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Description
Overview

Swift, fast and deadly, the Rapier-class is the backbone of any littoral oceanic force for hit and run strikes against larger enemy ships. The Rapier can also be used for close-range shore bombardments, saturating the area with firepower to clear the way for landing troops. It is a symbol for the other end of the oceanic spectrum, where bigger is not necessary better. Because of its small size and cheap cost, the Rapier can be transported to foreign theatres of war and quickly assembled and crewed on the spot in ad-hoc naval facilities.

Weaponry

Solely centering around the missile-based armament in the four armored box launchers that the Rapier possess, the missile boat can mount a variety of configurations and ordnances ranging from cheap 'dumb' rockets to sophisticated guided missiles. As a standard, 2 boxes are dedicated to the M-050 heat-seeking rockets and another 2 are fitted with the long-range M-200C ASM, which has a maximum firing range of 400km and top speeds of Mach 6. Each missile box can mount either 25 M-050s or 2 M-200s, so in the standard variant the Rapier carries up to 50 M-050 rockets and 4 M-200C ASMs. The M-050s are often used to incapacitate targets, destroy small vessels and even used against low-flying aircraft. The M-200Cs on the other hand, are designed to destroy a ship in one single devastating hit and are often used sparingly against important targets such as capital and command ships.

Mobility

With its small size and powerful hydrojets, the Rapier can easily cut through the waters at extreme speeds of up to 150km/h allowing it to dance around enemy fleets and carry out grand manuveres of crippling hit and run strikes. This speed is also essential for the Rapier to make frequent tactical retreats after every attack in order to not get destroyed by enemy counterfire and relocate to cover before attacking again. Its seaworthiness in the open oceans are however not that great, with limited stores of food and fuel for their small thermoplasma generators.

Armor and Defensive Subsystems

In the process of seriously maximising speed and cutting costs, the Rapier's armor is pitiful at best with only thin layers of Bryoceramic plating to rely upon to shrug off small arms fire, shrapnel and light DEWs but nothing more. There is not even a single CIWS or an ADS to defend the ship from incoming missiles, though the Rapier does have a rudimentary close-range ECM module that may be able to save the ship at the last minute. Speed is the ultimate and the only key to survive combat, and the Rapier must rely on its extreme agility to evade and retreat enemy fire.

Description
Overview

Swift, fast and deadly, the Rapier-class is the backbone of any littoral oceanic force for hit and run strikes against larger enemy ships. The Rapier can also be used for close-range shore bombardments, saturating the area with firepower to clear the way for landing troops. It is a symbol for the other end of the oceanic spectrum, where bigger is not necessary better. Because of its small size and cheap cost, the Rapier can be transported to foreign theatres of war and quickly assembled and crewed on the spot in ad-hoc naval facilities.

Weaponry

Solely centering around the missile-based armament in the four armored box launchers that the Rapier possess, the missile boat can mount a variety of configurations and ordnances ranging from cheap 'dumb' rockets to sophisticated guided missiles. As a standard, 2 boxes are dedicated to the M-050 heat-seeking rockets and another 2 are fitted with the long-range M-200C ASM, which has a maximum firing range of 400km and top speeds of Mach 6. Each missile box can mount either 25 M-050s or 2 M-200s, so in the standard variant the Rapier carries up to 50 M-050 rockets and 4 M-200C ASMs. The M-050s are often used to incapacitate targets, destroy small vessels and even used against low-flying aircraft. The M-200Cs on the other hand, are designed to destroy a ship in one single devastating hit and are often used sparingly against important targets such as capital and command ships.

Mobility

With its small size and powerful hydrojets, the Rapier can easily cut through the waters at extreme speeds of up to 150km/h allowing it to dance around enemy fleets and carry out grand manuveres of crippling hit and run strikes. This speed is also essential for the Rapier to make frequent tactical retreats after every attack in order to not get destroyed by enemy counterfire and relocate to cover before attacking again. Its seaworthiness in the open oceans are however not that great, with limited stores of food and fuel for their small thermoplasma generators.

Armor and Defensive Subsystems

In the process of seriously maximising speed and cutting costs, the Rapier's armor is pitiful at best with only thin layers of Bryoceramic plating to rely upon to shrug off small arms fire, shrapnel and light DEWs but nothing more. There is not even a single CIWS or an ADS to defend the ship from incoming missiles, though the Rapier does have a rudimentary close-range ECM module that may be able to save the ship at the last minute. Speed is the ultimate and the only key to survive combat, and the Rapier must rely on its extreme agility to evade and retreat enemy fire.