The Rebel Faction

Farfalen R&D #5

Name: Cutter Class Picket ship

Manufacturer: Hargeevan Drive Yards

Length: 120 meters

Crew: 81

Cargo Capacity: 100 metric tons

Consumables: 8 months

Hyperdrive Multiplier: x1

Hyperdrive Backup: x9

Speed: 29 MGLT

Hull: 200 RU

Shields: 470 SBD

Weapons: 8 Double HD-7 Advanced Turbolaser Cannons, 6 Wyvern Cannons, and 4 Concussion Missile Launchers.


Special Features:
HD-7 Advanced Turbolaser
E3 Targeting Computers
Jester Power Grid
Wyvern Cannon
Gap-gel
Durinalam Alloy
Web Sensor System
Five Axis Jump
Electromagnetic Countermeasures
Gravimetric Countermeasures
Signal Flares


Explained:

HD-7 Advanced Turbolaser- The use of modified synthetic crystals coupled with a slight increase in power input allows for an increased firing range over 150%. Naturally though, a portion of the lasers poweri s lost as it travels through space, primarilly when it hits dust. There is also a regulator to allow a 'standard' mode of firing power. To counteract the extra pressure of keeping the lasers cool, a liquid nitrogen coolant system has been added.

E3 targeting computer- A fast tracking targeting computer located on the Wyvern cannon modified for the HD-7, to give more accurate long distance firing.

Jester Power Grid- A simple, yet effective way of giving added surprise to an attack. On nearly everyother ship, the powersources have been located near the turbolasers. In this day and age, one can never be too careful, so the powersources for the weapons have been located to the interior of the ship, near the central core.

Using armored cables-- cables that are thicker with metal plating to prevent them from being cut into pieces incase the ship begins to break apart. The cables are connected directly to their weapons, allowing for a smooth and efficient way of transporting the energy necessary to keep the guns firing.

Wyvern Cannon- a triple cannon unit equipped with state-of-the-art fast tracking technology. Two cannons are high-powered rapid laser units made of Dallorian alloy with an advanced courenth based cooling system. The third cannon is an electrically charged titanium shell launcher AKA a rail gun. Has a back-up short-term power source.

Gap Gel- Emplaced in containers throughout the ship is a synthetically prepared gel. This gel is kept at roughly three hundred degrees Kelvin. When a hull breech is detected the nearest container (usually no more then three meters away) opens up and te gel is released. Hopefully the gel will freeze by the time it hits the much cooler hull and the much cooler outerspace, freezing it entirely over the breech.

Durinalam Alloy- a mixture Trimantium, Lamination, and Durinium; combining the best properties of all three products. This alloy gives the average hull a slight boost in strength, stealth capabilities that could fool ancient radar, and even a more deterrent form of defense against Ion cannons.

Web Sensor System- Implanting devices in all of the ships in the fleet, they can communicate all of the sensor data taken from any given ship at any given angle and use it to their own advantage. They can also transmit target information and jump coordinates in the blink of an eye. It is not a slave control circuit.

Five-Axis Jump system- a system that processes the data in which it takes the five axes that would make up any coordinate in the galaxy and triangulates the distance it would take to get there, the time it takes the ship to reach the point (including acceleration and deceleration speeds). It of course, does not include objects in the way, as it is recommended for insystem jumps.