Quixote

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Quixote
Production information
Manufacturer	???
Introduced	2350
Use	Missile Frigate
Tech Base	Star League
Cost	???
Technical specifications
Mass	780,000 tons
Length	715 meters
Sail Diameter
Fuel
Burn Rate
Safe Thrust
Top Thrust	3
Sail Integrity
KF Drive Integrity
LF Battery	No
Armament	18 Killer Whale Missiles, 24 White Shark Missiles, 24 Barracuda Missiles, 4 NAC/30, 6 NL55
Armor	1,169.5 tons of Improved Ferro-aluminum armor
DropShip Capacity	6
Crew	56 officers, 145 enlisted / non-rated, 76 gunners, 150 marines and 54 bay personnel
Grav Decks	3 (120-meters and 2 145-meters diameter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	40/44
Heat Sinks	1,177 (Single)
Structural Integrity
BV (1.0)	70,690
BV (2.0)	???

Description

Originally designed as a Battlecruiser, cost-saving attempts not only reduced the size but resulted in the ship receiving engines too small for it. Political machinations among the various SLDF Departments also led to the purchase of 250 of these dubious vessels. In an attempt to make the best of a bad situation, the SLDF Admiralty modified the design into a missile frigate and thus created a slow but heavily armed vessel.

Replaced by the Congress-class Frigate. Placed in mothballs but some later converted into the Volga-class Transport.

Several were later reactivated by the Word of Blake and participated in the Jihad

Armament

The ship’s main armament was eighteen Killer Whale missiles, the largest missile type of its kind. Supplementing these were twenty-four White Shark and Barracuda missile launchers. In addition, an assortment of heavy naval weapons made the ship dangerous at all ranges.

Cargo

Bay 1: Fighters (12) 4 Doors Bay 2: Small Craft (6) 4 Doors Bay 3: Cargo (176,118.5 tons) 1 Door

Variants

TCS Vendetta - A Taurian warship supplied by WoB around June 3074. Equipped with nuclear-tipped missiles.

References

Jihad Hotspots: 3076 Technical Readout: 3057 (Revised)