Sentinel - Class Flak Destroyer
Destroyer as used by the Hyperion Federation, designed by a Irziell team.
Armed with 58 size 4 High Energy Turret Hardpoints, the ship was designed to counter swarms of smaller ships and drones. It also has 3 larger turret bases, 2 of which are typically equipped with Teravolt Area Denial Tesla weapons.
Its shielding relies mainly on its gravielectromagnetic field, which will deflect charged particles such as electrons in addition to anything with mass. This form of shielding has a more significant effect against massed, small fire.
At 2 km long, it is the main protector of Federation fleets from small craft.
The Sentinel was designed after wars against some factions that relied on fightercraft and carriers more than regular starships. These could not threaten fleets directly because of the prominence of photon cannons, but the HF has developed the Sentinel class anyway to become a much faster and more effective counter to small objects. The Atlas chainguns can also target missiles, also protecting large HF fleets from massed missile usage.
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