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78 NPV: 359 Classification: Fleet Frigate (F) Crew: 31; 5 Officers, 26 Enlisted Crew Factor: 4 Hull Integrity: 20 (5/5/5/5) Armor: 5 Main Drive Thrust: 4 (15.6 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 5.268 AU ∆V (Combat): 43.900 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 878.007 km/sec Thrust Points: 88 (811 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 4 Thrust Points per Tank: 22 FTL: Yes (Short Jump – 3.3 parsec range) Auxiliary Systems: Level-1 Hull Stealthing; 0.6 G Spin Habitat for 39 Combat Systems: 2x Fire Control; 1x Area Defense Fire Control Weapons: 4x Point Defense Battery; 3x Class-2 Battery (All Arcs); 2x Class-2 Battery (FP/F/FS) |
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| The
Rajput
is an Indian Space Force frigate that forms the backbone of India’s
offworld defenses and has been widely exported to 2nd and 3rd tier
spacefaring nations. First conceived in 2330 as a “gunship” style
of light warship, the Rajput’s
design philosophy
stressed a pure Class-2 beam battery system instead
of a mix of Class-1 and Class-2 laser weapons coupled to a missile
armament for offensive punch. India’s defense ministry came to
this decision after realizing that their own detonation laser warhead
program was still a decade or more from producing a workable weapon,
and their traditional source of antiship missile weapons from Britain
was in jeopardy following the surprise election of the pacifist NuLabor
Party to power in 2328. The Commerce
War between Russia
and Manchuria had also reached a new
height in violence during this period, and with India trading with both
nations’ offworld colonies, it often found its merchant ships at the
mercy of pirates and privateers. The Rajput’s all laser armament was
capable of holding off well-armed raiders, including the potent missile
armed Tunghu
frigates of the Manchurians, and unlike the Tunghu, the Rajput did not have to retire from
action for weeks or even months at a time to rearm its missiles. An analysis of the design indicates that the Tunghu and its Huangfeng corvette sibling were exactly what the ministry of defense had in mind when they constructed the Rajput. The ship has double the typical number of point defense weapons for a frigate class warship, and also carries a single area defense fire control system to protect ships within 60,000 km – ideal for a starship certain to face a slew of JN-19 Silkworm missiles while escorting India’s merchant fleet. While not enough to stop a full volley of ten missiles from a Tunghu, the Manchurians rarely had full missile loadouts to spare on a single ostensibly neutral frigate escort. The Rajput class frigate enjoyed modest success as an escort and as a pirate hunter, and India went on to construct twenty of the ships for its own space force as well as another twenty for such diverse clients as Indonesia, Congo, Brazil, Chile, Iraq, and Guangzhou. Three Rajputs purchased from Brazil and currently under the private ownership of merchant prince Varun Amra were allowed to transit the Stargate into Sagittarius unmodified provided he pay a handsome bond of $10 billion Solarian Dollars each to the SDC against his ships’ good behavior. The frigates act as escorts for his merchant fleet and his personal super yacht, Ahura Mazda (AMC-115). Ships of the class
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