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| MASS:
52 NPV: 167 Classification: Missile Corvette (PCM) Crew: 30; 6 Officers, 18 Enlisted, plus 6 prize/boarding crew/troops Crew Factor: 3 Hull Integrity: 12 (3/3/3/3) Armor: 3 Main Drive Thrust: 6 (7.8 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 3.725 AU ∆V (Combat): 26.656 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 531.124 km/sec Thrust Points: 52 (647 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 2 Thrust Points per Tank: 26 FTL: Yes (Short Jump - 3.3 parsec range) Auxiliary Systems: 0.33 G Spin Habitat for 30 Combat Systems: 1x Fire Control Weapons: 2x Point Defense Battery; 1x Class-1 Battery (All Arcs); 6x Light Antiship Missile |
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| The
Tautog
class corvette is a stop-gap antiship platform converted from a common
free-trader hull known as the Sojourner,
though Tautogs from the Tambor (AMC-069) on are all purpose
built corvettes from the keel up rather than conversions of existing Sojourners.
The conversion of the cargo bay to a weapons bay holding eight R-45
Lancer light antiship missiles plus beam armament and appliqué
armor for the hull has created an inexpensive yet very effective
warship against the
Dhaoghissi. The Tautog
has managed to drive off several attempted raids on human colonies in
Sagittarius with a full missile barrage. Though only one quarter
to one half of the weapons’ x-ray laser beams manage to penetrate
Dhaoghissi point defense systems and screens, even two R-45 warheads
are enough to gut an Alfa,
and a squadron of Tautogs
suddenly becomes a one for
one match against an equal number of the larger Dhaoghissi
raiders. If the Tautog has any shortcomings as a warship converted from a civilian hull, it is its spin gravity habitat, which is only just large enough to accommodate the crew, and only maintains 0.33 G of artificial gravity to maintain health. Larger diameter spin habs are rare on commercial vessels because they eat up available mass that could be used to turn a profit as cargo volume. Ships of the class
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