Designation: Shugart-class destroyer (DD) Vigilante-class guided missile destroyer (DDG) Galaxie-class heavy destroyer (DDH)

I. Names and Disposition:

Shugart:

These ships were built in the G6 shipyards on Ganymede.

 Vigilante:

These ships were built in the G6 shipyards on Ganymede.

Galaxie:

These ships were constructed in the G6 shipyards.

II. Ship's complement:

(All):

• Full crew of 41 men

(Vigilante):

• Naval air group of 32 men

(Shugart, Galaxie):

• Naval air group of 40 men

NOTE: Life support capabilities are far in excess of the intended regular complement due to an evacuation capacity requirement of up to 800 humans.

III. Dimensions:

Length:	202 m
Width:	51.4m  (Shugart, Galaxie) 55.2m (Vigilante)
Height:	41.4m
Dry Mass:	41,420 metric tons (Shugart) 42,870 metric tons (Vigilante) 46,990 metric tons (Galaxie)
Fuel Mass:	8,800 metric tons total

IV. Propulsion Systems:

(All):

• Maneuvering thrusters (cluster) (11): Flygmotor T-330 fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with steerable nozzles. Two are located on each side, six are mounted underneath the hull (with three thrusters each) and one is located on top of the vessel.
• Maneuvering thrusters (single) (12): Fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with steerable nozzles. Five are located on each side of the nose behind blast doors and two are in the side sponsons facing forward.
• Main power system: RRG Mk. 32 Reflex furnace. This new powerplant can provide up to 51.1 terawatts of power, and can operate at maximum power for up to 52 minutes before overheating and automatic shutdown.
• Primary reaction-mass thrusters: 2 x Westinghouse RT-83 fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with protoculture energizer in the rear of the main hull and the sponsons.
• Secondary reaction-mass thrusters: 2 x Westinghouse RT-36B secondary fusion-plasma reaction thruster with protoculture energizer in the lower center rear of the main hull.
• Anti-gravity system (1): 2 RRG Atlas anti-gravity pods.
• Spacefold drive (1): RRG Mk10 spacefold. drive This system generates a hull-conformal spacefold.
• Planetary Capabilities: The Shugart, Vigilante, and Galaxie have atmospheric capabilities through their reaction thrusters and anti-gravity system.
  All classes will float in an ocean, but the main access ports in the hangar will be submerged and inaccessible.

V. Endurance and mobility limits:

• The dry stores endurance is limited to about four months for the Shugart and Vigilante, and eleven months for the Galaxie; after such time the ships will need to restock. Water stores are recycled almost completely. Hydroponics installations are often installed in slack space, providing the crew with a small supply of fresh fruits and vegetables, but will be insufficient to sustain the crew indefinitely.
• The Navy mecha consumables of all classes are very limited; none are able to sustain combat operations for more than twenty days.
• Ship-launched missile magazines will be empty after one major battle or one or two small skirmishes.
• The Reflex furnace can function for about 25 years at normal usage levels before an energizer rebuild is necessary.
• At full power, the main propulsion systems can produce up to 1.13 Giganewtons of thrust at a minimal reaction mass efficiency profile, or as little as 19.8 meganewtons of thrust at a maximum efficiency setting. At lower power levels, these thrusts are commensurately smaller.
• At full power, the Shugart class can achieve a maximum Δ-v of 273 kps at the cruising acceleration of 0.1 gees, a maximum Δ-v of 54.6 kps at the battle acceleration of 1.0 gees, and a Δ-v of at most 15.3 kps at the flank acceleration of 2.5 gees. At lower power levels, these ranges are commensurately smaller. As weight increases, a penalty equivalent to the percentage of mass over the Shugart applies to all other classes.
• The fold systems are not navigationally guaranteed for any single jump beyond 0.1 kiloparsecs. If longer voyages are required, the ships must conduct multiple fold jumps.
• The maximum sustained atmospheric speed is Mach 3. The maximum hover time on the anti-gravity systems is limited only by the protoculture supplies and maintenance requirements, but the system is too weak to lift the ship against gravities of more than 1.2g without assistance from the reaction thrusters. In fact, even at 1.0g the bottom-mounted maneuvering thrusters are often used to reduce the strain on the anti-gravity systems.

VI. Weapon sytems:

Offensive:

(Shugart):

• LT-15 laser cannon. This is a twin-barreled laser cannon mounting two protruding barrels in a low-lying round turret. It can deliver 1,500 MJ of laser pulses every two seconds at maximum output, with synchronized barrels. Fire rate can be increased by staggering barrel sequence; however, total energy per salvo is divided by the total number of barrels. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• 8 x PB-6 particle beam system. This is a 385mm particle beam cannon mounting a protruding barrel in a low-lying round turret. It can deliver 600 MJ of particle energy every second. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• 2 x SMS-10 vertical missile launch system. This is a set of two rows of six missile tubes set into the ship's hull, firing the Spacelord or Sunlord SRBMs. Each installation loads ten missiles ready to launch, and a magazine with 20 reloads, for 60 missiles total.

(Vigilante):

• LT-15 laser cannon. This is a twin-barreled laser cannon mounting two protruding barrels in a low-lying round turret. It can deliver 1,500 MJ of laser pulses every two seconds at maximum output, with synchronized barrels. Fire rate can be increased by staggering barrel sequence; however, total energy per salvo is divided by the total number of barrels. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• 4 x PB-6 particle beam system. This is a 385mm particle beam cannon mounting a protruding barrel in a low-lying round turret. It can deliver 600 MJ of particle energy every second. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• PB-8 particle beam system. This is a quad-barreled particle beam cannon in a cubic housing. It resembles a reduced PB-25. It can deliver 800 MJ of particle energy every second at maximum output, with synchronized barrels. Fire rate can be increased by staggering barrel sequence; however, total energy per salvo is divided by the total number of barrels. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• 4 x SMS-10 vertical missile launch system. This is a set of two rows of six missile tubes set into the ship's hull, firing the Spacelord or Sunlord SRBMs. Each installation loads ten missiles ready to launch, and a magazine with 20 reloads, for 120 missiles total.

(Galaxie):

• LT-15 laser cannon. This is a twin-barreled laser cannon mounting two protruding barrels in a low-lying round turret. It can deliver 1,500 MJ of laser pulses every two seconds at maximum output, with synchronized barrels. Fire rate can be increased by staggering barrel sequence; however, total energy per salvo is divided by the total number of barrels. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• 4 x PB-7 particle beam system. This is a twin-barreled version of the PB-6, mounted in a hemispherical turret. It can deliver 1,200 MJ of particle energy every second at maximum output, with synchronized barrels. Fire rate can be increased by staggering barrel sequence; however, total energy per salvo is divided by the total number of barrels.
• 2 x PB-8 particle beam system. This is a quad-barreled particle beam cannon in a cubic housing. It resembles a reduced PB-25. It can deliver 800 MJ of particle energy every second at maximum output, with synchronized barrels. Fire rate can be increased by staggering barrel sequence; however, total energy per salvo is divided by the total number of barrels. Maximum effective range is 300,000 km.
• 2 x SMS-12 vertical missile launch system. This is a set of two rows of six missile tubes set into the ship's hull, firing the Spacelord or Sunlord SRBMs. Each installation loads twelve missiles ready to launch, and a magazine with 24 reloads, for 72 missiles total.

Point defenses:

(All ships):

• 5 x Oerlikon PD-4 point defense turret. The PD-4 is a quad barreled laser cannon, with an on-mount multi-spectral sensor. Designed for point defense against mecha, missiles and small vessels, the PD-4 delivers 40 MJ of laser energy eight times per second.
• 2 x SPS-12 missile launch racks. This is a �pepperbox� missile launch system for use with the Warhawk and Wareagle missiles consisting of two rows of six launch tubes. This launcher must be manually reloaded; however, the mount can be retracted inside the hull of a ship and reloaded from a storage magazine.

VII. Air group and mecha complement:

(Shugart, Galaxie):

• 16 fighter aircraft, in the hangars. Common aircraft used for this task are VF-1, VF-4, VF-6, VF-11, or VF-14 Veritechs, or standard F-40, F-72, or F-45 fighters.

(Vigilante):

• 8 fighter aircraft, in the hangars. Common aircraft used for this task are VF-1, VF-4, VF-6, VF-11, or VF-14 Veritechs, or standard F-40, F-72, or F-45 fighters.

VIII. Major systems:

IX. Notes:

X. History:

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