SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Picket Ship/Torpedo boat
MODELS: Defender Class  (Kentucky class Mark-III)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2178 AD
LENGTH: 200 feet
WIDTH: 85 feet
HEIGHT: 60 feet
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT:
         2xFederal Energy FEFR-400 (powers laser cannons)
         2xFederal Energy FEFR-1200 (all other systems)
OUTPUT:
         800 megawatts (2xFEFR-400)
         2400 megawatts (FEFR-1200)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch (25.4mm)
DISPLACEMENT: 300 tons
CREW: 24 (3 Operators, 4 Gunners, 2 Officers, 6 Engineers, 3 Technicians, 3 Electricians, 2 Medical, 1 Science)

PROPULSION
             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE :
              1x Warptron/O'Neilla Star-flight Research & Development IDU-T3-30R Type-3 Mark-IR (ring) Intersection Drive unit
             SPEED: .18 light years per hour

             PRIMARY (Main Engine):
             1x Lockheed ID-250 high yield ion engine
             SPEED: 63,080 mph

             AUXILLIARY
             11x Bohing ID-62 ion engines
             SPEED: 15,200 mph each (167,200 mph total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Republic Arms RFLC-502 dual 50-megawatt rapid-fire laser turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with 800-megawatt nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 8 dual blasts every ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 48 dual blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             4x Bohing STL-01B space torpedo launcher; Missile Type: MHST-01 2000-pound SMART-guided space torpedo with 239-Kiloton yield nuclear warhead; Effective Range: 27 miles; Payload: 2 space torpedoes each; ROF: 1 or both torpedoes at once.

            PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             4x MMI ASML-110K single-shot cruise missile launcher; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 1.195 megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 1 space torpedoes each torpedo launcher; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds.  


ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 40,000-mile range.
             1x Laser Radio array with a 240,000 mile range.
             1x Super Luminal Velocity communications suite with a range of 1 light year.
             1x RADAR array with a range of 10,000 mile range.
             1x Passive EMS sensor array with a range of 500,000 miles.
             1x Active EMS sensor array with a range of 50,000 miles.
             1x Super Luminal Velocity sensor suite with a range of 1 parsec (2.6 light years)
             2x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: one provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.  The other provides the gravitic-field for the intersection drive unit.

CARGO BAY:
            1x 105.8 yd3 Bay holds 1 year and 77 days of food and supplies for the crew.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
              6x Norking NK-DF-25 25-megawatt level-1 Gravitic deflector field generators; RANGE: 25 feet; OUTPUT: 4500 gigajoules/4.5 terajoules, with a regeneration rate of 450 gigajoules/.45 terajoules every 10 seconds.