SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Principality of Altair
TYPE: Interstellar Kosmo Frigate
MODELS: Falke class SDDG-85
DATE INTRODUCED: 2185 AD
LENGTH: 753.3 feet (229.6 meters)
WIDTH: 241.1 feet (73.5 meters)
HEIGHT: 223.1 feet (68 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: 2x Ceres Energy CEFR-98.5K
OUTPUT: 98,500 megawatts each (197,000 total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1.5 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 20,000 tons
CREW:  241 + up to 26 mecha pilots (21 Gunners, 120 Engineers, 20 Electricians, 20 Technicians, 20 Operators, 23 Officers, 13 Medical, up to 26 flight)

PROPULSION
             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
             1x Ceres Research CRID-T3-2000 Type-3 Mark-III intersection drive
             SPEED: 0.18 light years per hour

             SUBLIGHT:
             3x Ceres Industrial CI-EMD-7200 electromagnetic drive
             SPEED: 6,536,000 mph each (19,608,000 mph total)

            COMBAT:
            16x Hanubeau Dynamics  HD-HYIE-7500 High Yield Ion Engine
             SPEED: 28,500 mph each, (456,000 mph total)

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
            4x Mauzer Mechanics MM-MBC-400 dual 200-megawatt MAULER (MAson-Unified-LasER) Beam turrets*; Effective Range: 1440 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.  

              SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
              2x Io Factory #1 ITL-Mark-IIIA triple shot ion torpedo tubes; Missile Type: IDST-5000 ion drive space torpedo with computer-guided 5000-pound warhead;Effective Range: 844.4 miles; Payload: 3 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF:  1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute per torpedo tube.

             POINT DEFENSE:
             7x Lithgear LG-PC-1002 dual 100-megawatt PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 800 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 1 AU range.
             1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range. 
             1x Super Luminal Velocity communications array with a range of 10 light years.
             1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
             1x Passive EMS sensor array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
             1x Active EMS sensor array with a range of 100,000 miles.
             1x Super Luminal Velocity sensor array with a range of 20 parsecs.
             2x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit. Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability. One for Intersection Drive

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6x Europa Research ER-DF-2000A 2000-megawatt LEVEL-2 Gravitonic deflector field generators; Effect: has an output of 432 Terajoules and a regeneration rate of 43.2 Terajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAY:
             1x 12,000-yd3

             LOADOUTS:

             STANDARD: 5 PzWm-01 PanzerWeirMechs & 10 JgWM-02 JägerWeirMechs.
              ASSAULT: 3 KWM-04 Kobald WeirMechs & 20 JPzWm-05 JagdPanzer WeirMechs.
              HEAVY ASSAULT: 5 PzWm-01 PanzerWeirMechs & 20 JPzWm-05 JagdPanzer WeirMechs.
              SPECIAL OPERATIONS: 3 KWM-04 Kobald WeirMechs & 10 JgWM-02 JägerWeirMechs.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
              40x Ganymede Industrial  GI-EP-01 emergency escape pods; DETAILS: Escape pods have 24-hour life-support, a speed of Mach 1 (760 mph), 3 weeks of food for six people, full reentry capability, parachutes for free fall, life raft for six people (water landing), and 24 hours of fuel for rocket engines.
 
Description/Overview:
               The Falke is a minor refit of the Heinkel class that added four point-defense beam turrets for better anti-mecha coverage, and replaced the PHELAC turrets with the new MAULER meson beam cannons.