SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Space Destroyer (SDD)
MODELS: Mercury class  (Colorado/Patton Class Refit)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2179 AD
LENGTH: 550 feet
WIDTH: 262.5 feet
HEIGHT: 164 feet
MATERIAL:  Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT:  Federal Energy FEFR-7500A fusion reactor x 11
OUTPUT: 82,500 megawatts (7500 megwatts each FEFR-7500A)
ARMOR TYPE:  Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 7500 tons
CREW: 98 plus up to 46 flight, for 144 total. (8 Operators, 34 Gunners, 10 Officers, 25 Engineers, 8 Technicians, 8 Electricians, 5 Medical, and up to 20 Exosuit pilots, 20 battle robot pilots, six space fighter pilots)

PROPULSION:
             PRIMARY (Main Engines):
             3x Lunar Dynamics PD-12M plasma drives
             SPEED: kiloMACH 36.3 each (27,588,000 mph or 0.040C each, or 0.123C total)

             SECONDARY (Interplanetary Engines)
             12x Rocketdyne RFT-120
             SPEED: 4028 miles per hour each (48,336 mph total)

             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
             1x Terran Technologies TTID-T3-750N, Type-3 Intersection Drive (normal)
             SPEED: .18 light years per hour

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             4x Federal Armory FA-RFLC-720 dual 360-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 3600 miles; Payload: unlimited nuclear battery clutch; ROF: 10 dual blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 dual blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             10x Republic Arms RA-STL-02A1 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: MST-1M 1000-pound Active EMS-guided space torpedo with 23.9-Kiloton yield nuclear warhead; Effective Range: 7111 miles; Payload: 20 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
            6x MMI ASML-10KB single-shot cruise missile launcher turret; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 47.8-megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 2 space torpedoes each torpedo launcher; ROF: 1-2 torpedoes per two seconds.  

             EXTERNAL: The Mercury class was fitted with two externally mounted "flattops" that each has their own gravitational system which allowed each "flattop" to carry ten SBR-01 (30 ton) space battle robots, one HSF-01 space fighter, and one HSF-01D-E (EWAC) space fighter/recon craft on the outer umbilical dock.   This pair of "flattops" were added for the invasion of Venus and Mars during the 1st Interplanetary war of the 2170s when the Earth Federal Republic began their assault of the United Nations Solar Empire planets within the inner Sphere of Sol. 

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
             1x Microwave Communications array with a 10 AU range.
             1x SLV Communications suite with a 1 light year range.
             1x LADAR sensor suite with a 200,000 mile range
             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 SLV sensor suite with a 1 parsec range.
             4x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
              6x Warptron DF-300, 300-megawatt level-01 Graviton deflector field generators; RANGE: 300 feet; OUTPUT: 54,000 gigajoules with a regeneration rate of 5400 gigajoules per ten seconds.

HANGAR BAYS:
             1x 3708.9-yd3 this mecha-hangar holds up to twenty 5-ton EA-59 Jet Jaegers plus 3308.9 yd3 of ordinance for the mecha.

Description/Overview:
         Faster than light drive upgrade/refit of the Patton class and Colorado class destroyers.