Bookworm
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide a next-generation fast assault frigate for Aurora Industries to sell
- Image Source: https://nach77.deviantart.com/art/Alliance-Heavy-Frigate-Actium-Class-443234780
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Elytra-class Fast frigate
- Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
- Model: Aureal-class Fast Assault Frigate
- Affiliation: Aurora Industries, Closed-Market
Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Quadanium Steel, Glasteel, Turadium
- Classification: Assault Frigate
- Length: 420 meters
- Width: 65 meters
- Height: 80 meters
- Armament: High
- Defenses: Very Low
- Hangar: None
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive Class: Class 1
- Standard Life Support and Escape Pods
- Standard Comm Array
- Standard Sensor Array
- Holotransceiver
- Encryption Modules and Frequency Jammer
- Medical Bay and Crew Quarters
- Cap Drains
- Tractor Beam Projector
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
Strengths:
- Well armed for its class - Much like its predecessor, the Aureal-class has heavier and more powerful weaponry than expected from a ship of its size. It is designed to throw a mean punch and then boost away.
- Fast and Maneuverable - Again like the Elytra before it, the Aureal-class is designed to move fast and maneuver well.
- Gravastar+ Reactor - A current mainstay in Aurora Industries designs, the Gravastar+ is responsible for the increased power in the ship's turbolasers and ion cannons and the speed of the ship due to the excess energy capacitors being tied into those systems.
- Light defended - Due to its role as a fast hitting ship, the Aureal has minimal defensive shielding and armor. It won't stand up to much punishment at all.
- No hanger - Unlike the previous ship, the hanger was removed from the Aureal, making it reliant on other ships' fighters to protect it from enemy fighter and bombers.
- Overheating - If the Gravastar+ overclocking feature is used for too long, the ship's engines and weapons will malfunction and overheat and be rendered unusable until repairs are made.
Finally deciding that Aurora Industries' stock of ships needed updating, the greenlight was given by Taeli and her board of engineers to start phasing out the old and building the new. The first ship that was going to be subjected to such treatment was the old Elytra-class Fast Frigates. One of the first ships built by the company after its acquisition, the Elytra was starting to show its age. In its place, the Aureal-class Fast Assault Frigate was born.
Going off the same design philosophy, the Aureal-class sports heavier and powerful weaponry not expected on a ship of its size, while boasting powerful engines to give it a great deal of speed. Both systems are tied into the ship's Gravastar+ reactor, a far cry from the old anti-matter reactor from the Elytra-class, giving them the ability to be overclocked for a boost in power at the expense of possible overheating and unusability if done for too long.
The hanger was removed from the ship to save on costs, and the engineers didn't really see a need to update the design philosophy of light shields and armor for this specific vessel. The Aureal-class, like the ship it was replacing, was designed to dart into an engagement, hit hard, and then run away. Sustained combat was not what it was going to be doing by any means.
