SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Colonial Confederacy (Type-81DE only) Alpha Centauri Protectorate (Type-81DE and Type-92DE)
TYPE: Interstellar Astro Missile-destroyer Escort (Narvi Class refit)
MODEL: Type-81DE (Ironclad Mark-IV) & Type-92DE (Ironclad Mark-V)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2181 AD (refit 2192)
LENGTH: 646 feet (197 meters)
WIDTH: 185.6 feet (56.6 meters)
HEIGHT: 99.4 feet (30.3 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite Alloy
POWER PLANT: 5x Hensai Energy HEFR-5000 Fusion Reactor
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (25,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 5500 tons
CREW: 69 (6 Operators, 19 Gunners, 6 Officers, 6 Engineers, 6 Technicians, 6 Electricians, 4 Medical, Science 2, plus 12 pilots.)

PROPULSION

             (TYPE-81)
             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE :
             1x Pluto Industrial PIID-T4-2000 Type-4-Mark-IV intersection drive unit
             SPEED: 1 light-year per hour maximum warp

             (TYPE-92)
             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE :
             1x Alpha Centauri Industrial ACI-SLV-200 Type-1 Super Luminal Velocity Drive unit
             SPEED: 2.5 light-years per hour maximum warp

             (BOTH)
             SUBLIGHT DRIVE::
             4x Centauri Aerospace AC-IPFE-600 Ion Plasma Fusion Engines
             SPEED: kiloMACH 36.4 or 7684 miles per second each (KM 146.6 or 30,736 miles per second total for all four engines combined)

WEAPONS:
             (BOTH)
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             3x Lighgear LG-EMPAC-2003 200-megawatt triple EMPAC turrets; Effective Range: 1000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 1 triple blast every ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 6 triple blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
              1x Lithgear LG-CML-5004 16-shot cruise missile launcher; Missile Type: UN-SRT-5000A short-range 5000-pound computer-guided cruise missile/space torpedo; Effective Range: 35.1 miles; Payload: 16 cruise missiles each in a vertical launch missile silo; ROF: 1-4 torpedo per two seconds.

              PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             2x Pluto Arms PA-STL-800 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: UNSST-01A short-range 800-pound television-guided space torpedo (95.6 kiloton nuclear warhead); Effective Range: 20.8 miles; Payload: 20 torpedoes each tube.  ROF: up to 1 torpedo per two seconds each launcher.

ELECTRONICS:
             (BOTH)
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 100,000 miles range.
              1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications Suite with a range of 10 light years.
              1x RADAR array with a 100,000 miles range.
              1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
              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 80 parsec (260.8 light years).
              2x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability. One for Intersection Drive.

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS:
             (Type-81DE)
             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.

             (Type-92DE)
             6x Pluta Dynamics PD-DF-1000A omnidirectional LEVEL-2 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 1000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 1000 megawatts each; Output: 216 terajoules with a regeneration of 21.6 terajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAYS:
             (BOTH)
              1x 2244-yd3 holds up to twelve PS-35J Astro Drakens.

Description/Overview:
              (Type-81DE)
              The Jovian Defense Force Narvi class refit of the old Solar Empire Conqueror class destroyer was an exceptionally successful missile-destroyer design of the late 1st Interplanetary War and post-war period. The problem was however, that the Narvi used a Type-2 Intersection Drive unit, and PHELAC beam weapons. These were viewed as being wholly inadequate in the mind of Edric VonStalin, the commander of the Pluto Republic's armed forces. He wanted a vessel that could make use of the existing fleet of Narvi and Conqueror vessels in their space navy, and so a refit project for the Narvi types of vessels was initiated in 2180. By late 2181, a refit, the Type-81DE destroyer escort, was approved for mass upgrade of their existing fleet and construction of new vessels of the Type-81DE model.

              (Type-92DE)
                While the Type-81DE destroyer escort enjoyed a prestigious career throughout the Ceres Conflict and the Outer Sphere War, by the end of the Outer Sphere War it was clear the destroyer escort was reaching its limit in terms of ability. The Prodono Android fleet pushed the class's abilities to their limit to the point where it was obvious it could no longer be relied upon to perform the mission required of it (defending the Type-81DD Destroyer). Therefore, Edric VonStalin, keenly aware of the fact that they had a considerable number of Type-81DE destroyer escorts in service, chose to have them refit/upgraded again instead of building a whole new class of escort. The Intersection Drive was replaced with a Type-01 Super Luminal Velocity drive system derived from the Prodono Android type of FTL engine. Stronger deflector shield generators were added, but outside of that, the ship was essentially a Type-81DE. The 2nd Interplanetary war proved that the Type-92DE's missile weapons were simply too short range to be effective in combat with actual Prodono Federation or Republic spacecraft like the Raul Zhem Kai. As a result of this reality, the Type-92DE was the last ship of the Conqueror family of spacecraft.