AD-8
Metal Lord
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: An Anti-Starfighter Frigate for AD-8 and the Metal Lords
- Image Source: [x]https://www.artstation.com/artwork/210KB
- Canon Link: n/a
- Primary Source: n/a
- Manufacturer: AD-Manufacturing
- Affiliation: AD-8, Metal Lords, Closed-Market
- Model: Redeemer Class Frigate
Production: Minor
- Material: Matrix Armour Plating, Duranium Hull
- Classification: Anti-Starfighter Frigate
- Length: 367m
- Width: 83m
- Height: 62m
- Armament: Average
7x Quad Laser Cannons
4x Quad Turbolasers (Anti-Starfighter)
- Defenses: Low
- Hangar: Average 1
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive Class: 1
- Ion Drives - High Power Ion Drives to Move its awesome weight
- Hazard and Damage Control Systems - These were installed to limit damage and coordinate emergency response teams
- Navigational Systems - To navigate the cold reaches of space
- Sensors and Targeting Systems - To allow the gunners easier targeting and readouts on their targets
- Communications Systems - To communicate and coordinate the other ships in the fleet
- Escape Pods - In the eventuality that the ship is going down the escape pods will help with the easy evacuation of the ship.
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Strengths:
- Anti-Starfighter - The Redeemer class frigates are loaded with Anti-Starfighter weaponry and their main job is to protect the larger harder hitting Freedom Class Cruisers from the swarms of enemy fighters in the heat of battle.
- Fast - The Redeemers are designed to be quick and relatively manoeuvrable so they can move around a dynamic battlefield fluidly depending on where they are needed.
- Armour - The Redeemers lack armour to absorb fire from large capital ships and any more than 4 shots from one have a very high chance of crippling the ship.
- Heavy Weaponry - The Redeemers are only fitted with Anti-Starfighter weaponry that cannot penetrate the armour of anything larger than a small corvette, the weapons fitted are also only for close range engagements and cannot attack ships any more than a few kilometres away.
On the Freedom Class Heavy Cruiser, most of the weapons emplacements were reserved for heavy hitting Turbolasers leaving hardly any space for Anti-Starfighter weaponry. In the few engagements that the freedoms have been in since their creation, their main weakness was by far the swarms of fighters that seem to be attracted to them. The design for the Redeemer has been in the works at AD-Manufacturing since the creation of the Freedom but it had been put to the side until the first engagements when the need for escort frigates became very clear.
The Redeemer used to support the Freedoms and usually there are about 3 Redeemers to 1 Freedom with the Freedoms providing the heavy hitting weaponry and the Redeemers providing the Anti-Starfighter weaponry.
