Here's some ship info [hider=Avenger-Class Gunship] Length: 15 Meters (18 if Extended)* Crew: 1 Pilot, 1 Gunner Engines: (STL) 2 VTOL Plasma Engines Power: 4 Fusion Cells Defenses: 'Light' Multilayer Defensive Armor Plating Ejection System Armament: 4 Dual-Pulsed Particle Blasters 18 Dumb-fire/Smart Missiles (High Explosives or Low-Yield Fission Warheads) 2 Smart/Guided Missiles (Medium-Yield Fission to High-Yield Fusion Warheads) The Marzon response to the Anjian Helraiders, the Avenger-class is somewhat lacking in terms of maneuverability, but makes up for it in it's fighter-killing power and excellent speed. Packing more than a dozen anti-fighter missiles and four particle blasters, the Avenger-class was deemed an acceptable fighter while also having available two anti-ship missiles. Note*: The Avenger-class has an unusual feature, it is able to 'extend' or 'retract' the lower part of it's body, giving it a smaller profile in a dogfight (at the cost of the blasters) or increased speed in atmospheric flight. [/hider] [hider=Harbinger-Class Corvette] Length: 200 Meters Crew: 100 Passengers: 20 Power: 1 Gravimetric Fusion Reactor Engines: (STL) 2 Plasma Engines (FTL) Jump Drive Engine Defenses: E.D.A. Multilayer Defensive Armor Plating Armament: 4 Dual-Plasma Burst Cannons 3 Missile Launchers -15 Light Nuclear Missiles Each -10 Heavy Nuclear Missiles Each Compliment: N/A Summary: The oldest and most recognizable ship in the Navy, the Harbinger-class is, to date, the most widely produced ship in the history of the Empire. Even today, compared to newer and more advanced classes, the Harbinger still beats them in sheer numbers, simply due to the cost of decommissioning them, not to mention the political backlash from trying to do so. History: As the first dedicated warship, it boasted weapons and abilities that were required at the time to deal with pirates, along with it's fast construction style using then new construction techniques, meant it was being built in mass quantities. Small, fast, and cost-effective, it became the premier warship of the age and a symbol of the Navy's dedication to the people. While it was used in the beginning only for a patrol ship and protection of convoys against pirates, the ship as a class would prove themselves effective in the fires of war during the Great Purge, ensuring the concept of a small and fast, yet deadly combat ship would survive through the ages up to the new Herald-classes. Captains of these ships were considered, and still are, Pioneers of the Empire, becoming even an official title for those who serve aboard one of these for a period of more then ten years. During the Anjian War, these men constantly distinguished themselves, meaning that of all of the captains who have served in the Navy and have earned The Seal of Honor, the majority date back to this period. [/hider] [hider=Deliverance-class Frigate] Length: 1,600 Meters Crew: 800 Passengers: 400 Power: 3 Gravimetric Fusion Reactors Engines: (STL) 3 Plasma Engines (FTL) Jump Drive Engine Defenses: E.D.A. M.A.W.D. Multilayer Defensive Armor Plating Armament: 3 Triple-Plasma Cannons 5 Quad-Particle Beam Cannons 2 Missile Launchers -10 Light Nuclear Missiles Each -5 Plasma Torpedoes Each Compliment: 10 Fighter/bomber craft Summary: The second largest class to date, the Deliverance-class is one of the older warships still in service. Still adequate by current standards, she is a purely anti-capital starship, where her plasma and nuclear armament makes her effective at getting past heavier defenses that may present problems or otherwise hold back the armor-penetrating particle beams. An interesting note, while the ship lacks the shielding of the Savior, it does have it's own unique defense system called Munitions And Warhead Defense, or M.A.W.D. for short. It was developed as the 'successor' to E.D.A., though it never proved quite as popular due to the costs involved and complexity of the design. An experimental defense system, M.A.W.D. fired off disk-shaped shrapnel, flak, and even sensor nodes to distract and confuse enemy weapons systems, or even to diffuse them before they hit the target, and perhaps cause them entirely to miss. This was in addition to E.D.A. [/hider] [hider=Savior-class Destroyer] Length: 2,000 Meters Crew: 1,500 Passengers: 1,000 Power: 8 Gravimetric Fusion Reactors Engines: (STL) 2 Gravimetric/Plasma Engines (FTL) Jump Drive Engine Defenses: E.D.A. Multilayer Defensive Armor Plating Limited Energy Shield Armament: 4 Nuclear Siege Guns 12 Particle Beam Cannons 14 Missile Launchers -20 Light Nuclear Missiles Each -10 Heavy Nuclear Missiles Each 2 Heavy Duty Warhead Launchers -1 Anti-Planetary Nuclear Warhead Each Compliment: 50 Fighter/bomber craft Summary: The Pride of the Imperial Navy, the Savior-class Destroyer represents the culmination of the Empire's technological prowess to date. Not only does it boast the most advanced gravitic drive of the Navy and the more expensive sensor suits, but even has the first operational energy shield designs of the Empire. Previous warships were forced to make due without the advantage of energy shielding, in odd and effective ways, including the E.D.A. History: The Savior was first brought to concept as a planetary siege platform, during the Anjian War. At the time the Navy had no true dedicated Anti-planetary warships, relying on the ability instead to quickly deploy ground forces. Such a tactic would have proven disastrous against the Anjians, who would delight in the slaughter with projected invasion casualties in the millions, if not hundreds of millions. Plans for the ship required were created and the first prototype produced, and testing of it's most terrifying weapons took place less then a year later, known now as the Anti-Planetary Nuclear Warhead. It was previously nicknamed "Gods Wrath" for the massive destruction unleashed on the test target, the Anjian colony world of Zra'baz. The warhead is unique in that it is a series of guided cluster-like munitions, complete with false warheads and jammers to cause confusion and increase the warheads survivability. Once the Navy had successfully tested the weapons and the ship's capabilities, it wasn't long before most of the Anjian planets were scoured of life, and victory was assured. Though incredibly complicated and well armed, there have been a few minor improvements in the decades since, and without a war to cause the need of such destructive platforms, the ships are few in number. [/hider] [hider=Energy Defense Array] The Energy Defensive Array, more commonly known as E.D.A., is the mainstay defense of Empire vessels, besides their own hull, though the high grade versions are always found on military vessels. E.D.A. functions on two principles, both listed: 1. That incoming projectiles should not reach the hull 2. Anything else should be mitigated as best as possible before reaching the hull With those two concepts in mind, the E.D.A. was born, and later improved on with gravitic technology. The original design, the 'Aegis' design, consisted of two separate systems working in conjunction. The first is a point defense weapons array, which uses incredibly fast targeting systems to track enemy projectile weapons, and use either defensive laser arrays or solid state slugs to intercept the enemy projectiles far from the ships hull. The second system is a series of energy field projectors, all placed along the hull, that detect incoming beam or area of effect munitions and activate to best reduce the effectiveness of enemy weapons. For beams this would mean 'stacking' several energy fields to reduce penetrating power, and for explosives it would be side to side for protection. The newest design, mostly only found on Savior-class Destroyers, applies the gravimetric technology to the second system, utilizing a gravitic/energy field that excels at reducing enemy weapon effectiveness.[/hider]