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Taihou-Class Carrier

Engages enemies with high velocity missiles and drones, while staying safely out of range.

Nippon Prime's flagship carrier was designed after analysis of space combat revealed that the majority of battles were decided with missiles and drones, before ships engaged in gun combat. They designed a ship entirely around long-range combat, the armament was reduced to be as light as possible, and missile defense was prioritised.

-- STATS --

Mobility:
. Fuel: Methane
. delta V: 6.71 kps (All Weapons) - 10 kps (Unladen)
. Acceleration: 0.838 G (Full) - 2.33 G (Empty)
. Dimensions: 142m long, 18.5m diameter

Economy:
. Mass: 3.62 kt (Full) - 1.30 kt (Empty)
. Cost: 26 Mc

Weaponry:
. 12x Knight Anti-Fuse APS
. 5x CG-31, 1 gram @ 31.1 kps

Carries:
. 25x 10 GW, 20 second Pulse Flares
. 70x PL-152H Missiles (20kt)
. 90x Skystreak LRM (Long Range Missile)

. 5x Dragonfly Capital Drones
. .Weaponry:
. . 9x CG-31 coilguns, 1 gram @ 31 kps, 1 GW
. . 3x RG-55 Sandblaster, 1 gram @ 55kps
. . 77x PL-152S missiles (10kt)
. . 9+1 x Knight Anti-Fuse APS
. . 25x 10 GW, 6.67 second Pulse Flares

-- NOTES --
- The Dragonfly's propulsion is supposed to be four NTRs with an arcjet stage to further accelerate propellant, but because of game limitations a NTR and 3 resistojets are used.