TNO - Stalwart class Escort Frigate
Name: Stalwart class Escort FrigateDesignation: SEF
Length: 250 meters
Armament:
10 X-5 Medium Turbolaser Batteries
10 Firestorm Quad Laser Cannons
4 Quad Proton Torpedo Launchers
Hangar Capacity:
3 Squadrons (36) of TIE-2 Fighters
Troop Capacity:
1 Company (100) of Ship Borne Naval Defense Troops
Propulsion:
Six Kuat Drive Yards Medium Drive Engines
Sublight Speed: 25 MGLT
Hyperdrive Rating: 1.0 Past Lightspeed
Protection:
Novaldex Layered Shield Generators/Projectors
Reinforced Durasteel Double Hull
Shield Rating: 1,000 SBD
Hull Rating: 500 RU
Description:
The Stalwart is the last in a new series of modern support ships designed to fill in the spaces left behind by older vessels being phased out of service. This ship is an escort frigate, and as such it's primary purpose is to escort capital ships and provide convoys with added protection as well. The ship is somewhat similar in apperance to the aforementioned vessels, the Fury and the Dasher, but has no block connections what so ever. The vessel actually closer resembles a strike cruiser in apperance. The ship is divided into three main sections, the forward section housing the bridge and shielding and sensor/communications sections, while the middle compartment houses the hangar bays that hold the three squadrons of starfighters that the ship carries into battle to protect it's charges. The after section is devoted to the power core and drive engines. The weaponry of the ship is widely arrayed and consists of ten medium turbolaser batteries, situated four forward, three to port, and three to starboard, while the quad laser cannons are situated two forward, four to port, and four to starboard, while the torpedo launchers are located two to port and two to starboard. The drive engines are of the same class mounted on the Dasher, but because of the greater bulk of the ship and the power diverted elsewhere, the top speed achieved in sublight mode is just slightly faster than that of the Fury. The Protection is similar to the other two ships. The shields are triple layered, space five meters apart, with the outer layer being rated at 100 SBD, the middle layer at 150 SBD, and the last layer at 750 SBD. The hull is again a double hulled one, the outer hull registering at 300 RU, while the inner hull is at 200 RU, with again tightly packed cold foam in between the two hulls. And that summarizes the capabilities of the Stalwart.
Comments
#2 4:57pm 23/01/06
[quote]The X-5 Turbolaser Batteries are a simple adaptation of weapons already in service. Each weapon has four barrels mounted in a single gunhouse, with two barrels side by side. There are three modes of fire. The first mode is solid fire, where all four barrels fire at the same time. This is also the slowest rate of fire. The second mode of fire is medium, where each pair of barrels takes turn firing while the other one recharges. This produces the normal rate of fire. The last mode is rapid fire, where each individual barrel fires once at a time, producing the fastest rate of fire but also reducing the accuracy and damage inflicted by each bolt. Normally the last mode is only used against small ships and large starfighters.[/quote]
There ya go.
#1 6:30pm 22/01/06
Uh what's an X-5?