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Redspike class System Defense Boat

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The Dean Files Redspike class System Defense Boat (Military Spaceship)

The Redspike class takes its name from a spectacular flower of Trin, and is a standard SDB design dating back centuries. Not all systems follow the convention of naming these vessels after flowers. The Redspike exhibits no unusual design features. It is a typical TL9 design, arranged as a tailstander due to the lack of artificial gravity.

CraftID: Redspike class SDB, TL9, MCr304
Hull: 360/900, Disp=400, Config=1SL, Armor=40D, Unloaded=5410t, Loaded=5800t
Power: 42/84, Fusion=3720MW, Dur=75 days at full power
Loco: 62/124, Maneuver=4 (StdGrav=28.6kt), MaxSpeed=1000kph, Cruise=750kph, TrueAcc=4.93G orbital/2.47G deepspace, Agility=5/2
Comm: Radio=System, LaserComm=System, MaserComm=System
Sensors: EMM Radar=FarOrbit, Ladar=FarOrbit, RadarJammer=FarOrbit, Radar Direction Finder, Laser Sensor, ActObjScan=Routine, ActObjPin=Routine, PassEnScan=Form
Off: 
Hardpoints=4
      BeamLaser=xx3      Missile=x02
    Batteries     1                2
    Bearing       1                2
Def: 
DefDm+9
      SandCaster=xx3
    Batteries      1
    Bearing        1
Control: Computer Mod3fib*3, Heads Up Display*7, CompLink*690
Accom: Crew=7 (2 bridge, 2 engineer, 2 gunners, 1 command), Staterooms=7, Env=basic env, basic ls, extended ls
Other: Fuel=3350kl, Cargo=125kl, MissileMagazine=60kl (100b-r), Fuel Scoops, ObjSize=Average, EmLevel=Faint

Author: R.S.Dean