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IST-550 "Intrusion" Escort Frigate
• INTENT: This ship is a potential production ship for IST
• IMAGE SOURCE: HERE - modified by Mithias
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• MANUFACTURER: Interstellar Starship Technologies
• AFFILIATION: Darkwire / Diviak Manfloon
• MODEL: IST-550
• PRODUCTION: Minor
• MATERIAL: Durasteel hull, Turadium used in the frame, structural supports and protection for vital areas (i.e. core)
• CLASSIFICATION: Frigate
• LENGTH: 400m
• WIDTH: 100m
• HEIGHT: 80m
• ARMAMENT: Average
- Quad Mass Driver Turrets
- Quad Turbolaser Turrets
- Quad FAW-8 Ion Cannon Turrets
- "Intruder" Ion Missile Batteries
• SQUADRON COUNT: Low (2 Squadrons)
• MANEUVERABILITY RATING: Average
• SPEED RATING: Very High
• HYPERDRIVE: Yes
• HYPERDRIVE CLASS: 0.5 (Very High) / Backup: x 6
- Highly Advanced Communications Array
- Systems for a Mobile Command Platform
- Standard Deflector Shield Generator
- Custom Hyperdrive
- Standard Ion Engines
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Standard Repulsorlift Engines
- Tractor Beam Projector x 8
- Docking Clamp
- Scanners
- Advanced Navigation Computer
- Distress Beacon
- Reactor Core
- Repulsors
- Maneuvering Jets
- Military-Grade Fire Control System
- Passive Countermeasure Package
- Subspace Communications and C4I System with Military Encryption
- Standard Detention Block Cells
- Crew: 300
- Passengers/Marines: 200
- Molecular Shielding
- Military Grade Sensor Suite (HSI/DER/EPR/AS/ETS)
- Electronic Countermeasures
- St2x Targeting System
- Hunt Them Down - Designed from the bottom deck up to be an escort frigate, the IST engineers ensured that the escort ship could also serve as pirate interdiction as well, as requested by the customer. Ion weapon placement, tractor beam placement, and the speed of the vessel make this ship well suited for hawking down pirates.
- In the Nick of Time - The Intrusion-class frigate is designed to be able to escort its charge and never be far from its side. As such, the engineers of the Intrusion-class made sure to outfit the vessel with Interstellar Starship Technologies' hyperdrive, which the company specializes in for most every one of the vessels it constructs. In this way, no matter how fast the hyperdrive of their charge is, they are able to arrive moments before to address any threats as the protector.
- Not That Kind of Frigate - While the Intrusion-class frigate is designed for combat, it would have a hard time standing toe-to-toe with modern-era warships that are packed to the gills with weaponry, however it could certainly outrun many of them. Regardless, it slug it out with frigates and large ships designed for war.
- Not The Rear! - If there is an area that lacks firepower, it is the aft portion of the Intrusion-class. While it has plenty of firepower broadsides and forward, many of its turrets cannot spin to an advantageous angle to truly provide any sort of firepower deterrent aft.
The IST-550, like all of Interstellar Starship Technologies ships, are designed from the ground up with a purpose and function in mind. In every ship, there is a way each one of them can be utilized with optimum efficiency and economy of action--the Intrusion-class is no different. It is designed as a rugged, fast escort frigate, that has many tools at its disposal to render opposition defenseless. In addition, it allowed for 2 squadrons of onboard starfighter and support ships.
While most ships built in this era are produced with armor that is exorbitant in price, building one ship is enough to bankrupt entire planets, IST is still a believer in modern-era durasteel. The protection is only slightly less than the more exotic materials, but billions of credits are saved per ship, thus allowed mass production to truly function. IST is a believer in this philosophy, thus why it is a favorite to reasonably minded sovereignties that do not spend every tax credit it receives on a handful of advanced ships.
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