TL11-hyperdynamic-frigate

The hyperdynamic frigate boldly explores ahead of the fleet using its long range sensors to locate, scan and defend against threats.

The main body is saucer shaped with the antimatter powerplants and hyperdrives held in pods that be dropped when a core breach is detected and only one pod is needed for travel in hyperspace.

It can launch all 40 of its antimatter warhead hyperdynamic missiles (anti-proton torpedoes) at an enemy capital ship in 20 seconds then run for hyperspace.

The X-ray lasers are located in pairs on the upper front, and lower left and right sides to provide all around defense against more nimble fighters and missiles.

It can land vertically on a 3-G planet with only three thrusters working, but will need to glide in if more heavily damaged.

Note that it takes this ship over two hours to reach its top speed (0.0016 c) and once at that speed it takes over 15 hours to turn a complete circle at 6 Gs.

The fuel reserves are considered more than adequate, because it would take a captain with ridiculous luck for this ship to survive a two and half year mission.

Crew: 18 Total (2 Officers), 2 Vehicle Operators (Pilot), 2 Communicator Operators, 2 Navigation Aid Operators, 2 Sensor Operators, 4 Targeting System Operators, 4 Routine Maintenance Mechanics.

Subassemblies: Vehicle +8, Body +8, 2xPod +4. 

P&P: four 90,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cells, 200,000-kW antimatter reactor (2.5 year duration, no access space) [2xPod], six 1,000,000 lbs. thrust super thrusters (vectored thrust; long term access), hyperdrive (500 ton capacity; no access space) [2xPod]. 

Occ: ten roomy crew stations (bridge access, crashweb, g-seat), ten cabins, six robot bunks, two 20-man total life support systems	Cargo: two 400-cf anti-blast magazines, two 1,000-cf cargo holds
Armor F       RL      B       T       U
Body  4/1,000 4/1,000 4/1,000 4/1,000 4/1,000
Pod   4/1,000 4/1,000 4/1,000 4/1,000 4/1,000

Weaponry       Malf Type Damage   SS Acc 1/2D yds      Max yds       RoF TL
300mm launcher -    -    0d       30 0   0             0             1   11
X-ray laser    Ver. Imp. 5dx26(2) 30 29  130,000(x100) 400,000(x100) 1   11

Equipment
All: intruder chameleon (-10 spotting modifier); radical emission cloaking (-14 spotting modifier); radical stealth (-14 spotting modifier); radiation shielding (100,000 PF); hyperdynamic field grid; deflector field.  Body: two full fire suppression systems; full stabilization; complete workshop; science lab; tractor beam (ST:1,000); ten HUDWACs (pupil scanner, near miss indicator); ten neural induction fields; six human sized robots; two automeds; two 3-man airlocks; two artificial gravity units (6G compensation covering 54,000 cf); 100-sf conference room; two extreme range radio communicators (5,000,000-mile range; sensitive, scrambler); gravscanner (scan 23, 100-mile range); multiscanner (scan 35, 10,000-mile range); high resolution planetary survey array; two inertial compass; two deceptive jammers (jammer rating 11); extreme range radio direction finder (5,000,000-mile range; receive only, very sensitive); ten computer terminals; three macroframe computers (complexity 9; hardened, high capacity, robot brain, sentient); six AESAs (scan 35, 10,000-mile range; LPI); radscanner (scan 35, 10,000-mile range); five secondary PESAs (scan 35, 10,000-mile range); Forwards PESA (scan 41, 100,000-mile range); three extreme range neutrino communicators (15,000,000-mile range; scrambler); two 300mm heavy automatic launchers (concealed); six cyberslave mounts (concealed); six 40,000-kJ X-ray lasers (extreme range;concealed).  

Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 60’x45’x25’	Payload: 43,200 lbs.	Lwt.: 993,495 lbs.

Volume: 48,391 cf	Maint.: 1.44 hours (66.5 mh/day)	Price: $192,054,600 

HT: 10	HP: 24,000 [Body], 1,500 each [2xPod]. 
Air Performance: Motive Thrust 6,000,000 lbs., Stall Speed 0 mph, Top Speed 10,955 mph, Terminal Velocity 4,458 mph, Glide Speed 1,783 mph, Glide Ratio 48.4:1, aAccel 120 mph/s, aMR 2.5, aSR 5, aDecel 10 mph/s.

Hyperdynamic Performance: Top Speed 1,095,445 mph, hAcc 130 mph/s, hDec 520 mph/s, hMR 5.96, hSR 5.

FTL Performance: 0.403 pc/Day.

Design Notes: 
TL11 Robotic Responsive Heavy Frame Cheap Materials [Vehicle].
TL11 DR 1,000 Advanced Laminate [Vehicle].
Operating Duration:  16 M 36 S.
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, duplicate controls, responsive structure, sealed, underbelly skid, excellent streamlining.
Air Features: lifting body, air speeds not clamped.
Hyperdynamic Features: Hyper-Factor 100, lifting body.
Body: total compartmentalization.
Volume: 47,231 cf [Body], 580 cf [2xPod].
Area: 8,000 sf [Body], 500 sf [2xPod].
Book Options: Vehicles Expansion stall speed.