I'll leave this pathetically unfinished sheet here just to call dibs on a stealth frigate. I have most of the sheet already thought out roughly, I just gotta get around to writing it. And also I want some stuff clarified first, that I'll bug Googer about over Steam. Also because I made it while bored, [url=http://i.imgur.com/dAwSyst.png]here[/url] is what my ship looks like from a bird's eye view, roughly. It's not supposed to be a perfect representation, but it gets the idea across.


[hider=Marathon][b]Vessel Name:[/b] [i]Marathon[/i]

[b]Vessel Type:[/b] Stealth Frigate
[b]Vessel Class:[/b] Argus-class Frigate

[b]Armament Loadout:[/b]

The main armament on the [i]Marathon[/i] is its massive railgun, which runs the length of the ship in a way that makes the vessel look as though it is a giant rail rifle.

WIP

[b]Onboard Vehicles:[/b] 
- Two Danio dropships, designed to carry 12 personnel or loads of 1.25 tons.
- One Jotnar Combat Exosuit, a mechanized armor suit capable of operating in most atmospheres as well as space.

WIP?

[b]Crew:[/b] TBA

[b]Overview:[/b] 

The [i]Marathon[/i] is designed for stealth. Its overall shape is meant to hide as much of its signature as possible. Equipped with a reverse-engineered Vorqhul stealth drive capable of generating a magnetic field that causes incoming radio waves to bend around the ship, the [i]Marathon[/i] is a state-of-the-art spy vessel. Although highly advanced, the stealth drive is largely experimental and prone to partial failure. For this reason, the [i]Marathon[/i] is designed with a slick surface and sharp, angular edges meant to throw off any residual waves. 


In combat, the [i]Marathon[/i] operates in a similar way to planet-borne submarines; it remains undetected and strikes by surprise using its primary armament - a massive railgun running the length of the ship. A product borne of desperation in the final years of the Human-Vorqhul War, the railgun is big enough to pierce the hull of any human warship and, theoretically, Vorqhul vessels as well. The latter was never tested  in combat as the war came to an end before any Argus-class vessels were deployed, so the effectiveness of the railgun against modern Vorqhul ships remains inconclusive. 

The massive gun gives the [i]Marathon[/i] the appearance of a giant rail rifle, with two massive, parallel conductors making up half of the ship.

As the fourth, and latest ship in the Argus-class, the [i]Marathon[/i] has not seen much combat. Far from a seasoned ship, it has only seen sporadic, small-scale action against insurrectionists in the outer colonies. Of worthy note, was its participation in the blockade of Terminus, where it assisted in effectively quarantining the planet by using its advanced sensors to provide intelligence on rebel ships attempting to circumvent the blockade. More recently, the Marathon has been deployed to the edges of the Mutual Exclusion Zone, where it used its sensors to enforce the treaty signed by Humans and Vorqhul at the end of the war. The [i]Marathon[/i] was also present at Nuevo Arauco, where it reported the inaction and seeming desertion of the [i]Nemesis[/i].

WIP

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[b]Commander:[/b] TBD
[b]M/F:[/b] M
[b]Age:[/b] 28
[b]Rank:[/b] Commander
[b]Bio:[/b] TBA