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Drake

1. About the Ship

The Drake was designed to give the Drathonians the capability of carrying a large amount of fighters and Anti-ship weapons onto a bttlefield, as well as to create an inexpensive command cruiser with commendable electronics capabilities.

2. History and Background

The Drake is fairly old, from just after the Rimworld Rebellions. It was built using many OUTO technologies, and considered one of the better ships of the fleet. It's performance was high enough that it has continued to serve with the Drathonian Navy, simply with refits and newer versions. the current version is 22C, it is the third refit of the 22nd variant.

3. Statistics and Performance

  • Organizations Using This Vessel: Drathonian Navy
  • Type: DT-B7-22C
  • Class: Battleship/command cruiser
  • Designer: Unknown
  • Manufacturer: Dracharia letima
  • Production: Estimated at 2,000, actual number unknown
  • Crew: Between 10,000 and 25,000 depending on model.
  • Pilots: at least 15 bridge crew at all times.
  • Maximum Capacity: 30,000 Drathonians, around 50,000 Humans
  • Appearance: It looks like a big spiky block, covered in various fins and weapons emplacements.

Dimensions

  • Length: 1280 meters
  • Width: 213 meters
  • Height:691 meters
  • Decks: 200 at 3 meters

Performance

  • Speed (STL): .18c
  • Speed (Warp): 18,000c
  • Speed (Fold): 150 ly/m
  • Range: 8 months at top speed
  • Lifespan: Estimated at 50 years
  • Refit Cycle: Once a year

4. Roleplay Stats and Cost

Sections and Armor Rating

  • Bridge: Heavy
  • Body: Heavy
  • Engines: Heavy
  • Shields: Heavy

5. Inside the Ship

Compartment Layouts

Armory

There are two armories on each level, one fore and one aft

Bridge

The bridge is a large room full of computers and crairs, all made for drathonians, but capable of being utilized by humans.

Captain's Suite

The captain's suite is a large circular room, just aft of the bridge. Often full of excercise gear.

Cargo Storage Areas

The middle ten levels are dedicated to cargo storage, and store all the supplies neccesary to run the ship for as long as fuel holds out, but no longer.

Crew Quarters

Large rooms lined with shallow pits in which the Drathonians can curl up and sleep.

Crew Recreation

the upper two levels contain recreation areas, mainly shooting ranges and open spaces for sperring.

Engineering

Several levels contain engineering rooms, which can also control many functions of the ship. they have access to vital ship systems, as well as storage for neccesary tools.

Maintenance Conduits

Fairly large, as neccessitated by the Drathonian Physiology, the Maintainence conduits snake their way through and between every level of the ship, providing access to many parts of the ship.

Medical Center and Laboratory

Some newer model Drake cruisers have a rudimentary medical bay, that is little more than a storage closet for surgical tools.

Passageways

The passageways are 10x 20 foot square tunnels placed through each floor in a gridwork that accesses all the rooms in the ship.

Hangar Bays

Very large, these hangar bays are 6 levels tall and run to the center of the ship, there is one on each side, and they are seperated by a large wall that has several walkways above it, as well as numerous ladders and stairs, to be used to access fighters and shuttles stored on Hangers without needing to get them down. The fighter hangers fold into the ceiling for storage.

6. Ship Systems

Armored Hull and Hull Integrated Systems

The hull is generally made up of thick layers of Depleted uranium, mixed with alternating layers of steel, lead, and titanium.

Computers and Electronics

The Drake has a large solid state computer system, made up of a network of CPU's placed throughout the ship, one in each engineering section, each armory, and the main core in the bridge. these cores are networked and provide relatively good processing.

Emergency Systems

Rudimentary sprinkler systems are on every deck to suppress fires. Each deck can be isolated from one another in the case of a hull breach.

Life Support Systems

There are air scrubbers in all the vents which purify the air for six months then must be replaced.

Propulsion

The Drake is propelled by a mix of Ion engines and 'Fusion Drive' engines, giving it a decent top speed for it's size class.

It also has a Warp drive, though this is somewhat small for such a large ship, and therefore isn't very fast.

Shield Systems

The Drake carries a shield system similar to a Plutanovicz system, but differs in that it puts more stake into stopping Projectiles than energy weapons. the Shield generator is buried within the center of the ship, and produces shields via an array of projectors on the hull.

Weapons Systems

Main Weapons

The main weapons on a Drake are three pairs of 10' bore cannon, one on each side and one on the dorsal surface. these cannons fire several types of shells including Armor piercing, High explosive, and Nuclear rounds.

7. Vehicle Complement

Shuttles

Generally a Drake carries around 50 shuttles.

Fighters

A Drake can carry around 400 fighters, depending on type.

bhotr/starship/drake_class_command_cruiser.txt · Last modified: 2023/02/07 11:24 by 127.0.0.1