Kotetsu Class Rapid Attack Missile Destroyer

SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Neo-Hebrews of Saturn
TYPE: Interstellar Rapid Attack Missile Destroyer (Meteor Class Refit, Triumph Class Refit)
MODEL: Kotetsu class SDDM-87 (Ironclad Mark-IV)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2187 AD
LENGTH: 704.7 feet (214.8 meters)
WIDTH: 186.4 feet (56.8 meters)
HEIGHT: 99.7 feet (30.4 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace x 6
OUTPUT: 30,000 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1.5 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 6500 tons
CREW: 92 (7 Operators, 32 Gunners, 8 Officers, 7 Engineers, 7 Technicians, 7 Electricians, 4 Medical, plus 20 pilots.)

PROPULSION:

   FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE :
     1x Prodotech SWD-3040 3rd Generation, Mark-IV Stellar Warp Drive unit.
SPEED: 0.23 light years per hour maximum warp

SUBLIGHT DRIVE:
   4x Lunar Dynamics PD-2000-MKII plasma drives Level-II
SPEED: kiloMACH 3.2 each or 0.004C each (2,432,000 mph each or 0.012C total for all four engines combined)

WEAPONS:

PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
   4x Titan Technologies TT-KB-3180 540-megawatt triple KAISER (KAon-Infused-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.

        *KAISER beam weapons do full damage to energy resistant armor like that used by the Prodono and other alien powers.

   SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
   8x Lithgear LG-CML-5000 cruise missile launcher; Missile Type: UN-SRT-5000 short-range 5000-pound computer-guided cruise missile/space torpedo (597.5 kiloton nuclear warhead); Effective Range: 35.1 miles; Payload: 2 cruise missiles each in a forward facing retractable missile silo; ROF: 1 torpedo each.

         PRIMARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
   8x MMI ASML-10KB single-shot cruise missile "Box" launcher; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 47.8-megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 1 space torpedo each torpedo launcher; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds.

ELECTRONICS:
1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications Suite with a range of 1 light year.
1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
            2x NADAR (Neutrino Acquisition And Ranging) sensor dish, with 10,000 mile range.
1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
1x Active EMS array with a range of 100,000 miles.
1x Super Luminal Velocity Sensor Suite with a range of 1 parsec (3.26 light years).
2x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability. One for Intersection Drive.

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS:
6x Cydonia Research CR-DF-1000 omnidirectional LEVEL-1 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 1000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 1000 megawatts each; Output: 180 terajoules with a regeneration of 18 terajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAYS:
1x 1600-yd³ground-assault hangar that holds up to twenty Main Battle Robots, normally fifteen MBR-01C and five MBR-01B1s.

Description/Overview:

The SDDM-87 Kotetsu class was an anti-spacesub/stealth-ship version of the Meteor class of Landing Ship Tank. With the bulk of the Saturn Space Defense Force fleet comprised of carriers and the heavy use of Protean fighters, a landing ship was no longer a necessity. Therefore, the Meteor class was repurposed as a missile-destroyer with emphasis on anti-ship missiles (8 of them) that could be used against spacesubs/stealth-ships using sensor jamming suites and light-bending-shield arrays. The twin NADAR dishes of the Kotetsu class was to provide redundancy in the event one dish was damaged/destroyed. A quartet of KAISER beam turrets meant the ship could be used against Prodono style starships effectively. This class proved adequate during the final year of the Outer Sphere War, and the initial years of the 2nd Interplanetary War where spacesub type craft were used extensively.