SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: United Nations Space Corps
TYPE: Heavy Multipurpose Shuttle Type-01
MODEL: Io Factory #6, AS-04 (corvette)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2173 AD
DIMENSIONS:
         Main Body: 150 feet long x 20 foot high x 20 feet wide.
         Engine Pods: 75 feet long x 25 feet high x 25 feet wide.
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Hensai Energy HEFR-5000A fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 1000 tons
CREW: 76 (10 Pilots, 10 Technicians, 10 Electricians, 10 Engineers, 25 Gunners, 7 Officers, 4 Medical)

PROPULSION
             Interstellar:
             2x Cydonia Research 1st Generation Type-I CR-TSWD-760
             SPEED: 0.038 light years per hour each (0.076 total)

             Interplanetary:
             4x Eurospace ES-ID-400
             SPEED: 30,400 mph each (121,600 mph total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             1xCydonia Research dual CR-EMPAC-80 electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon turret; Effective Range: 200 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system recharged by the shuttle's main reactor: ROF: up to 6 dual blasts per minute in individual discharges of 2 blasts.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             2xUNSC LC-120 laser cannon barbettes; Effective Range: 1200 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system recharged by the shuttle's main reactor. ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds for up to 9 blasts per minute.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             12xDaigin Industries DI-STL-800 six-shot concealed retractable missile launchers; Missile Type: UNSST-01 800-pound television-guided space torpedo; Effective Range: 54.2 miles; Payload: 12 torpedoes each launcher in a stacked autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1 to 6 torpedoes each launcher per salvo for a total of 72 torpedoes. Up to 360 torpedoes can be fired within ten seconds.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Laser Communications array with a 1AU range.
              1x Passive EMS array with a range of 500,000 miles.
              1x Active EMS array with a range of 1000 miles.
              1xAntigravity control system.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6xCydonia Research CR-DF-300 omnidirectional LEVEL-1 Gravitonic deflector field generators; Range: 300 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 300 megawatts each; Output: 54,000 gigajoules with a regeneration of 5400 gigajoules every ten seconds.

Description/Overview:
             The AS-04 was introduced during the 1st Interplanetary War after considerable upgrades were made to the design in 2173, which made the craft the equivalent of the Arctic class.