Post by Vermillion on Jul 20, 2017 16:11:07 GMT -8
Code Name: Drake Class
Class: Space Destroyer
Flagships: N/A
Manufacture: Principality Shipyards
Deployment: EC 025
Dimensions: 130 meters length;
Armor Materials: Lunar Steel Alloy
Propulsion: 4x Main Engines, Ejectable; 4x Secondary Engines;
Equipment: Sensors, range: 300 Kilometers;
Fixed Weapons:
2x 75mm 6-Barrel Vulcan Cannons, mounted ahead of bridge and below the bow;
2x 3-Tube Torpedo Launchers, mounted on bow;
4x 10-Barrel Missile Launchers, mounted on wings;
Capacity: 4 Machines, must be hard strapped to the hull for transport.
Catapults: 0
Technical and Historical Data
Developed by the Earth Union as a basic ship for their Space Forces to use, the Drake Class is one of the main vessels used in any patrol or defense fleet. The Drake features decent armor when defending against low caliber ammunition and is very quick even against other ships of its class. The main purpose of the Drake originally was to be an asteroid killer, used for clearing debris and protecting other ships from the random dangers of free moving objects in space. However, when the Martian Civil Uprising broke out, many were repurposed for battle and now the Drake Class is used in everyday fleet combat. It features a pair of 75mm Vulcan Cannons which can easily take down enemy Mobile Workers and Mobile Suits but against other ships, not so much. In ship-to-ship warfare, a set of 10-tube missile launchers can easily disable or cripple enemy ships with just a few hits but can also use its torpedo launchers to finish the job.