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Astrosynthesis Sector File		 Palladium Class Destroyer

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MASS: 88
NPV: 387
Classification: Fleet Destroyer (D)
Crew: 44; 6 Officers, 38 Enlisted
Crew Factor: 5
Hull Integrity: 20 (5/5/5/5)
Armor: 5
Main Drive Thrust: 5 (22 TW)
Drive Auto-Detection Range: 6.256 AU
∆V (Combat): 53.812 km/sec
∆V (Cruise): 1076.247 km/sec
Thrust Points: 108 (1108 tons propellant)
Propellant Tanks: 4
Thrust Points per Tank: 27
FTL: Yes (Short Jump – 3.3 parsec range)
Auxiliary Systems: 1x Area ECM Jammer; 0.6 G Spin Habitat for 44
Combat Systems: 1x Fire Control; 3x Area Defense Fire Control
Weapons: 8x Point Defense Battery; 2x Class-1 Battery (All Arcs); 1x Class-2 Battery (All Arcs)
 Palladium
The Palladium Class is a standard British Royal Starfleet destroyer whose design, like that of the Oberon frigate, has been manufactured for several other countries and even a few corporations. The role of the destroyer is to protect other spacecraft from attack by fighters, drones, and missiles, and relies on a large battery of point defense weapons and area-defense fire control suites to screen its charges.  The Palladium throws further uncertainty into any attack with its Area ECM Jammer, which makes scanning for target selection problematic for any attacker, and allows the destroyer to blend in with its convoy (provided that it does not fire its powerful AMPLAR torch drive, which is an immediate giveaway.)  The Palladium can protect up to three other vessels in close proximity to the destroyer against missile and fighter attacks, and can even hold off most pirate ships with its Class-2 laser battery.  Several corporate owned Palladiums were allowed to transit the Stargate into Sagittarius provided their weapons were removed and shipped separately by freighter – these ships have been invaluable against the Dhaoghissi raiding parties, which use fighters in large numbers.

Ships of the class
Vessel Name
 Hull Number
 Laid Down
 Commissioned
 Status
Palladium
 AMC-022
 18 December 2360
 7 April 2361
 Active duty with the SDC.
Aegis
 AMC-023
 4 January 2361
 15 May 2361
 Active duty with the SDC.
Defender
 AMC-024
 12 January 2361
 28 May 2361 Active duty with the SDC.
Shield Maiden
 AMC-101
 21 January 2361
 28 August 2361
 Active duty with the SDC.
Glacis
 AMC-102
 26 January 2361
 13 September 2361
 Active duty with the SDC.
Rampart
 AMC-103
 5 February 2361
 N/A Under construction - late 2361 commissioning date.
Farrago
 AMC-207
 2 February 2357
 16 August 2357
 Active with Ceres Metals Corporation

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