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Description
This is a class of ship I call the Kryptonite Mk III. Basically the thing is a Light FoldShip (Spacefold-capable Starship). It maneuvers like a corvette, and has the combat effectiveness of a Battlecruiser 10 or 20 times its mass.

The bulk of its misleading size is really hangars. The original Mk I was mostly a cargo design, and the moment properties of the design were deemed useful in the full-on combat version. The Mk III can hold a great deal of Mecha and Fighters, even corvettes, in its hangars and bays, which make it an excellent mothership for long-distance travels. In combat, most of these craft and dead weight are released, unleashing the ship's full maneuverability.

The unconventional part of this ship is the mighty Farad System... a heavy energy weapon rated at 2.3x10^19 Watts or roughly 5.7 Gigatons/sec. It can be used as a weapon capable of Vaporizing ships of similar or smaller size, and heavily crippling larger ships. It can also be used defensively as a barrier generator... an impregnable energy shield that lasts for about 15 seconds... not long enough to hold off a firefight, but enough to block any enemy superweapon.

Specifications:

Length: 804 meters
Crew: 211 Crew, 327 Mechanics, 245 Pilots, up to 2500 Marines, 25 droids, and 3 central AI, one for mechanical, one for
weaponry, and one for information.
Powerplant: Chlorophusion control chamber
FTL Drives: Capsule Mk II Cascading Hyperspace Fold Drive (also works as Hyperdrive OR fold drive)
Docking Capabilities: 144 Fighters, 72 Mecha, 36 Gunships, 2 Corvettes, 2 Frigates.
Typical Vehicle Compliment:
72 Thunder-Class Starfighters
48 Ammon-Class Missile Attackers
24 TrickFighter UCASPs
48 Legolas-Class Mecha
24 Samson-Class Mecha
36 Mahonri Moriancumer-Class Gunships
2 Reflex-Class Corvettes
Cargo Capacity: Fighter bays can be converted with ease.
Weapons: This ship is built around the Farad System [2.3x10^19 Watts, about 5.7 Gigatons/sec]. Other weapons include
14 Mk II Rail Cannons (100km/s x100kg) (12 Forward, 2 Aft), 82 Turret-Mounted Farad Beam Cannons, 5 Forward Torpedo
Tubes, 2 Aft Torpedo Tubes, and 6 Heavy Farad Cannons (Forward firing).
Defenses: A very thick Liquidmetal^2 armor, a Xanthal Type VII Shield, some hundred close-defense automatic-fire
plasma-bolt cannon turrets, and of course, the powerful Farad system's barrier mode.
Atmosphere Capable: Yes. Landing Capable: Yes.

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This is a constantly-evolving work-in-progress, and has been for almost 2 years! Now, finally, I am going to shoot for near-photorealism. If anyone can offer any suggestions to the textures or anything like that, it'd be appreciated! I notice the turrets look a little weird too...

Description
This is a class of ship I call the Kryptonite Mk III. Basically the thing is a Light FoldShip (Spacefold-capable Starship). It maneuvers like a corvette, and has the combat effectiveness of a Battlecruiser 10 or 20 times its mass.

The bulk of its misleading size is really hangars. The original Mk I was mostly a cargo design, and the moment properties of the design were deemed useful in the full-on combat version. The Mk III can hold a great deal of Mecha and Fighters, even corvettes, in its hangars and bays, which make it an excellent mothership for long-distance travels. In combat, most of these craft and dead weight are released, unleashing the ship's full maneuverability.

The unconventional part of this ship is the mighty Farad System... a heavy energy weapon rated at 2.3x10^19 Watts or roughly 5.7 Gigatons/sec. It can be used as a weapon capable of Vaporizing ships of similar or smaller size, and heavily crippling larger ships. It can also be used defensively as a barrier generator... an impregnable energy shield that lasts for about 15 seconds... not long enough to hold off a firefight, but enough to block any enemy superweapon.

Specifications:

Length: 804 meters
Crew: 211 Crew, 327 Mechanics, 245 Pilots, up to 2500 Marines, 25 droids, and 3 central AI, one for mechanical, one for
weaponry, and one for information.
Powerplant: Chlorophusion control chamber
FTL Drives: Capsule Mk II Cascading Hyperspace Fold Drive (also works as Hyperdrive OR fold drive)
Docking Capabilities: 144 Fighters, 72 Mecha, 36 Gunships, 2 Corvettes, 2 Frigates.
Typical Vehicle Compliment:
72 Thunder-Class Starfighters
48 Ammon-Class Missile Attackers
24 TrickFighter UCASPs
48 Legolas-Class Mecha
24 Samson-Class Mecha
36 Mahonri Moriancumer-Class Gunships
2 Reflex-Class Corvettes
Cargo Capacity: Fighter bays can be converted with ease.
Weapons: This ship is built around the Farad System [2.3x10^19 Watts, about 5.7 Gigatons/sec]. Other weapons include
14 Mk II Rail Cannons (100km/s x100kg) (12 Forward, 2 Aft), 82 Turret-Mounted Farad Beam Cannons, 5 Forward Torpedo
Tubes, 2 Aft Torpedo Tubes, and 6 Heavy Farad Cannons (Forward firing).
Defenses: A very thick Liquidmetal^2 armor, a Xanthal Type VII Shield, some hundred close-defense automatic-fire
plasma-bolt cannon turrets, and of course, the powerful Farad system's barrier mode.
Atmosphere Capable: Yes. Landing Capable: Yes.

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This is a constantly-evolving work-in-progress, and has been for almost 2 years! Now, finally, I am going to shoot for near-photorealism. If anyone can offer any suggestions to the textures or anything like that, it'd be appreciated! I notice the turrets look a little weird too...