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Juno Class Space Frigate(Version 1- Last Modified: Saturday, Aug 16th 2011)RPG Stats by Kodai Okuda (primeadministrator@nexusarcana.com) |
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Juno Class Space Frigate(Version 1- Last Modified: Saturday, Aug 16th 2011)RPG Stats by Kodai Okuda (primeadministrator@nexusarcana.com) |
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GOVERNMENT:United States SpaceNavy
TYPE: Frigate
MODEL: Juno class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2059 AD
LENGTH: 300 feet
WIDTH: 137 feet
HEIGHT: 90 feet
MATERIAL: Composite Alloy
POWER PLANT:
Rokwheel RNR-10600 nuclear reactor
OUTPUT: 10,600 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Composite Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: .25 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 3000 tons
CREW: 79 (3 Operator/pilot, 7 Officers, 4 Medical, 26 Gunners, 3 Technician, 3 Electrician, 3 Engineers, 20 Flight, 10 Security)
PROPULSION
PRIMARY:
1x Rocketdyne RFT-1776 Fusion Thruster
SPEED: 90,000 mph
AUXILLIARY:
4x Rocketdyne FT-493.5 Fusion Thrusters
SPEED: 25,000 mph each
WEAPONS:
PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
3x Norking LC-1602 160-megawatt dual laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 800 miles; Power Requirement: 160-megawatts; ROF: up to 6 dual blasts per minute.
SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
4x Norking LC-801 80-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 800 miles; Power Requirement: 80-megawatts; ROF: up to 6 blasts per minute.
SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
6x Bohing STL-02; Missile Type: MHST-01 2000-pound SMART-guided space torpedo; Effective Range: 27 miles; Payload: 10 space torpedoes each; ROF: 1 torpedo each launcher every 2 seconds (up to 30 per minute).
PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
8x Norking LC-402 dual 20-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 200 miles; Power Requirement: 40-megawatts; ROF: up to 12 blasts per minute.
ELECTRONICS:
1x Microwave radio Communications array with a 10 AU range.
1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
1x RADAR sensor array with a 200,000-mile range.
1x Passive EMS sensor array with a 500,000-mile range.
1x Active EMS Sensor array with a range of 50,000 miles.
1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.
DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
6x Norking ND-300 300-megawatt nuclear dampener generators; RANGE: 30 miles; Effect: Random due to numerous variables. In general, the nuclear dampeners provided moderate to considerable resistance to energy weapons and were able to cause missile warheads to either explode or go inert within its area of effect.
Description/Overview:
The first combat between the initial squadron of Type-59 Corvettes with UN assault shuttle forces in 2059 led Admiral Horatio Xavier to call for the immediate development of a larger warships. He knew that a frigate sized vessel would permit the fledgling USSN space fleet to dominate the Earth sphere within a relatively short period of time. Admiral Xavier chose a frigate scale vessel for the simple reason that such a spacecraft would require less crew, but retain suitable firepower over that of a larger vessel for dealing with the UNSC fleet. Xavier demanded the new craft be fast, moderately armored, and heavily armed. From these requirements the Juno class space frigate was born.
The Juno class was built to fight in actual space warfare against the spacecraft of the UNSC fleet in the same manner as the Type-59. Thus the same need for a fast moving warship caused the USSN design team to mount a large Rocketdyne RFT-1776 fusion thruster capable of propelling the craft at 90,000 mph. This engine was viewed as being adequate for Juno-to-Earth travel, but not enough for travel within the inner sphere of the Sol starsystem. Therefore, four Rocketdyne FT-493.5 Fusion Thrusters were added to the craft in order to provide an additional 100,000 mph of speed. Thus the combined speed of the Juno was the same as that of the Type-59: 190,000 mph. This speed was more than enough to travel between the inner planets and the asteroid belt.
The weapons of the Juno class frigate were some of the most powerful weapons mounted on a space warship of the 2060s. Three Norking LC-1602 160-megawatt dual laser cannon turrets acted as the main batteries of the space frigate. These weapons allowed the frigate to go head-to-head with the ST-52 space transport/spacefighter carrier. The Juno also had four single-barrel, Norking LC-801 80-megawatt laser cannon turrets as its secondary offensive beam weaponry that allowed the Juno to the ability to fend off assault shuttles without using its main batteries. Eight dual-barrel, Norking LC-402 40-megawatt laser cannon turrets acted as the primary anti-mecha/spacefighter weapons of the warship in the same manner as the Type-59 Corvette. These dual-barrel cannon turrets were mounted in key locations along the top and bottom of the hull of the vessel in order to maximize their defensive capability. The final armaments of the Juno class were six Bohing STL-02 heavy space torpedo tubes. Each of these tubes carried ten MHST-01 medium-range heavy space torpedoes armed with HEAP warheads (nuclear only when needed). These warheads were capable of destroying practically any UNSC spacecraft, but were intended mostly to expediate the capture of Atlas class super-heavy transport ships/space-tugs.
The Juno was fitted with six Norking Norking ND-300 300-megawatt nuclear dampener generators in concealed hardpoints on the hull. These generators gave the craft unprecedented protection for a warship of its era, and paved the way for use of the nuclear dampening systems in future generations of USSN/EFF spacecraft. It was also fitted wtih a gravitational control unit (antigravity).
The Juno class space frigate proved to be such a second major success for the USSN that is was produced for over twenty years. It was an excellent fighting vessel and subsequently was built in large numbers. The production rate at the planetoid of Juno was 1 ship per month from 2059 until 2081 when the original class was replaced by the Venus class upgrade. Thus the total fleet of orignal Juno class ships was 264 vessels at the end of production. The Juno class were engaged in combat almost as soon as the first vessels left the shipyards of the planetoid Juno in 2059. These warships continued fighting until the last few months of the 1st Interplanetary War and in subsequent years against space pirates afterwards. After the Earth Federal Republic began its re-armament program in 2081, the Juno class was upgraded to the Venus class and used as the main patrol vessel of the Earth Federal SpaceNavy. It should be noted that these vessels are exclusive to the EFSN and were never used by the Earth Federal Space Marine forces.
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