizon 2-class remains its capacity to ferry cargo from place to place, the vessel being equipped to carry 12 large cargo containers within a hollowed section of its spine. Openings into the bay are located on both the port and starboard surfaces, allowing for container modules to quickly be unloaded or swapped during hauls.

A defining vessel in PhoenixDrive’s catalog, ships of the Horizon-class have been sighted running back and forth between the company’s shipyards and other friendly ports, beacons of resilience defiant to the scourge of piracy and raiding.

 

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Miliek Salusa