Post by Robert Peel on Jan 13, 2015 16:58:57 GMT
While sitting in the cockpit of the "Trixie Vixen", Sir Robert Peel looks back over his life: back to his years of service in a small navy of a planet no one has heard of.
"That Flandry woman wanted to sell me a ship..." he mutters to himself. Taking a sketch-pad, he begins laying out all he can remember of a fine old vessel from his native navy: he never commanded one, but they were the ships of the line defending that bright star, and they fell only when outnumbered dozens to one.
After looking over the list, he shakes his head, chuckling to himself. Those old ships sure were grand, but around here, that would probably be a billion credit endeavor. Maybe a government would bankroll it, if anyone ever actually tried to make it. He appended his sketch and closed the file.
"That Flandry woman wanted to sell me a ship..." he mutters to himself. Taking a sketch-pad, he begins laying out all he can remember of a fine old vessel from his native navy: he never commanded one, but they were the ships of the line defending that bright star, and they fell only when outnumbered dozens to one.
- Hull of augmented nano-Fullerene, with reinforcing structural members arrayed throughout the interior. 80%+ coverage.
- Painted blue with yellow detailing.
- Internal spaces plain grey steel plate decks with crawlspaces between.
- Crawlspace contains ventilation, control, power, and water systems. Every room has at least one ventilation grille.
- Docking for a wing of four quite large fighters.
- four (or was it 6?) dedicated compact point defense turrets. Auto-cannon armed.
- Four (or was it 6?) anti-fighter rocket turrets. Somewhat boxy in appearance. Laser guided.
- A number of side-mounted capital class torpedo tubes. Magazine is forward of fighter bay, torpedoes loaded on pallates through fighter bay. (missile + pulse)
- Cargo bay aft of fighter bay. Engine components also loaded through cargo bay to engine compartment.
- Primary weapon Heavy particle cannon (cannon + pulse + punch) (may drain power)
- Secondary weapon light particle cannon (8x cannon + cannon + overdrive) (should not drain power)
- utility beam emitter (Beam with stop or pull swappable)
- Docked scanner probe capable of revealing cloaked ships
- Full jump drive capability
- 1:1 thrust ratio or better
After looking over the list, he shakes his head, chuckling to himself. Those old ships sure were grand, but around here, that would probably be a billion credit endeavor. Maybe a government would bankroll it, if anyone ever actually tried to make it. He appended his sketch and closed the file.