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44 NPV: 145 Classification: Small Explorer (RS) Crew: 12; 3 Officers, 9 Ratings, plus 12 science/survey team Crew Factor: 1 Hull Integrity: 8 (2/2/2/2) Armor: 2 Main Drive Thrust: 4 (3.3 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 2.423 AU ∆V (Combat): 23.935 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 478.694 km/sec Thrust Points: 48 (649 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 2 Thrust Points per Tank: 24 FTL: Yes (Short Jump 3.3 Parsecs) Auxiliary Systems: 2-MASS Hangar Bay; 2-MASS Cargo Bay; 1-MASS Passenger Bay; 2-MASS Laboratory Bay; 0.4 G Spin Habitat for 24 Combat Systems: 1x Fire Control Weapons: 1x Point Defense Battery; 1x Class-1 Battery (All Arcs); 1x Class-2 Battery (All Arcs) |
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| The Hernan
Cortez
explorer is a Spanish design for the European Space
Agency, and exported to several other nations over a period of twenty
years. The Cortez is
often compared to its American counterpart,
the Lewis and Clark
explorer, a comparison that stands it in a very
good light until one considers that the
Lewis and Clark was never
intended for independent operations. The Cortez has a decent spin
habitat for the crew, providing 0.4 G to maintain health and body
strength for surface exploration, but at the price of being dependent
on a small lander for any surface contact. Surprisingly for an
ESA design, it is very well armed and armored for such a small vessel –
there are persistent rumors that the EUDF Special Operations Command
secretly subsidized the Cortez’s
R&D and initial low rate
production costs in order to gain a few vessels for themselves as
SpecWar platforms. The Cortez’s
hull is designed to have special
appliqué “surface treatments” installed for hostile radiation
and electromagnetic energy environments, though the ship could just as
easily accept stealthy radar and lidar absorbing materials. The
modular laboratory modules, while state of the art, can also be easily
replaced with more berthing for SpecWar operators and another small
lander. Several Hernan Cortez explorers were sold to private concerns between 2358 and early 2361, many of whom then made their way into Sagittarius. As was SSTE policy, ships with Class-2 or better laser weapons had to remove or downgrade their weapons to Class-1 in order to be allowed through the Stargate. Whether or not any Hernan Cortez class explorers have reinstated their original weaponry after the Stargate crash is unconfirmed. Ships of the class
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