The DSS Potemkyn...
is a Tycho class battle cruiser, thirteenth of twenty one such ships built for the Deltan Defense Fleet. She was built after the War of Boundaries, commonly known as the Trade War.
The Battle Cruiser (BC) has three variants: the flagship or Battle Command Cruiser (BCC), the Battle Carrier (BCV), and the Heavy Battle Cruiser (BCH). Tycho class battle cruisers carry a standard crew of 1620 personnel while the flagship has a crew of 1658. BCV's carry a larger complement and is determined by the types of craft they carry, though it is usually between 1757 and 1787. The BCH variant upgrades any of the three aforementioned variants.
The ships are sleek, with three main sides (underside, starboard, and port) in the shape of a three-sided arrow, and an aft section that is more complex. The shape allows for greater weapon's arcs giving the ship the ability to bring all of her primary guns to bear on any target with a simple bit of pitch or yaw. The Republic, the flagship of the fleet, is the only ship with improved conventional pulse drives. This allows her to sustain faster than light speeds greater than 1.2 times the speed of light. The cruisers are equipped with several layers of armourment and protective systems, all of which have a primary, secondary, and tertiary systems. Some of those systems consist of: offensive weapons, defensive weapons, defensive systems, and tracking systems. The ship's main power comes from generators built into the ships three main drives. This supplies the ship adequately during normal operations, but in heavy combat, has been found to be somewhat lacking.
The Potemkyn was the fourth ship to receive the "V" refit, this provided room for three full squadrons of craft in three separate hangers and room for additional fighters and equipment. She was transferred to the Survey Fleet after her conversion and became a major part of the Light Drive Project. Within a mere two weeks she received her second and most famous refit which also led to the change in her class designation to BCH. The Light Drive provides more than thirty times the combined power of the three pulse drives and take up only a little more space than the conventional drive it replaced - resulting in a small bulge on the ship's underside. This bulge effectively blocked some of the ship's weapons but the increase in power allowed all weapons to fire more rapidly, using only a tenth of the ship's total power.
During her refit shakedown, the Potemkyn stumbled upon a stray craft within the proving grounds. This led to a strange confrontation as the Potemkyn's weapons were set for target practice and not combat, thus she was unable to damage the intruder. Captain Dukatta launched all of his fighter craft, fully armed, to combat the vessel. The ship was destroyed in the fight and little was ascertained from its ashes. It was later thought that the intruder was a spy vessel, seeking information on the new drive system and its capabilities. The Potemkyn was then called upon for a rescue operation. On her way to start the mission, she was conducting an engine test run with the Republic when the Potemkyn disappeared in a strange flash of light.
And thus begins The Potemkyn Incident.
Mike
The Battle Cruiser (BC) has three variants: the flagship or Battle Command Cruiser (BCC), the Battle Carrier (BCV), and the Heavy Battle Cruiser (BCH). Tycho class battle cruisers carry a standard crew of 1620 personnel while the flagship has a crew of 1658. BCV's carry a larger complement and is determined by the types of craft they carry, though it is usually between 1757 and 1787. The BCH variant upgrades any of the three aforementioned variants.
The ships are sleek, with three main sides (underside, starboard, and port) in the shape of a three-sided arrow, and an aft section that is more complex. The shape allows for greater weapon's arcs giving the ship the ability to bring all of her primary guns to bear on any target with a simple bit of pitch or yaw. The Republic, the flagship of the fleet, is the only ship with improved conventional pulse drives. This allows her to sustain faster than light speeds greater than 1.2 times the speed of light. The cruisers are equipped with several layers of armourment and protective systems, all of which have a primary, secondary, and tertiary systems. Some of those systems consist of: offensive weapons, defensive weapons, defensive systems, and tracking systems. The ship's main power comes from generators built into the ships three main drives. This supplies the ship adequately during normal operations, but in heavy combat, has been found to be somewhat lacking.
The Potemkyn was the fourth ship to receive the "V" refit, this provided room for three full squadrons of craft in three separate hangers and room for additional fighters and equipment. She was transferred to the Survey Fleet after her conversion and became a major part of the Light Drive Project. Within a mere two weeks she received her second and most famous refit which also led to the change in her class designation to BCH. The Light Drive provides more than thirty times the combined power of the three pulse drives and take up only a little more space than the conventional drive it replaced - resulting in a small bulge on the ship's underside. This bulge effectively blocked some of the ship's weapons but the increase in power allowed all weapons to fire more rapidly, using only a tenth of the ship's total power.
During her refit shakedown, the Potemkyn stumbled upon a stray craft within the proving grounds. This led to a strange confrontation as the Potemkyn's weapons were set for target practice and not combat, thus she was unable to damage the intruder. Captain Dukatta launched all of his fighter craft, fully armed, to combat the vessel. The ship was destroyed in the fight and little was ascertained from its ashes. It was later thought that the intruder was a spy vessel, seeking information on the new drive system and its capabilities. The Potemkyn was then called upon for a rescue operation. On her way to start the mission, she was conducting an engine test run with the Republic when the Potemkyn disappeared in a strange flash of light.
And thus begins The Potemkyn Incident.
Mike
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