Potempkin Class Frigate

SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Planetary Alliance
TYPE: Frigate
MODELS: Potemkin Class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2188 AD
LENGTH: 780.1 feet (238 meters)
WIDTH: 208.7 feet (63.6 meters)
HEIGHT: 206.4 feet (62.9 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: x18 Macrotech IPFF-5000 Ion Plamsa Fusion Furnace
OUTPUT: 5 Gigawatts each (90,000 megawatts/90 Gigawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1.5 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 35,000 tons
CREW: 260 plus up to 40 flight, for 300 total. (35 Operators, 68 Gunners, 26 Officers, 35 Engineers, 35 Technicians, 35 Electricians, 14 Medical, 2 Science, 10 Security, and 40 pilots)

PROPULSION:

PRIMARY (Intra-Solar Engines):
   1x Lunar Dynamics EMD-17.5K Electromagnetic Drive
SPEED: KiloMACH 10 (7,600,000 mph)

           SECONDARY (Interplanetary Engines)
   4x Lunar Dynamics LDFT-900
SPEED: 5700 miles per hour each (22,800 mph total)

           FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
   1x Prodotech SWD-47.5K, 2nd Generation, Mark-III, Stellar Warp Drive
SPEED: 0.475 light years per hour

WEAPONS:

   PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
   3x Federal Armory FA-MC-4502 dual 900-megawatt MESON cannon turrets; Effective Range: 3240 miles; Payload: unlimited nuclear battery clutch; ROF: 1 dual blast every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 3 dual blasts per minute.

           PRIMARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
8x Terratech ASTF-10K cruise missile 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 torpedoes per two seconds.

        PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
   20x Jupiter Arms JA-RFLC-100 dual 50-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 300 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch, holds 800-megawatts for rapid fire; ROF: up to 8 dual-blasts per 2 seconds, with a cyclic rate of 240 dual blasts per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
   1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
   1x Microwave Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
           1x SLV communications suite 1 light-year.
           1x LADAR sensor suite with a 220,000 year 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.
   1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
           (Kinetic)
   6x Warptron DFG-400 400-megawatt LEVEL-03 Gravitonic deflector field generators; RANGE: 400 feet; OUTPUT: 101 terajoules with a regeneration rate of 10.1 terajoules per ten seconds.

              (ENERGY)
            1x Nippon Military Industries NMI-IFD-2K Ion-Field Dampener generator; Range 100 feet each, OUTPUT: Absorbs/Dissipates up to 4000 terajoules (4,000,000 gigajoules) of energy. NOTE: Projectile weapons (like autocannons, etc.) and missiles are not effected by the field.

HANGAR BAYS:
   (Main Hangar)
          1x 6000-yd³; Bay holds up to twenty EA-80 Little Slugger exosuits plus up to 2000 yd³ of ordinance, parts, spare robots and weapon pods.

   (Battle Robot Hangar)
          1x 4000-yd³; Bay holds up to twenty MBR-01C1 Main Battle Robots plus up to 2000 yd³ of ordinance, parts, spare robots and weapon pods.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
50x Escape Pods; Range: 18,240 miles; Effect: Each escape pod holds six individuals, can fly at a speed of Mach 1 for up to 24 hours, has a food supply to provide six persons with one month of food

Description/Overview:
The Outer Sphere War proved that the older 1st Interplanetary War era spacecraft were simply not up to the task of performing the missions of the Planetary Alliance space navy of the 2190s. The Ross 47 Conflict proved this beyond any shadow of doubt when the Tartarian Technocracy and Cosmo Dragoon forces went ship-to-ship with the older spaceships of the PA. It was under these conditions that the Potemkin class was born. Originally designed as a light cruiser, the new and rapidly changing dynamics of the battle for Xanadu colony and the Moon of Good Hope demoted the new design to that of a basic frigate. At 35,000 tons the Potempkin was fifteen thousand tons larger than the Hades class heavy frigate. Armed with newer, more powerful shields, weapons, engines, and reactors, the Potempkin was the main frigate for the initial phases of the Ross 47 conflict and the first year of the 2nd Interplanetary War. The main drawback of the Potempkin was the new, and experimental EMD and Stellar Warp Drive shared engine housing. While the EMD was supposed to be isolated from the Stellar Warp Drive nacelle, the two engines sometimes interfered with each other, usually causing the Stellar Warp Drive to malfunction and shut down. This issue was not common, not did it happen often, but it was enough of a concern that a newer Frigate was designed as quickly as possible to replace the Potempkin and fix this issue.