Approved Starship Perseverance-class replenishment vessel

[FN-999 (restored)]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a resupply and refueling vessel to support major or long-distance naval deployments.
• Image Source: ArtStation - Altor-class Replenishment Ship by Ansel Hsiao
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: ArtStation - Altor-class Replenishment Ship by Ansel Hsiao

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Alge Imperial Shipyards Incorporated
• Affiliation: The Imperial Confederation, The Diarchy
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Perseverance-class Replenishment Vessel
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material:
  
  • EXTERIOR
    
    • Thaldonium armor plating, transparisteel viewports
  • INTERIOR
    
    • Tiysium structural steel framing, thaldonium interior plating, titanium panels, copper wiring, electronic components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Refuel/Replenishment Frigate
• Length: 419m
• Width: 154m
• Height: 151m
• Armament: Very Low
  
  • 6x laser cannon turrets (2 bow, 2 stern, 2 center)
• Defenses: Average
  
  • Double-layer deflector shields
    
    • Particle shield generator
    • Ion shield generator
  • Thaldonium armor plating
• Hangar Space: Low (2 squadrons)
• Hangar Allocations:
  
  • Starfighters: 1 squadron
  • Support Craft: 1 squadron
• Maneuverability Rating: Very High
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive: Class 1.0

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STANDARD FEATURES

• Storage Bay
• Medical Bay
• Crew Quarters
• Ammunition Storage
• Primary Hangar
• Crew Mess Hall
• Armory
• Gym
• Barber Shop
• Fusion Reactor
• Engine Room
• Command Deck
• Captain's Quarters
• Officer Quarters
• Officer Mess Hall
• Communications Room

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• 4x detachable Modular Storage Containers (MSC)
  
  • Maximum Cargo Weight per MSC: 50,000 metric tons
  • Maximum Cargo Volume per MSC: 3500 cubic meters
  • Each MSC has a pair of docking tube attachments that allow it to connect directly to other ships
  • Each MSC has three storage configurations:
    
    • Standard: Standard pressure storage of supply crates
    • Fuel: Pressurized storage of liquid or gas fuel
    • Sensitive: Vaccum storage of highly biohazardous/radioactive/classified material, subdivided into four equally sized rooms divided by retractable titanium panels
• 4x refueling/resupplying arms (RRA)
  
  • Each refueling “arm” is capable of extending up to 75m away from the vessel. The arms are tipped in the end of a pneumatic tube that runs down the length of an arm into interior storage modules or fuel tanks. The end of the tube is shaped to fit onto the fuel doors or valves of ships between 50m and 2000m long.
• 2x container crane arms (CCA)
  
  • The container crane arms of the Perseverance-class are capable of holding incredibly heavy loads, each designed to lift a fully loaded MSC in or out of planetary atmospheres. Like the refueling arms, the CCAs are 75m long, allowing for the vessel to safely replace empty MSCs or place them in the hangars of larger craft.

STRENGTHS

• Supply Ship: A single Perseverance-class replenishment vessel can supply a small fleet for months without needing to restock.
• Surgical Precision: Resupply and crane arms combined with engine blocks that can be individually turned on and off ensure that Perseverance-class replenishment vessels are able to make very precise maneuvers to properly resupply a fleet.
• High-Endurance: Possessing powerful and highly fuel-efficient engines, Perseverance-class replenishment vessels are easily capable of keeping up with a mobile strike force for extended campaigns.

WEAKNESSES

• Auxiliary: The Perseverance-class replenishment vessel is not a warship and is not meant to fight other warships. With a tiny armament and a hull that is extremely vulnerable once its shields collapse, Perseverance-class vessels are simply not designed for combat.
• Bomb Barrels: The Modular Storage Containers on the Perseverance-class are lightly armored and, more often than not, highly explosive. A single proton torpedo or a few shots from a laser cannon are enough to rip a MSC open and ignite its supplies, creating a chain reaction large enough to destroy the entire replenishment vessel and heavily damage nearby capital ships.

DESCRIPTION

The Frontier Enforcer project would never be complete without the Perseverance-class replenishment vessel.
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The Perseverance-class’ importance comes from its ability to pack significant amounts of supplies in a relatively small vessel and efficiently transfer them to dedicated warships. Consequently, Imperial fleets are able to operate far from established space stations or planetary bases at peak efficiency when supported by Perseverance replenishment vessels. The Perseverance-class is also a useful support vessel for staging invasions, where its provisions can be used to maintain blockades or supply specialized equipment to break planetary defenses.

While excelling as a support craft, the Perseverance-class is completely unremarkable alone. With a weak armament and poor physical defenses, its only safe response to attack from other capital ships is to flee using its powerful hexagonal engine blocks.
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[MANIAC]

FN-999 (restored)

Nice job!

Approved.