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Approved Starship Archer-Class Escort Frigate (Block-II)

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BIG Z1776

Baboon with a MAAWS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
STANDARD FEATURES
  • A pair of tractor beam generators for snagging smugglers, pirate vessels, or escape pods from space.
  • The bridge is actually in the stern of the ship, the Block-II ships now have the bridge on the dorsal side.
  • Lots of fire control sensors and fire control stations prevent loss of weapons in the event of damage. The Block-II ships now have improved versions of these computers and can do much more damage and perform better point-defense.
  • Compartmentalized and ray-shielded ammunition bunkers linked by ammunition elevators and with blow-out channels to space to prevent catastrophic detonation.
  • There are six articulating sections amidships on both sides which pivot up and down to give complete fields of fire, allowing all eighteen medium turrets to fire on a single target above or below to ship.
  • Strong electronic warfare suite to jam transmissions and interfere with locking scanners from enemy munitions.
  • Small hangar in the bow with a closing hangar door for protecting it. Along with the fighters inside the hangar can hold a single dropship or shuttle on a semi-permanent basis.
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
  • Scattered shield generators are built into the hull to reduce their targeting signatures and they are in overlapping positions so that they can shore up weak spots with one another and they share access to one another's coolant systems with multiple pipe networks to assist one another in preventing catastrophic over-heating.
  • Comprehensive and heavily redundant damage control systems with a high emphasis on redundancy and rapid response. All turrets are sectioned-off, along with their ammunition lockers. There are pre-positioned fire-fighting hoses, breathing apparatus lockers, fire-fighting suits for more than half the crew, and every hallway, room, and mechanical component is covered by fire-fighting foam dispensers. These damage control measures are controlled by several damage control centers scattered throughout the ship with overlapping fields of responsibility to increase redundancy, but the ship is still vulnerable to heavy damage which larger ships can shrug off.
  • Dedicated ammunition hoist system and resupply tracks have been removed in favor of more space for additional reactors to power the ship's shields.
  • The ship is built around a single keel, and is built out of three sections, the bow, the amidships, and the stern. All of these sections can be easily removed from the keel by a dockyard, allowing rapid and comprehensive major repairs to be conducted, and this system allows for these warships to be constructed quickly in smaller shipyards and for entire sections of ships to be stocked at repair yards.
  • Fire-control sensors for the enlarged complement of EM-3000's and J-43's allow these large number of weapons to engage incoming missiles, proton torpedoes, and fast-moving craft from long-range to short-range.
STRENGTHS
  • Dual-purpose cannons that can engage from railgun-like ranges.
  • Powerful shields for a ship its size.
  • Excellent damage control systems.
  • Excellent point-defense weapons.
  • Can operate efficiently in non-combat roles with minimal crew.
WEAKNESSES
  • As a frigate, albeit a large one, it still lacks shielding against heavy capital-grade railgun-type weapons.
  • The hangar doors are a real weak spot in the hull.
  • With an increased number of reactors a reactor explosion is now more likely in battle.
  • Crowded vessel, not much room for large cargos except for designed necessities.
  • Can be overwhelmed by a fighter attack due to a small hangar.
DESCRIPTION
Designed as an improvement on the Block-I ships to provide a fleet escort capable of standing up to cruisers and stand-off against almost any other ship in its weight class. With improved weapons, fire control computers, internal spaces, and ship-board security the vessel is more capable than ever of accomplishing its task of being the first line of defense for the fleet as a jack-of-all-trades heavy escort. Most of the glaring weak spots such as the ship's inability to operate as an independent ship at long ranges thanks to their new weapons which only need raw power from their own reactors. The ship's own facilities are also improved to allow for this ship to embark on longer patrols further out from the Crossroads System and provide the crew necessary R&R aboard the ship for these patrols.
 
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