Empires

[President_Elect_Shang]

2401.2 -- This month the Republic makes its first jump through a warp point. Although two Daphnes are in position at two wp only one is allowed to go at a time. The first jump is successful and the ship sends word that they have arrived in a system with a single large blue star. The captain of the ship names the system Olontra; he is given the go ahead to begin survey operations and the second Daphne is told to make its jump. This wp leads to a tri-nary system with a large yellow, large orange, and small blue star. Survey of this system, dubbed the Roris System, commences. The Daphne Class Frigate [FG] is the standard exploration and defense ship of the Republic. It is not the largest hull which can be built with current technology; that honor goes to the destroyer [DD] hull which comes in at 300kT. Still the Daphnes 220kT FG hull is an impressive size. The Daphne class itself mounts 5 commercial grade engines which can produce a sustained thrust of 7km/s. It mounts a full and half sized cargo bay for extended exploration operations. A half sized magazine feeds two Missile Launchers each capable of spitting out a long range self guided dual fused 100Mt thermonuclear tipped missile. The crews’ personal areas and supporting atmosphere (as well as less discussed but necessary biological needs) is provided by a Small Crew Quarters. This section of the ship has only 50% the capability of a dedicated Crew Quarters and 10% of that provided by a dedicated Life Support system; however, when space is at a premium there is no better choice since it is only 50% the size of the full blown systems. All of this is wrapped up in 30kT of armor. Currently the Daphne (and everything else for that matter) is constructed at Tal-Re Prime (the home world) at the rate of 1 every two months.