If there was something close to a moral imperative, it would be to expand to space - to protect the beacon of life, to explore. There is nothing more beautiful than the distant stars in the skies, lazily-rotating planets and a painted backdrop of sheer beauty.
It is our duty. We shall expand into space. — WSP Johannes Grunat, in a global statement made in the Nilleren Conference Hall, GTA meeting
Designed to patrol the two twins of Ermka, the
Revolution is designed for long-endurance patrol and interdiction missions that can last for multiple years. Ranging from destruction of strategic response arrays to patrolling the two twins - Galen and Doriden, the
Revolution class can do it all. Armed with a bevy of macron accelerators, pulse lasers and plenty of VLS cells, the
Revolution is the first, and one of most capable, spaceship in Weltkrian Service.
Sparking an arms race, the
Revolution is a truly advanced piece of technogoly - despite the nature of Weltkria itself - an oppresive socialist regime, the
Revolution does rival and in some cases exceed her competitors - the
Explorer Class first generation burner, utilized by Federal Army Space Command.
The Revolution is a truly advanced piece of technology - one that will continue to fly for decades more.
Capabilities
I really don't understand.. why? Why do they do this? Now we're off into space - soon, it'll end us all... — Unknown
Slow. Fragile. A blunt hammer, slow manuvers - slow turnabout times, hell, for half of the trip, RCS thrusters had to be utilized - even then, the ride itself was immensely uncomfortable for the average spacer. Early Orion Drives did not damp the pressure from the firing of the drive - meaning that spacers would be continually hit with the force of a hammer every couple seconds.
A mere 6mms of armor, 5mms of Boron, ostenibly to absorb kinetic impacts - then 1mm of aerogel, to take lasers and dissaptate heat, and meters upon meters of radiators to cool the oversized radiator were the only thing preventing the ship from falling apart or quite literally melting - the prototype fusion reactor often failed, leaving the far more hotter and far more dangerous nuclear reactor to pick up the majority of the bulk.
It has external fuel tanks for orbital transfers. Without them, Revolution has a humbling kilometer of Delta-V - leaving it unable to cycle between planets.
Weapons
We closed fast. Retrograde, they said - then, contacts, appearing in the distance, then, hundreds of 1mm rounds spiraled out of their bays. Jesus, those days were hard. — Capt. Sare
Revolution carries over eight LLN-7 small-caliber railguns, capable of firing inert loads of 1mm rounds at a blistering speed - with the proper loading mechanism, the rounds can be fired every 450 microseconds. LLN-7s are immensely effective at both close-range defense, general saturation and anti-ship work, however, due to their kinetic nature, are very obviously capped by range.
These weapons are complimented by two pairs of MACK LANRE 120MW lasers - mirrored into four seperate turrets, are the main punch of the ship itself. These lasers posses the ability to rapidly change frequency to render defensive metamaterials null, and are a key part in the greater point-defense scheme - and, as a bonus, are marginally effective against ships - even with the commonality of aerogel type armor.
The main anti-ship armament are 24 cells of VLS pods - capable of taking either a pair of SGKVs, short-range guided kill vehicles, or one IGKV - interplanetary kill vehicles, enabling the
Revolution to attack targets lightseconds away.
Sensors
Two pairs of 45MW AESA RADARS provide comprehensive radar coverage for all sides of the ship - this, combined with the NARILA coordination system, allowed for faster targeting times, ensuring rapid response to any incoming threats. Target, slew and coordination times were reduced to mere seconds - and, more importantly, the installation of flares - 120 MW models, allowed for electronic deception on a scale not seen before.
Development
Mutterings of a Ardenian program to put the first military ship into space were widespread - while civilian ships such as cyclers had been in use for decades, many equipped with light weapons, it was considered taboo to fully remiltarize space - however, the Weltkrians inteded to upend the status quo.
The Ardenian Military possesed full multidomain advantages over the Weltkrians - and, as such, had decided to push forward to... equalize the situation. Thus, it was thought that the remilitarization of space would move the pendelum towards the Weltkrian National Army, and with it, allow for the Weltkrians to determine the terms.
In secret, existing space elevators were remilitarized, scientists contacted, and designs created - by the end of it, the most pratical design would win out to be the Orion Drive, due to the plentiful nuclear munitions available to the Weltkrian Army - and with it, Orion was greenlit, and construction would soon start
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