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Affiliation: Aurora Industries Customers
Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
Model: Ardent Mk X-class
Modularity: None
Production: Minor
Material:
* Ferrocarbon Frame
* Turadium Bulkheads and blast doors
* Durasteel Hull
* Glasteel Viewports
* Standard Starship Components
Classification: Fast Frigate
Length: 400 meters
Width: 180 meters
Height: 95 meters
Armament: (68/20/6)
* 6 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries (48)
* 8 Dual Turbolaser Cannon Turrets (16)
* 2 Dual Ion Cannon Turrets (4)
* 20 Variable Warhead Launchers (20)
* 6 Quad Laser Cannons (6)
Hangar:
* 1 Squadron
* 2 Shuttles
Special Features:
* Light Shield Generators
* Communications Descrambler
* Socket Guards
* Tractor Beam Projectors
* Life Support Systems
* Environmental Support System
* Navigational Systems
* Turbolift Elevators
* Inertial Compensator
* Artificial Gravity
* Mess with Droid Service -
* Medical Bay
* Escape Pods
* Communications Array
* Communication Encryption Equipment
* Holonet Transceiver
* Sub Space Transciever
* Hyperwave Transciever
* Wide Ranged Sensors
* Long Range Sensors
* Targeting Sensors
* Warhead Countermeasures
Maneuverability Rating: 10
Speed Rating: 8
Hyperdrive: Class 1
Back-up Hyperdrive: Class 8
Strengths:
* Very Fast - designed as a fast frigate the class is built to rapidly close with an enemy
* Heavy Capital Grade Armament - The class is designed to hit hard and fast opening up enemy battle line to attack from larger vessels and attack craft.
* Combat Thrusters - Increase the agility of the class
Weaknesses:
* Light Armor - The class sacrifices heavy armor for speed and agility.
* Light Shielding - The class sacrifices shielding for heavier armaments
* Blind Spots in Weapon Arcs - The aft arc and ventral hull have very light defensive armament and no capital grade weapons, leaving the vessel open to attacks from below and behind.
Description: The Ardent Mk X-class are designed for rapid response and quick strike vessels. Like thier namesake, they are used to rapidly close with an enemy and exploit weaknesses in their lines in preperation for larger more powerful vessels to move in and finish the job. Using their speed, agility, and heat weaponry, the Ardent Mk X-class hit enemy fleets picket lines and escorts opening up holes in the enemy fleets formation and eliminating anti-attack craft vessels. Thier agility and weapons come at a price of light armor and weak shielding. Power from the ships capacitors are dedicated to powering the heavy weapons of the vessel and only minimal power is supplyed to the shielding durring battle. The hull is made up of light grade Durasteel keeping the vessel light and agile in battle. Combat Thrusters give the class superior maneuverability allowing the class to move into an enemy formation and get stuck in and engage ships from arcs where their weapons are not able to engage the Ardent.
The Class has no a small hanger which can accomidate one Squadron of Attack Craft and two shuttle craft, is located on the aft of the vessel below its three main thrusters. Two Quad Laser Cannons make up the only aft arc weapons leaving the ship vulnerable to attack from behind. Two Dual Ion Cannons are mounted in turrets on the forward dorsal hull which can cover a two hundred and seventy degree arc from the forward axis. Eight dual turbolaser cannon turrest are mouned amidships on the dorsal hull four each flanking the forward superstrucure. These turrets fire in the port and starboard arcs only. Six Heavy Turbolaser Batteries are located along the hulls rim, three on each flank, aligned to fire in a one hundred and twenty degree arc from the forward to port and starboard arcs. Rounding out the Offensive weapons of the Ardent Mk X-class are twenty variable warhead launchers positioned on the hulls rim amidships. Ten launcher each on the port and starboard rim can fire in their respectable arcs utilizing the homing capabilities of may of hits warhead types. The launchers are fed by auto loaders which can select the one of the many types of warheads from its internal warhead magazine. This magazine can hold up to four hundred missiles of the following types.
* M-a3 Concussion Missiles
* MG7-A Proton Torpedoes
* T-33 Plasma Torpedoes
* Flechétte Missiles
* Carbonite Missiles
* LC-9 Thermite Torpedo
* EM-03 missile
The Ardent Mk X-class Fast Frigate has a crew complament of one thousand two hundred crew and two hundrid security troopers. Its holds can carry five thousand tons of carco and consumables for a full crew complament for one full standard year.
Development Thread: If Needed
Intent: To create a Fast Figate for the Imperium
Who Can Use This: Aurora Industries Customers
Primary Source:
* ModDB
* Wiki
