Protector-class
Manufacturer
Nivenian Empire Board of Technology, contracted to Nivenia Defensive Systems, which is now owned by MegaSuperUltaCorp
Crew capacity
Miniumum crew: 3,000 Recommended crew: 10,000 Sustainable maximum crew: 30,000 Total maximum occupancy: 700,000
Constructed
1,750,000,000
Mass
10 million metric tons
Primary propulsion
3 EW Protium Fusion Rocket
Armament
1 3 EW Protium Fusion Rocket, 3 thousand 200 Megaton Thermonuclear Missiles, 800 Flak artillery units
Roles
Point-Defense, Maneuverability
The Protector-class corvette is a vessel used primarily to protect internal trade routes in the Nivenian Empire. Perhaps the most numerous ship in the Nivenian Navy, they are the only ships that typically do not participate in national wars, and they are also the only ship to work closely with the security forces of the various corporations within the Nivenian Empire. Their main purpose in battle is the usage of missiles and flak artillery to intercept would-be pirates and prevent missiles from reaching trade ships.
While the ship is almost invulnerable to plasma weapons, and has a strong defense against kinetics, it is weak against lasers and electron beans. Due to the nature of this ship's role in combat, it is unlikely that two of these would ever fight each other head-to-head. Still these ships are usually taken out by imparting massive amounts of momentum through thermonuclear bombardment until the crew of the ship is killed from the massive accelerations.
History [ ]
Armament [ ]
Main Components [ ]
Component
Number
Component type
Other information
Protium Fusion Reactor
1
Power generation
1.5 GW to 16 TW output
Main Protium Fusion Rocket
1
Main engine
200 GN thrust
8,500,000 m/s delta-V in onboard fuel
Protium Fusion Thurster-Turret
150
Reaction Control Systems
200 MN thrust each
Interstellar ramjet
1
Fuel extraction and refining
Minimum effective speed 5,000,000 m/s
Maximum effective speed 32,000,000 m/s
Basic Computer System
1
Computer System
100 GHz processing power, 50 GB RAM, 360 1U pizzabox servers.
Life Support bay
2
Gravity, Food, Air, and Water generation
6.00 m/s^2 gravity, maximum sustainable crew 30,000.
Weapons [ ]
Weapon name
Number
Weapon type
Energy
Fire rate
Main Protium Fusion Rocket
1
Plasma
3 EW
Continuous
Protium Fusion Thurster-Turret
125
Plasma
3 PW
Continuous
Medium Missile Launchers
3,000
Explosive
850 PJ
Single-use
Flak Artillery
800
Kinetic, Point-defense
100 GJ
25 Hz
Armor [ ]
Armor material
Thicknesss
Energy to rupture
Laser Resistance
Energy to melt
CANT-TI Alloy
8.0 m
9.6 GJ/m^2
30 % reflectivity
47.3 GJ/m^2
Reflective Plating
0.5 m
2.5 MJ/m^2
98 %
7.2 GJ/m^2
Shields [ ]
Shield
Backups
Energy rating
Resistances
Vulnerabilities
Mk. 12 Quantum Chromodynamic Shield
8
90 TJ/mol quarks maximum rating
Most plasma and kinetic weapons
Lasers, electron beams, things with a whole lot of momentum
Affiliation [ ]
Empire name
Number of Protector-class corvettes in service
Production capacity per month (number currently in production per month)
Nivenian Empire
1,750,000,000
10,000,000 (6,000,000)
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