SPECIFICATIONS

PATTON CLASS DESTROYER
GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Space Destroyer (SDD)
MODELS: Patton class  (Colorado Class Refit)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2175 AD
LENGTH: 488.5 feet
WIDTH: 180 feet
HEIGHT: 100 feet
MATERIAL:  Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT:  Federal Energy FEFR-60M fusion reactor 
OUTPUT: 60,000 megawatts (FEFR-60M)
ARMOR TYPE:  Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: .3677 inches (Patton class)
DISPLACEMENT: 6800 tons
CREW: 54 plus up to 46 flight, for 100 total. (6 Operators, 22 Gunners, 5 Officers, 6 Engineers, 6 Technicians, 6 Electricians, 3 Medical, and up to 20 Exosuit pilots, 20 battle robot pilots, six space fighter pilots)

PROPULSION:
             PRIMARY (Main Engines):
             4x Lunar Dynamics PD-12M plasma drives
             SPEED: kiloMACH 40 each (30,400,000 mph or .045C each, or .18C total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             4x Federal Armory FA-LC-690 dual 345-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 3450 miles; Payload: unlimited nuclear battery clutch; ROF: 3 dual blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 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.

             EXTERNAL: The Patton 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 Passive EMS sensor array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
             1x Active EMS sensor array with a range of 100,000 miles.
             3x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
              6x Warptron DF-300 300-megawatt 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:
         The Patton was the second class of Colorado type warships built. Introduced in 2175 AD, this EFR ship was intended as a combat ship capable of using space battle robots. The battle robot had became the central mobile weapon system in the EFR space forces towards the end of the 1st Interplanetary War, and thus the Patton class was designed to suit this new change in military strategy.
         This class was also designed for interplanetary travel to all of the inner sphere planets regardless of their position during the standard Earth year. The old fusion thrusters of the Colorado class were not capable of performing this task well. Therefore, they were replaced with four Lunar Dynamics PD-12M, plasma drives. These drives were capable of speeds of up to .04C or KiloMACH 40 each (30,400,000 mph or 8444.4 miles per second, 4.5% the speed of light). When combined, these engines could propel the ship at .18C or KiloMACH 180 (121,600,000 mph or 33,777.8 mps: 18% the speed of light).
         The four plasma engines of the Patton class required a massive amount of power to operate. Thus the engineers who designed the craft choose a Federal Energy FEFR-60M, 60,000 MW, fusion reactor as the ship's main power plant.
         The Patton was armed with four turrets each equipped with a Federal Armory FA-LC-690, dual 345 megawatt, laser cannon battery. These cannons served the same purpose as the Colorado class laser turrets did, only these cannons were more powerful.
         The main anti-spacecraft weapons of the Patton were ten Republic Arms RA-STL-02A1 increased payload capacity space torpedo launchers. These torpedo tubes normally fired the MST-1M, 1000 lb medium range space torpedo, but were capable of also using the SST-1M. The payload of these launchers was twice that of the STL-02 used on the Colorado class and other ships of the time giving the Patton a higher combat endurance.
         The defense systems of the Patton class were six DF-300, deflector field generators, built by Warptron. These defense fields were primarily used for defense against attacks by enemy mobile weapons (space fighters and other mecha) as their usefulness in resisting Capital ship scale weaponry was limited.
          The Patton class served throughout most of the later half of the 1st Interplanetary War period, and during the Ceres conflict. For the first eight months of service the Patton class warships had SBR-01A1 type battle robots on board for assaulting bases on asteroids and planets. However, the SBR-01R came out in 2175 and the Patton class was thus given these new space battle robots in place of the older type SBR-01A1s. The Patton class of main space destroyers were upgraded to the Galleon class in 2193 A.D.