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Description
Martian Expeditionary Coprs interplanetary fusion destroyer Lothbrok.

Length: 253m
Height: 81m
Width: 102m
Dry mass: 18 000 tons
Full load: 22 000 tons
Complement: 120

Armaments:
4x 50mm Gauss Gun
16x 4m Point defense missiles
34x 11m Long range missiles

Main engine: Inertial confinement fusion
Thrust: 20 MN
Fuel: He-3 - D
Fuel supply: 1300 tons
Mass flow: 2,2 Kg/s
Acceleration while fully loaded: 0,9 M/s
Delta-v: 550 km/s

Thrusters
Hydrogen - Oxygen chemical rockets
-augmented by reaction wheels

Lothbrok class destroyer, a third generation warship, once a workhorse of Martian Expeditionary Corps, now a somewhat aging design, slowly being outclassed by newer designs, but still a potent warship.

Originally it was a cruiser sized anti ship hunter, which saw some service in the Martian-Jovian conflict, where it heavily outclassed the Jovian Clarke class destroyers.

Only with a much later introduction of Wells class destroyers did the Jovians truly achieve an equal footing in this ship size.

The design is a dedicated warship, focused on offensive, while somewhat lacking in defenses, still it excels in fleet engagements where other ships provide majority of point and area defense.

Somewhat unusually among other capital ships, it carries no support vessels, large cargo holds, or even externally carried cargo boxes.

However it is built to be able to perform precise maneuvers, and with its extended docking port, easily dock with other ships, whether it be to receive additional supplies from allies, or take them by force from enemies.

One noticeable features are support struts built around the fuel tanks, which can actually mount up to 16 large cargo boxes, to either turn a single destroyer into a tender for the remainder of its strike group, or make it serve as an emergency transport ship. This configuration severely limits ships maneuverability, as it cuts maximum speed and acceleration by almost 50%, so it makes it nearly unusable in combat.

Crew count is quite large for its size with the purpose of adding redundancy(in case of lost lives), and rarely, to provide boarding potential.

Some minor sensation of gravity is provided with 2 contra rotating cylinders in which the crew is housed, but as it is a dedicated warship, crew comfort is a low priority.

Another oddity is that it carries lifeboats for only half of its crew, which is especially a surprise among Martian designs, as they tend to place a high value on the lives of their citizens, however this measure is placed to simplify the design and decrease weight overall, reasoning that if the crew had to use lifeboats, large portion of the crew would be dead already.

Its major priority is its offensive capability which, at 34 capital missile silos, is very potent for this ship size.

While defenses are somewhat neglected it's still not a frail ship, mostly unarmored, but with reinforced structure at all the would-be weak spots, which enables it to utilize fully its maneuvering abilities.

Maneuverability being its main defense is, with chemical rocket thrusters, additionally augmented with large reaction wheels positioned in two rings placed at the front and back.

As a last line of defense it will use its 4 point defense turrets, each armed with 4 anti-missile launchers, and a 50mm rapid fire EM cannon.

Heat is managed with 2 sets of heavy duty passive radiators, one set placed near the main engine, and the other between main processing units and crew sections. When needed it can also activate its set of liquid droplet radiators.

To this day, it remains the most numerable among Martian warships, largely because of its modular construction, which simplified rapid construction of its sections, and later on, it enabled easy refits and maintenance, giving it a long service life.

While it's not the apex predator of Solar system it once was, it still represents an important part of Martian military might.

Description
Martian Expeditionary Coprs interplanetary fusion destroyer Lothbrok.

Length: 253m
Height: 81m
Width: 102m
Dry mass: 18 000 tons
Full load: 22 000 tons
Complement: 120

Armaments:
4x 50mm Gauss Gun
16x 4m Point defense missiles
34x 11m Long range missiles

Main engine: Inertial confinement fusion
Thrust: 20 MN
Fuel: He-3 - D
Fuel supply: 1300 tons
Mass flow: 2,2 Kg/s
Acceleration while fully loaded: 0,9 M/s
Delta-v: 550 km/s

Thrusters
Hydrogen - Oxygen chemical rockets
-augmented by reaction wheels

Lothbrok class destroyer, a third generation warship, once a workhorse of Martian Expeditionary Corps, now a somewhat aging design, slowly being outclassed by newer designs, but still a potent warship.

Originally it was a cruiser sized anti ship hunter, which saw some service in the Martian-Jovian conflict, where it heavily outclassed the Jovian Clarke class destroyers.

Only with a much later introduction of Wells class destroyers did the Jovians truly achieve an equal footing in this ship size.

The design is a dedicated warship, focused on offensive, while somewhat lacking in defenses, still it excels in fleet engagements where other ships provide majority of point and area defense.

Somewhat unusually among other capital ships, it carries no support vessels, large cargo holds, or even externally carried cargo boxes.

However it is built to be able to perform precise maneuvers, and with its extended docking port, easily dock with other ships, whether it be to receive additional supplies from allies, or take them by force from enemies.

One noticeable features are support struts built around the fuel tanks, which can actually mount up to 16 large cargo boxes, to either turn a single destroyer into a tender for the remainder of its strike group, or make it serve as an emergency transport ship. This configuration severely limits ships maneuverability, as it cuts maximum speed and acceleration by almost 50%, so it makes it nearly unusable in combat.

Crew count is quite large for its size with the purpose of adding redundancy(in case of lost lives), and rarely, to provide boarding potential.

Some minor sensation of gravity is provided with 2 contra rotating cylinders in which the crew is housed, but as it is a dedicated warship, crew comfort is a low priority.

Another oddity is that it carries lifeboats for only half of its crew, which is especially a surprise among Martian designs, as they tend to place a high value on the lives of their citizens, however this measure is placed to simplify the design and decrease weight overall, reasoning that if the crew had to use lifeboats, large portion of the crew would be dead already.

Its major priority is its offensive capability which, at 34 capital missile silos, is very potent for this ship size.

While defenses are somewhat neglected it's still not a frail ship, mostly unarmored, but with reinforced structure at all the would-be weak spots, which enables it to utilize fully its maneuvering abilities.

Maneuverability being its main defense is, with chemical rocket thrusters, additionally augmented with large reaction wheels positioned in two rings placed at the front and back.

As a last line of defense it will use its 4 point defense turrets, each armed with 4 anti-missile launchers, and a 50mm rapid fire EM cannon.

Heat is managed with 2 sets of heavy duty passive radiators, one set placed near the main engine, and the other between main processing units and crew sections. When needed it can also activate its set of liquid droplet radiators.

To this day, it remains the most numerable among Martian warships, largely because of its modular construction, which simplified rapid construction of its sections, and later on, it enabled easy refits and maintenance, giving it a long service life.

While it's not the apex predator of Solar system it once was, it still represents an important part of Martian military might.