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Perilous Class Destroyer:
The Perilous is a multipurpose destroyer.
It consists of two sections, one of which is a regular, narrow cylinder hull, and the other of which is a large ring that is connected by three pylons, equidistantly spaced, to the main hull, which the ring encircles. The ring section is more massive than the main hull section.
The ring section contains thirty concussion missile launchers, which go all the way around the ring the quarters for the troops, the support vehicle / landing craft hangar, the cargo section, intended to be used for tanks, artillery, and other large objects related to ground warfare, and the hyperdrive, a class one unit. This section holds a few auxiliary engines, but not many, and has its own reactor and sensors.
The main hull holds crew quarters, a reactor, sensors, and the main engines.
The two sections can seperate during battle. This allows the main hull section far greater performance than it could have with the burden of the ring section. In battle, the main hull will move in and engage the enemy, while the ring stays back and provides missile support from long range.
The ring section is armed with six heavy turbolaser batteries and six quad laser turrets, so that it can defend itself if the enemy manages to close with it.
The main section is armed with eight heavy turbolaser batteries, six quad laser turrets, six ion cannons, and 10 forward firing Infighting Rocket Launchers. The launchers fire heavy rockets which have been modified for close-in combat. Heavy rockets are slow-moving, so salvos of them can easily be avoided, or shot down by point defense. Close-in, though, the enemy may not have time to do either. The Infighting rockets are heavy rockets with much of the fuel removed, which is unnecessary for close-in combat, but the lack of which makes these modified rockets useless at range, to allow for a significantly larger warhead. Since regular heavy rockets already have very powerful warheads, these rockets can do very large amounts of damage, if they can be brought to bear. The hull section also mounts a tractor beam.
When the sections seperate, the hull part extends three pairs of manuvering wings, which normally could not extend without hitting the ring. These wings add to the performance of the hull section, which is necessary for bringing the rockets to bear.
The ship carries no fighters, so it must be escorted by hyperdrive-capable fighters and/or a carrier into battle.
Length - 500 metres
Standard Crew - 3,500
Skeleton Crew - 1,500
Sublight Speed - 14 mglt with both sections together, when seperated, ring = 2 mglt, main hull has 30 mglt.
Sublight Acceleration - 5 mglt.s with both sections together, when seperated, ring = 1 mglt/s, main hull has 10 mglt/s.
Sublight Maneuverability - 6 dpf with both sections together, when seperated, ring = 6 dpf, main hull has 20 dpf.
Shield Rating - 2,200 sbd together, when seperated, ring = 800 sbd, main hull has 1,350 sbd.
Hull Rating - 800 ru for ring, 900 ru for main hull
Cargo Capacity - 6,000 metric tons
Hyperdrive Rating - Class 1
Hyperdrive Backup - Class 16
Starfighter Capacity - None
Support Craft Capacity - 12 Combat and Support Craft
Troops - 2,000
Weapons Complement:
- 14 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries, divided between sections as described above.
- 12 Quad Laser Turret, divided between sections as described above.
- 30 Concussion Missile Launchers, divided between sections as described above.
- 6 Ion Cannons, divided between sections as described above.
- 10 Infighting Rocket Launchers, divided between sections as described above.
Cost - 10,999,999 credits
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