SPECIFICATIONS


GOVERNMENT: Alkaid Republic
TYPE: Omni-Hull Warship Frame
MODELS: SDD-02 (Heavy Space Destroyer)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2188 AD
LENGTH: 1397.3 feet (425.9 meters))
WIDTH: 643.1 feet (196 meters)
HEIGHT: 386.3 feet (117.7 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Gaea Energy GEFR-5000 (80 port, 80 starboard, 80 aft: 240 total)
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each reactor (600,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS:1.5 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 290,000 tons
CREW: 103 (CREW ROSTER: 6 GUNNERS, 16 ENGINEERS, 10 ELECTRICIANS, 10 TECHNICIANS, 10 OPERATORS, 4 MEDICAL, 7 OFFICERS, 20 FIGHTER PILOTS, 20 BattleKnight pilots)

PROPULSION
             FASTER THAN LIGHT :
             2x Prodotech SWD-104.5KA 6th Generation Mark-VII stellar warp drives
             SPEED: 0.48 light-years per hour each (0.96 light-years total)

             INTERPLANETARY:
              2x Union Industrial UI-PD-225K Plasma Drive
             SPEED: KiloMACH 25.8 each (5447 miles per second each, KiloMACH 51.6/10,893 miles per second total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             3x Gia Arms GA-EMPAC-3003 triple 300-megawatt EMPAC turrets; Effective Range: 1500 miles; Payload: Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 6 triple blasts per minute in cycles of 1 triple blast per 10 seconds.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             6x Alkaid Arms AA-STL-02A3 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: AA-ST-600 600-pound computer-guided space torpedo; Effective Range: 7111 miles; Payload: 60 torpedoes in a machine-fed torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo each launcher every two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute each tube.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Laser Communications array with a 10 AU range.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications suite with a range of 10 light years.
              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 20 parsec (63.2 light years)
              1x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6x Proxima Research PR-DF-1100A omnidirectional LEVEL-3 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 1100 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 1100 megawatts each; Output: 277,200 gigajoules (277.2 terajoules) with a regeneration of 27,720 gigajoules (27.72 terajoules) every ten seconds.

HANGARS:
            (MAIN HANGAR: MAIN BODY)
             1x 62,000 yd3 Holds 20 PS-35J Protean space fighter/bombers, or two AS-01 type assault shuttles (or equivalent).

            (BATTLEKNIGHT HANGAR: BRIDGE SECTION)
                1x 450yd3 Holds 20 BattleKnights.

Description/Overview:
         The SSD-01 heavy space destroyer was the workhorse of the USR space navy and while it proved very effective in the Ceres Conflict of the 2180s, the Outer Sphere War exposed the shortcomings of the ship's shields, weapons and faster than light drive systems. Thus, starting in 2187, an upgrade/refit program was put into motion at Alkaid in order to upgrade the entirety of the SDD-01 fleet to the new SDD-02. Both craft were nearly identical save for the improved Stellar War Drives, triple-barrel EMPAC turrets, improved space torpedoes, and improved deflector shield generators.