Intent: To design a comparable Destroyer class of vessel to serve as a mainline fighting vessel for use against enemy Destroyer class vessels as well as to flesh out the naval forces of the Compact.
Development Thread: None unless you desire it.
Hero Unit: No
Model: Cutlass-class
Manufacturer: Eshan Drive Yards
Affiliation: The Echani Compact
Modularity: None
Production: Minor
Classification: Capital ship
Role: Destroyer
Length: 1650 meters
Width: 575 meters
Height: 600 meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor: Fusion Reactor
Consumables: 6 months
Cargo Capacity: 9000 tons
Minimum Crew: 2100
Optimal Crew: 8725
Passengers: 1800
Hull: Made of Titanium and crystasteel reinforced durasteel.
Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: 8
Weapons:
50 Point Defense Laser Canons
46 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
24 Ion Cannon Batteries
26 Missile Tubes (Concussion or Diamond Boron)
8 Tractor Beam Projectors
Onboard Craft/Equipment:
36 C1 Foil-class Starfighters
36 Saber-class Heavy Interceptors
15 Kaertos-class Dropships
40 Drop Pods (see the Kaertos submission, these were part of it)
Non-Combative Attachments: Standard Communications (see below), Standard Ray and Particle Shields (with redundant generators), Nav computer, Standard Sensors, Backup Hyperdrive (Class 10)
SFS Ranger Subspace Transceiver (Range is 100 light-years):
It can monitor more than 100 different subspace frequencies simultaneously. By altering frequencies every tenth of a second, the Ranger scans the entire subspace spectrum in less than 1 hour. The powerful com-scan encryption computer can decode most intercepted messages within minutes.
C3 Computer:
Built by CoMar for use in the Tri-Tracker, the Countermeasures Compensation Computer attempts to account for the jamming and evasion devices used by its targets. The C3 extrapolates the target's continued trajectory and feeds that into the targeting device.
Description: The Compact has realized that they have a serious shortcoming: they have no ships of the line. Since they have no ships of the line, they suffer in engagements with heavier vessels and fighter contingents. The result of this was clearly seen when a contingent of Compact vessels was torn apart at Roche by a few hundred fighters and the assistance of Destroyer class vessels. This shortcoming was a serious problem and has been remedied with the creation of the Cutlass.
The vessel is long and thin, giving it less of a forward target for vessels, but that also limited it in terms of weaponry. Less overall surface area means less space for weapons emplacements. The ship makes up for it in shielding, which will allow it to last longer in a fight, evening out the overall difference in most one on one engagements.
In essence, this ship fills a need, and now the Echani can claim military superiority in space.
