Four Armed Goddess
- Intent: to repurpose an obsolete frigate design into something more useful.
- Image Source: Fractal Sponge Spector-class frigate
- Canon Link: none
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- Primary Source: none
- Manufacturer: Archangel Manufactorum
- Affiliation: Hanaya Enzar and Ashlan Crusade
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: Seraphim Stealth Frigate
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
- Reinforced Durasteel hull
- Typical starship components
- Reflec Coating
- Classification: Stealth Frigate
- Length: 270 metres
- Width: 68 metres
- Height: 72 metres
- Armament: Average
- 2 x Dorsal mounted OS-135 Rotating heave turbo laser turret
- Multiple OS-137 Tri-barrelled rotary turbolaser turrets
- Numerous OS-136 Rotating rotary point defence laser cannons
- 4 fore mounted concussion missile launchers
- Defenses: Very High
- Multi-layers of composite alloy plated armour
- Deflector shields
- Cloaking device
- Molecular shielding
- Hangar Space: High
- 2 squadrons
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 2 squadrons
- Single Craft Hangar: yes, 2 large docking points beneath the horizontal aft section and space to land a single ship beneath the fighter racks in the main hangar
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- An attempt was made to add more powerful manuvering thrusters, but during testing, stress damage started to appear in the starship frame
- Speed Rating: high
- Hyperdrive:
- Class 1.0 hyperdrive
- Class 10 backup hyperdrive
STANDARD FEATURES
- All standard features expected for a ship of this class
- Large double entry open hangar
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Anti-tractor technologies
- Cloaking device
- Crystal Gravfield trap
- Hyperspace tracker
- Molecular Shielding
- Particle Shields
- HAPU hybrid-antimatter power unit
- HIMS
- Jamming Systems
- SAINT artificial intelligence
- Large hangar bay to allow quick deployment and recovery of fighter squadrons
- Advanced targeting computers for multi targeting
- Cloaking device and reflec coating makes the ship exceptionally well suited to stealth missions.
- Large hangar taking up centre of ship leads to structural weaknesses in vessel, this is particularly a problem during hard manoeuvres or if required to descend into atmosphere
- Only one hangar that if incapacitated renders the ship unable to perform carrier duties
- Poor manoeuvrability due to structural limits
DESCRIPTION
The Seraphim class patrol frigate used to perform long range patrols for the fleet it is attached too, its mixture of weaponry and fighter complement allow it too perform a number of roles well. It is not well suited to perform as a ship of the line, but against raiders it performs excellently. The dorsal heavy turbo laser turrets allow it to seriously damage ships of the same weight category or less, and to at least give larger ships something to think about. Numerous point defence lasers keep it well protected against enemy small craft.
The main hangar passes all the way through the ship with large openings on both the port and starboard, while this weakens the overall structure of the ship, it allows entire squadrons to be launched simultaneously.
It is no longer used as a fleet leading ship due to the structural failings leading to numerous vessels being lost. The remaining dozen or so ships were withdrawn and have been modified into stealth ships for use by Jurors and other individuals that require them.
Advances in power generation have allowed refinements in shielding and engine power making the ship faster and more durable, but without extensive modifications, the structural integrity of the ship still limits its maneuverability.
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